Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death in Plymouth
I’ve only recently got into Alice Cooper and for this I have to thank my mates Glyn and Andy. They’re not punk rockers but they know what I like and knew that I’d like some of the songs from Vincent Furnier’s long career. I once bought an Alice Cooper album because it had School’s Out on it but the other songs didn’t appeal. That and Elected seemed to be enough for me for years but on a foray through Alice Cooper’s back catalogue I found plenty to like about it, even if he sometimes sounds like Barry Manilow (but I'll ignore such soppiness). Alice Cooper is about spectacle as much as anything so when I heard he/she/they was/ were playing at the Pavilions in Plymouth I moved pretty sharpish to get my ticket. Andy saw Alice Cooper at the Cornish Coliseum years ago and will rave unprompted about how this was one of his favourite all time gigs. But would they live up to Andy’s expectations? Or to mine having discovered classics like Eighteen , Poiso n and No more Mr Nice Guy ? Of cou...