{"id":65997,"date":"2020-11-11T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=65997"},"modified":"2020-11-11T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:02:41","slug":"alice-cooper-new-album-detroit-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/11\/alice-cooper-new-album-detroit-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"ALICE COOPER ANNOUNCES NEW STUDIO ALBUM \u201cDETROIT STORIES\u201d \u2013 A HOMAGE TO HIS HOMETOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice Cooper announces the release of his brand new studio album \u201cDetroit Stories\u201d today, out on February 26, 2021 on earMUSIC. Fans will get a first taste of the upcoming album this Friday, November 13, when the first song \u201cRock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u201d will be available everywhere.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, \u201cDetroit Stories\u201d follows last year\u2019s \u201cBreadcrumbs\u201d EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest Rock n Roll scene there ever was.<\/p>\n

In 1970, fledgling producer Bob Ezrin walked into a farmhouse on the outskirts of Detroit to work with the Alice Cooper band.\u00a0 Abandoning flower power Los Angeles, because they were the opposite of the hippie peace and love ideal, Alice had brought his decidedly darker gang back to<\/p>\n

his birthplace to the legendary rock scene that gave birth to hard rock, garage rock, soul, funk, punk…and more.<\/p>\n

Ezrin drilled the band for 10 hours a day to define their signature sound. \u00a0Whenever they nailed a song, the inmates at the hospital for the criminally insane across the road cheered and thus the classic Alice Cooper sound was born.<\/p>\n

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“Detroit was Heavy Rock central then,\u201d explains Alice, \u201cYou\u2019d play the Eastown and it would be Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, the Stooges and the Who, for $4! The next weekend at the Grande it was MC5, Brownsville Station and Fleetwood Mac, or Savoy Brown or the Small Faces. You couldn\u2019t be a soft-rock band or you\u2019d get your ass kicked.”<\/p>\n

\u201cLos Angeles had its sound with The Doors, Love and Buffalo Springfield,\u201d he says, \u201cSan Francisco had the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. New York had The Rascals and The Velvet Underground. But Detroit was the birthplace of angry hard rock. After not fitting in anywhere in the US (musically or image wise) Detroit was the only place that recognized the Alice Cooper guitar driven, hard rock sound and our crazy stage show. Detroit was a haven for the outcasts. And when they found out I was born in East Detroit… we were home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

50 years later Alice and Ezrin gathered some legendary Detroit musicians in a Detroit studio to record Detroit Stories, Alice Cooper\u2019s new album that celebrates that spirit for a new era. \u00a0If 2019\u2019s \u201cBreadcrumbs\u201d EP laid down the trail to the city, Detroit Stories drives like a muscle car right down Woodward Ave.<\/p>\n

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“We recorded with Wayne Kramer (guitarist and writer from the MC5), Johnny \u201cBee\u201d Badanjek (drums – from the legendary Detroit Wheels),\u00a0Paul Randolph (legendary Detroit jazz and R&B bassist) as well as the Motor City Horns and other local musicians,\u201d explains Ezrin, “We had musical ideas and encouragement from John Varvatos, the support of the folks at Shinola, and we recorded at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak.\u00a0This was Made In Detroit for Detroit by Detroit denizens!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Discover Detroit Stories as they were meant to be told.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetroit Stories\u201d will be available on CD, CD+DVD Digipak, CD Box Set (including CD, Blu-ray, T-shirt, face mask, torch light and 3 stickers), and 2LP Gatefold on February 26th<\/sup> 2021 on earMUSIC.<\/p>\n

The DVD and Blu-ray will show the incredible live performance \u201cA Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris\u201d for the first time on video. With the whole concert culture being shut down due to covid-19, Alice Cooper felt the need to share one of his latest shows with his fans as he cannot wait to get back on the road \u2013 better than ever.<\/p>\n

Pre-Order \u201cDetroit Stories\u201d here<\/a>.\u00a0Pre-Save the single \u201cRock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u201d here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tracklist<\/p>\n

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  1. Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<\/li>\n
  2. Go Man Go (Album Version)<\/li>\n
  3. Our Love Will Change The World<\/li>\n
  4. Social Debris<\/li>\n
  5. $1000 High Heel Shoes<\/li>\n
  6. Hail Mary<\/li>\n
  7. Detroit City 2021 (Album Version)<\/li>\n
  8. Drunk And In Love<\/li>\n
  9. Independence Dave<\/li>\n
  10. I Hate You<\/li>\n
  11. Wonderful World<\/li>\n
  12. Sister Anne (Album Version)<\/li>\n
  13. Hanging On By A Thread (Don\u2019t Give Up)<\/li>\n
  14. Shut Up And Rock<\/li>\n
  15. East Side Story (Album Version)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Find out more about Alice Cooper and his music online on Alice’s official website<\/a>, and earMUSIC’s official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Alice Cooper announces the release of his brand new studio album \u201cDetroit Stories\u201d today, out on February 26, 2021 on earMUSIC. Fans will get a first taste of the upcoming album this Friday, November 13, when the first song \u201cRock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u201d will be available everywhere.<\/p>\n

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