Alice Cooper’s New Album to Feature Original Band Members

[METALPRIEST]

Alice Cooper’s New Album to Feature Original Band Members

Alice Cooper’s new album will feature three tracks recorded with original ’70s bandmates Neal Smith (drums), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Michael Bruce (guitar). Original lead guitarist Glen Buxton died in 1997. As reported by Billboard.com, the disc is a sequel, of sorts, to Cooper’s 1975 album, Welcome to My Nightmare. Ironically, the original Nightmare disc was the first by Cooper not to feature the classic ’70s Alice Cooper lineup.

The new album also finds Cooper reunited with producer Bob Ezrin, who played an integral role in the group’s landmark ’70s albums. “When I listen to the first Nightmare, I’ve got all kinds of things going on,” Cooper said. “There’s a lot of hard rock on it, but it’ll go way off in a weird direction in one song and then way off in other direction for another song. So where Welcome to My Nightmare left off, this one starts right up. When it comes out it’ll have an entire new production around it, probably as big as the original Nightmare show. It’ll be a big moment in my career.”

The new album will be released next year on Bigger Picture Records.

 

[rtbuck]

Awesome news!!!!! I knew they were knocking around the idea but nothing was definite so this is great news!

...Speaking of the old band...I hear rumblings that drummer Neal Smith has been working on a book

 

[METALPRIEST]

About AC years?? Or general life story.

 

[rtbuck]

Not sure yet...all he's saying is that he's been working on a book

 

[rtbuck]

I'd be interested to know what it was like for him when he was in the Plasmatics for a tour

 

[METALPRIEST]

YEAH!!!!

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Totally excited for this!

Also I've always been very interested in the character of Steven and another "...Nightmare" is a great way to bring him back to the forefront after all of these years instead of just hiding inside of certain Cooper songs.