Becket Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Hello, Hurray! Fans of the original 1970s band Alice Cooper are about to have one of their long-hoped-for dreams come true. The band’s four surviving members, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and vocalist Alice Cooper (lead guitarist Glen Buxton passed away in 1997) spent two days in September at a NYC studio recording three original tracks for Cooper’s next solo album. Rumored to be a follow-up to Cooper’s first solo effort, 1975’s Welcome To My Nightmare, the album is due to be released in the fall of 2011. These sessions were the first to feature all members of the original Alice Cooper band since the group recorded its 1974 swan song, Muscle of Love.At the board for these sessions was studio legend Bob Ezrin, who not only produced the band’s commercial breakthrough, 1971’s Love it To Death (featuring the hit single “I’m Eighteen”), but who was also responsible for producing several of their other classic hits, including School’s Out and their most popular and commercially successful album, 1973’s Billion Dollar Babies. Ezrin has also produced many solo albums for Alice Cooper the individual since the band’s breakup. Ezrin, whose exhaustive body of work includes landmark albums such as Pink Floyd’s The Wall, has been quoted as saying that the work he did with the Alice Cooper Band in the seventies gave him his career. It is also rumored that rock photographer Bob Gruen, who took many photos of the original band back in the day – including promotional shots for Muscle of Love featuring the band dressed in identical sailor suits – made an appearance to visually document the band hanging out in the studio.Those Alice Cooper band devotees still hoping for a reunion that would see the band perform live can hold out hope that Smith, Dunaway and Bruce make good on rumors that they will join Cooper this coming December in Phoenix, AZ for his annual Christmas Pudding charity concert event.http://www.worleygig.com/2010/10/original-members-of-the-alice-cooper-band-record-new-material-for-cooper-solo-album/This is awesome news. Can't wait to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDVery excited for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tat2d1 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Heard about this last week, great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I wasn't a big fan of his 80s stuff, but from "Last Temptation" on, they're definitely worth a listen. Only reason I wound up getting that was the graphic novel that Gaiman and McKean did with him, and been to Cooperstown in Phoenix whenever I visit. Decent sports bar by the arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 This is AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo9 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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