ALICE COOPER - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)

The Long-Awaited Sequel to his 1975 classic - Alice Cooper’s widely anticipated new album, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" - will be released September 13, 2011.
Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum 'Welcome To My Nightmare album' in 1975, the new album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.

The original release is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering U.S. TV special, and certified Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, theatre, television, film and much more.
More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation.

“This is Alice’s nightmare 35 years later,” explains Cooper, “Bob Ezrin and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we’re not writing for me, we’re writing for Alice.
We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humor and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans.
The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us.”

And indeed it does. There's many styles reflected on this recording.
From Hard Rockers as "A Runaway Train", "Caffeine", the anthemic "The Congregation", "I'll Bite Your Face Off" (great groove) or the dark "When Hell Comes Home", renditions to Classic Rock like "I'll Bite Your Face Off", "Ghouls Gone Wild" (glammy and retro), to fun and unusual songs as the vaudeville-esque "Last Man On Earth" or the crazy "Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever".
Also found room for a ballad on the very classy "Something To Remember Me By", musically one of the best tracks here.


If you like classic (early) Cooper, you'll love this one.
Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice’s nightmare.
There is an array of collaborators on the new album, including original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith reunited on 3 tracks; global pop superstar Ke$ha, who affectionately calls Alice 'dad'; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice’s current touring band and featured prominently on the first Nightmare album.
Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin; singer-songwriter Tommy Henriksen; Ke$ha; Dunaway, Bruce and Smith; Buckcherry’s, Keith Nelson; Desmond Child, who famously co-wrote and produced 'Poison' with Alice; longtime collaborator Dick Wagner; current touring band member Chuck Garric; and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.
The 'Nightmare' has returned again...


01 - I Am Made Of You
02 - Caffeine
03 - The Nightmare Returns
04 - A Runaway Train
05 - Last Man On Earth
06 - The Congregation
07 - I'll Bite Your Face Off
08 - Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
09 - Ghouls Gone Wild
10 - Something To Remember Me By
11 - When Hell Comes Home
12 - What Baby Wants
13 - I Gotta Get Outta Here
14 - The Underture


Personnel:
Alice Cooper
Denis Dunaway
Michael Bruce
Neal Smith
Ke$ha
Steve Hunter
Chuck Garric
Bob Ezrin




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ALICE COOPER - I'll Bite Your Face Off [single] (2011)

Alice Cooper releases the hugely anticipated new album "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" September 12th.
Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum 'Welcome To My Nightmare' album in 1975, the record picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.

And the first single, "I'll Bite Your Face Off" brings a mouth watering preview today, a Rolling Stones-esque groove featuring an iconic chorus that has already become a crowd favourite at Alice's live gigs around the world.
"This is my tip-of-the-hat to early Rolling Stones," says Alice, "This kind of tunes just feel so good, in the pocket.
This song was begging to be in the live show. We've done it in four different continents now and no one had ever heard it. By the second chorus, the whole audience is singing 'I'll Bite Your Face Off'... It's the perfect little 3 minute hit single."

"I don't mind showing people where I get my songs from. I can guarantee there were times when major acts took an Alice Cooper song and said 'we want it to sound like that.' Because I've heard it and recognized it. I see it as a compliment."

I'll Bite Your Face Off is backed by Caffeine, another song from the new album, written with Keith Nelson from Buck Cherry.
"We sat down and wrote the basis for this song at Keith studio," Alice explains, "I took it back to Nashville and went crazy with it. It is something only Alice could do.
It went from a rock song to a strange Alice piece but it kept its balls all the way through it. Keith thought it was great but he never thought it would end up sounding like that."

The original Welcome To My Nightmare album is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering US TV special and cemented Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, theatre, television, film and much more.

More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humour for a new generation.
"This is Alice's nightmare 35 years later", explains Cooper, "Bob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we're not writing for me, we're writing for Alice. We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humour and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans. The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us."
Single - I'll Bite Your Face Off / Caffeine - released August 22nd
Album - Welcome 2 My Nightmare - to be released September 12th


1 - I'll Bite Your Face Off (single edit) 3:44

2 - Caffeine 3:23




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