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“Arnold saw me and went, ‘You! Out!’. He didn’t want anybody challenging him”: The incredible story of the 80s heavy metal bodybuilder who bent steel bars with his teeth and links Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Muscles, kidnappings and inflatable hot water bottles – the rise, fall and resurrection of Thor, one of 80s metal’s greatest cult heroes

Metal Hammer

"John Lennon walked past me and said, 'Great record'": The story of the Alice Cooper song that began as a failed single on an album one critic called "a tragic waste of plastic" but finished as a worldwide smash hit

Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election

Louder

“Painfully Awkward”: 76 Of The Worst And Most Chaotic Funeral Stories People Have Shared

How can some people be so horrible to act inappropriately at a funeral?

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Alice Cooper pays tribute to ‘pioneer’ Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley

Frehley died ‘peacefully’ surrounded by family on Thursday, according to a statement from his agent.

Evening Standard

“Ace reminded us all that rock should never apologize for being fun and that a little chaos can sound downright heavenly”: The guitar world pays tribute to the late Ace Frehley – the Spaceman who took Kiss into orbit

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons lead tributes to the Kiss co-founder and larger-than-life former lead guitarist, who has died, aged 74

Guitar World

‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panic

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“I don’t know what he was thinking, but he went into the little kitchen behind the control room and returned with a carving knife”: How David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz created a sinister new wave classic

With some help from a carving knife

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The man who invented everything cool in rock'n'roll: Alice Cooper albums ranked

We examine the wild, weird, and often blood-soaked world of Alice Cooper's albums, splayed out from worst to best

Metal Hammer

"A much smarter and more socially conscious band than their image and stage show might have you believe": The Alice Cooper Band conjure up a twisted classic on Killer

With Bob Ezrin behind the desk and a pocketful of rollicking, quality tunes, Killer – in tandem with Alice’s shlock-horror image – just couldn’t fail

Louder

“Duane Allman told me he was inspired to pick up slide guitar because he saw me playing with the McCoys. That blows my mind”: The life and times of Rick Derringer, the all-American guitar hero

He was a teen guitar idol with a number one. He played with Johnny Winter, deconstructed Michael Jackson and wrote Hulk Hogan's anthem. He was Rick Derringer, the one and only

Guitar World

"I sent Rob Halford some eight-inch spiky high heels for Christmas": Lzzy Hale's wild tales of Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Skid Row and more

She’s shared stages with Slash, Skid Row and Tom Keifer, and bonded with Ann Wilson and Amy Lee. She’s Lzzy Hale, and these are her stories

Metal Hammer

“I’d been playing guitar full-time for 25 years, and when I got to play on a Deep Purple album it was just one chord!” Meet Tommy Denander, the session guitar great who’s worked with everyone from Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson to Joe Perry and Ace Frehley

You’ve heard the Swedish guitarist on over 100 gold or platinum records. He tells his war stories from decades of session work, from fighting for all-important missing credits to playing with his heroes – and writing the song that finally brought Alice Cooper and Jeff Beck together…

Guitar World

When Debbie Harry met Alice Cooper’s pet snake, Julius Squeezer

Exclusive: Photographer Martyn Goddard recalls the week he spent with Blondie, as a new exhibition of his work with the band opens in London

The Independent UK

Alice Cooper wants to voice a character on The Simpsons

Shock rock legend Alice Cooper would love to voice a character on The Simpsons.

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"Lyrically and the way he sang and played, he meant everything he did": This is the soundtrack of Orianthi's life

Guitarist/singer/songwriter Orianthi picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the superstar she had to turn down

The Independent UK

Alice Cooper: ‘We had censors breathing down our necks every inch of the way’

INTERVIEW: With ‘School’s Out’ and their gruesome stage show, they caused a moral panic in the Seventies; then they broke up. Now band and singer are reunited with producer Bob Ezrin on a new album. They talk to Michael Hann

Louder

“This well-dressed man walked out on stage, reached inside of his jacket, pulled out a gun, and goes pop-pop-pop. I’m thinking: ‘Oh, I’m dead’”: The epic story of the rise, fall and resurrection of the original Alice Cooper band

The original Alice Cooper band have reunited for their first album in more than 50 years. This is how it happened

Guitar World

“Even though everybody saw it coming with Ozzy, it just took our breath away when it happened”: Johnny Depp joins Alice Cooper onstage to cover Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in honor of Ozzy Osbourne

Depp and his Gibson Flying V lined up alongside Cooper and Nita Strauss for the performance

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"Has there ever been a more important week to celebrate heavy metal?" Judas Priest and Alice Cooper team up for massive O2 Arena co-headline show in London

Judas Priest's biggest ever UK headline gig comes tinged with sadness, but also victorious celebrations

Evening Standard

Kelly Osbourne breaks silence over death of father Ozzy saying she has lost her 'best friend'

The rock legend was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 and died at the age of 76 earlier this week

Evening Standard

Alice Cooper praises Ozzy Osbourne as rock-and-roll ‘lifer’

Osbourne, who died this week, fronted Black Sabbath on classic tracks such as Paranoid, Iron Man and War Pigs.

Evening Standard

Fans queue to sign book of condolence for ‘proud Brummie’ Ozzy Osbourne

The book has been opened at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery following the death of the Black Sabbath frontman at the age of 76.

MusicRadar

"Ozzy, we love you, wherever you're going”: Chris Martin just treated a Coldplay crowd to a Black Sabbath cover

The band took to the stage in Nashville shortly after news of Osbourne's death broke

Evening Standard

Lady Gaga, Coldplay and Alice Cooper honour Ozzy Osbourne during concerts

During a concert in Nashville, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin led a rendition of Changes by Black Sabbath in tribute to the heavy metal star.

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“I Will Miss Him Dearly”: 50 Wild, Heartbreaking, And Eccentric Goodbyes To Ozzy From Stars

From Sir Elton John to AC/DC, from Jason Momoa to Adam Sandler, from Kermit the Frog to sports teams, tributes poured in after Ozzy Osbourne’s passing.

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