Along the way we meet Jimmy Page, Jim Morrison, Syd Barrett and the king of rock, Elvis himself! Dunaway mixes the rise to fame with deep personal insights, funny moments and just a touch of the wild side of being in a rock and roll band. Nice Guy." He takes us on a journey from the rough and tumble Detroit music scene, to the desert of Arizona, and on to the slums of Hollywood. He tells the truth about Alice Cooper being a band, right down to the kinda-sorta truth that a Ouija board named the band!ĭunaway covers the creation of all of the groups biggest hits, including "I'm 18," "School's Out" and "No More Mr. which, in this case, sees Vince, now solely as Alice, leave his childhood friends behind. One truly feels the kinship of the band's struggles to achieve fame and fortune, as well as the growing pains of stardom. Dunaway makes these guys seem real, so much so that you not only learn about them, you feel what they are feeling and learn subtle aspects of their personality. Vincent Furnier, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith all come across as real people-I know this is a biography, but too often people come across as either larger than life, or as a work of fiction in these rock and roll diaries. The book reads like a movie, meaning that Dunaway, along with co-writer Chris Hodenfileld, bring each scene in stunning Technicolor to the reader's imagination.
but this was started as a band, and all of the shock-rock theatrics that influenced everyone from Ozzy to Kiss to Marilyn Manson began in an Arizona high school where Dennis and his best friend- a skinny kid named Vince- created Alice Cooper. Group? We thought Alice was the singer? Well, he is. What makes it even more wonderful is the fact that Dennis Dunaway is telling the story of one of the most important and iconic rock bands to ever take the stage: The Alice Cooper Group. This is a true rock and roll story recounted in stunning detail. It is precisely for these reasons that Dennis Dunaway's book is so refreshing. The entire 'thing' has been beaten to death worse than FM Classic Rock Radio has overplayed "Stairway to Heaven" and “Free Bird". We all know about the sex, the drugs, the groupies, the fighting, the bad deals made and the squandering of millions of dollars. In the day and age where every rocker in the world seems to be writing his or her memoirs, the rock and roll lifestyle of the 1970s and '80s has been exposed to death. Dennis Dunaway - Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group
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