@TheNightmare75 I was. July 3 and 4, 1971. Still got the flyer. Sunshine Inn, Asbury Park,N.J. Edgar Winter's White Trash opened for them. It was life changing for. me. I was 14. That Dec or Jan of 72' I saw the Premier of Killer in N.Y.C.First show of the tour,. then" School's Out I"n Jersey Roosevelt Stadium],Then B.D.B. at M.S.G. and then M.O.L in Hartford Conn.Then they broke up..................
I saw them on this tour. By the time they came around again his show was dominated by these awful monster props that looked like Sid and Marty Kroft's work. That was the end of it. I can barely watch this video. I'm not 18 any more.
Awesome musicians. I'm so thrilled Alice and his boys gave us these great tunes. They've helped me so much with my mind. God blessed you Alice Cooper Band. Thanks.
Studies show 80% of kids have been listening to rap, fake rock, or pop. If you are one of those 20% who still knows what music is copy and paste to 3 videos
anyone remember "dwight fry" was the name of the actor who played the guy who ate spiders in the bela lugosi "dracula"? yeah, i'm a geek. glen burton's absolutely sick guitar halfway thru this is immortal.
Every fan of the original band or Cooper in general should check out Micheal Bruce's book "No More Mr. Nice Guy" published in '96 and again in 2000. Great book lots old pics.
Secondly, have you actually listened to "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" or are you just thinking he was a one hit wonder? That record is brilliant throughout - both writing and execution. Goth? I don't think so.
I get to finally see Alice live tomorrow. But he's opening for Sabbath w/ Dio, what kinda shit is that? He should be co-headlining at the very least.
Why always compare Alice Cooper to Black Sabbath, Kiss or Marilyn Manson ? They all make different musics and concepts. I think they're all respectable (even though my very favorite is Alice!!!)
Actually, Pretties For You was released In March of 1969 (On Zappa's Straight label, Orange) and then AGAIN in December of '69 (On Zappa's Straight label, Pink/Purple) Sabbath's was released in February of 1970. So yeah, Alice Alice was first :)
How wrong you are!!! "Pretties For You" was released in 1969 too!!! So they started the same year, even though The Alice Cooper Group started a few years earlier as "The Earwigs", then as "The Spiders", then as "The Nazz". They released singles before 1969.
The ACG were on eof the best rock groups of their day, we would not have Alice Cooper (solo) without them. They took his raw ideas and made them into a reality - he wrote the words NOT the music. Even watching this bad quality video you can see the ideas that went on to become the modern show. And if one more person gets Dwight Frye and Second Coming confused.............
Neither Alice nor the band (who released an album post-Alice as the Billion Dollar Babies) was ever any good without the other --- very sad but very true. I just listen to "Love It to Death" through "Muscle of Love" and pretend that the later stuff and the silly 60s stuff produced by Zappa never happened.
Know who was in Alice's band in the 80s? Kip fucking Winger, plus a steroid victim named Kane Roberts, whose solo album was one of the worst metal albums ever.
Why has rock got so tedious and predictable? where's the spirit? It's just depressing to hear so many geek-guitar bands who care more about twiddling their arpeggios around pedestrian songs performed with all the spirit of their accountant's accountant... than actually having attitude... This new generation of rock is starting to make Barry Manilow look edgy! Thank the Lord we had the Alice Cooper Group for a while :)
sadistic sweetheart "his band was just another band, he is what made it Alice Cooper " do your research before you make a stupid comment like that, the members of the alice cooper group wrote the majority of the songs and the music, it would be impossible to say so but who knows where alice would be now if he had not been with this group of individuals. plus everyone played their part in the band which made them truly special. think before you talk next time.
It sure is great to see these live rare performances. The AC Band was just a strange charismatic entity that I wish there was more film evidence of their awesome stage act. Thanks for posting this!
Had it not been for the original 5 guys who together planned and carried out stage theatrics, and all 5 who contributed to the writing of timeless songs(as Cooper is still performing them today),we would not be having this conversation. I do believe he should be in solo as well. I think Alice Cooper the group should be inducted first, as Coop's later success was based on his original success with the group. He didn't come up with these theatric concepts on his own, by his own admission.
Technically, my mistake regarding his start. I will be disappointed if The Earwigs, The Spiders, or The Nazz make it into the HOF before Alice Cooper (group) circa 1968-1974. It would be this last group of guys that put him on the map for later success. Cooper IS great to this day, just different.
and In all honesty, yes, his band gave him his start, but his stage shows are what made him even more unique, and why he alone should mke it into the HOF before his band--his band was just another band, he is what made it Alice Cooper
Hall of fame? ABSOLUTELY. If Cooper gets in solo first, I will be incredibly disappointed. He's a great guy and has done some great music since the original band...BUT it was the original band that allowed him to be where he is today. (assuming either one of them are ever honored!)
this is so awful, love Alice4, but you must remove it, please.
kraniumpo 8 months ago
alice supposily comes back to my area in smock pa were his grandmother lived every year. does anyone know anything about that?
nmorris47 10 months ago
I wish sound quality was better but damn, this is the original shock rock! Great Clip!
stevebidw 11 months ago
SUNSHINE INN - July 3 and 4- 1971.Asbury Park N.J. Edgar Winter's White Trash opened for them.
TheJetfighter666 1 year ago
i love it to death
JacobSmithUK 1 year ago
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humanbeing122112 2 years ago
According to Alice Cooper, he named himself after a 17th century witch.
uItravioIet 2 years ago
Watching this gave me the chills, True Alice at his best!
abomb13 2 years ago
This is the best ACG song going!
abomb13 2 years ago
Why don't you say that one more time? LOL. I would've loved to be at this concert.
TheNightmare75 2 years ago
This is the BEST ACG SONG EVER!!!!
abomb13 2 years ago
@TheNightmare75 I was. July 3 and 4, 1971. Still got the flyer. Sunshine Inn, Asbury Park,N.J. Edgar Winter's White Trash opened for them. It was life changing for. me. I was 14. That Dec or Jan of 72' I saw the Premier of Killer in N.Y.C.First show of the tour,. then" School's Out I"n Jersey Roosevelt Stadium],Then B.D.B. at M.S.G. and then M.O.L in Hartford Conn.Then they broke up..................
TheJetfighter666 1 year ago
The Ballad Of Dwight Frye is the BEST ALIICE COOPER GROUP song going!
abomb13 2 years ago
this is te best A.C.G song going!
abomb13 2 years ago
my parents grew up listening to Alice Cooper.. and so did I! Alice Cooper is the original King Of Darkness!
geekbassist 2 years ago
You mean Prince of Darkness? Hahaha. The person being the little girl at this performance sounds so weird. I love Ballad of Dwight Fry.
TheNightmare75 2 years ago
I saw them on this tour. By the time they came around again his show was dominated by these awful monster props that looked like Sid and Marty Kroft's work. That was the end of it. I can barely watch this video. I'm not 18 any more.
satweavers 2 years ago
This is Alice Cooper at Mt. Holly Ski Lodge in Holly, Michigan. Filmed by Tubeworks of Wayne State University. A Detroit college.
highdb1 2 years ago
Awesome musicians. I'm so thrilled Alice and his boys gave us these great tunes. They've helped me so much with my mind. God blessed you Alice Cooper Band. Thanks.
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mrbeaniebaby 2 years ago
I WANNA GET
OUT OF HERE !
MercureMadHatter 3 years ago 2
really great song!
noraMaiden 3 years ago
What a great band behind Alice
jmcdonough67 3 years ago 3
anyone remember "dwight fry" was the name of the actor who played the guy who ate spiders in the bela lugosi "dracula"? yeah, i'm a geek. glen burton's absolutely sick guitar halfway thru this is immortal.
jackhillty 3 years ago 2
u mean glen buXton
joesparx666 3 years ago
Yeah! I love watching Dwight Frye!
He's featured in a lot of Universal films, if you look closely - he's Fritz in James Whale's "Frankenstein", for example.
Wow, that made my day - someone else actually knows who that is... Great song, too - amazes me every time.
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atay355 3 years ago
Every fan of the original band or Cooper in general should check out Micheal Bruce's book "No More Mr. Nice Guy" published in '96 and again in 2000. Great book lots old pics.
jbknot 3 years ago 2
You Think This Is Good Look Up Arthur Brown
:)
Xboxliv3 3 years ago
Arthur Browne was a goth before Alice Cooper but he only had one great song. The original goth was Screaming Lord Sutch.
Thank god for 50's horror movies, which were the inspiration for early goth.
uItravioIet 2 years ago
First of all, his name is Arthur Brown - no "e"
Secondly, have you actually listened to "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" or are you just thinking he was a one hit wonder? That record is brilliant throughout - both writing and execution. Goth? I don't think so.
gilawoodpecker 2 years ago
Yes, he was an early Goth, or perhaps a Proto-Goth. Goth is an image, not a musical genre.
uItravioIet 2 years ago
@sasbe: the first song's called 'second coming'
himartajones 3 years ago
dual-guitar melody line was pretty tech for 1971.
rock6662 3 years ago
you think think these guys meant business?
rocknrollphilip 3 years ago
One of the best bands ever !
picchaz 3 years ago 11
whats the first song
sasbe 4 years ago
It's called Second Coming, you will find it on side 2 of Love It To Death
turquoisetandem 3 years ago
Cool Tune.
Ever see Halo of Flies live in this era? Puts Metalica to shame.
cretancooper 4 years ago 2
thanks.
So good feelings in me!!
streissel 4 years ago
Second Comming! from Love it to Death =D
slegdar 4 years ago
Since him in April that same year. Detroit.
Quevida55 4 years ago
I always liked him, and not for the glitz but the music. This and Generation Landslide are his masterpieces in my opinion...
BMayhew60 4 years ago
I get to finally see Alice live tomorrow. But he's opening for Sabbath w/ Dio, what kinda shit is that? He should be co-headlining at the very least.
Thanks for the post...
ChudWatley 4 years ago
Give the kid a break!
7777777mike 4 years ago
FUCK YOU!!!! YOU NEED A DATE!!!!!!!!
MyStars72 4 years ago
FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!! Stop spamming asswipe!!!!
MyStars72 4 years ago
great post...one of my fav cooper songs...remember the coop....heh?
mt312006 4 years ago
alice cooper was not the first band to use power chords, never heard of black sabbath i take it
RainDog1987 4 years ago
alice cooper was before black sabbath
scarletandsheba1 4 years ago 6
looooong before Black Sabbath.
I do love Sabbath, though.
xxNenekoChanXX 4 years ago 3
[my post was in response to scarlet and RainDog. Forgot to mention that]
xxNenekoChanXX 4 years ago
Sabbath already had 2 albums out by his time.
Thirdeyelogy04 4 years ago
Not to mention the Kinks using power cords before these bands.
Thirdeyelogy04 4 years ago
And Alice Cooper already had !
thealphacenturi 4 years ago
Why always compare Alice Cooper to Black Sabbath, Kiss or Marilyn Manson ? They all make different musics and concepts. I think they're all respectable (even though my very favorite is Alice!!!)
Schumalice 4 years ago 3
3. Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Master of Reality.
C4ap 3 years ago
long before black sabbath?
nope.
sabbath's first album-1969
coop's first-1970 (pretties for you)
love it to death- 1971
nitrohuffer1320 4 years ago
Actually, Pretties For You was released In March of 1969 (On Zappa's Straight label, Orange) and then AGAIN in December of '69 (On Zappa's Straight label, Pink/Purple) Sabbath's was released in February of 1970. So yeah, Alice Alice was first :)
MyStars72 4 years ago 7
How wrong you are!!! "Pretties For You" was released in 1969 too!!! So they started the same year, even though The Alice Cooper Group started a few years earlier as "The Earwigs", then as "The Spiders", then as "The Nazz". They released singles before 1969.
Schumalice 4 years ago 4
This was Alice..after " KILLER" he have done mainstream...but it's ok------
MikeTomsbln 4 years ago
THE first Band to Use POWER CHORDS and Look Gothic.
HAIL THE FOUNDER OF METAL AND GOTH!!!!!!!!
deathmetalhippy 4 years ago 5
The ACG were on eof the best rock groups of their day, we would not have Alice Cooper (solo) without them. They took his raw ideas and made them into a reality - he wrote the words NOT the music. Even watching this bad quality video you can see the ideas that went on to become the modern show. And if one more person gets Dwight Frye and Second Coming confused.............
tom211221 4 years ago
Neither Alice nor the band (who released an album post-Alice as the Billion Dollar Babies) was ever any good without the other --- very sad but very true. I just listen to "Love It to Death" through "Muscle of Love" and pretend that the later stuff and the silly 60s stuff produced by Zappa never happened.
Know who was in Alice's band in the 80s? Kip fucking Winger, plus a steroid victim named Kane Roberts, whose solo album was one of the worst metal albums ever.
fanboy0 4 years ago
@fanboy0 I agree completely, one was lost without the other. Sadly, it ended all too soon.
slamoslut 1 year ago
"Second Coming" and "Ballad of Dwight Fry" - two kick-ass songs
Eregwen 4 years ago 3
thats an awesome preformance. wow
clunette 5 years ago
Increible, unico,lo mejor que vi en mi vida de alice, yo tengo un video en vivo del 72, podriamos intercambiarnos si queres...aguante alice cooper!
fernandocooper 5 years ago
Great, great stuff. The energy EXPLODES from this video, even with its less than ideal quality.
rastlr 5 years ago
deffinately one of the best songs. Love it to death- Great album
kurdtxcobain420 5 years ago
Why has rock got so tedious and predictable? where's the spirit? It's just depressing to hear so many geek-guitar bands who care more about twiddling their arpeggios around pedestrian songs performed with all the spirit of their accountant's accountant... than actually having attitude... This new generation of rock is starting to make Barry Manilow look edgy! Thank the Lord we had the Alice Cooper Group for a while :)
welshmagic 5 years ago
free!!
zoutezee 5 years ago
some classick alice, and i love it to death. thanks for posting this, long live the coop!
alicecoop9009 5 years ago
sadistic sweetheart "his band was just another band, he is what made it Alice Cooper " do your research before you make a stupid comment like that, the members of the alice cooper group wrote the majority of the songs and the music, it would be impossible to say so but who knows where alice would be now if he had not been with this group of individuals. plus everyone played their part in the band which made them truly special. think before you talk next time.
jkb05 5 years ago
My fiends Aunt is married to Neal Smith the drummer, I'm getting Love it to Death signed by him and Dennis right now :D
Froitswitch 5 years ago
saw coop and band in 1974,l.a. this was an underrated band for sure!!!
BLUEYEMAN 5 years ago
I love the part where he's screaming "I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!!"
DickPoop 5 years ago 2
It sure is great to see these live rare performances. The AC Band was just a strange charismatic entity that I wish there was more film evidence of their awesome stage act. Thanks for posting this!
mattgranz 5 years ago
Had it not been for the original 5 guys who together planned and carried out stage theatrics, and all 5 who contributed to the writing of timeless songs(as Cooper is still performing them today),we would not be having this conversation. I do believe he should be in solo as well. I think Alice Cooper the group should be inducted first, as Coop's later success was based on his original success with the group. He didn't come up with these theatric concepts on his own, by his own admission.
coopfan 5 years ago
technically his first band was the earwigs so in essence, they gave him his start.
On another note, Cooper is awsome, he was then & still is to this day.
SadistcSweethart 5 years ago
Technically, my mistake regarding his start. I will be disappointed if The Earwigs, The Spiders, or The Nazz make it into the HOF before Alice Cooper (group) circa 1968-1974. It would be this last group of guys that put him on the map for later success. Cooper IS great to this day, just different.
coopfan 5 years ago
and In all honesty, yes, his band gave him his start, but his stage shows are what made him even more unique, and why he alone should mke it into the HOF before his band--his band was just another band, he is what made it Alice Cooper
SadistcSweethart 5 years ago
Absolutley beautiful. So raw and powerful. I would have loved to have been there.
AsukaEngel 5 years ago
this BAND has been robbed. You can't deny that musicianship. Hall of Fame????
rhunt22 5 years ago
Hall of fame? ABSOLUTELY. If Cooper gets in solo first, I will be incredibly disappointed. He's a great guy and has done some great music since the original band...BUT it was the original band that allowed him to be where he is today. (assuming either one of them are ever honored!)
coopfan 5 years ago
This is how Dwight Frye should be done to this day...preceded by Second Coming! SO good to be able to hear the original guys, though. What A BAND!
coopfan 5 years ago
that was awsome.
iata 5 years ago
marilyn manson sucks.
JRRocker 5 years ago 4
absolutly fantastic!!!! thanks a lot for this one from france
mickhell 5 years ago
Great to see Glen Buxton playing live...
Brilliant stuff. More please,
musoman 5 years ago
very cool. I was the biggest Alice fan, pre Billion Dollar Babies, thanks so much
darb 5 years ago
hi i'm a french fan of this fantastic short live band !!!
If you have 'black juju' i'd love to see it !!!
thanx a lot for this one !!! it is a precious piece ....
brianglameno 6 years ago
this is awesome stuff... if you have "Black Juju" from this concert, I would absolutely love to see it!
SabbathMan8815 6 years ago
Wow! Pre-Killer footage. This is great. Alice and band sound great. Didn't know this existed. Would love to see the entire concert! Thanks.
Alicehunter2000 6 years ago
Classic Alice! Fantastic!
heystoopid 6 years ago