Alice Cooper. The original monster of
rock, who brought the music he made to life on stage. Make-up, blood,
murders, straight-jackets, guillotines....he did it all first! Indeed,
the guillotine remains the most infamous part of his show, as he's
decapitated before his dismembered head is tossed around the stage like a
ball.
My
favourite part of the Cooper show, though, has always been the
straight-jacket. Strapped into it, Alice sings 'The Ballad of Dwight
Fry', rocking backwards and forwards in his restraining outfit. During
the Theatre of Death tour, he was also hung in the straight-jacket! Now
THAT must have been tricky to put together.
Anyhow,
here are two videos of Alice (one from his alcoholic days, where he was
unpredictable and dangerous on stage, and one from one of his more
recent shows) performing '...Dwight Fry' in all its' insane
glory.
