Alice Cooper - Vicious Rumours - Special Forces Album

[jaywhofan]

He looks like he's about to die at any minute.

[DAVPK1]

Which proves , even on his worst day , Alice is better than anyone else . Bought

" Love it to Death " in 5th grade took it to music class and was sent to the principals office . They asked me if my parents were good to me an if they treated me ok . Of course it wasn't and they didn't but , I wanted my album back . So , I said yes . Daddy always rich (not ) and momma was a bitch . Livin' wasn't easy in between....

Crazy little child . ( Muscle of Love )

[madjaxxx69]

This Alice I understand how he might have scared parents more than any other Alice character. Awesome frikken video though.

[HammerOn9]

I kinda see why Alice Cooper said he doesn't remember doing the album Special Forces.

[WarGodIII]

FREAKIN' AMAZING!!! THANKS A MILLION!!!

[MarchoftheMuffins]

shades of oingo boingo "nasty habit's", but always punk rock!

Go Alice!!!!

[DreamInTheMagma]

He looks really bad. It's one of the scariest videos ever for me. I love Alice and this song is just excellent.

[yaueue]

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO!

[coyotefaces]

SIMPLY FREAK'IN SCARY !! HE WALKS LIKE A FREAK'IN FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER ...!!! ((anybody see that one??)) ..starred john ashley, ...anyone? .....oh, well.. ... ALICE! ALLLLICE!! ...ALICE KNOWS!!!! HE LOVES THE OLD HORROR FLIX FROM THE 50S!!! YOU GO NOW!!! KEEP ALICE ....ALIVE!!! ...ALIVE!!! (seriously now, I'm a HUGE alice fan,and can't say enough about him, ...  people say, oh Alice Cooper??? is he still around? ..and I just laugh at them, those IGNORANT people!!!

[coyotefaces]

SIMPLY FREAK'IN SCARY !! HE WALKS LIKE A FREAK'IN FRANKENSTEINS DAUGHTER ...!!! ((anybody see that one??)) ..starred john ashley, ...anyone? .....oh, well.. ... ALICE! ALLLLICE!! ...ALICE KNOWS!!!! HE LOVES THE OL HORROR FLIX FROM THE 50S!!! YOU GO NOW!!!

[mjgpromo]

Great video proving once again that Alice is the best. These albums may have sold poorly in the 80's but the live version is awesome. Cannot wait for his next album in his unparralleled career.

[Pugge1993]

@FitchNebula Not sure how you think music taste equals writing comments on youtube though..

[skippyX87]

thanks. awesome. never seen before!

[DarkFictionMistress]

It's crazy to see Alice's energy at this time. This short lived Alice was edgy and tough. I believe that this is where MM got his inspiration. Cooper is not only the Shock ROck King, but also known as the Grandfather of Punk, and this is Why!!!

[imaquack]

2 of my favorite 80's albums-flush the fashio and special forces. i use quotes form these 2 albums almost 30 years later. they still fit!

[bacalex61]

marylin manson stole everything from alice !! i saw this tour in france in 81 !! the ticket looked so good !! it was a certificate of insanity..lol

[fantoto]

the god of all kind of music

[befuddledman]

I loved this whole experimental period. Amazing that he was able to produce so much good stuff (as well as the bad) when he was so sick and exhausted. Even at his worst he's more creative than most at their best.

[nadaoferie]

Did anyone notice Madonna's Sticky n' Sweet look for that tour? Some of that symbolism was borrowed from Alice's B.D.Babies/Welcome2Nightmare shows...And there she was, playing guitar, wearing a white top hat, hair same length, sporting skulls. It Irritated me being Madonna is in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Alice Cooper, of course, is NOT !!

[mooksterUSofA]

@nadaoferie

Don't get too worked up about the R&R hall thing, it's actually very funny....I'd be happy to explain further some time in the future.

[nadaoferie]

@mooksterUSofA Okay, I'm down, fill me in. I am suspecting its a conspiracy of some sort like any other club, secret society or deal with the devil pact.

[mooksterUSofA]

@mooksterUSofA

basically the way I see it is that the R&R is just confused by Alice Cooper (is it a "he" or a "they"?) So, Alice Cooper (both the "him" & the "they" are still laughing while causing confusion).

LONG LIVE ALICE COOPER!!!!

[Nadonian111]

Cooper is the father of Shock Music. Period. Anyone who disagrres can "Go To Hell"!=)

[FeykDrunk]

glam metal, deathrock, goth, black metal, horror punk, psychobilly, and more

[hardc1974]

Anyone else think that Lady GaGa has ripped Alice off in every possible image way? Seriously, paint the eyes on Lady Gaga and she looks like Alice!

[MrLeagueOJustice]

@hardc1974 Nonsense. Youre reaching

[IzzySmith1969]

@hardc1974 I was thinking the same thing! She's like this generation's version of Alice, just wish she would ROCK!!! Good call though!

[IYAMNI]

@hardc1974 I see your point, but I wouldn't go that far. Not a GaGa fan at all but if you're gonna say she ripped off Alice then you have to say Alice ripped off Lord Sutch who was doing the schlock act long before him. I think it would be safer to say Lord Diamond ripped off Alice.

[IYAMNI]

@IYAMNI Oops. That's King Diamond.

[DoeblerGermanWolf]

@IYAMNI I agree. I love Alice, but I think its safe to say he "borrowed" from Screaming Lord Sutch (who was awesome by the way) and Arthur Brown. After Alice of course there was King Diamond and Mercyful Fate. Marilyn Manson we shouldn't even mention, what a total alice wannabe. And now GaGa, she's just Madonna and Alice rolled up into one and everyone thinks she's so "original" Yeh right......

[IYAMNI]

@DoeblerGermanWolf 'Nothing new under the sun' as the saying goes. 'The show must go on.' :-) I think Alice was smarter about it all. More tongue in cheek. I mean.. "Dead Babies"... who else could pull that one off? haha

[DoeblerGermanWolf]

@IYAMNI No question about it. There's a reason he's still going strong today.

[airrunweskeriv]

@hardc1974 didn't want to be the first to say it... but yeah!

[Ghouldilocks]

@hardc1974 Everybody has ripped off Alice. Gaga's no exception.

[garethac81]

(continued)... and being physically and mentally burnt out didn't help. But, as hit and miss as this period was (often blighted by tin-can production and tired vocals), going as far out on a limb as he did occasionally paid off with some of Alice's most fascinating songs. I keep coming back to "Clones (We're All)", "Pain", "Former Lee Warmer", "Pass The Gun Around"...great stuff.

To me, that's the mark of a great artist: no matter the period, style or circumstance, always worth listening to.

[ghodium]

interesting insights, some dodgy stuff in that period, but some very original stuff too, personally i find brutal planet and dragontown far less interesting than this period (haven't followed him so much for his latest two albums), alice was always far more showbiz than bowie, but occupied a similar niche within it

[garethac81]

Alice never looked more terrifying than he did in the early 80's...his "beat up military drag queen" style was so raw and edgy it's almost hard to know what to make of it.

Personally, I think the fact that Alice claims to remember virtually nothing about this period of his life suggests that he was largely acting on instinct, and instantly indulging whatever bizarre impulse he experienced. Not a surefire recipe for success - he released a lot of his worst material from 1980-83...

[MrJoe2112]

the special forces,zipper,dada period was awesome!

[Eliskoopa]

Oh, God, this is great! Haven't seen the clip until now. I love Special Forces, and I love this song. It's so raw, powerful, it's so punk. And Alice looks really cool here, despite the fact that he was literally dying from alcohilism.

Look at his make up, and his charisma... o man! Marylin Manson can suck his balls :)

[nadaoferie]

Ha ha You are funny! Yes, back in the late 80's Phil Donahue made a comparison between the two performers...and I almost gagged. Phil Donahue revealing his complete dork-ignorance on air! Does anyone REALLY understand how cool Alice was during this movement ??

[nadaoferie]

Alice looks better NOW than he did THEN!

[gayjuggalo]

@Eliskoopa How do u know he hasn't? lol. The best thing about Alice Cooper is that he still has that charisma on stage. He blew every other rock star out of the water when I saw him last summer.

[nadaoferie]

This is one of my all-time favorites of Alice. Listen to that Raw Guitar !!

[polikuh5]

his make-up....

[420joesparx]

i dont agree that just because this is some of his least known stuff.. people say this is "real cooper fans" favorites...im a real cooper fan...and this isnt the best album to me...the original cooper gang will always be the "REAL" cooper fans favorites

[Dys1970]

This is one of his poorest selling albums, but much like "da-da" it is a favorite of his real fans. I like this album (and this song was great) but da-da is my fave

[satanasgirl]

awesome stuff, I wish someone would put out a series of career retrospective DVD's of Alice's career, much like KISS has done recently with the KISSOLOGY sets.

[420joesparx]

YEAH!!! thats what i been saying since kiss came out with those things...wouldnt that kick ass.. id buy it quicker than i did the kiss dvds

[420joesparx]

wish i could see a whole show from this tour

[RosesOnWhiteLace16]

Oh....my......

Defiantly not my fave Alice era

[honestabe666]

When I see stuff like this I wish he never got sober.

[fizzylipstick]

creepy but AWESOME!

[publicanimal9]

AMAZING FIND!!!