There’ve been teasers, live showcases across Alice’s 2017 UK tour, a brace of tracks on 2021’s Detroit Stories, but the four surviving original Alice Cooper group alumni haven’t recorded a full studio album together since 1974’s Muscle Of Love. Until now.
Bassist Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce have long indicated their willingness to embark upon such a project, but Alice took his time fully warming to the notion. Obviously, he’d the most to lose, but a feeling that things could never be the same without lead guitarist Glen Buxton – who died in ’97 – proved hard to shake. Ultimately, though, following numerous warm-ups and dry runs, the time seemed right. After all, with 80 on the near horizon for everyone involved, if not now, when?
