Give the man some credit. At 64 Mr. Furnier can still do a mean Alice Cooper, with most of the attitude and all of the posturing still going strong. With a crack band, featuring three guitars and no keyboards, Alice played a solid set that included songs over a 42-year span, from an intense and honest performance of "I'm Eighteen" (yes kids, it IS all in the mind), right up to three excellent new tunes from his current Welcome 2 My Nightmare album: "I'll Bite Your Face Off", "Caffeine", and "The Congregation".
About an hour in poor Alice is being haunted by the Hollywood Vampires, his old set of drinking buddies, and proceeds to salute several of them with covers of "Break on Through", "Revolution", "Foxey Lady", and "My Generation". At this point he was joined by a mysterious fourth guitarist that admirably showed some decent chops in a couple of brief solo spots. Peaking out from beneath the floppy brim of his hat was the real Captain Jack Sparrow, Mr. Depp.
A great show, with less of the theatrical props and more of the great rock and roll that Alice still continues to write, well into his fourth decade as an artist and performer.
Orpheum Theatre @
- Los Angeles @
, CA @
- Thu, Nov 29, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Alice in straight-jacket for a melodramatic Ballad of Dwight Frye". @
Setlist: Hello Hooray (Judy Collins cover); House of Fire; No More Mr. Nice Guy; I'll Bite Your Face Off; Be My Lover; Caffeine; Billion Dollar Babies; The Congregation; Hey Stoopid; Dirty Diamonds; Welcome to My Nightmare; Ballad of Dwight Fry; Go to Hell; He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask); Devil's Food; Feed My Frankenstein; Break on Through (To the Other Side) (The Doors cover) (with Johnny Depp) Revolution (The Beatles cover) (with Johnny Depp) Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix cover) (with Johnny Depp) My Generation(The Who cover) (with Johnny Depp) I'm Eighteen (with Johnny Depp) Under My Wheels(with Johnny Depp)Poison(with Johnny Depp) Encore:School's Out @
Opening act(s): Kill Devil Hill put in an overly loud set of samey sounding material. @