Alice Cooper - A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris (2CD) (2018)
Posted: 03 Sep 2018, 11:07
Alice Cooper - A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris (2CD) (2018)
Year : 2018
Style : Hard Rock , Glam Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 198 mb
Bio:
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, crutch and dueling sword , considered by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and macabre brand of rock designed to shock.Originating in Phoenix in the late 1960s after Furnier moved from Detroit, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.Furnier adopted the band's name as his own name in the 1970s and began a solo career with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. In 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock.Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer".He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Album:
Having been a recording artist for well over 50 years the original shock rocker (…move over MARILYN MANSON) ALICE COOPER is still going strong as a recording artist in 2018 as his peers collect their pensions or recycle old classics around him. Cooper’s last album, 2017’s quite frankly cracking Paranormal, continued to keep him relevant and the resulting successful tour ended with a show at the historic Olympia in Paris. Recorded here over a two disc record, it’s a consistent, fresh 18 (how apt) track career spanning record filled with classics and deep album cuts alike.Evident from the beginning is how musically tight the band are surrounding Cooper, with the trio of Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss providing a solid sonic attack across the records two discs. When artists get into their later years the first thing you notice is the voice going, step forward Roger Daltrey, but Cooper‘s voice is at the top of its game here, with the classic throaty rasp intact. The set starts off with the RAMMSTEIN-esque Brutal Planet from the album of the same name. Sounding relevant and brutal as when it was first released back at the end turn of the millennium, its musicality and lyrics are still relevant today, in today’s troubled times.Leading his merry band of misfits through classic after classic, Cooper pulls out Poison, Billion Dollar Babies and School’s Out with consummate ease. On most albums, the greatest hits are all that is played but here we take a diversion into some obscure songs played far less frequently. Namely, Woman of Mass Distraction, Pain from his diverse 1980 record Flush The Fashion and The World Needs Guts from the return to form record Constrictor. If you’re a sports fan, the term used would be ‘strength in depth’ or simply after the big guns have been played, there is still more to play with. Pulling out the ice cold, percussive 11 minute Ballad of Dwight Fry is a rare treat indeed.Live albums can be hit or miss, when they miss you get QUEEN‘s Live Magic but when a band hits you get THE WHO Live At Leeds or the Seattle set from METALLICA‘s Live, Shit, Binge & Purge boxset. A Paranormal Evening at The Olympia Paris falls somewhere in the middle, not quite a classic but far from a dud. The production is clear, separation of instruments is sonically smooth and the atmosphere of the stage show is felt throughout. You can almost smell the stage smoke and fake blood.Over the 90 minute set, ring leader and master of ceremonies ALICE COOPER commands the crowd to his every whim which years of live shows has honed, other shock rockers take note, folding Schools Out into Another Brick In The Wall concludes the show, in an ultimate rock mash up. A sublime set of songs delivered in a slick package, and in the words of Garth from Wayne’s World, “we’re not worthy” of such a classic set but thankful for it none the less.
Line Up:
Alice Cooper - Vocals
Nita Strauss, Tommy Henriksen, Ryan Roxie - guitars
Chuck Garric - bass
Glen Sobel - drums
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Brutal Planet
02. No More Mr. Nice Guy
03. Under My Wheels
04. Department of Youth
05. Pain
06. Billion Dollar Babies
07. The World Needs Guts
08. Woman of Mass Distraction
09. Poison
10. Halo of Flies
CD2:
11. Feed My Frankenstein
12. Cold Ethyl
13. Only Women Bleed
14. Paranoiac Personality
15. Ballad of Dwight Fry
16. Killer / I Love the Dead Themes
17. I'm Eighteen
18. School's Out
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2018
Style : Hard Rock , Glam Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 198 mb
Bio:
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, crutch and dueling sword , considered by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and macabre brand of rock designed to shock.Originating in Phoenix in the late 1960s after Furnier moved from Detroit, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.Furnier adopted the band's name as his own name in the 1970s and began a solo career with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. In 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock.Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer".He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Album:
Having been a recording artist for well over 50 years the original shock rocker (…move over MARILYN MANSON) ALICE COOPER is still going strong as a recording artist in 2018 as his peers collect their pensions or recycle old classics around him. Cooper’s last album, 2017’s quite frankly cracking Paranormal, continued to keep him relevant and the resulting successful tour ended with a show at the historic Olympia in Paris. Recorded here over a two disc record, it’s a consistent, fresh 18 (how apt) track career spanning record filled with classics and deep album cuts alike.Evident from the beginning is how musically tight the band are surrounding Cooper, with the trio of Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss providing a solid sonic attack across the records two discs. When artists get into their later years the first thing you notice is the voice going, step forward Roger Daltrey, but Cooper‘s voice is at the top of its game here, with the classic throaty rasp intact. The set starts off with the RAMMSTEIN-esque Brutal Planet from the album of the same name. Sounding relevant and brutal as when it was first released back at the end turn of the millennium, its musicality and lyrics are still relevant today, in today’s troubled times.Leading his merry band of misfits through classic after classic, Cooper pulls out Poison, Billion Dollar Babies and School’s Out with consummate ease. On most albums, the greatest hits are all that is played but here we take a diversion into some obscure songs played far less frequently. Namely, Woman of Mass Distraction, Pain from his diverse 1980 record Flush The Fashion and The World Needs Guts from the return to form record Constrictor. If you’re a sports fan, the term used would be ‘strength in depth’ or simply after the big guns have been played, there is still more to play with. Pulling out the ice cold, percussive 11 minute Ballad of Dwight Fry is a rare treat indeed.Live albums can be hit or miss, when they miss you get QUEEN‘s Live Magic but when a band hits you get THE WHO Live At Leeds or the Seattle set from METALLICA‘s Live, Shit, Binge & Purge boxset. A Paranormal Evening at The Olympia Paris falls somewhere in the middle, not quite a classic but far from a dud. The production is clear, separation of instruments is sonically smooth and the atmosphere of the stage show is felt throughout. You can almost smell the stage smoke and fake blood.Over the 90 minute set, ring leader and master of ceremonies ALICE COOPER commands the crowd to his every whim which years of live shows has honed, other shock rockers take note, folding Schools Out into Another Brick In The Wall concludes the show, in an ultimate rock mash up. A sublime set of songs delivered in a slick package, and in the words of Garth from Wayne’s World, “we’re not worthy” of such a classic set but thankful for it none the less.
Line Up:
Alice Cooper - Vocals
Nita Strauss, Tommy Henriksen, Ryan Roxie - guitars
Chuck Garric - bass
Glen Sobel - drums
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Brutal Planet
02. No More Mr. Nice Guy
03. Under My Wheels
04. Department of Youth
05. Pain
06. Billion Dollar Babies
07. The World Needs Guts
08. Woman of Mass Distraction
09. Poison
10. Halo of Flies
CD2:
11. Feed My Frankenstein
12. Cold Ethyl
13. Only Women Bleed
14. Paranoiac Personality
15. Ballad of Dwight Fry
16. Killer / I Love the Dead Themes
17. I'm Eighteen
18. School's Out
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/