Followers of the glory days of the unique Alice Cooper Group (which needs to be all people) are going to be fairly glad in 2023, as Alice himself confirmed that he is been writing and recording fairly carefully with members of the remaining members of the unique band, which options guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith.
“We’re working fairly shut proper now,” Alice informed Final Traditional Rock as a part of a Q&A panel on the Motor Metropolis Comedian Con, this previous weekend in The Coop’s beloved metropolis of Detroit. “We wrote, like, 12 songs collectively [for future projects].” Smith, Dunaway and Bruce all guested on Alice Cooper‘s newest LP, Detroit Muscle, enjoying on the tracks “I Hate You” and “Social Particles.” In addition they made scattered appearances on Cooper‘s 2017 LP, Paranormal.
Alice did not point out any type of timeline for what he appeared to trace could be a full album, described as a “actual, complete Alice Cooper venture.” And whereas he did not absolutely elaborate on what that meant, Cooper did reveal who else was working alongside him along with Smith, Dunaway, and Bruce, telling Final Traditional Rock that he is paired up once more with producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Jane’s Dependancy), who additionally produced Detroit Muscle.
“We by no means know when that stuff’s gonna come out if it’s going to make the subsequent album or an album after that — it’s kind of like placing songs in a financial institution,” Cooper mentioned. “If I’ve break day I’ll get a name from Bob [Ezrin]: ‘I’ve bought an concept for one thing,’ and we simply begin writing. It’s a seamless course of. They type of tackle their very own life, these items do.
“Loads of occasions a narrative occurs; I begin studying the lyrics and understand, ‘Oh, my God, this can be a storyline!’ I simply type of shock myself as soon as in awhile, as a result of I didn’t got down to make something be a storyline. We simply by no means cease writing, and we’re simply attempting to jot down nice songs after which see what suits collectively.”
Within the meantime, Cooper might be a visitor of the Misfits this Halloween season, as Alice will set the stage for the punk legends in Dallas, together with The Distillers, on the Dos Equis Pavillion on October 29. Yow will discover tickets right here.
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