Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper will be performing his critically-acclaimed new album Detroit Stories at Mosaic Place on April 10 with guest rockers Buckcherry.
Cooper started his career in 1964 at the age of 16. Now 73, Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) has no intentions of ever stopping. Detroit Stories is his 21st solo album and 28th album overall.
Rolling Stone said in their review of Alice Cooper’s Detroit Stories that when Cooper and his longtime producer Bob Ezrin “hit their stride, it’s a lot of fun.” They also praised the humour of the album and its classic macabre touches, as well as the influential guests and backup singers.
Alice Cooper has always been dedicated to making his music a theatrical performance. He has become known as one of the originators of “shock rock,” particularly after an incident with a chicken in Toronto in September 1969.
The chicken did not survive that experience. Although Cooper claimed it was an accident and that he didn’t kill the chicken himself, rumours spread that he had bitten its head off and drunk its blood. According to the 1991 documentary Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts, what actually happened is that the chicken fell into the front rows of the concert, occupied by wheelchair users who then tore the animal apart.
Cooper is frequently spattered with fake blood, dressed in extraordinary costumes, fake tortured on stage, etc. He has been mock-executed during his concerts many times by a variety of methods – most famously a guillotine. He has reportedly had several close calls with safety ropes failing while he pretended to be executed by hanging.
A born-again Christian, Cooper has also credited God for his long-term sobriety and 45-year marriage.
Guest act Buckcherry is an Anaheim, California-based rock band formed in 1995. Buckcherry have a tumultuous history, forming and reforming several times in the years since. They have toured with acts like AC/DC, Motley Crue, and KISS. Their latest album Hellbound was released in June 2021.
AP News titled their review “Alice Cooper loses his mind in Detroit Rock City.” They praised Detroit Stories as a “masterpiece of classic rock, soul and R&B in homage to the city that produced him.”
VIP tickets to the show on April 10 are now available. General admission tickets go on sale tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased on the Mosaic Place website.
