Alice Cooper kua muag los ntawm cov hits thaum kaw heev rau kev nplij siab ncig saib

"Kuv tabtom tso tseg txhua qhov kawg!" tshaj tawm rocker Alice Cooper rau kev zoo siab, kaw nws lub ntsiab teeb tsa ntawm theem ntawm State Farm Center hauv Champaign, Illinois nrog lub pob zeb hu rau caj npab "School's Out" ua ntej lub hli no.

Cooper thiab tuam txhab tuaj txog downstate ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm University of Illinois nrog rau lub caij ntuj sov lub semester ze rau nws kawg, ib qho chaw thaum ntxov ntawm pab pawg neeg tshiab, aptly title "Zoo Close For Comfort" ncig saib.

Cooper tau zoo siab rau daim npog ntawm Forbes thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1973, ib qho yeeb yam hu ua "A New Breed of Tycoon," txav ntau dua 50 lab albums hauv tsib xyoo caum txij li.

Kev sib koom ua ke ntawm txhua yam ntawm vaudeville mus rau qhov txaus ntshai flicks, nws tau tswj xyuas kom nws ua tshiab txawm tias 54 xyoo raug tshem tawm los ntawm kev tso tawm thawj Alice Cooper album, ua kom txhua yam tshiab dua thaum nws npaj ntau hnub rau lub caij ntuj sov no.

Puas yog tus tub rog txoj kev, Cooper thiab nws pab pawg tau teem sijhawm rov qab los rau lub sijhawm ntev uas tau ncaws tawm nrog Mötley Crüe thiab Def Leppard Lub Yim Hli 5, 2023 hauv Syracuse, New York ua ntej kev tawm mus ntev nrog cov phooj ywg shocker Rob Zombie khiav los ntawm Cuaj hlis.

“Nws yog ib qho yeeb yam tshiab tag nrho. Tab sis muaj lub sijhawm lom zem tiag tiag, ”tus kws ntaus kis las Nita Strauss piav qhia tom qab ua ntej kev hais kwv txhiaj hauv Champaign. "Peb tab tom ua ib zaj nkauj hu ua 'Snakebite,' uas Alice tsis tau ua si txij li xyoo 91," tus kws ntaus kis las hais. “Nws hloov lwm zaj nkauj. Thiab nws yog tag nrho audible nyob rau hauv rehearsal. Peb tab tom ua ib zaj nkauj thiab Alice hais tias, 'Zoo, kuv xav siv tus nab tom qab hauv lub teeb. Nws tsuas yog phem heev uas peb tsis muaj lwm zaj nkauj uas peb tuaj yeem siv tag nrho cov ntsiab lus no nab video rau.' Kuv txhais tau leaned tag nrho txoj kev rov qab rau ntawm riser thiab zoo li, 'Ua li cas txog 'Snakebite?!' Thiab lawv nyiam nws. "

Tom qab lub caij ntuj sov dhau los, thaum nws tawm mus koom nrog lub hnub qub Pop Demi Lovato ntawm kev ncig xyuas, Strauss tau rov qab mus rau Cooper pawg. Tau koom nrog hauv 2014 ua rau nws yog tus tswv cuab tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm pab pawg, ib pawg nruj uas tam sim no tau nyob ua ke rau ze li kaum xyoo.

“Peb yeej yog tsev neeg tawm ntawm no. Peb yeej cia li xauv txoj cai rov qab rau hnub ib thiab tsis nco ib tug yeej. Nws yog ib qho kev lom zem heev, ”nws hais txog kev rov koom nrog Cooper quav. Strauss tau hais tias "Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog, peb qhov kev ntaus guitar: kuv tus kheej, Ryan Roxie thiab Tommy Henriksen, peb tau txais nws," Strauss hais. “Nws yuav luag zoo li lub siab xav nrog peb peb, koj puas paub? Ryan thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem ua tus ntaus guitar sib txawv. Tab sis thaum peb ua si tib yam tib lub sijhawm, txawm tias peb lub vibrato sib tw. Tag nrho cov me me no uas nyuam qhuav tuaj - peb cov subtleties thiab nuances ntawm xaiv nres. Yog ib tug nce mus, lwm tus nce mus. Nws tsis yog ib tug nce thiab ib tug mus down. Peb tsuas yog xauv rau hauv, ”nws piav qhia. "Thiab ntawm theem ib yam nkaus, peb muaj kev sib raug zoo zoo li no. Peb tsuas yog ib txwm, yog tias ib tus neeg txav mus tom ntej, lwm tus rov qab mus. Nws zoo li kev ua si chess. Thiab peb txhua tus paub txog qhov twg Alice nyob. Nws yuav mus qhov twg nws xav tau thiab peb sau lub qhov nyob qhov twg nws tsis yog. "

"Tau txwv hauv Illinois!" nyeem cov ntawv xov xwm faux-ntawv xov xwm nyob rau sab nraub qaum flanking band thaum Cooper coj mus rau theem hauv Champaign, tso tawm 25 zaj nkauj nrog "Lock Me Up." Pab pawg nkim sijhawm tsis tau mus rau qhov hits, nrog "Tsis Muaj Ntau Tus Txiv Neej" tom qab tam sim ntawd.

"Cov kab hauv kuv lub ntsej muag thiab ob txhais tes ..." hu nkauj Cooper thaum ntxov, tam sim no 75, thaum lub sij hawm nws hits loj tshaj plaws hauv "Kuv yog Kaum Yim."

Cooper yog lub teeb ntawm kev sib tw hauv Illinois, cia nws lub suab paj nruag ua qhov hais lus, Strauss tig rov qab thiab rau nws sab laug rau hauv nws thaum lub sijhawm "Kuv yog Kaum Yim" nrog Cooper playfully shoving nws mus. Soaring rov qab mus rau nws sab xis, Strauss ripped ib tug thaum ntxov solo thaum lub sij hawm "Nyob rau hauv kuv lub log" nrog Cooper sai sai tig mus rau lub band thiab npuaj teg, tes hla nws lub taub hau thaum nws ntsib drummer Glen Sobel.

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Ib txwm yog tus kiv cua ntawm cov khoom siv, Cooper tuaj fencing nws txoj kev rov qab mus rau theem rau lub npe ntawm nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws album, 1973's Nyiaj Tshwg Nyiaj Menyuam. Tsis muaj qhov twg yog peb qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Strauss, Roxie thiab Henriksen ntau dua li qhov kev txiav no, cov cannons tua tawm cov ntawv cuav $ 100 ua tiav nrog Cooper's visage thiab kos npe tsis tseeb Secretary of Treasury Shep Gordon (Cooper's longtime manager). Strauss thiab Roxie huddled rau sab laug thaum Cooper playfully ntaus ib tug tuag fencing tshuab nyob rau hauv nws duel nrog Henriksen rau lawv sab xis.

Conjuring li bluesy stomp tsuas yog ob teev sab qab teb ntawm Chicago, Cooper tau khaws ib qho kev sib haum xeeb rau "Poob Hauv Kev Hlub," mus txog Strauss thiab nws kos npe ntsuab "Hurricane" Ibanez guitar nrog tus nab nyob li "Snakebite" ua raws.

Ua nws txoj hauv kev mus rau theem siab tshaj plaws mus txog, Cooper serenaded ib tug hluas kiv cua nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej kab thaum nws niam tau yees duab nrog ib tug xov tooj, muab tus me nyuam nws prop raws li cov pab pawg neeg muab rau "Poison."

Ua raws li "Nyob rau kuv Frankenstein," yees duab ntawm Cooper thiab ntshai heev icon Vincent Nqe dov rau ntawm qhov screen, pulsating ntses bass thaj tsam tsev ua yeeb yam thiab tsav cov yeeb yam piav qhia raws li txhua tus guitarist nce mus rau ib tug solo.

Cooper tsis ntev los no tau hnav lub tsho ncaj ncaj rau "Ballad of Dwight Fry" ua ntej ntawm theem txiav plaub hau kev saib xyuas ntawm guillotine, peb tus phab ej thaum kawg rov qab los rau hauv lub kaus mom dawb sab saum toj thaum cov yeeb yam ze rau nws lub sijhawm kawg.

Ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Alice Cooper album tshiab, nws lub 29th studio siv zog, Strauss tab tom npaj rau kev tsis khoom 2023, npaj qhov kev tso tawm ntawm nws thib ob solo album. Tus Hu Nkauj (tam sim no muaj rau kev txiav txim ua ntej ntawm CD lossis vinyl ua ntej tso tawm ntawm Sumerian Cov Ntaub Ntawv thaum Lub Xya Hli 7).

Strauss 'tshiab album nta Cooper ntawm "Winner Takes All" nrog rau cov qhua zoo li In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén ntawm tus tshiab "The Golden Trail."

Ua ntej ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tshiab, Strauss tseem tau teem caij mus ncig ua si ntawm nws tus kheej lub Rau Hli 13 hauv Nashville, kev tawm mus rau nruab nrab Lub Xya Hli.

"Peb ob leeg ua si ntawm ib leeg cov ntaub ntawv thawj zaug xyoo no: Kuv tau ua si ntawm Alice Cooper cov ntaub ntawv thawj zaug thiab nws tau hu nkauj rau kuv cov ntaub ntawv," hais tias tus guitarist. “Peb tau muaj cov ntaub ntawv nyob, Hmo ntuj Paranormal ntawm Olympia Paris, uas tau ua yeeb yaj kiab rau kuv lub hnub yug uas zoo nkauj heev. Tab sis lwm yam tshaj li qhov ntawd, qhov no yog kuv thawj zaug [ua si ntawm Alice album]. Thiab pab pawg tau sau cov ntaub ntawv thiab. Peb sau feem ntau ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ua ib pab pawg. Qhov twg yog qhov txias," Strauss piav qhia. "Alice zoo li tus kws tshaj lij pro - tus kws tshaj lij tshaj lij. Nws tsuas yog lub sijhawm lom zem xwb. "