No more Mr. Nice Guy!

[LoZoccolo]

No more, Mr. Cleeeeeeeean!

I know that Alice Cooper is supposed to have invented "shock rock", but you go back and listen to a lot of it and it seems intentionally a bit silly - it's almost like he's doing a parody of shock rock! Was anybody here around back then to remember if it was ever considered real "shocking", or if it just had some scary elements with a toungue-in-cheek attitude about it?

[chicagojoe]

1. I was there.

Never thought it was shocking, but it was a one-of -a kind act.
Never heard any moralistic outcry. Just rock and roll, show-biz.
Good book about that band-"Billion Dollar Babies" by Bob Greene.
If you like rock books, you'll dig this one. Written back then(70's).

[Kikosexy2]

2. His live..

concert acts were supposed to be shocking--but more theatrical and silly fun like Ozzy and Black Sabbath. Aaaaahhhh! those concerts back in the 70s--sex, drugs and rock n roll--couldn't ask for more!

[greendog]

3. I remember reading an interview with Bob Dylan...

...where he said he thought Alice Cooper was an underrated songwriter.

[Mojorabbit]

4. My first concert

at thirteen. Early seventies. He had a gallows on the stage and hung himself. It was very realistic. Of course I was thirteen so my experience of the world was not too vast....