Concert Report: Alice Cooper

[Aahzz]

Caught Alice at the new Andrew J Brady Icon Music Center in Cincinnati last night. As always, Alice and band were phenomenally good. He'll be 74 next Friday, and he's still a far better frontman than a lot of much younger guys/gals I've seen. He's a complete showman, and every member of his band has great stage presence as well.

The setlist was quite enjoyable:

Feed My Frankenstein

No More Mr Nice Guy

Bed of Nails

Hey Stoopid

Fallen in love and I Can’t Get Up

Go Man Go

Under My Wheels

He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)

Rock N Roll

18

Poison

Billion Dollar Babies

Roses on White Lace

My Stars

Devil’s Food/The Black Widow

Steven

Dead Babies

I Love the Dead

Escape

Teenage Frankenstein


Encore:

School’s Out

 

[Chicken Man]

I think I'd really like that--what's the crowd like? I'm picturing a bunch of gone-to-seed heshers, and I'm not sure I want to mingle with that lot for an entire evening.

 

[Aahzz]

I think I'd really like that--what's the crowd like? I'm picturing a bunch of gone-to-seed heshers, and I'm not sure I want to mingle with that lot for an entire evening.

The crowd definitely leans older, but there's still a decent contingent of the younger generation there. My 20-year-old daughter was with me, and didn't feel out of place. I do think my 81-year-old mother was the oldest person I saw there. Predominant age was probably 45-65. Later boomers and a fair amount of us Gen X types.

 

[dmn23]

I've seen him a few times stretching from the '80s to the mid '00s and it's always a hoot. And he has the good sense to back himself with an utterly ferocious band.

 

[Aahzz]

I've seen him a few times stretching from the '80s to the mid '00s and it's always a hoot. And he has the good sense to back himself with an utterly ferocious band.

Yup, his band is fantastic - ferocious is a good word. He's had the same lineup since hitting the road with Motley Crue in 2013. For a couple years before that it was Orianthi instead of Nita Strauss, but the rest was the same. Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen, Chuck Garric and Glen Sobel. I've heard that on off nights they occasionally turn up in local clubs without Alice and blow the roof off. I'd love to catch one of those some time.

 

[DdBob]

at this point he should probably drop 18 from the setlist

 

[CST]

The first time that I saw him was in 1972 at the Charlotte race track. The next show, he had Vincent Price with him. You know that was trippy. Oh, wait. We were doing acid!
The music & theatricals combined were amazing.

 

[Andrew Sak]

That's a great set list.
It's missing 'The Ballad If Dwight Fry', but still quite solid.

I'm also a fan of his ballads. You and Me, Only Women Bleed, I Never Cry.
Don't mind me though, I like the mellow Dennis DeYoung Styx songs.

 

[Aahzz]

That's a great set list.
It's missing 'The Ballad If Dwight Fry', but still quite solid.

I'm also a fan of his ballads. You and Me, Only Women Bleed, I Never Cry.
Don't mind me though, I like the mellow Dennis DeYoung Styx songs.

I Never Cry is my favorite Alice song, and it's one I've never seen live. I have seen him do Only Women Bleed. The first few times I saw him in the 2010's he was doing Dwight Fry, for the whole straightjacket/guillotine bit, but he now does that bit a bit differently from Steven through I Love The Dead.

 

[Aahzz]

at this point he should probably drop 18 from the setlist

I'd be OK with that, but not sure the rest of his crowd would. It was never one of my favorites to begin with.

 

[CST]

I'd be OK with that, but not sure the rest of his crowd would. It was never one of my favorites to begin with.

I loved that song when I turned 18 & had my first taste of freedom!

 

[mongooz]

he's playing here (2 blocks away from me) tonight.
not going, but that's because i'm not being involved in large crowds in confined areas, yet.

 

[335clone]

Alice was always a great show, with top notch players. Glad that is still the case.

I could never figure out why KISS got any attention, when Alice and The Tubes were doing the theatrical rock bit at such a higher level.

 

[Andrew Sak]

When I bought my white Roland Micro Cube a few years ago, Nita Strauss was the spokesperson. She was in the Iron Maidens at the time.
This is a great ad.

 

[jelloman]

I Never Cry is my favorite Alice song, and it's one I've never seen live.

Goes to Hell is often near the bottom of the list, so I'm sure he doesn't pay it much mind these days, which is a shame since it's my favorite album...Wake Me Gently is a highlight for me...

 

[Aahzz]

When I bought my white Roland Micro Cube a few years ago, Nita Strauss was the spokesperson. She was in the Iron Maidens at the time.
This is a great ad.

That is a great ad, and Nita is a freaking beast.

 

[Aahzz]

Goes to Hell is often near the bottom of the list, so I'm sure he doesn't pay it much mind these days, which is a shame since it's my favorite album...Wake Me Gently is a highlight for me...

He was playing "Go To Hell" a few years back when I saw him...I maintain hope for "I Never Cry".

 

[jp_nyc]

Damn, 21 songs is a hell of a set for a 74 year old. He keeps himself healthy.