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Friday Update

Alice Cooper Appears On Kesha Podcast and other news

Alice will be at guest on the first episode of pop star Kesha’s supernatural podcast ‘Kesha and the Creepies‘. Alice and Kesha first came together one ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’ and have appeared onstage together a couple of times. The podcast launches today via iHeartMedia.

Goodyear has partnered with Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers for a live streamed concert tomorrow, November 21st, between 5pm and 9pm local time. For local bands will take part, and it’s always possible Alice will make a brief cameo appearance as well.
In other Solid Rock news the opening of the second teen center in Mesa, AZ has been delayed due to the pandemic and is now hoped to open in late January.

A few posts ago I mentioned that Alice shows up singing on a children’s record by ‘Splash & Boots’ called ‘Heart Parade’. Well now there’s an article in The Star explaining how it came about with quotes from Bob Ezrin.

‘Nights With Alice Cooper’ has a new video in which Alice chats to Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer and Hendrix bassist Billy Cox about the new Hendrix film "The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live In Maui" which is out soon.

The Marc Bolan tribute show which Dennis Dunaway took park in a couple of weeks ago will be repeated on November 29th at 8PM eastern time (1AM UK time) at iheart.com. Dennis chats about the legendary Morgan Studios jam session near the end of the show.

Rolling Stone gets Alice to name his top 10 albums of all time in a new video.

Local Spins recalls the night Alice Cooper played the Civic Centre in Holland, MI in 1972.

According to an article in the Worcester News UK Cooper fan Chris Sutton has a book about "Alice Cooper in the 70s" on the way via publisher ‘Sonic Bond‘. It’s due in March 2021 and seems to part of a series of books concentrating on bands at their peak in the 70s.

New Michael Bruce Song

New Michael Bruce Lyric Video

The Michael Bruce Group have posted a lyric video for their debut single ‘Born Screamer’ which you can see here. The song is taken from their upcoming debut album and also features Neal Smith on drums!

Eddie Trunk’s ‘Virtual Invasion’ interview with Alice from last week is now available to listen online here. SiriusXM subscribers apparently can see video of the interview as well.

Hawaii Public Radio has a new Alice interview coming up and have posted a preview here. Unfortunately they don’t mention a date it will air, just that it will be available at the same link afterwards.

Other new Alice interviews this week include KZZK radio’s ‘Heather’s Chat‘, and Studio 10 in Australia.

‘Phoenix Home and Garden’ magazine this month has a great feature on the Cooper home with photos and descriptions. You can read the article here.

‘Sonic Perspectives‘ have a new interview with Neal Smith talking about his just released ‘Pop 85/95’ album, the reunion tour and recording new tracks with Alice.

The GalaxyCon Nita Strauss/Mick Foley interview can now be watched on YouTube and it’s a complete "lovefest", with Nita and Mick telling stories about working together and the wrestling/rock connections. Well worth checking out.

iHeartRadio has a very long interview with Bob Ezrin by author Bob Lefsetz. At well over 2 hours it covers many aspects of Bob’s career, including plenty of Alice mentions of course.

Blue Coupe’s Joe Bouchard has a new solo album out on July 31st called ‘Strange Legends’ which also features ‘Hey Stoopid’ album drummer Mickey Curry. Check out the first video for ‘Forget About Love’ here.

News Catch Up

Shock Opera have posted video of the Q&A that followed the world premiere of ‘Live From The Astroturf, Alice Cooper’ in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. The picture quality isn’t great, but you can follow what’s going on and hear what is being said, and how often do you get to see Alice, Neal, Dennis and Michael interviewed together!

AZCentral have a review of the recent Hollywood Vampires show in Phoenix.

Blue Coupe will be playing at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH on July 11th. Tickets are on sale now.

CBC in Canada have posted a long interview with producer Bob Ezrin talking about his career.

Nita Strauss can be heard on a new single by Duane Morano called ‘Manhattan Nights’ You can check out the video here.
Kerrang! has a new interview with Nita and she will also be a judge on the ‘Young Guitarist of the Year’ competition and Music Radar has all the details on how to enter.