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The Strange Case of Alice Cooper (1979)
Marilyn Manson prototype
I recently viewed Alice Cooper and Friends and the reviews stated he was drunk and lethargic. I was at that Anaheim show on 6/19/77 and he looked pretty good to me. Mellower, or more mature I thought at the time. But in this one, from 1979, he was totally demonic and insane. He also looked skinny and sickly, and swung a vodka bottle around for the first few songs, finally breaking it (very realistically) over the head of guitarist, Davey Johnstone (formerly from the Elton John Band and I mistook him for Mick Ronson of the Spiders From Mars!)In the opening, he speaks of how he used to drink two bottles of whiskey a day! Well, he looked much better in the Anaheim show! I guess this is the image he wanted to project, but sort of turned me off. Marilyn Manson must have seen this! The similarities are striking! Musically a great show, but disturbing to me!
Alice Cooper & Friends (1977)
I was there!!
These massive shows of the 70's are long gone. Were loads of fun. In addition to Alice, Sha-Na-Na, the Tubes, and Nazareth (really excellent), the Kinks also appeared, but unfortunately are not on this tape. It was hosted by Flo and Eddie (formerly the Turtles), who introduced among others, a guy jumping into a mountain of flaming boxes, a neat trapeze act where a guy on a bike with a girl underneath, rode from the field to the top of the stadium, AND the Amazing Randi escapes from a straight jacket hanging upside down from the big "A" scoreboard. On this tape you can see the Tubes do a rendition of Love Will Keep Us Together (yes, Captain and Tenille)and This Town, (a superb rendition of the Frank Sinatra song). Nazareth really stands out with their hit, Love Hurts. An outstanding day! You really got your $12-worth in those days!!