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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S1E26: Alice Cooper

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Guy and Gary speak to an artist whose career spans over 50 years. Famed for his theatrical live shows and a stunning back catalogue of songs, Alice Cooper is about to return to his roots with his  21st studio album ‘Detroit Stories’. Produced by his long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin, this album is getting great reviews and in this episode he shares some incredible stories that include tales of living with Pink Floyd.

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So I was quite a mad Alice Cooper fan when I was a kid.

0:35.0

I was a big Alice Cooper fan.

0:37.0

I remember back at primary school it was a big thing because obviously I'm that much younger than you Gary.

0:42.0

But I remember welcome to my nightmare being a really that was just a really serious album

0:47.6

Yeah, I go back to probably schools out right which had that really bizarre cover.

0:53.0

But I remember it was the cover, was the school desk with all the...

0:56.0

It was a school desk, yeah, but I remember thinking I've never seen...

0:59.0

Is that what school desks looked like in America?

1:01.0

Because I'd never seen one like that.

1:02.0

All right, because where did you go?

1:04.4

You all stood up at your school, did you?

1:07.8

Prize primary mate.

1:08.8

But inside, inside, you remember was a pair of paper knickers girl

1:14.4

hairies they would have been called with I'm not sure you could get away with this now

1:17.6

but no simpler times and his albums the albums were always really beautifully presented because billion dollar

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