ALICE COOPER: Detroit Is The 'Hard Rock Capital Of The United States'

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[DoodleBob]

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper will release his new studio album, "Detroit Stories", on February 26 via earMUSIC. Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, it follows 2019's "Breadcrumbs" EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest rock and roll scene there ever was.

Speaking about his inspiration for "Detroit Stories", Alice said (see video below): "Well, I was born in Detroit, and Detroit was the, is the hard rock capital of the United States. Los Angeles had THE DOORS, and they were kind of a sexy rock and roll sound. San Francisco had THE GRATEFUL DEAD. New York had THE YOUNG RASCALS. Detroit had THE STOOGES, the MC5, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent. We were all hard rock — guitar-driven rock and roll bands. And, for some reason, that just became the home of hard rock. And it was in the same place as Motown, which was interesting. We had, actually, two musical movements going on at the same time — Motown and hard rock — and they both got along very well together.

"So, I said, 'Let's do an album that basically celebrates Detroit, since I was born there and I owe a lot to Detroit," he continued. "But let's not just do that. Let's go in there and record there, write the album there, only use Detroit players, and make it pure Detroit.' So that was a bit of a discipline for us, because we like to use different players and everything. The only one that wasn't from Detroit was Joe Bonamassa; he was our guest in there. But everybody else on the album was Detroit rockers."

[DoodleBob]

This should be good.

[FLNittany]

Alice is a good dude. Look up his interview on his friend Glen Campbell’s death on youtube sometime.

[DIRTYSECRET]

The town is more than half empty. Fill it full of illegals and make it the capitol of salsa music.

[DoodleBob]

I'm a long-time fan (as are others who are more rabid...). I literally have nothing bad to say about the man. He's a rocker, a legend, VERY creative, he's clean, very smart, and utterly transparent.

I'd rather have Alice as the Spokesman for Right-Leaning musicians than Uncle Ted, the latter of whom, at times, makes me cringe and has a nasty past vs Alice.

[newfreep]

Alice & Glen were golfing pals to the very end.

[PGalt]

From Detroit came some amazing talent...and can’t forget The Motor City MOTOWN WOW.

British invasion was awesome too. I even enjoyed the surf music out west and the east & west coast rappers...the jazz...the classics...the...ALL enjoyable...around the world...even the throat singers.

[momtothree]

YOU didn’t ping Salamander?! If I hear a song from Alice Cooper, I ping Salamander. Sheesh! /s :)

[PGalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY1qYRhqh04

The folk, country...sheesh...amazing journey.

[FLNittany]

From what I understand he makes himself available 24/7 for other musicians that want to get clean off drugs.

[DoodleBob]

I did. I know da rulez.

[PGalt]

music of the birds/byrds...airplane/airplanes...the bees/bee gees...disco...sounds/hearing...

[Caipirabob]

I would have sworn I saw Mr. Cooper at an old Irish Pub called Lis Doon Varna (Now closed and the glorious building now demolished.) I would have said "Hello" but it looked like he was enjoying some friends and I didn't want to be intrusive. Plus we had been drinking several superb Whiskey Sours made from scratch and better judgement won out.

[PGalt]

snow...rain...wind...quiet...life

[momtothree]

:)

[real saxophonist]

Kiss - Detroit Rock City

[ConservativeStatement]

[Fiji Hill]

We had, actually, two musical movements going on at the same time — Motown and hard rock — and they both got along very well together.

There was also the small but influential Fortune Records diskery, home of Nolan Strong & the Diablos, Andre Williams & the Don Juans and Nathaniel Mayer.

[Lurker]

“The only one that wasn’t from Detroit was Joe Bonamassa”

I’m looking forward to hearing this.

L

[sauropod]

Bkmk

I grew up listening to him in middle and high school.

[Fiji Hill]

Another small but influential diskery in Detroit was Lu Pine Records, home of the Primettes, better known as the Supremes, the Falcons, featuring lead singer Wilson Pickett, and the Minor Chords.