ALICE COOPER Albany, NY October 4, 2018 - Concert Review with Photos and Videos

This show was a last minute decision.  Saw Alice Cooper was in town, seen him of plenty of times before and he and his band never disappoint, so let's do this

There was no opening act and Alice hit the stage at about 8:15 or so.  It was nice to have an early show on a Sunday.  Alice opened with "Brutal Planet" and had the whole audience on their feet for the whole show from the moment the lights went down.

Alice then immediately went into a trio of three classics starting with "No More Mr. Nice Guy."

Then "Under My Wheels"

Followed by "Billion Dollar Babies"

Alice went for a deep cut next with "Grim Facts" off of 1980's "Flush The Fashion." Here's Alice with one of his three guitarists in his great band, Ryan Roxie

Next up was one of my favorite "new" songs "Lost in America".  I say "new" because I realize as I write this that it actually came out in 1994 which is 24 years ago.  Well either way, it's fun and catchy as all hell.  

Another deeper cut with "Serious" from 1978's "From The Inside" was another treat for the long time diehard fans.

We then got a taste of their latest album "Paranormal" with "Fallen In Love"

Then another 21st century track with "Woman of Mass Distraction" off 2005's "Dirty Diamonds" which was followed by guitarist Nita Strauss' solo.

Next up was Alice's 1989 MTV hit "Poison"

Alice went back to 1971 next for "Halo of Flies" which featured a great drum solo by Glen Sobel.

"Feed My Frankenstein" was next and is one of production highlights of the show.  Here's the video I shot below:


Alice then busted out "Cold Ethyl", singing to her, dancing with her and all the while abusing her in the loving way only Alice can.

The love songs continued with the classic "Only Women Bleed" next

Another song from the newest album "Paranoiac Personality" was next before the biggest production highlight of the night. (Pictured is bassist Chuck Garric)


Alice came out in his straight jacket joined by his nurse (played by his daughter Calico Cooper) to tell the tale of the "Ballad of Dwight Fry" during which the guillotine is rolled out and Alice gets beheaded as the band plays a partial version of "Killer" and "I Love The Dead".  Here is the video I shot of the whole thing.

The main set then ended with "I'm Eighteen" with the whole crowd singing along.


After a few minutes, the band came back out to encore with "School's Out" (a bit of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" thrown in).


During the song Alice introduced the whole band including guitarist Tommy Henriksen who got some extra love as he is from Albany.


The show ended with streamers shooting out over the crowd at just before 10pm.  A great show to end the weekend.

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