Cooper, Alice

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

If it weren't for a couple of inspired performances, as well as the time-capsule weirdness of it all, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band would be definitively unwatchable. This misguided effort to dramatize the classic Beatles album (the Fab Four had nothing to do with it, thank goodness) also includes tunes from other Beatles LPs, strung together in lumbering '70s rock-opera style. Peter Frampton, then at the crest of his brief run at the top, stars as Billy Shears, with the Bee Gees wearing the glossy day-glo band jackets from the Pepper album cover. Earth, Wind & Fire turn in a spirited revamp of "Got to Get You into My Life," and Aerosmith thrash their way through "Come Together"; but most of the performances are pretty awful. Out-and-out novelties include Steve Martin doing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and George Burns (but of course) warbling "Fixing a Hole." This high-profile 1978 flop helped kill the hot streak (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) of record and movie producer Robert Stigwood and sink his RSO movie-music empire. --Robert Horton

Metal - A Headbanger's Journey

Sam Dunn a 30-year old anthropologist decided to study the plight of a different culture one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year-old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way Sam explores metals obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects - sexuality religion violence and death - and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the UK Germany Norway Canada and the US this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.Running Time: 180 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 012569805750 Manufacturer No: 80575

An anthropological study of Heavy Metal? Is this for real? Believe it man, it's true, and it's pretty darn good at that. Metal - A Headbanger's Journey is a labor of love for director/ producer Sam Dunn; anthropologist, academia, metalhead. Like a good anthropologist Dunn has often wondered about cultures, societies, and the key elements that makes them thrive. Being a life-long headbanger, Sam Dunn decided to turn his academic skills onto himself to study and attempt to explain the often misunderstood culture that shaped his existence and millions of others around the world. Structured like a traditional anthropological journal, Metal - A Headbanger's Journey is broken into sections such as "Origins," "Roots," "Environments," "Culture," "Sexuality," "Religion," and "Death." Many topics are addressed such as identifying the first heavy metal band, what in the music defines the heavy metal sound, why heavy metal unites fans from around the world, why the music has been a target for so many watchdog groups, and who really popularized the heavy metal horn salute. For non-metalheads, the structured approach keeps the documentary on track and prevents it from getting cartoonish and too fan-based and self congratulatory. Metalheads that don't care about film's structure, will thoroughly enjoy the interviews of metal's elite (including originators Tony Iommi, Alice Cooper, Dio, and Bruce Dickinson to modern day heroes Tom Morello, Rob Zombie and Lamb of God) the music, fan commentaries and the concert footage. So raise your horns up high, turn it up loud and check out the best Heavy Metal film ever made. Metal - A Headbanger's Journey will not disappoint. --Rob Bracco

Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour

They billed it as "the film that outgrosses them all," but if some of the antics on display in Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 seem fairly mild some thirty years after the fact, that's mainly because people like Marilyn Manson and some of the more lurid punk and metal acts copped many of their moves from Cooper in the first place. This movie, which combines footage from the band's Billion Dollar Babies concert tour with what might charitably be described as a storyline, had a brief theatrical run in the mid-'70s but has been mostly unseen until this DVD release, which features a high definition transfer and a new sound mix. The group (with its namesake singer joined by original members Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton on guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass, and drummer Neal Smith) was in the midst of a nice run of hits at the time; "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "Eighteen," and "School's Out" are all ably performed here, but it's the stage show in all its Grand Guignol glory that's the prime attraction. Clockwork Orange-style violence, necrophilia, decapitation via guillotine, humping mannequins, sticking baby dolls with swords: that and more is on display here, all in the name of what Cooper, whose commentary track is the major bonus feature, describes as "performance art." Well, maybe. Most of it comes off as little more than a hodgepodge of disconnected images--some vile and vulgar, some merely silly--designed to thrill the kids and piss off the parents, which it most certainly did… and ain't that what rock & roll is all about? As for the "story" (something about a crazed film director out for vengeance after Alice ruins his masterpiece) that's intercut with the concert numbers, the best that can be said about it is that viewers have the option of choosing the "play concert only" option. --Sam Graham

And now, America's own Billion Dollar Babies ... the legendary ALICE COOPER!

The original Rock 'n' Roll Spectacle. The groundbreaking tour. The five original members of the Alice Cooper group captured live. The 1973 Billion Dollar Babies show was the first of its kind. No other band had ever brought a more expensive, elaborate theatrical production to the rock stage -- and rarely has any since.

Now available for the FIRST TIME since it hit theaters in 1974, Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper -- the film made during the Billion Dollar Babies tour that combines stunning concert footage with an outrageous story and also features the band's acting debut — has been transferred in high definition and now includes a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix.

The crunching music, the snake, the guillotine, the makeup, the hatchets, mannequins and dolls, the money, the whips -- it all started here. Alice Cooper kicked the door down. All the other artists followed behind.

Featuring 13 Alice Cooper classics recorded live in concert:

Hello, Hooray
Billion Dollar Babies
Elected
I'm Eighteen
Raped And Freezin'
No More Mr. Nice Guy
My Stars
Unfinished Sweet
Sick Things
Dead Babies
I Love The Dead
School's Out
Under My Wheels
And a studio performance of The Lady Is A Tramp

Plus These Special Features:
*Audio Commentary by Alice Cooper
*Play-Concert-Only Option
*Deleted Scene and Outtakes
*Original Theatrical Trailer and Radio Spots
*Poster Gallery With Original Promotional Material
Band Biographies
*DVD Easter Eggs
*Anamorphic Widescreen & 5.1 Surround Sound

Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux, 2005 [Blu-ray]

Alice Cooper's live shows are legendary for their sense of rock theater and sheer visual spectacle. This latest addition to our range of titles from the renowned Montreux Festival catches Alice Cooper at his very best. Underpinning the visual assault has always been a collection of some of the best rock songs around delivered by one of the all-time great frontmen. This show includes tracks from across his career right up to most recent album Dirty Diamonds and incorporating all the classics you would expect.System Requirements:Track Listing: 1. Department of Youth 2. No More Mr. Nice Guy 3. Dirty Diamonds 4. Billion Dollar Babies 5. Be My Lover 6. Lost in America 7. I Never Cry 8. Woman of Mass Distraction 9. I'm Eighteen 10. Between High School & The Old School 11. What Do You Want From Me 12. Is It My Body 13. Go To Hell 14. The Black Widow 15. Gimme 16. Feed My Frankenstein 17. Welcome to My Nightmare 18. The Awakening 19. Steven 20. Only Women Bleed 21. Ballad of Dwight Fry 22. Killer 23. I Love the Dead 24. School's Out 25. Poison 26. Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills 27. Under My WheelsFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 801213330492 Manufacturer No: 33304-9

Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare

Alice Cooper - The Nightmare Returns Tour (1986)

The King of Shock is back and this time it's with his triumphant 1987 concert video overhauled and released on DVD for the first time. Shot in Detroit on Halloween during his 1986 tour all of his tradmark songs are present in this spectacular showcase of entertaining thrills filled with his legendary straightjacket escapes and boa constrictors along with several new stage shockers. Also included are 2 bonus music videos that did not appear on the original VHS release.Track ListingWelcome To My NightmareBillion Dollar BabiesNo More Mr. Nice Guy Be My Love18 (Little Flower of Ulysses)The World Needs GutsGive It UpCold EthylOnly Women BleedGo To HellThe Ballad of Dwight FryTeenage FrankensteinSick ThingsI Love the DeadSchool's OutElectedUnder My WheelsTeenage FrankensteinFreedomFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 602498576670 Manufacturer No: B000687409

Alice Cooper - Live at Montreux 2005 [HD DVD]

Founded in 1967 the Montreux Jazz Festival has established itself as one of the most prestigious annual music events in the world. The extraordinary list of artist who have played there is drawn from across the musical spectrum and from around the world. Now with the consent of the festival and the artists Eagle Vision is making these concerts available on DVD for the first time.Alice Cooper's legendary stage spectacular paid its first visit to the Montreux Festival in 2005. Combining classic tracks such as "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Billion Dollar Babies" Only Women Bleed" "Poison" and "School's Out" with swords straitjackets a guillotine and much more this is a live show like no other!1. Department Of Youth2. No More Mr. Nice Guy3. Dirty Diamonds4. Billion Dollar Babies5. Be My Lover6. Lost In America7. I Never Cry8. Woman Of Mass Distraction9. I'm Eighteen10.Between High School & Old School11.What Do You Want From Me12.Is It My Body13.Go To Hell14.The Black Widow15.Gimme16.Feed My Frankenstein17.Welcome To My Nightmare18.The Awakening19.Steven20.Only Women Bleed21.Ballad Of Dwight Fry22.Killer23.I Love The Dead24.School's Out25.Poison26.Wish I Were Born In Beverly Hills27.Under My WheelsSystem Requirements:Run Time: 93 minsFormat: DVD HD Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS Rating: NR UPC: 801213330690 Manufacturer No: EVHDD33306-9

Alice Cooper - Brutally Live (DVD & CD)

Shot in London during the 2000 world tour, Brutally Live showcases Alice Cooper doing what he's been doing better than anyone else over the past 25 years: turning a rock concert into a campy theatrical extravaganza. That he's old enough to be almost anyone in the audience's (grand?)father is quite beside the point. For Alice remains one of the few who knows that rock & roll should be fun, even if that means severed heads, gushing blood, and murdered babies. Even the fabled guillotine, from his heyday a quarter-century ago, makes an appearance. Alice also takes a shot at Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Kiss by calling them "my undisciplined children."

Alice and his band rip through 105 minutes of some of his best-known songs, including "I'm 18," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "Only Women Bleed," and the immortal anthem "School's Out," along with newer tunes like "Brutal Planet" and "Gimme" (also seen as a bonus video). The concert will surely satisfy Cooper fans, if not win him new ones; the DVD itself is a winner, with bludgeoning DTS and Dolby 5.0 Surround Sound and the choice of alternate camera angles on six of the 25 songs. --Kevin Filipski

Monster Dog

Alice Cooper stars as Lou, the rock star who unwittingly leads his band into a weekend of terror they will never forget. A classic werewolf adventure with a unique twist, Monster Dog will hold you in the grip of fear as it unleashes new dimensions in ter

Alice Cooper - Trashes the World