Welcome to my nightmare bonus tracks by alice cooper. Apr 12, 2012 author dave thompson, who has written and published over 100 books and has contributed to many music magazines, will issue his newest title alice cooper welcome to my nightmare on september 1st via omnibus press. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare paperback january 1, 1975 by carol cuellar editor see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Vincent price also appears throughout the special, starring as the spirit of the nightmare. Alice cooper is not just a rock icon, but he is also lord of nightmares, ruling his own kingdom. This special edition dvd feature from alice cooper includes the 1976 concert film welcome to my nightmare and, appearing on dvd for the first time, the 1975 tv special alice cooper. Welcome to my nightmare est le premier album du renouveau dalice cooper. In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show hes regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of welcome 2 my. Saw alice cooper perform this album in 1975, what a great show and a great album, support at wembley was the heavy metal kids with the late gary bolton on vocals, only women bleed was a hit for julie covington two years later but alices original by far superior. When i heard about this book, of course i wanted to read it.
The album is a sequel to his 1975 album welcome to my nightmare the idea for the album came about soon after the thirtieth anniversary of the original. Within minutes of ripping the box open and flipping through the pages of alice cooper. In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show hes regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of welcome 2 my nightmare, an explicit sequel to 1975s welcome to my nightmare that reteams alice with producer bob ezrin along with such alice cooper band. Alice cooper born vincent damon is an american rock singer, songwriter and broadcaster whose career spans more than five decades. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Author dave thompson, who has written and published over 100 books and has contributed to many music magazines, will issue his newest title alice cooper welcome to my nightmare on september 1st via omnibus press. We find that you cannot just listen to one particular track and judge the whole release on it. This was alice coopers first solo album all previous alice cooper releases were band efforts.
Alice cooper performs his horror stage act in a concert in 1975. August 26 rock n roll legend alice cooper has never been a stranger to the mystic and the macabre. With the 40th anniversary of welcome to my nightmare coming up, cooper is still bringing the nightmare to life. Because ive always been a collector, she would have an easy time buying gifts for me as a young rock fan. Alice coopers welcome to my nightmare special edition dvd will be released on september 8, 2017 via eagle rock entertainment. Welcome 2 my nightmare est le 26e album studio dalice cooper et le 19e en solo sorti le septembre 2011. Originally released on lp in 1975 and reissued on cd in 2002, welcome to my nightmare is, quite simply, a shock rock masterpiece. Given these blasts from the past, it would seem that welcome 2 my nightmare would be a throwback to the 70s, but one of the great unspoken things about alice cooper is that he always makes records that sound like their time and this is no exception, with ezrin pumping alice through enough autotune to compete with kesha, who happens to be. In the tv special, alice cooper stars as steven who is trapped in a nightmare he cant wake up from and tries to escape.
New alice cooper book, welcome to my nightmare, due in september. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare 1975 my sister used to have a tradition. Welcome to my nightmare alice cooper and dick wagner. Played in sequence, the songs form a journey through the nightmares of a child named steven. Steven, a character from alice coopers album welcome to my nightmare, encounters a surreal dream fantasy, guided by the spirit of the nightmare. It is alice coopers first solo album all previous alice cooper releases were band efforts, and his only album for the atlantic records label. Epaule par le producteurmusiciencompositeur bob ezrin. New alice cooper book, welcome to my nightmare, due in.
Shockingly, there has not been a comprehensive alice cooper book since the eighties. While cold ethyl, only women bleed, and the title track are the highlights of the album, if one would embrace the albums overall concept and allow the tracks to wear a groove into ones mind, every track on the album will be found to be a gem. Autographed alice cooper numbered, framed lithograph. His stage shows were the stuff of legend, featuring snakes and pyrotechnics, the invocation of dark themes and.
Dec 08, 2014 alice cooper on welcoming fans to his nightmare. Welcome to my nightmare is well written by british musicologist dave thompson. You know inside you feel right at home, here welcome to my breakdown. Alice cooper was one of the biggest concert draws in the seventies with a string of gold and platinum albums to his name. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare releases discogs. The nightmare is the rarely seen 1975 tv special that aired on abc in the usa, in conjunction with the release of the. While the music lost most of the gritty edge of the. Welcome to my nightmare sounds like a record put together by people who dont know each other very well and were brought together for an occasion. It is also a conceptual effort that, like other alice cooper releases of the 70s, generated some controversy. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. Features song lyrics for alice coopers welcome to my nightmare album.
Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Welcome 2 my nightmare by alice cooper 602527812618 cd. A 1975 alice cooper concert hosted by vincent price, with alice cooper s trademark horror stage act, and performances of some of his hit songs, including only women bleed, schools out and steven. Welcome to my nightmare, yeah welcome to my breakdown i hope i didnt scare you thats just the way we are when we come down, we are we sweat and laugh and scream here cause life is just a dream here inside youre gonna feel right at home here welcome to my nightmare, yeah welcome to my breakdown welcome to my nightmare i think youre gonna. We sweat, laugh and scream here, cuz life is just a dream here. With alice cooper, vincent price, linda googh, robyn blythe. Kaufen sie alice cooper welcome to my nightmare gunstig ein. Welcome to my nightmare was the first solo outing for vincent furnier, now going by the alice cooper moniker himself, but in many ways it was not altogether dissimilar to records already released by the alice cooper band like schools out and billion dollar babies of just a few short years before. Welcome to my nightmare is the debut solo album by alice cooper, released in march 1975. It gets high marks for style, but loses some of them for substance and coherence. It originally broadcast in north america on april 25, 1975, by abc. But in escaping from the mask of rock singer which he claimed he found so confining, cooper has just found just another false face as he says so bluntly in escape. With the 1974 disintegration of the original alice cooper group, alice was free to launch a solo career.
Welcome to my nightmare, a nightmare of my own set in this book is fraught with factual errors that people will take as truth. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare from alice cooper. Alice was at his peak in the early and mid70s and welcome to my nightmare was him at his best. Welcome 2 my nightmare also known as welcome to my nightmare 2 is the nineteenth solo album by alice cooper, released in september 2011. Dave thompson has written and published over 100 books and has contributed to many music magazines including rolling stone, mojo, spin, q, record. Jul 01, 2015 alice cooper welcome to my nightmare 1975 my sister used to have a tradition. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to.
The special features the welcome to my nightmare album in its entirety, with the addition of the song ballad of dwight fry from the alice cooper album love it to death. Alice cooper is one of my heroes and this concert film captures him at near the height of his powers. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare cuellar, carol on. When i was 17 years old, i only had a few albums by certain artists. Alice cooper is an american rock star whose career has span. A description of the 320 page paperback reads as follows. Welcome to my nightmare from dynamite comics collects issues 16 of the series. The key here is the rich content popoff brings to the project.
The nightmare tv special and a worldwide concert tour in 1975, and the welcome to my nightmare concert film in 1976. Serious alice cooper, steve lukather, david foster and bernie taupin. With the release of his first solo album welcome to my nightmare, alice toured in support of the album with an elaborate stage show complete with stage sets and a troupe of actors. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare special edition.
He wisely decided to reenlist the services of bob ezrin for his solo debut, welcome to my nightmare, which was a concept album tied into the story line of the highly theatrical concert tour he launched soon after the albums release. Popoffs easy to read book utilises his celebrated timeline with quotes methodology, allowing for dropins on all aspects of alices busy life. Its a great time capsule, filmed during the welcome to my nightmare tour in 1976, featuring permances of every song on that album, plus favorites like schools out, no more mr. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing alice cooper. Jun 26, 2012 welcome to my nightmare is well written by british musicologist dave thompson. With alice cooper, vincent price, dick wagner, steve hunter. Welcome to my nightmare is now available as a graphic novel. Alice cooper vol 1 welcome to my nightmare signed edition. Listen free to alice cooper welcome to my nightmare welcome to my nightmare, devils food and more. It is alice cooper s first solo album all previous alice cooper releases were band efforts, and his only album for the atlantic records label. Alice cooper is an american rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, cooper has pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of hard rock designed to shock. Welcome to my nightmare is simply a synthesis of every wildly wicked, tepidly controversial trick in the cooper handbook.
The album is a sequel to his 1975 album welcome to my nightmare. Welcome to my nightmare, an album by alice cooper on spotify. I myself am a huge cooper fan having seen dozens of his earlier shows. Welcome to my nightmare is an immense addition to alice cooper scholarship.
In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show hes regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of welcome 2 my nightmare, an. There wasnt too much here as an old school fan of alice cooper, i could hardly wait to read this. The songs, heard in sequence, form a journey through the nightmares of a child named steven. The nightmare tv special, a worldwide concert tour in 1975, and the welcome to my nightmare concert film in 1976. It is alice coopers first solo album and his only album for the. Alice cooper may not have had a hit single in two decades but hes hardly kept quiet during the two decades that separate 1991s hey stoopid and 2011s welcome 2 my nightmare. Collecting the first six issues of the series, this comic is everything you would expect from alice cooper. Watch the video for welcome to my nightmare from alice coopers welcome to my nightmare for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Il sagit du premier album en solo du chanteur, les albums precedents ayant ete.
The cover artwork was created by drew struzan for pacific eye and ear. During the tour, two shows at the wembly arena in london were filmed. Oct 31, 2017 alice cooper welcome to my nightmare from alice cooper. Price new from used from paperback, january 1, 1975 please retry.
Alice coopers welcome to my nightmare special edition. The nightmare was a conceptual television special showcasing the music of the welcome to my nightmare album by alice cooper. In my opinion, it is the most graphically designed of all his albums and a great piece. Watch the video for welcome to my nightmare from alice cooper s welcome to my nightmare for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Tout sur welcome to my nightmare alice cooper, cd album et tous les albums musique cd, vinyle. Welcome to my nightmare is a concept album by alice cooper, released in 1975. This was the cover of alices welcome to my nightmare album. Welcome to my nightmare is the first solo album by alice cooper, released in march 1975. Saw alice cooper perform this album in 1975, what a great show and a great album, support at wembley was the heavy metal kids with the late gary bolton on vocals, only women bleed was a hit for julie covington two years later but alice s original by far superior. Whoa, youre welcome to my nightmare, yeah, i think youre gonna like it, i think youre. A 1975 alice cooper concert hosted by vincent price, with alice coopers trademark horror stage act, and performances of some of his hit songs, including only women bleed, schools out and steven. Sur welcome to my nightmare, alice cooper nous invite a visiter les cauchemars dun jeune garcon. Steven, a character from alice cooper s album welcome to my nightmare, encounters a surreal dream fantasy, guided by the spirit of the nightmare. Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from.
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