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ALICE COOPER
& CALICO COOPER
WELCOME TO THE SHOW!
The master of shock rock and the founder of theatrical
rock came to fame in the 1970s by combining timeless
music and theatrical scenes. He was inspired by 1950s
horror movies, and he enriched rock concerts with
stage shows that featured guillotines, electric chairs,
fake blood, snakes and baby dolls. The beginnings of his
career weren’t easy. The intentions of this enthusiastic
rocker, who first and foremost always wanted to
entertain people, was clearly misunderstood. Many
of the traditionally conventional disciples speculated
about his artistic name and irritating stage presence.
Luckily, the ability to rise above it all is one of ALICE
COOPER’s greatest virtues, which probably played
a major role as he overcame this period of disrespect
and unsuccess. Nothing stopped or changed the vision
of one of the most creative artists in showbusiness.
ALICE COOPER is proof that the saying “the third time’s
the charm” is real. His main breakthrough came with
his third studio album Love It to Death in 1971, where
he achieved his first commercial success thanks to
the first single and successful hit “I’m Eighteen.” With
the following Killer (1971), School’s Out (1972), Billion
Dollar Babies (1973) and Welcome to My Nightmare
(1975), ALICE COOPER confirmed his position on the
music scene and nobody could deny his talent and
contribution to the history of rock’n’roll any longer.
ALICE COOPER is one of the rare personalities who
understood early enough the circle of life and all its
circumstances. While talking to him, you can feel his
natural respect for success in life as well as for the
opposite side of it, very often considered to be failure.
Instead of dramatic personal falls, he moved on to
other, better work and never allowed anyone or any
situation to kick him off his game. ALICE COOPER is
a successful singer, songwriter as well as a respected
actor. Many directors have cast him in their movies.
He appeared, for example, in the horror classic
Prince of Darkness, in part six of the Nightmare on
Elm Street series and recently in the comedy-horror
Dark Shadows. In 2011, he was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. The remarkable life journey
of this rock phenomenon has been captured in the
Canadian biographical documentary the Super Duper
Alice Cooper (2014). ALICE COOPER appeared as King
Herod in the American musical television special Jesus
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