Alice Cooper was very popular with the metal/rock heads (along with AC/DC, Led Zep, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden) when I was at school. I absolutely hated all of it. I’ve changed my opinion on Led Zep in the last few years. It’ll be interesting to see how I react to this 35+ years since anybody last tried to get me to listen to it.
I’ve always drifted in and out of Alice. I played a few choons in my first band. Clever arrangements abound. Just listen to the intro of the title track, the interplay between the guitar and bass is unusual.
Having said that, the band has produced a lot of shit too.
I’ve not listened to this album for 30 years, so it will be interesting
Started trying to listen to it. Stopped almost immediately. I think this is going to require me necking half a bottle of oxycontin if I am to enjoy it.
Maybe this would have sounded better to me back in the day. Today, however, it sounds like a very poor parody of heavy rock; sort of ‘This is Spinal Crap’.