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Alice Cooper Slashes Up Rock Band

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: alice-cooper, rock, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s / 26 comments

Here's a great Alice Cooper story you may not have heard. Back when they were still a notorious LA club band in the late '60s, they secured an audition with Frank Zappa, who told him to come round to his house at seven. Hardworking, all-American types that they were, they showed up bright and early at seven AM, set up and started to play —waking up a mighty surprised Zappa who was expecting them twelve hours later. Perhaps impressed by their chutzpah, he signed them to his label.

Within two years, Alice was warping kids' minds and giving parents nightmares from coast to coast. And our Alice Cooper six-pack kicks off with live versions of four songs from that vintage era: "I'm Eighteen" is the classic statement of early-'70s teen angst; and "School's Out," released just in time for graduation day 1972, has been a summer staple ever since. Not to be overlooked are the two more tracks: "Under My Wheels" is a snarling rocker that anticipated punk by a few years; while "Billion Dollar Babies" catches the decadence of the glitter era—and features one of the spiffiest drum intros to hit Rock Band in months.

Cut to 1989, when lots of veteran rockers were having comeback hits. Not to be outdone, Alice teamed up with Desmond Child, who'd co-written biggies for Bon Jovi and Aerosmith; and came up with "Poison," which brought the classic Alice sound into the hair-metal era . Don't try to tell us you didn't love it.

These days Alice is still going strong, and still specializing in theatrical concept albums. The newest tune in the package, "Vengeance is Mine," comes from Along Came a Spider, about a serial killer who's undone by his female prey. The track rocks hard and heavy, with a guest guitar solo by ex-Guns N' Roses member Slash.

We can't promise better scores on the Alice Cooper pack if you wear lots of dark makeup and put a live boa constrictor around your neck. But it definitely wouldn't hurt.

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CrookedHalo...

My wife loves this guy. I don't so much, but I bow to his trailblazing in the painted entertainers category (I am a painted bassist).

Friday, June 26, 2009

Loritx...

schools out rockd my world hope thires a alice copper rock band

Friday, May 29, 2009

IcyMike...

RPM_V-ROD43 I had the same problem with finding A. Cooper in the music store. What I did was to just bypass the in-game music store by buying it at the Playstation Store.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

RPM_V-ROD43...

I WANT THE DLC FOR A COPPER WHAT IS GOING ON? IT WAS TO BE OUT ON THE 5-21 09 WHAT'S UP?

Monday, May 25, 2009

TheUsed21...

The song Young was only available if you had entered a code you got when you bought the game. 20 extra songs are available when code on back of your rock band 2 book was redeemed . Essentialy Hollywood Undead isn't DLC its part of the Rock Band 2 song catalog

Monday, May 25, 2009

RPM_V-ROD43...

my q is the same as moimoi where the hell are the downlods? you have b.o.t.b up i see some 122 players but i can't get the new DLC i'm buying a lot of music from you guys pls let the songs go

Sunday, May 24, 2009

moimoi...

HMX there is an error in your game or website<

I'm trying to find the song Young by Hollywood Undead, which can be found on this website, but not in the game, plz make your song list right and by that i mean make Young really downloadable:P
Anyway, great job guys!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Griymm...

It's Good Track Pack I Think.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

The-Dude1212...

Said before...but us Wii owners are patiently waiting for our necessary dosage of Alice Cooper...unfort- unately- that patience is waning...

Saturday, May 23, 2009

cycomom13...

is their no alice cooper songs for wii?

Friday, May 22, 2009

soapaddict69...

where is my download? I love Alice Cooper and I've been waiting all week to download it!!!!

Friday, May 22, 2009

IcyMike...

Yes, supernatural196- 9,- where are the Alice Cooper songs?!?!?! It's almost 11:00 PST and no new DLC! Someone at Harmonix is slipping. Having people coming over any minute now to play new Cooper songs and this has to happen? What the hell?

Friday, May 22, 2009

supernatural1969...

would be nice if it was avaible today for ps3? its thursday and wheres my downloads?

Friday, May 22, 2009

maximus909...

Wow, ROck Band just keeps getting the best music to Download. Keep it up Rock Band. Maybe Marilyn Manson next?

Thursday, May 21, 2009

kingkeld...

Thank you thank you thank you!
Alice Cooper is a more than welcome, way overdue addition to Rock Band. I love playing the old stuff, but what really got under my skin (and under my wheels!) was playing Vengeance Is Mine. What a great track.
Now that you did so well, Harmonix, start working on that full album Kiss Alive! DLC... :)

Wednesday, May 20, 2009