ALICE COOPER - "There's Not One Moment In The Show That's Not Guitar Rock - I'd Never Let It Get Soft, Syrupy And Stupid"
December 3, 2008, 16 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Keith Carman from Chartattack.com:
ALICE COOPER is renowned for creating the shock rock genre. The likes of W.A.S.P., GWAR and MARILYN MANSON have all shamelessly stolen from him. He cuts off his own head, licks pythons and strangles nurses on stage. It apparently all gets a little boring, though.
"A show like ours has a tendency to get stagnant," admits Cooper, who recently toured Canada in support of his solid new album, Along Came A Spider."Well, at least it does for us. It's the kind of show that's written, directed and choreographed. We have to do that in order to apply all of the theatrics.
"When you're doing the same thing every night, hitting your marks exactly, it runs the risk of becoming dry. I don't want it to get stagnant, so we change it every night. We keep it organic so the show keeps changing.
"The first part of the show is very loose. I tell the band to stay loose and rock. I don't want to make it so stiff that it looks like a Broadway play. It's rock. There's not one moment in the show that's not guitar rock. I'd never let it get soft, syrupy and stupid."
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