In 1974, Alice Cooper shocked the rock world, scooped up his makeup kit
and went solo. Consummated by a legal name change from Vincent Furnier
to Alice Cooper, "the man behind the mask" never looked back, writing
and recording fully 21 studio albums across a roller-coaster career that
is now nearly 60 years on in the business, with almost 50 of that on his
own, calling the shots as a man and brand with a plan, often guided by
manager Shep Gordon, one of the best in the biz. Feed My Frankenstein:
Alice Cooper, the Solo Years charts this action-packed era for Alice,
beginning with the smash success of the Welcome to My Nightmare album
and tour and hitting a nadir with the blackout years of the early '80s,
where Alice nearly died from booze and hard drugs before being brought
back by his faith in God and by the good graces of his wife Sheryl. Next
came Alice's third wave of major success with Trash and Hey Stoopid,
followed by a settling into regular record-making and touring duties,
culminating in some of his best work quite recently, with Dirty
Diamonds, Along Came a Spider and 2021's Detroit Stories. All of this is
celebrated in Feed My Frankenstein, meticulously charted with timeline
entries that are extensively explained and corroborated by a gallery of
Alice's band members throughout the decades. Helping bring the story to
life is a smorgasbord of imagery, from live photography through to all
manner of memorabilia, underscoring how visceral the visual has always
been for this legendary showman. Get on board and get a sense of how
each and every one of Alice's 21 solo albums work, along with an
understanding of how absolutely and insanely jam-packed life has been
for Alice since 1974 when he and Shep rolled the dice, pooled all their
resources and took us on an all-guns-blazing tour of Alice's sleeping
brain. Indeed, once rolling, it just never stopped. Next station was
Hell, followed by a visit to the asylum and then, down the road apiece,
Brutal Planet, Dragontown and finally Michigan for some Detroit Stories.
It's all here in red, black and blue - bring your camera.
