Surprise reunion by Alice Cooper original band stuns fans at record store October 7, 2015
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Alice Cooper singing "I'm Eighteen" at Good Records in Dallas.
Fans at the book signing Oct. 6 for Dennis Dunaway's new book “Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group” that already featured three of the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band were beyond ecstatic when Alice himself made a surprise appearance, James “Bucks” Burnett, who witnessed the show, said today. The unexpected reunion happened at Good Records in Dallas, Texas.
Alice Cooper as he made his surprise appearance at Good Records in Dallas Oct. 6, 2015.
Bucks Burnett - used by permission.
“The owner of Good Records, Chris Penn, is known by the Alice Cooper organization as one of the top fans in the world and extremely devoted to the band,” Burnett, himself the owner of Cloud 8 Records in the city, said. “He scheduled a Dennis Dunaway book signing appearance for the store two months ago. Dennis is promoting his book in different cities. Chris decided he would also get Neil Smith and Michael Bruce to appear,” he said.
“It sort of became a local media item that the three surviving band members were going to reunite for a Q&A and a live performance at this book signing. And that's all that was announced.” There were rumors that Cooper might show up since he was playing in Dallas Oct. 7. “Those of us who know Chris know that if anybody could convince Alice to reunite with his old band, it would him.”
And, as it turns out, he did. “After two hours of signing and after a 45-minute Q&A, at about 10 p.m., the three band members went on stage to play as promised. “They did one song and then completely unannounced, with no introduction, Alice walks out. They did seven songs together.” The first six songs were "No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “Be My Lover,” “I'm Eighteen,” “Is It My Body,” “Under My Wheels” and “School's Out.”
Burnett says the band wasn't going to do an encore. “But people kept screaming so loud for almost 15 minutes with no letup that the guitarist from Alice's current band (Ryan Roxie) convinced Alice to come out and do an encore.” The band then sang “Elected.” They played a total of about 30 minutes. The record store was packed to capacity and the vibe was already great, Burnett said. “But when Alice walked out, it took the roof off of the place. There's no describing the pandemonium and ecstasy, especially for people like me who saw the original band.”
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