{"id":193,"date":"2011-08-24T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=193"},"modified":"2011-09-01T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:21:25","slug":"alice-cooper-welcome-2-my-nightmare-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2011\/08\/alice-cooper-welcome-2-my-nightmare-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare, new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alice Cooper\u2019s widely anticipated new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, will be released September 13, 2011, by Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum Welcome To My Nightmare album in 1975, the album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind. \u00a0The 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, punk, theatre, television, film and much more.<\/p>\n

More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is Alice\u2019s nightmare 35 years later,\u201d explains Alice, \u201cBob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we\u2019re not writing for me, we\u2019re 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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 \u201cdad\u201d; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice\u2019s current touring band and featured prominently on the first Nightmare album.<\/p>\n

Musically, the album ranges far and wide, from trashing disco to garage punk, pop balladry to a rocking number, very much in the spirit of the Rolling Stones. And then there\u2019s the ballad \u201cSomething To Remember Me By,\u201d described by Alice as \u201cthe prettiest song we have ever released.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice\u2019s nightmare.<\/p>\n

From the opener, \u201cI Am Made Of You,\u201d through the already established live favorite and first single \u201cI\u2019ll Bite Your Face Off,\u201d to the surprising duet with Ke$ha, \u201cWhat Baby Wants,\u201d this album is a reminder that albums just aren\u2019t made this way anymore.<\/p>\n

And musicians do not play together like Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted a \u201870s feel for \u2018When Hell Comes Home,\u2019 says Alice, \u201cand I didn’t even have to ask for it, it’s just how they play and they did it live in the studio. When they got done playing the basic track, Bob and I just looked at each other, that sound is built into their DNA. We didn’t need to go and fix anything. The way they finished was a little bit ragged, and that’s the way we used to finish songs, that’s what I like about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin; singer-songwriter, Tommy Henriksen; Ke$ha; Dunaway, Bruce and Smith; Buckcherry\u2019s, Keith Nelson; Desmond Child, who famously co-wrote and produced \u201cPoison\u201d with Alice; longtime collaborator Dick Wagner; current touring band member Chuck Garric; and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s my rebellion,\u201d says Alice of the more surprising guests, \u201cI like people that don’t belong and yet what they’re doing works perfectly. I don’t care where it comes from, as long as it’s right. If you tell me something doesn’t work, I\u2019ll work my head off until it does then shove it down your throat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of my audience is going to go ‘KE$HA!?’, but she probably wrote the most wicked lyrics in the song \u2013 we had to rein her in. I like people to know that just because artists are put in a pigeon hole, that doesn’t mean that’s what they are. Give people a little room.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Steve Hunter, one of rock’s great guitarists, added to the band’s lineup of guitarists Damon Johnson and Tommy Henriksen, bassist Chuck Garric, and drummer Glen Sobel, Alice has been tearing up venues worldwide on his 2011 \u201cNo More Mr. Nice Guy\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

Alice gave fans an up close and highly personal experience in June with a surprise performance at London\u2019s legendary 100 Club, when actor Johnny Depp joined the band on guitar. Alice showcased the powerful band that had blown away the Download Festival crowd the previous weekend.<\/p>\n

This year, the original Alice Cooper group was inducted into the Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame, and Alice was honored with both the Kerrang! Icon Award in the U.K. and the Revolver Golden God Award in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

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