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PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-101250181720

ISBN-139781250181725

eBay Product ID (ePID)239885344

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Book TitleSnakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! : My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicMusical Instruments / Guitar, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDennis Dunaway, Chris Hodenfield

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Dennis vividly details in the first person how the Alice cooperative of five endearingly misfit pioneering adolescents put the Woodstock generation to rest." -- Huffington Post "An informative, entertaining, and surprisingly cheerful work. The pacing is fast, the chronology is tight, and the balance of personal, professional, and cultural details is spot on... Dunaway's upbeat tone and flair for storytelling lift this work a step above the average musical memoir" -- Library Journal "A visit to the magical, blood-spattered world of the Alice Cooper Group, courtesy of Dunaway, the band's bassist, co-songwriter and "theatrical conceptionalist."... the book is more than just an homage to his old friend; it's a love letter to an era... An affectionate, sharp-eyed memoir." -- Kirkus Reviews, "I still consider Dennis Dunaway to be one of my best friends. Dennis is one of the few true surrealists that I've ever met....This book carries on in Dennis' own private surrealistic world." - Alice Cooper "If you think you've heard all the Alice Cooper stories, think again... Though Alice was the iconic face of the band, Dunaway was the brains behind many of their best-known songs... Without Dunaway, the group's now-legendary look and sound would have been vastly different." - Village Voice

Dewey Decimal782.42166092 B

SynopsisA hair-raising backstage memoir of the Alice Cooper Group, from the bassist and co-songwriter, co-written by the journalist who first covered the band for Rolling Stone, with an all new introduction by Alice Cooper. "Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson, or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band." -Rock and Roll Hall of Fame As teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway, bassist and co-songwriter for the Alice Cooper group, and lead singer Vince Furnier (who would later change his name to Alice Cooper) formed a hard-knuckles band that played prisons, cowboy bars, and teens clubs. Their wild, impossible journey took them from Hollywood to the ferocious Detroit music scene, and along the way they discovered the utterly original performance style and look that would make them the stuff of legend. Speaking out for the first time about his adventures in the Alice Cooper group, Dunaway reveals a band that was obsessed with topping themselves, with their increasingly outlandish shows and ever-blackening reputation. Dunaway takes readers into back rooms, behind brainstorming sessions, and into the most exclusive parties of the 1970s, revealing the talent, drama, and characters that drove two teenagers to create what would become America's highest-grossing act. From struggling for recognition to topping the charts with a string of hits including "I'm Eighteen," "School's Out," and "No More Mr. Nice Guy," the Alice Cooper group was entertaining, outrageous, and one of a kind. Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is a riveting account of the band's creation in the '60s, their strange glory in the '70s, and the legendary characters they met along the way., A hair-raising backstage memoir of the Alice Cooper Group, from the bassist and co-songwriter, co-written by the journalist who first covered the band for Rolling Stone, with an all new introduction by Alice Cooper. "Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson, or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band." -Rock and Roll Hall of Fame As teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway, bassist and co-songwriter for the Alice Cooper group, and lead singer Vince Furnier (who would later change his name to Alice Cooper) formed a hard-knuckles band that played prisons, cowboy bars, and teens clubs. Their wild, impossible journey took them from Hollywood to the ferocious Detroit music scene, and along the way they discovered the utterly original performance style and look that would make them the stuff of legend. Speaking out for the first time about his adventures in the Alice Cooper group, Dunaway reveals a band that was obsessed with topping themselves, with their increasingly outlandish shows and ever-blackening reputation. Dunaway takes readers into back rooms, behind brainstorming sessions, and into the most exclusive parties of the 1970s, revealing the talent, drama, and characters that drove two teenagers to create what would become America's highest-grossing act. From struggling for recognition to topping the charts with a string of hits including "I'm Eighteen," "School's Out," and "No More Mr. Nice Guy," the Alice Cooper group was entertaining, outrageous, and one of a kind. Snakes Guillotines Electric Chairs is a riveting account of the band's creation in the '60s, their strange glory in the '70s, and the legendary characters they met along the way.