Alice Cooper talks about his new stage show.

Pagan · Aug 7, 2009

Love him or hate him, Alice always delivers the goods. The consummate rock showman. I've seen him many times and he's NEVER done a bad show. Can't wait to see this tour!

David Burke of the Quad-City Times recently conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.

On "Theatre of Death", Cooper's newest concert-and-stage spectacle, directed by New York director and visual artist Rob Roth.

"I think they kill me four times in the show. If you don't do those things right, you can actually get punctured.

"[Rob] went through my songs and said, 'If I were gonna tell a story, I would take it in four parts. These lyrics are the ones I would use to bring these stories alive.' Lucky for us, all of the hits were in there. You always want to do all the hits, no matter what the show is. Every single one of the hits is woven into the show.

"The first thing I do is listen to the show and I go, 'Does this just rock the audience?' I'm not talking about the theatrics. Does the music rock the audience? Yeah, it does? Then we're really home free. The theatrics is just icing on the cake."

"It's a journey with Alice Cooper, through delinquency, through the mental hospital, through hell. Alice kind of takes you through four stages of Alice."

"I think anybody who's seen my show in the past 10 years knows the rhythm of my show and they know how it works. But this is upside-down and backwards. All of a sudden, they're going to be hit with a song that's usually at the end of the show at the beginning of the show."

"I always feel like I have to prove something. Maybe that's my motivation, the fact that is there is that inner need.

"I'm sure audiences are thinking they're getting a watered-down Alice Cooper who's 60 years old and 'Isn't it nice he's still up here doing this.' They get this show and they go 'That was exhausting.' I want the audience exhausted. I figure if we're exhausted, they should be exhausted, too."
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Cosmic · Aug 7, 2009

That sounds awesome! Hope he comes to Florida-but I will travel if necessary.

Cosmic · Aug 21, 2009

Got tickets this morning in the Orchestra section for Alice's show in Daytona Beach at the Peabody Auditorium. Can't wait!

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