When did Alice tour with Big Country, was that the Special Forces tour?
Pete Wishart MP mentions it in this brief interview snippet, regarding his background playing for The Skids, Big Country, and Runrig.
https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/11 ... 8977996801
Alice and Big Country
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Re: Alice and Big Country
Pete Wishart does mention that that tour was the end of Big Country, or certainly his part in the band - which would be a very viable reason, if they imploded mid-tour.
Re: Alice and Big Country
Odd choice for a support. I have no memory of them playing in Ardwick Green. I could well have been in the boozer though.
The Heavy Metal Kids supporting Alice in 75 where great. I was a life long fan after that.
The Heavy Metal Kids supporting Alice in 75 where great. I was a life long fan after that.
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Re: Alice and Big Country
I remember the reports of the the tour at the time saying the support band were going down so badly they were getting bottles thrown at them. I was slightly disappointed it had been changed by the time of the Glasgow gig as I was looking forward to seeing what made this band so bad.
They featured two Alice tracks on their 2001 covers album Undercover, released many years later, so I guess it maybe didn't put them off their appreciation of the Coop much.
Here they are covering I'm Eighteen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RTV_62I8oI
And the slightly more surprising choice of Teenage Lament '74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs8f1z3-HM
They featured two Alice tracks on their 2001 covers album Undercover, released many years later, so I guess it maybe didn't put them off their appreciation of the Coop much.
Here they are covering I'm Eighteen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RTV_62I8oI
And the slightly more surprising choice of Teenage Lament '74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs8f1z3-HM
Re: Alice and Big Country
Took this from an article on Big Country...it was still a year or so before they had their first hit
"A support slot with Alice Cooper went disastrously too, the band’s half-baked sound grating on an audience looking for glam-metal thrills. By the second night of the tour, Cooper’s tour manager was on the phone to Grant: “Your band’s off the bill, no arguing”.