Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Band - Softcover

Dunaway, Denis; Hodenfield, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783059931 ISBN 13: 9781783059935

Verlag: Omnibus Press, 2015

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[English]
As the original Bass guitarist for the Alice Cooper Group, Dennis Dunaway helped take this hard-knuckles band of teenagers all over, from Hollywood to Detroit, eventually going on to become America's highest-grossing rock act. Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is the thrilling memoir that gives you access to the golden years of one of rock's most legendary groups.
Raised in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway formed a band with Vince Furnier, also known as Alice Cooper, whose outrageous live shows, reputation for fearlessness and penchant for a memorable riff catapulted them into rock history. As co-writer of songs like 'I'm Eighteen' and 'School's Out', Dennis Dunaway's story takes you from the parties to the live shows, introducing the characters and drama that came with being one of the biggest acts in rock history.
In the pages of Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! Dunaway details the early beginnings of the band, as a concept for combining art and music in an all-encompassing project that would eventually become Alice Cooper. From an inspirational art teacher in school to struggling for recognition to topping the charts, this fascinating story is told through beautifully written memories, providing all rock fans with a unique perspective on this even more unique band. 
Fans of Alice Cooper will love this Dennis Dunaway autobiography for the fresh take it provides on the original Shock Rock band. Thanks to his self-confessed vivid memory, Dunaway gives the straight story, taking readers through his almost-unbelievable life as part of such a huge rock band. Snakes, Guillotines and Electric Chairs are just a few of the props that formed Alice Cooper's live shows, but the full story can only be read in this brilliant Dennis Dunaway memoir.

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Dennis tells the story from the inside out with wit and wisdom and adds brilliantly to the Alice Cooper Group mythos. There may be many versions of this story, but Dennis' is one of the most colorful, insightful and entertaining!' - Bob Ezrin, record producer 'Lived it, lost it, read it and loved it to death!' Michael Bruce, founding member, Alice Cooper Group 'A touching portrait. Poignant, funny, sad and most of all, true!' Joe Greenberg Co-Manager of Alice Cooper

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When Alice Cooper became the stuff of legend in the early '70s, their shows were monuments of fun and invention. Riding on a string of hits like "I'm 18" and "School's Out," they became America's highest-grossing act, producing four platinum albums and hitting number one on the U.S. and U.K. charts with Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. As teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway and lead singer Vince Furnier, who would later change his name to Alice Cooper, formed a hard-knuckles band that played prisons, cowboy bars and teen clubs. Their journey took them from Hollywood to the ferocious Detroit music scene. From struggling for recognition to topping the charts, the Alice Cooper group was entertaining, outrageous, and one-of-a-kind. Dennis Dunaway, the bassist and co-songwriter for the band, tells a story just as over-the-top crazy as their (in)famous shows. Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is the riveting account of the band's creation in the '60s, strange glory in the '70s, and the legendary characters they met along the way.

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• Verlag: Omnibus Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783059931
• ISBN 13: 9781783059935
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304