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CD Reviews
A Fistful of Alice
Review by Gary Hill
It has been said that this release is redundant because hard-core Alice Cooper fans already have a solid live album in The Alice Cooper Show. However, I find that this release is a a considerably better recording, and that the performance presented herein is superior to that one.
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Along Came A Spider
Review by Gary Hill
Alice Cooper is a performer who has (in the opinion of this reviewer) always had a problem with consistency. Sometimes it’s represented with an album that has some awesome music, but a few songs that leave you scratching your head.
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Billion Dollar Babies (Limited Edition Hybrid SACD version)
Review by Gary Hill
I’ve always loved this album. It’s one of the “band” albums from Alice Cooper.

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Brutal Planet
Review by Gary Hill
Quite probably Alice's strongest release in years, and possibly one of the best ever, this disc is a concept album that musically seems to take the classic Alice sound and bring it up to date with a hard (even brutal) edge. The album really seems to fully integrate those two types of sounds, which is something that he seems to have been struggling with in recent years.
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Classiks
Review by Gary Hill
You could say that there are enough Alice Cooper compilations out there. Here’s the thing, though.

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Dragontown
Review by Gary Hill
Last year Cooper introduced to a world he called "Brutal Planet", and it was a brutal sounding very hard-edged release that had a strong concept to it. One would expect more of the same on his follow up, but that is not what he delivered.
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Dragontown (Special Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
This Special Edition version of Alice Cooper's Dragontown contains the entire original album as the first CD of this 2 CD set. A second CD has been added wiuch contains four previously unreleased songs and two videos.
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Goes to Hell
Review by Gary Hill
This was the second Alice Cooper album as a solo performer (rather than the front man of Alice Cooper the band).

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Hey Stoopid
Review by Gary Hill
This album showcases a metal perpective on the classic Cooper sound and also shows prog tendencies in several places. Alice is joined on this album by many musicians, including several very notables guests (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ozzy Osbourne and others).

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Muscle of Love Hybrid SACD
Review by Gary Hill
I remember borrowing this on vinyl from a friend many years ago.

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Paranormal
Review by Gary Hill
I always look forward to new Alice Cooper albums. While I don't love everything he's done, he generally manages to entertain, and I'm a big fan.

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The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Review by Gary Hill
Alice Cooper has never been the most consistent artist. When he has it right he is brilliant.

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The Last Temptation
Review by Gary Hill
This album is show biz from Cooper. It really feels like much of the high entertainment of `70`s era Cooper, while bringing a new intensity and power to them. This one has plenty of spooky moments along with humor.
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The Last Temptation (20th Anniversary Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
So, I’ve already reviewed this album in an earlier release. 

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Trash (Reissue)
Review by Gary Hill
I remember when this album first came out, I wasn’t really very impressed by it.

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Welcome to My Nightmare
Review by Gary Hill
To many this classic album represents Alice Cooper at his theatric best. It is a loosely knit concept album that at times is a bit weak, at times a bit over the top, but in many ways a spooky masterpiece.
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DVD Reviews
Alice Cooper - Brutally Live DVD
Review by Gary Hill
Recorded in London on July 19, 2000, this is a great record of Alice's Brutal Planet tour and a killer concert video to boot. The show begins with a warning from the robotic "controller" to get away while you have the chance.
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Alice Cooper - Live at Montreux 2005 DVD
Review by Gary Hill
I've been an Alice Cooper fan for a very long time and have seen him live on numerous occasions. As such I suppose I'm a pretty good person to review this new DVD.
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Alice Cooper - Super Duper Alice Cooper DVD
Review by Gary Hill
This was released to theaters a while ago. I wish I’d gone to see it then.

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Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare Special Edition DVD
Review by Gary Hill
I remember having the two features on this DVD as separate VHS tapes years ago. Those tapes are long gone, so to finally have this in my collection again is great.

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Concert Reviews
Alice Cooper - Live at Beloit Riverfest, July 9, 2004
Review by Mike Korn
I had seen Alice only a couple of years ago, while he was touring behind the "Dragontown" CD, and enjoyed the experience, so I didn't feel it was much of a risk to venture up into the land of cheese
and beer (Wisconsin) and check out the madman once more at Beloit Riverfest.
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Alice Cooper - Live in Chicago, October 23, 2001
Review by Gary Hill
More pics from this show are available in our members area.

Alice Cooper brought his mayhem to Chicago on October 23rd.

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Alice Cooper - Live in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2017
Review by Larry Toering
One of the shows on this Vegas trip was seeing the spectacular Alice Cooper event on a three-band bill with Deep Purple and Edgar Winter Group. It was not a well-paired event on anything besides paper though.

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Alice Cooper - Live In Milwaukee, August 7, 2000
Review by Gary Hill
As the Cooper show began, a large, robotic presence was seen on the stage. He told us of his quest to destroy Alice Cooper and his evil.
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Alice Cooper - Live in Rockford, Illinois, October, 2018
Review by Kat Heitzman
What a treat it was to have this trickster performing at our beautifully haunted Coronado theater in Rockford, Illinois. Opening with "Brutal Planet," this shock rocker put on a flawless show.

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Book Reviews
Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy: The inside story of the Alice Cooper Group written by Michael Bruce with Billy James
Review by Gary Hill
This is a very interesting book. It documents the tale of the original Alice Cooper band from the days when they were just getting together all the way to the final tour for Muscle of Love

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Frank Zappa - Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation DVD
Review by Gary Hill

This is an amazing documentary.


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Billion Dollar Babies - Battle Axe: Complete Edition
Review by Gary Hill
Long ago Alice Cooper was a band. The lead singer, Vincent Furnier took the name Alice Cooper as his own, but the first few albums were recorded by the band Alice Cooper.

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Various Artists - Come On Feel The Noize: The Story Of How Rock Became Metal DVD
Review by Gary Hill
I want to start this review by framing it with the following statement: I really enjoyed watching this. I found it very entertaining and captivating. I recommend it pretty highly to fans of rock and metal.
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Ant-Bee - Electronic Church Music
Review by Gary Hill

Ant-Bee is basically the pseudonym for Billy James. 


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Billion Dollar Babies - First Ever Live Show - Flint 1977
Review by Gary Hill
After Alice Cooper the man and Alice Cooper the band parted ways, the members of the band formed Billion Dollar Babies. They only ever recorded one studio album - Battle Axe.

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Various Artists - From Straight to Bizarre-Zappa, Beefheart, Alice Cooper, and LA's Lunatic Fringe DVD
Review by G. W. Hill

Frank Zappa might not have been the first or last artist to form his own record label and sign new acts.


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Neal Smith - Halloween - 10th Anniversary Edition - Best of KillSmith 2008-2018
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new compilation disc from Neal Smith. The music here is raw and quite industrial in nature.

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Neal Smith - Killsmith and the Greenfire Empire
Review by Gary Hill
Neal Smith is probably best known for his work with Alice Cooper. 

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Neal Smith - Killsmith Two
Review by Gary Hill
Some albums seem better suited for the modern era where people just download the songs they like than do others.

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Various Artists - Legends: Get it On (Limited Edition Hybrid SACD version)
Review by G. W. Hill

This album was originally released as a Time Life Series disc.


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Various Artists - Nightclubbing: The Birth Of Punk In NYC DVD/CD
Review by Gary Hill
Here we have a documentary that really shines the light on some common misconceptions, while telling a fascinating, although often not so pretty, story.

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Neal Smith - Pop 85-95
Review by Gary Hill
This collection has some real strong points.

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Various Artists - Rockin' the City of Angels written by Douglas Harr
Review by G. W. Hill
This book is something very special. A good tag-line for this would be "come for the pictures, stay for the stories."

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Various Artists - The Story of Rock ‘N Roll Comics DVD
Review by G. W. Hill

I still have some of these comic books. I had no idea of the whole story involved.


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Various Artists - The Suite Music World of Gary Hill: Collected Articles Originally Published at Suite101 written by Gary Hill
Review by Greg Olma
This book is not really new material but rather a collection of Gary Hill's articles for a website called “Suite 101."  Some might not like dated material, but I find these types of books enjoyable for a number of reasons. 
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Various Artists - We Wish You a Metal Christmas And a Headbanging New Year (2010 Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
This is a reissue of a CD I’ve already reviewed – with a few extra cuts.
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Various Artists - We Wish You a Metal Xmas...and a Headbanging New Year
Review by Gary Hill

So many times discs like this are really uneven. Well, that’s not the case here.


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