Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories (Album Review) Tuesday, 09 March 2021 Written by Simon Ramsay
It’s beyond lazy to dismiss Alice Cooper as a shock-rocker after six decades in the business. The tag implies that he’s a one trick pony, someone who’s forged their reputation on cheap stylistic tricks rather than lasting musical substance. Theatricality and historic controversy may be a telling part of his story but ‘Detroit Stories’ is a back-to-basics, aggressively guitar driven homage to ‘the birthplace of angry hard rock’ that proves Cooper’s career was, first and foremost, built on a bedrock of stellar songwriting.
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You have to be some sort of superhero or vampire to survive in the world of rock ’n’ roll for 50 years, and living legend Alice Cooper is one of the few who fits that particular bill. The horror-rock icon likely the only person who’s in both the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
and The Friars Club has just released his 21st solo record,
Detroit Stories, on which he pays homage to his hometown
. Cooper reunites with old friends like producer Bob Ezrin and fellow Detroit music legends MC5’s Wayne Kramer, The Detroit Wheels’ Johnny “Bee” Badanjek, and the Motor City Horns on inspired covers like Lou Reed’s “Rock ’N’ Roll” and new bangers like “Social Debris” that prove that his vocals are as scathing as ever.
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The legendary Detroit rocker returns with his 21st solo studio album on Friday. Cooper calls the album an homage to the proto-punk rock movement that helped launched his career more than 50 years ago.
When
Alice Cooper talks about his new album “Detroit Stories,” out Friday, February 26, he swears that it’s not about nostalgia.
It’s not about looking back on his career and celebrating what was. It’s actually about celebrating the city where he was born and ultimately moved back to as a young man in the late 1960s after spending his teen years in Phoenix, Arizona, where he currently lives.
Welcome to Seven in Seven, where each Thursday in this space we would typically take a look at concerts coming to the region over the next week. With most shows on hold due to the pandemic, hereâs a look at seven of the best albums being released Feb. 26:
Alice Cooper â Detroit Stories
Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, Detroit Stories follows last yearâs Breadcrumbs EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest rock n roll scene there ever was. This time heâs gathered some legendary Detroit musicians and recorded in a Detroit studio. The album was produced by longtime Cooper collaborator Bob Ezrin and features local music legends like the MC5âs Wayne Kramer and the Detroit Wheelsâ Johnny âBeeâ Badanjek, as well as the Motor City Horns.
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