ALICE COOPER - Band Line-Up Changes In The Works
March 2, 2011, 13 years ago
A reliable BW&BK; source has checked in with the news that guitarist Kerri Kelli and drummer Jimmy Degrasso are no longer a part of ALICE COOPER's band. Rumours are hot that original ALICE COOPER BAND guitarist Michael Bruce and drummer Neal Smith are back, but that's PURE speculation at this time.
Stay tuned for updates.
As previously reported, Cooper recently completed work on his new album, Welcome II My Nightmare. According to BW&BK; sources the sequel to the 1975 classic Welcome To My Nightmare will be released in September via Bigger Picture records.
According to a recent interview with Billboard.com, Cooper and producer Bob Ezrin (PINK FLOYD, KISS) came up with 13 songs, including the ballads 'I Am Made Of You' and 'Something To Remember Me By'. Cooper also cut three new songs with original band-mates Dennis Dunaway (bass), Neal Smith (drums) and Michael Bruce (guitar).
Ezrin worked with the Alice Cooper Band during their glory years including producing records like the original Welcome To My Nightmare, Billion Dollar Babies (1973), School's Out (1972) and Love It To Death (1971).
BraveWords.com spoke with original Alice Cooper Band drummer Neal Smith recently about the new collaboration with Ezrin and the band being nominated into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame.
"I just know that everything, right now, with everybody is very positive," says Smith. "When we’re all together, it’s exactly like the old days."Read the entire interview here.
