Alice Cooper 1971

[OMBROU]

And now we all know that a paradiddle is the best intro for a song.

[TURTELSTUDIOS]

@OMBROU LOL, not just paradiddle's, add some flams too...wink

[mike196212]

Saw this clip back in the 70s on CBC,here in Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada. This is the first time I've seen it since then. I think it was some sort of documentary.

[IYAMNI]

OMG. Where did you find this? I bought this album when it first came out. Played it over and over, screaming along with "You drive me nervous!" haha Scared the shit out of my parents. lol. Man, they were really happy when I got into Yes. I guess they'd rather have me singing along with 'Revealing Science Of God' than 'Dead Babies'. haha. Thanks for posting. :-)

[suzesrc]

priceless ! thanks ever so !

[Beatlebug60]

Wow...40 years ago, this man changed music history forever! I can't believe his imagination...fantastic

[edsroraphael]

 bons tempos

[jokeris1]

This is and always will be my favorite Alice Cooper outfit. This one and the one he wore during the 'The Nightmare Returns' I like very much.

[TheFlameskull95]

otro pedo la bateria!!!!!!!!!

[jkrtr56]

6.50 actually

[SuperIntuitive1]

I saw this show!The original band was phenomenal!..but I think Alice fucked up when he announced publicly that they weren't as sick as they portrayed themselves to be...They pretended to be as sick as Marilyn Manson...Manson was influenced by Cooper and Bowie,but Manson can at least live up to his sickness!

[rockymtndrifter]

Best Pop Hard Rock band ever

[musashihumar]

I wish concerts were still only $6 today. :/

[miguelisdistructive]

@musashihumar yeah well they still sell 6 dollar tickets but their only selling those type of tickets to the new crap thats out today.

[matthewme23]

6 BUCKS!? That's freakin' awesome! They got more than their moneys worth!

[5150mick]

in my eyes there has never been or never will be a rock n roll show to touch the alice cooper shows of 1971-1973 so you young bloods out there . . .

[mooksterUSofA]

@5150mick

Ohhhh in such a way do I wish I was "aware" of Alice Cooper (original) back then.

It was a few years later that I discovered Alice Cooper.

[paulrob55]

I first saw them in 72 for free at a show after the Boston rock station's WBCN's annual softball game how awesome was that! and twice after the Killer and Billion dollar Babies tours and to top it off was invited to an after show party once and met Dennis and Michael.

[sluggar22]

what was the song he was singing?

[AliceCooperColdEthyl]

@sluggar22 Dead Babies

[truecancer]

saw this show..I was hooked!

[HeartBrokeDownBlue]

I love AC orig band AND Kiss!

[infinitidal]

yeah ... the original band was special.

[prickyinsult]

Imagine this on LSD as most people were at concerts in those days.

First time I ever tripped was at a Cooper show. Dead Babies tour.

When he chopped up that doll with a hatchet, now that was the shit!



[PisgahWorks]

How did this dude never get sued for teen suicide? Cuz he's a badass. 9-11-10

[JacobSmithUK]

can you get a dvd of the killer tour

[teden20]

hands down, best concert ever... and i have seen them all.  people threw M-80's at this guy all night. there must have been 14 explosions. they never stopped, and they did not even pay any attention to the explosives. i could not believe it. I was in the 3rd row, and there were people lighting huge fireworks, M-80s and cherry bombs and throwing them at Coop. He never flinched. He just played, played, and played. I can not help it, I was impressed.

[benboyleman]

Eight bucks even buys a foldingchair, you know..

[jayheadj420]

6 dollars to see the show!

[FastMg42]

i paid six also in 1972  what can you get for six dollars this day?

[NBM3]

The Who stole our culture .... oooooh kay...

Dig the rhythm section in Long Way To Go !!!!

[chrook]

Crowbar was Trudeau's favorite band.

[poppacapotis]

I meant French-Canadian,Do you know where to get it?

[poppacapotis]

Hey rollingold seems like a French production

[rollingold1]

I saw this concert on New Years Eve '71 at Maple Leaf Gardens, it was called Winter Pop, Crowbar opened for them.

[t00LuBe]

CROWBAR!!

[poppacapotis]

Where did you get this tape?

[pettydeb]

Alot of people hated Alice for this song without even listening to the lyrics. The song is actually about a mother and father who don't care about the child they had. They left the child alone and she overdosed on asprin, and died. Although it might have been a morbid way to present the song during his concerts for some people, the song itself is excellent

[gzrmember1976]

they worked very hard to make it people hated them and they would clear out a room when they played the single eighteen changed all that overnight!!

[ampheat]

I paid 5 bucks to see procal Harum and Ten Years After in Montreal in 1971 and Alice Cooper in 73. Two bucks to see Black Sabath. the list goes on. That was 3 times the minimum wage. How many times the minimum wage does one have to pay today to get entertained? Perhaps 14 or so.

[RICKSKUSE]

Been a Alice fan since I was 13 - 50 now and I just got Tickets to see him in Swindon - better late than never eh!!!!

[allDGoodNamesRtaken]

Alice was so far ahead of his time back then. The Beatles and Stones were practically still wearing ties on stage, when Alice was doing this.

[stymye]

not hardly ,, the beatles quit performing in 1966 before alice cooper started even recording.

[reziztanze]

Twisted idiotic nonsesnse created by the Jew, Bob Ezrin. This crank (cooper) was the start of young people losing their sanity and respect.

[tnomnebur]

Yes, listening to my favortie artist, Alice Cooper, since 1973 has turned me into an insane, disrespected professional with a masters degree in a managerial position teaching parenting education and protecting children's rights.

Ofcourse I can't be like you an anti-semite and probably a supremacist. There's real sanity and respect. You go girl...

[reziztanze]

Yes, but how many did go of the rails due to his sick music and stage act? Because it never effected you don't mean it didn't others. Singing sick depraved songs is not what music should be about, is it? Masters degree or not you dont seem to understand this.

[reziztanze]

Just watch the antics of this idiot and ask yourself this, what sort of world are we living in when someone is singing about dead babies? And why the silly name Alice Cooper?

[willbond]

Ya just don't get it, do ya? I bet there's lots of things you don't get.

[reziztanze]

Explain.

[tnomnebur]

This was 1971. The hippies were challenging the strict and useless norms of their parents such as discrimination against women, minorities, gay people, and the hypocrisy of their parents. It is healthy for young people to question the old ways and to rebel against authority. Just because you think something is bad or good does not make it so. I agree, dead babies is over the edge. The rest of his music is great, though. Alice Cooper is actually a very smart and agreeable person these days.

[reziztanze]

There had never been a teenage rebellion until the Jews (Alan Freed and Phil Spector) invented Rock n' Roll. Jews started this rebellion when they (Padro Berman and Rubin Sax) produced the film Blackboard Jungle, that had kids fighting and challenging authority. This teenage rebellion didnt happen by accident, did it? No, it was planned and organised from Hollywood by Jews with terrible red communist records. Type in Who stole our Culture.

[tnomnebur]

Wow. First, I am a refugee from a communist country, so I am no fan of that philosophy. Your views are as dangerous and hateful since they are borne of ignorance and hatred as well.

[reziztanze]

This Jew lets the cat out the bag:

Paul Cantor of the "Jefferson Airplane" said on the Les Crane Show, "The new rock music is intended to broaden the generation gap, alienate parents from their children, and prepare young people for revolution."

[alejnikov]

Yeah! Right On! They got me, at least, already back in the early seventies.

Pity that we (i.e. the Jews, the Commies and I) did not succeed.

But we definitely will. Be aware.

[tobbelobbe666]

Dead Babies is over the edge? Man, you must be of a previous generation!

[tnomnebur]

I was trying to find one good point in reziztanze's paranoid argument. Dead Babies is a great song and performance.

I hope you are not so desensitized by violence that you can not see the difference between theater and the true horror of children being killed.

Peace

[tnomnebur]

Instead of getting so angry at rock musicians and Jews, take a look inside at what hurts you have inside that made you so fearful in the first place.

[FastMg42]

I saw them in 1972 and 1973 i was 16 trust me you have no clue what you miss!.

[obscurebandfan]

@reziztanze This is old but......go get fucked.

[obscurebandfan]

@obscurebandfan atack people but this guy was some dumb Anti-Semite.

[JubileeValence]

Alice was the "Father of Classical Rock" as you'll hear on the album "Killer" that this song came from.....

Thanks for this vid!

[gorgeoushammer]

wow, where do you find this stuff? Amazing. Thanks.

[dylanfan1969]

The original Alice Cooper Band was amazing. Very underrated. Have they made the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame yet?

[newberry58]

if a kid is paying 6 bucks to see my show he's not just going to see some guy playing a gutiar. $6 bucks... wow

[dylanfan1969]

I saw ACDC and Ygwie Malmsteen in 1985 for $15 bucks. lol. And a couple of months later i saw Aerosmith and Ted Nugent for the same price.

[Mathea12]

wtf ?? they CAN write really good songs! did you don't hear that? it's not crappy stage production. and alice's voice is beautiful! this is from the 70's. Alice is still on tour and had a new album last year. omg, think before you write!

[zantron]

the alice cooper group during that period wrote some of the best shit ever. kiss does suck, though.

[Fapanthers5121]

@zantron kiss doesnt suck! btw i wouldnt mess with guys in 20 pounds of makeup and 8 inch moonboots!

[bunnyhead71]

You are so out of touch with anything to compare Alice to Kiss. Alice Coopers band were some of the most underrated musicians of the day. Kiss was just flash. Great Stage band-But Alice, C'mon. I date you to buy the KILEER disc from Alice, Put on the track "Halo of Flies" and tell me it is not some of the BEST musicianship ever committed to vinyl. Kiss never achieved that status. Kiss does not suck-just not very inventive musically. Please do not visit this post if you're not interested.

[Halo0fFlies]

Lol. You're a weirdo.

I'm pretty sure Alice Cooper is the greatest...

[LariLaEvil]

Alice Cooper are geniuses! Alice's Voise is really great, one moment it is raspy, the next smoth like silk. They are great! Huge FAn of Alice Cooper, but hate kiss

[reziztanze]

More sensless crap polluting kids minds. Counter - coulture to destroy our society by jews.

[lonelyboy03]

They shoulda had him on the Grand Ole Opry.

[coopersgirl52]

I was at school when Alice was doing this! He and the original band were the most beautiful guys I'd ever seen and the music drove me crazy (still does). Imagine being a teen then, when this was really edgy stuff.

[Oxcoc0nutxO]

I like the last song he played. : )

[USAF932]

bye

umm LOL wierddddddDdd 5T

[Foreheadeye]

The original Alice Cooper group should have been featured on a box of Wheaties. That's how strong they were.

[filmfanguy]

This taken from a National Film Board of Canada Documentary called "Rock A Bye." I've seen the whole movie - it also includes performances by the Rolling Stones (also filmed at the Montreal Forum)and other performers...

It also includes footage of Cooper arriving at the Montreal airport being greeted by fans holding "GAY POWER" placards!!!

[michaelHda]

"six bucks a ticket"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.­.................

[hsfhpslp99]

oh yes! how I like it!

[rassmunsen]

DEAD BABIES !! oh my god !!!

[ernestharlow]

He delivers! Period! Paragraph! End of conversation!

[RAMMQWQ]

6 bucks thats nothing tickets for some artist cost more then 60 bucks

[Michielmig20]

Dude this is the 70's, maybe even during the recession. Get educated man.

[RAMMQWQ]

I am educated man. And I'm not intrested at all in the value in dollar. I think I will stay at Swedish crowns or Euro :D

[Obobbakonda]

"If a kid pays 6 bucks to see my show..." 1971 sure has been a long time ago.

[royaloakian]

I origiginally saw this on channel 9 out of Canada back in 1973-I never thought I'D see this again. Thanks!!!

[jimmythecreep]

yeah..this shit truly fucked our parents UP!!! which is what real rock & roll is supposed to do. nowadays parents listen to green day & fall out boy w/thier kids...makes me wanna puke. i have this whole concert on vhs, btw...scored it on ebay. happy hunting, hehe.

[suchingwankdouche]

Alice Cooper is a god but with his band they are gods! I love Alice Cooper more than any other band ever! I know everything about Alice and own 415 of his songs (more than the ones on the albums).

[rrrasmus]

Agreed. The original lineup is just amazing, probably the greatest band ever!

[lemmyrocks]

I fully agree with what demonhoopa said.

[demonhoopa]

The original Alice Cooper lineup was unbelievable. What a band.

[akaboo69]

wow they have been out as long as sabbath

[Retrogradevids]

Alice Cooper was signed to Frank Zappa's Label more than a year before Sabbath got their deal.

[jatras]

I meant youtube.

[jatras]

Check out my myspace to see video of "Rock Legends from the original Alice Cooper band" starring Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Glen Buxton in his last performance. Alice Cooper was a band!

[demonhoopa]

Exactly. Welcome To My Nightmare is actually a debut solo Album. Probably his only good one too. Actually Goes to Hell had some good moments too. :)

[BLAZTICplatypus]

i lvoe alice cooper and the sex pisotls are my favorite bnad na i bielve it was i'm eighteen at the shop sex when he was to be choosesn the singer i tihnk not positive

[bottomsup52]

Alice Cooper is the best!Even Marilyn Manson admitted his influence.

[bluemule24]

Alice is big infuence on Jesus Christ and Oral Roberts too.

[Foreheadeye]

And oral sex.

[boskothegrate]

Alice Cooper Group were THE GREATEST RNR band of all time!

They created punk rock AND metal. Alice Cooper inspired the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Damned, etc.

They were the most influential metal band of the early 1970s when Black Sabbath were not selling as many records, Led Zep were releasing hobbit music, Deep Purple? Okay... but who else?

Someone just told me that Alice Cooper and The Stooges are in the so-called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame???

The whole world is INSANE.

[thealphacenturi]

"Someone just told me that Alice Cooper and The Stooges are in the so-called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??? "

Think you mean "not." But that's okay. The Hall of Fame isn't really anything except an extremly overhyped and worthless organization.

[dd2112]

STOOGES in 09' DAMNIT!!!

[conanvette]

"Long Way to Go" sounds like background music to Scooby Doo,,, you know when the gang is being chased for like 5 miles around the same scenario

[reknawfiend]

You're disturbed. And correct.

[duster71]

My first Alice concert was at MSG on the Billion Dollar Baby Tour. So that was what 73?I think I was 12 and Flo and Eddie was the opening act.Little did I know I would become on such a Zappa fan.First time i saw him,I was 14 at the Capital theatre in Port Chester NY.1974 Roxy and elswhere tour.George,Chester,Ruth,Fowle­r Brothers.

[overflite]

HFC. No Portchester until I turned 16 and could buy beer. With photocopied birth certificate. Backway through Greenwich. Skip the toll. Where the D-cops got real good aim on those 3 POS like in 75 or so. How did our parents survive?

[dsfddsgh]

Hell Shitney Spears and Jessica Simpson will get in before Alice. Fuck Dave Marsh and all his little stooges and buttboys who do get in by kissing his ass.

[dsfddsgh]

Can someone tell me how this man has been snubbed time and time again for the Rock and Roll hall of fame? How many others have been as influential in rock history asa this guy. A true original that's why there's a hall of fame but bullshit politics keep guys like Alice out. Look how long it took for Black Sabbath to get in.

[geeyouknit345]

dude dont u know the Rock and Roll hall of fame isnt for real rock and rollers

[tommobluebird]

Fantastic clip! Raw rock'n'roll at its best!

[whotheheckryou]

Rock n Roll meets vaudville! Graucho Marx and Alice were really good friends, no kidding!

[patmix]

its purely rock huh ?

aquabreeze if i understand the only dates i have know on cooper band played in montreal is september 6 1972 and december 27 1973 at the forum i alway thinked this clip was shoot in september 1972 tell me if im correct or not and tell me how many time cooper band,s play in montreal between 1968-1974? do you have chance to see this icons in these years ?

a real panzertank this neil smith huh ?

he attack the show whit long way to go

[evergroan]

@patmix You are correct indeed. I attended those shows as well. The Sept. show was the School's Out tour. The 1st visit to Mtl. was in late Jan. '72 at the U. of M. Arena (the Killer tour) and what a show that was! When it was over, everyone filed out in total silence, in a daze. The only voice heard was a frantic plea for a doctor, as we soon learned, someone at the front of the stage had freaked out badly and had tried to claw their eyes out! Took us all a few days to reachieve normalcy...

[methinxaweezil]

Nice backup doo doo doo doo ka ka ka ka vocals at 1:40...

[tickler777]

I just saw Alice last night.....he's obviously amazing as u can see just from this clip....JsunVH, I'm really happy for u....helluva start to concerts.....anyways...anyone who gets the chance to see him.....GO!!!

[JsunVH]

Oops, sorry, I meant Birth name, when I get typing I dont pay attention, as you can see with all of the typo's in my last comment... Heh heh...

[JsunVH]

I'm 13, Saw My 1st concert this year, i love Alice, so... guess wh i saw... GOOD LORD I WAS NAMED AFTER THE GUY!!! Vincent Furnea (If that's how you spell his REAL last name...) is the all-time greatist rocher to walk the face of this earth, he made all of what we now call metall, rock, death metal, the list goes on and he made it great!!!

[Mytownhomeboy123]

No, his real name is spelled A-L-I-C-E C-O-O-P-E-R.

His BORN name is spelled Vincent Furnier.

[Fawkes503]

Saw Alice in Portland Oregon 1977 Still one of the best concerts I have ever seen! He had a screen at the beginning and he was being chased by Key Stone Cops and he Jumped through the screen and started singing it was AWESOME! HE ROCKS! One of Americas Underrated Rock Treasures !

[fnrebel]

seen the coop 3 times 1st time thurs march 31 87 calgary saddldoom nightmare returns tour aprx 17000 fans awesome show 2nd time sat sept 18 99 calgary saddldome aprox 5000 fans no makeup no stage affects just music the songs stood fine on there own awesome show 3rd time telus conv center tues oct 12 04 aprox 3000 fans all the stage props new songs and old another awesome show all 3 concerts worth the money

[PAINTANK]

So much better than the posers like Manson and NIN and the rest of the dumbasses we got these days.

Cooper forever!

[zoidfromthevoid]

The man is a living legend, way ahead of the game in the 70's. My daughter was raised with Alice's music playing in the background. . she and I attended his latest tour of Australia together - two generations of fans. WE'RE NOT WORTHY!

[leahcrackland]

alice, we love ya, but you have not aged well

[69phsyco69]

alice has aged very well.

[MyStars72]

FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[caveman926]

WOW.... 6 bucks eh ? What will that get me today ? not even 2 gallons of gas. geeeez !!!

[amrap1]

more classic COOP...............

[CaspisSinclair27]

An amazing performer, an unforgettable rocker....

Heh. Sorry if I sound like some kind of a lame commercial, but Alice Cooper was and still is one of the greatest rock stars in history.

[lemmyrocks]

Great, great stuff. Thanks for posting this. I've been a huge fan since "Killer" came out in 1971 and I love seeing this old rare footage of the band. Amazing.

[filmfanguy]

This taken from a National Film Board of Canada Documentary called "Rock A Bye." This Cooper performance was recorded at the Montreal Forum. I've seen the whole movie - it also includes performances by the Rolling Stones (also filmed at the Montreal Forum)and other performers...

It also includes footage of Cooper arriving at the Montreal airport being greeted by fans holding "GAY POWER" placards!!!

[filmfanguy]

PS: The movie is VERY CONSERVATIVE and takes an extremely condescending "Anti-Rock"/"Rock music is BAD" tone. All the footage is amazing though (The Stones performing "Jumpin'Jack Flash" in front of 20,000 - I'd love to see the outtakes!!!

[dbonanno]

In a way, it's cool that this film would have a negative spin on rock music from the point of view of the older generation/mainstream of the time because that shows us how the world generally viewed rock musicians and their fans. It's easy, now-a-days, to forget how disturbing this stuff was to my parents' generation.  We used to watch Lawrence Welk, for Christ-sake!

[CFCCliffy]

Thanks a million for posting this. I saw the Killer/Dead Babies concert at the Empire Pool in Wembley London in 1972 and it still rates as the best concert I ever saw. Complete showmanship absolutely second to none. When he chopped the baby up, there were people screaming for him to die. When he was hung the place just went mental. Alice Cooper you were sensational.

[CFCCliffy]

Just for the record, we saw a backing band that night, who had a singer we reckoned was crap. Change the singer the band would make it big. They didnt change the singer but still made it big. They were called Roxy Music. Brian Ferry, sorry for doubting your talent

[LamaForce]

Where can we get the whole concert?

[ericc2001]

The Alice Cooper Band ceased to exist way back in the mid 70's. Alice Cooper the solo artist continues to record and tour, although I really don't think "Along came a spider" is out yet.

[56Century]

Awesome seeing the superb Dunaway and Smith in action, Long Way to Go too! This is priceless, ACG rule!

[shatterednine]

Dennis Dunaway is one of the best bassists ever! Listen to all of those old albums and he shines. His bass lines are interesting and complex and they really drive the songs. Listen with headphones and the lines really stand out.

[hanniballecturer]

Alice should have never stopped recording with Dennis.... he shoulda taken him along on his solo career.... Neal Smith too..., but he was busy with his solo album too...

[iamthepreacher]

really, truly the most creative bassist in the history of rock music. and the way he and neal played off of eachother rhythmically is really what made the ACG so damned interesting musically. sure, buxton and bruce had some chops, but they're no guitar gods. but smith and dunaway, best rhythm section in rock.

[blondifan]

Very true! As a teenager, in high school, I was inspired to take up bass, because of Dennis. Still love "Schools Out" (the album), & most others. Why did this band break up?

[deanstockwellrules]

they did not... the alice cooper band is still around and they just had a cd comeout called "along came a spider"

[Mytownhomeboy123]

Dude, your facts are allll screwed up. BAD.

[Lenerd50]

geddy lee??

[patmix]

its from canadian tv documentary ROCK A BYE BYE and it was filmed at montreal forum 6 september 1972

[Aquabreeze]

it can't have been filmed then as September 72 would have fallen into the School's Out Tour - Dead Babies was not performed on that tour. it must have been filmed sometime between January and June of 1972 during the Killer tour, any idea when Alice played Canada during that time??

[Mytownhomeboy123]

They did a few shows in Canada around New Years of 1971, very early Jan of 1972, all consecutively of course. But it was just a few.

[Aquabreeze]

January 1972, cheers mate!... Alice played at Universite de Montréal on Jan 13 1972, and at the start of this segment which shows Alice being chased by fans at an airport (cut off here, see it in video: 'Alice Cooper "son of a preacher"') the narrator states it being "Dorval Airport", which is in Montréal. i'm guessing the subsequent concert footage was most likely filmed at that Montreal show.

[racer500gp]

Neal Smith was a god!!!!

[mweiford]

Marilyn, I am your father.....

[lestatelvampiro]

haha yeah xDDDD!!

[MyStars72]

I would totally buy this if it came out on DVD! From what I understand this was the ABC "Live In Concert" t.v. series in '71. Great fuckin' performance!

[MyStars72]

I totaly would too! From what I understand this is from the ABC "Live In Concert" t.v. show. Prime Cuts has School's Out and Is It My Body from this show. Great fuckin' performance!

[Mytownhomeboy123]

No, Live in Concert is completely different and they didn't show it like a documentary like they do here.

[blahorlando]

indeed that he inspired rozz williams.

[madmouse3699]

good stuff uh?

 pitty hes crap now . iwas once a huge fan , even met him in australia 1977 , i wonder if he likes now wat he did ,, great concert thx 4 the memorys

[johncharlesgresty]

hes matured like a fine wine how dare u call him crap

[welshmagic]

I wouldn't call him crap, but check out Dennis Dunaways' new album 'Bones from the Yard" damn good stuff, got a classic Alice sound, and great songs...

[Phoenixstl]

"Long way to go" live. Awesome! Never saw them perform this song live before. Has always been one of my favs. And Neal Smith has got to be one of the best drummers of all time.

Thanks for posting this!

[madmouse3699]

chekout neals web site

[Ahippi]

This is a very rare and collectible video.

[devilizard]

Man, why isnt THIS on dvd? Id buy it in a heart beat!

[Ortwin]

Great movie! I wish they put this concert on dvd...