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Alice Cooper's New Album Pays Tribute to His Native Detroit

January 24, 2021, 10:54 PM


 

Veteran rocker Alice Cooper, aka Vincent Damon Furnier, uses his latest album, "Detroit Stories," as a tribute to the city where he was born and raised during early childhood.   

The album, being released Feb. 26, celebrates the legendary music of the city and its hard-rock heritage, reports Ed Masley of the Arizona Republic:

He met the other founding members of the Alice Cooper group in Phoenix, where his family moved when he was 12, the Cortez High School track star and his bandmates were sharing a farmhouse on the outskirts of Detroit when they recorded "I'm Eighteen," their breakthrough single.

They'd moved to Detroit after several years in California, where they cut their first two albums for Frank Zappa's Straight Records.

As Cooper, 72, who now lives in Paradise Valley [Arizona] with his wife, Sheryl Cooper, explains, they didn't feel as much like outcasts on the Detroit scene, surrounded by such kindred spirits as the Stooges and the MC5.

"Detroit, their sound was hard rock driven by guitars," he says. "And that's where we felt right at home."

Below is the first song from the upcoming studio album featuring Steve Hunter, Johnny Bee, Paul Randolph and Joe Bonamassa. It will be issued on vinyl, CD and digital download.


Read more:  Arizona Republic


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