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Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding with Johnny Depp, Sebastian Bach, and More, Comerica Theatre, 12/8/12

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding: Don Felder, L.A. Guns, Sebastian Bach, John O'Hurley, Murray SawChuck, and Alice Cooper with Johnny Depp @ Comercia Theatre|12/8/12Local shock rock legend and all Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper hosted his 12th annual Christmas Pudding holiday bash a ... More >>

Christmas Pudding (with Johnny Depp), Nile, Trampled By Turtles, and More Just Announced Shows

Our man about town, Alice Cooper is a busy guy. In addition to all that rocking and rolling, he's currently holding down the Halloween guest editor spot over at Village Voice's Sound of the City blog. And of course, he's ironing out the details of his annual Christmas Pudding event. So you're sayi ... More >>

Johnny Depp to Play With Alice Cooper; Here's His Five Coolest Rock Moments

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas--even though Halloween is still just around the corner. As grocery stores begin to stock their Christmas crap decorations, the last show announcements of the year trickle in. Historically, the line up for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding gets announced eve ... More >>

KISS and Make-Up: Eight Male Make-Up Icons

See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hail From England) See also: Gathering of the Juggalos or S.S. Coachella? We Break Out the Scorecard See also: Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties See also: Dee Snider Talks About His New Book, Shut Up ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Ode to Teenage Rebellion Hits Middle Age

Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties

See also: Alice Cooper's Ode to Teenage Rebellion Hits Middle Age See also: Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch at Welcome 2 My Pudding See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy In this week's issue, we speak with Alice Cooper about the 40th birthday of his signature ode to t ... More >>

Climber's High

Mighty Sphincter On Alice Cooper, Phoenix's Punk Past, and The Future

​2012 is looking to be a comeback year for infamous Phoenix-born "deathrock" combo The Mighty Sphincter. The mythic band -- part of the same Placebo Records scene that birthed JFA, International Language, and many, many more -- has always been lead by songwriter Doug Clark, and he says that ... More >>

Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, at Welcome 2 My Pudding

Maria Vassett​ Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, and more Comerica Theatre Saturday, December 17 They don't call it a variety show for nothing. Most of the crowd for last night's Welcome 2 My Pudding, the 11th installment of local restauranteur, golfer, and shock rocke ... More >>

Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy

Alice Cooper, Balam Acab, Savant, and More in This Week's Issue

​Alice Cooper is a lot of things: Shock rock pioneer, radio personality, golfer, restauranteur, and advocate for at risk youth. This weekend's 11th annual Welcome 2 My Christmas Pudding event is yet another instance of Alice Cooper atoning for his dark, dark past (you know, like the chicken t ... More >>

Incoming: O.A.R., The Maine, Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

​O.A.R. (Of A Revolution) is one of my favorite bands of all time, and I couldn't be more excited that they're coming back to town.Catching the band at the Marquee will be an entirely different beast than getting sloppy at the Birds Nest at the Phoenix Open, where the band has played during the pa ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding Features Members of Cheap Trick and Brian "Head" Welch of Korn

​Talk about tying things together. We recently blogged about former-Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch dropping a new single and about Alice Cooper's twisted maze in Hollywood. But now we can blog about The Coop and Head at the same time. That's because Welch is scheduled to perform Saturday ... More >>

Seven More Alice Cooper Songs for His Grotesque Haunted Maze

​Could there be any better Halloween gift than to wander around in Alice Cooper's brain for an evening, watching him teeter on the edge of sanity, just about to fall off? Proooobably not. That's why this year, Halloween Horror Nights 2011 at Universal Studios Hollywood will veer from its t ... More >>

Tumblr of the Week: This Is The Coop

http://thisisthecoop.tumblr.com/​From hip-hop to rock and everything in between, we sure do have a mighty big collection of musical talent that hails from Phoenix.One of our most notable local musicians is the king of shock rock, Alice Cooper. We may know him as a radio DJ, celebrity golfer, and r ... More >>

Alice Cooper: 'Actually, it was Ozzy Osbourne, Who Did That Crazy Thing You Remember'

If you can tell Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne apart in these photos, Alice Cooper would like to shake your hand.​Shock rocker Alice Cooper would like to remind you that he did not, in fact, do that crazy thing you think you remember him doing. That was actually Ozzy Osbourne.   "Fo ... More >>

Alice Cooper's AMAZING Publicity Pic from the 70's (NSFW)

Alice Cooper will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a few months. If you're like me, it's easy to see Al as he is now, an old dude who plays a lot of golf and does a little radio show and reps for JC and owns a restaurant where people insist on meeting you before Diamondbacks games. ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Proof Is In the Pudding Compilation

​Christmas came just a little bit early this year for Phoenix resident and original shock rocker Alice Cooper when it was announced that he would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.But induction into the Rock Hall of Fame isn't just something anybody can pick up at Target as a last m ... More >>

Alice Cooper's A Taste of Christmas Pudding at Comerica Theatre Last Night

Jonathan McNamaraAlice Cooper performs at his annual Christmas Pudding benefit concert.​Alice Cooper's A Taste of Christmas Pudding Comerica Theatre December 18th, 2010 In a lot of ways Alice Cooper's yearly Christmas Pudding charity concert is like most families Christmas gatherings. ... More >>

Alice Cooper Headed to Rock Hall of Fame

Alice Cooper will be inducted to Rock's hall of fame.​Congratulations, Alice, you're headed to Cleveland.Alice Cooper, the shock rocker raised and residing in Phoenix (Detroit is also trying to claim him today) has been selected for enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on the ... More >>

Alice Cooper'stown Nabs Top Celeb Restaurant Honors, Appears on Man v. Food

​It's nice to see Arizona in the news for good reasons these days. Alice Cooper'stown, the downtown rock n' roll restaurant slash sports bar owned by legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper, has been named one of the Top 10 Celebrity-Owned restaurants by TripAdvisor.com. Cooper'sto ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Downtown Watering Hole Named a Top-10 Celeb Eatery By Tripadvisor

​Shock-rocker Alice Cooper's downtown bar and grill, Cooperstown, has been named one of the nation's top 10 celeb-owned eateries by TripAdviser.Cooper joins athletes (Michael Jordan), actors (Robert DeNiro) and fellow musicians (Justin Timberlake and Gladys Knight) on the list, which was compiled ... More >>

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Concert Review: Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

Luke HolwerdaAlice Cooper performs at the 2009 installment of his annual Christmas Pudding charity show.​ By Lindsey HolderFriday night was the ninth installment of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, though speaking in Christmas/culinary terms, it was really more of a fruitcake, with ingredients bo ... More >>

Lady Gaga, Alice Cooper, Guy Fieri and Santarchy Over the Weekend

​Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding Friday night was the ninth installment of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, though speaking in Christmas/culinary terms, it was really more of a fruitcake, with ingredients both numerous and diverse mingling to create a final product I would definitely try to ... More >>

Sin and Salvation

Be naughty and/or nice at Alice Cooper’s annual holiday party

Alice Cooper Schedules Christmas Pudding 2009: Warrant, Lita Ford, Dee Snider Coming

​Phoenix-based shock rock icon Alice Cooper has scheduled his ninth annual holiday show, Christmas Pudding. The Christmas-themed variety show is a blend of comedy, music, and dance and will take place on Friday, December 18 at Dodge Theatre.This year's acts has a heavily hair-metal bent. Besides A ... More >>

Alice Cooper Busted by Speed Camera in Scottsdale

Alice Cooper got a speed camera ticket:   ​   

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding This Weekend

It just wouldn't be Christmas in Arizona without Alice Cooper's annual event, Christmas Pudding, where the shock rocker turned radio jock assembles local and national talent to raise money for The Solid Rock Center, a Christian center aiming to keep teens out of trouble and teach them about the Way ... More >>

Alice Cooper Scouts Teen Talent for His Christmas Pudding Show

After Shock

The Grinch who gave back Christmas

Wensday

Torch Rock
(Desert Dreams Records)

Go Ask Alice

Phoenix’s resident shock rocker gets the old band back together

Danava

Danava
(Kemado Records)

The Rolling Stones, and Alice Cooper

As good as it gets

Modey Lemon

(Birdman)
The Curious City

OK, Go Go

Paper Heart makes a Modest Proposal

Letters

Letters from the week of June 24, 2004

Alice in Revolver Land

Alice Cooper

The Eyes of Alice Cooper (Eagle Rock)

News From Home

A look at the state of the world – and Alice Cooper

Once More, Mr. Nice Guy

Reminted Billion Dollar Babies recalls a time when Alice Cooper ruled the world and didn't have to become the 34th president to do it

Letters

From the Week of July 27, 2000

Go Ask Alice

On the eve of Alice Cooper's boxed-set release party, several local musicians are cursing the bar that bears his name

Outta the Park

All Revved Up, Surrounded by Suits

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

Ol' Spider Eyes is back with a new summer tour--but this time, he's left the guillotine at home

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