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Interviews
Interview
Alice Cooper talks to Nick Dent-Robinson about his new album ‘Detroit Stories,’ which, in homage to the infamous blue-collar city and his home town, includes new and classic covers, and features original band members.
Steve Hunter
Interview
Eoghan Lyng talks to influential guitarist Steve Hunter about his new EP 'Covered With Love' and his work with Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel and Lou Reed.
United Bible Studies
Interview
Malcolm Carter speaks to David Colohan, Dom Cooper and Alison O’Donnell from psychedelic folk act United Bible Studies about its evolving membership and latest album, 'Cave Hill Ascension'.
Michael Bruce
Interview
Founding member of the original Alice Cooper Group and guitarist/keyboardist Michael Bruce currently performs with his self-named band. He speaks to Lisa Torem about his recently reissued memoir, ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’.
Neal Smith
Interview
Drummer/percussionist/songwriter Neal Smith discusses with Lisa Torem his early influences, the 2017 UK reunion of the original Alice Cooper group, solo milestones and the alchemy of true friendship.
Dennis Dunaway
Interview
Founder member and bassist for the original Alice Cooper Group, Dennis Dunaway chats to Lisa Torem about his contribution to Cooper’s recent Paranormal LP and his well-received memoir ‘Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group'.
Michael Bruce
Interview
Michael Bruce, multi-instrumentalist and co-songwriter of the original Alice Cooper Group, talks to Lisa Torem about his early 1970s work with the band, songwriting, solo ventures and playing on Cooper’s 2017 album 'Paranormal'
Cindy Smith Dunaway
Interview
Designer Cindy Smith Dunaway talks about creating costumes for the Alice Cooper Group, her upcoming book and more with Lisa Torem
Dennis Dunaway
Interview
Dennis Dunaway discusses the audio format of his Alice Cooper Group memoir, 'Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group'
Dennis Dunaway
Interview Part 1
Dennis Dunaway, the bassist and co-songwriter/co-founder of Alice Cooper, has just published his memoir. In this two -part interview he discusses the history of the band, the making of their hits and studio life with Lisa Torem
Dennis Dunaway
Interview Part 2
Dennis Dunaway, the bassist and co-songwriter/co-founder of Alice Cooper, has just published his memoir. In this two -part interview he discusses the history of the band, the making of their hits and studio life with Lisa Torem
John Cooper Clarke
Interview
Spencer Robertshaw speaks to pioneering punk poet John Cooper Clarke at a show in Leeds about his writing and continued enthusiasm for performing poetry
Profiles
Alice Cooper
50th Anniversary of the Alice Cooper Group Original Line-Up Celebration Part 2
Brigs Jones is a musician, mastering engineer, a composer and arranger for eclectic, artistic clients – occasionally a bespoke guitarist and sound recording teacher, and looking forward to returning t
Alice Cooper
50th Anniversary of the Alice Cooper Group Original Line-Up Celebration Part 1
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Alice Cooper Group, Pennyblackmusic has assembled greetings from essential friends and players.
Profile
Cropredy Festival
Nick Dent-Robinson profiles Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Convention for this year, and talks to surprise headliner Alice Cooper; Fairport Convention members Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders and Simon Nicol and Katherine Blake from the classical chart-topping Mediaeval Baebes who are also on the bill
Live
Alice Cooper
Arena, Birmingham, 14/11/2017
Lisa Torem chronicles events, leading to a historical Alice Cooper Group reunion in Nashville and this year's multi-city Alice Cooper tour in the UK, including a show she attends in Birmingham.
Alice Cooper
Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Renaisssance Hotel, Nashville, 14/5/2017 and 15/5/2017
Lisa Torem watches the original Alice Cooper band play two very rare reunion gigs together at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Renaisssance Hotel in Nashville
John Cooper Clarke
Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell, 1/6/2016
Nicky Crewe watches John Cooper Clarke perform an exuberant set of punk poetry at Bakewell Town Hall
Fairport's Cropredy Convention
Cropredy, Oxfordshire 8/8/2013...10/8/2013
Nick Robinson is impressed by Fairport Convention's annual Cropredy Convention which, as well as surprise headliner Alice Cooper and Faiprot Convention themselves playing two sets, also featured 10cc, the Levellers and the Mediavel Baebes
Ottawa RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest
Ottawa, 4/7/2012...8/7/2012
At this year's Ottawa Bluesfest Andrew Carver watches in is first week sets amongst many others from Alice Cooper, the Melvins, Fishbone, Billy Bragg, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Orgone...
John Cooper Clarke
Brudenell, Leeds, 3/6/2011
Spencer Robertshaw finds Salford poet and punk icon John Cooper Clarke to be in fiery form in a night of poetry and humour at the Brudenell in Leeds
John Cooper Clarke
Dance Factory, Manchester, 13/2/2009
At the first of two shows across consecutive nights in his home city of Manchester, Aaron Brown at the Dance Factory finds that 70's punk poet John Cooper Clarke has lost none of his former magic in a fantastic two hour set
Features
Michael Bruce
Raging Pages
In her 'Raging Pages' book column Lisa Torem reflects on former Alice Cooper Group songwriter/pianist/guitarist Michael Bruce's updated memoir 'No More Mr. Nice Guy', which chronicles the group's rise and eventual disbandment and has just been published in an updated edition.
Dennis Dunaway and Chris Hodenfield
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group
Lisa Torem, in her 'Raging Pages' book column, reflects on the new autobiography of Dennis Dunaway, who co-wrote many of Alice Cooper's greatest hits and was the American rock/metal band's original bassist in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Evidently Spencertown
John Cooper Clarke ODE
Spencer Robertshaw in his 'Evidently Spencertown' poetry column pays testimony to legendary poet and Pennyblackmusic headline interviewee, John Cooper Clarke