ALICE COOPER - "We Will Take On Any Band Full Of 20-Year Olds Right Now And Blow Them Off The Stage"
October 10, 2008, 16 years ago
Montreal Mirror's Johnson Cummins has issued an interview with ALICE COOPER. The following is an excerpt:
Q: What were those early days in Detroit in the late ’60s like, playing with the MC5, STOOGES, MITCH RYDER and so on?
A: "Detroit at that time was by far the healthiest music scene going. When we first went to Detroit, we had never heard of the MC5 or the Stooges. We went on after the Stooges at this festival and when I saw Iggy, I just realized that I had found some competition. Detroit audiences would only respond to bands that had attitude, offered no excuses and played it loud. Every week, we would play bills like Stooges, MC5, Alice Cooper and The Who at the Grande, and even at that time we realized that these were some of the greatest rock ’n’ roll shows that would ever happen. Everybody was really competitive too. If Keith Moon had 31 drums, Neal [Smith, ex-drummer] would make sure he had 32."
Q: It does seem rare that the Stooges and your current show can still deliver after 40 years.
A: "When people call me and Iggy dinosaurs, I just tell them we’re carnivores because we will take on any band full of 20-year-olds right now and blow them off the stage. I’m not even basing that on content or showmanship, but just on energy alone."
Read the full interview at Montreal Mirror.
