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| With last week's release of Alice Cooper's newest studio effort "Along Came A Spider", fans worldwide helped make this another stellar moment in an already stellar career! Debut chart positions that have been reported so far are: Canada - Top 200 Albums Nr. 19 USA - Billboard TOP 200 Nr. 53 USA - Billboard Indie Charts Nr. 6 Germany - Nr. 26 UK - Album Chart Nr. 31 UK - Rock/Metal Chart Nr. 3 Sweden - Nr. 25 Norway - Nr. 30 Austria - Nr. 37 Switzerland - Nr. 37 Denmark - Nr. 46 Holland - Nr. 76 As he heads back out on the concert trail again this year now that Along Came a Spider has been unleashed, Alice insists he’s still motivated to continue touring and making albums, as well as making time for such side projects as Cooper’ stown (his Phoenix-based restaurant/sports bar), his Alice Cooper: Golf Monster book, and his Nights With Alice Cooper nightly radio show, syndicated domestically and worldwide on over 100 stations. “If there’s nothing standing in my way, why not?,” he shrugs. “It’s what I love doing. And no one puts on a show as good as ours, musically and visually. I’m glad to be an elder statesman, and a healthy one. I look to guys like Ozzy, Iggy and Steven Tyler as fellow survivors. We’re carnivores, not dinosaurs. We eat whatever bands are in our path.” With his influence on rock & roll long since acknowledged, there is little that Alice Cooper hasn’t achieved in his remarkable career, including platinum albums, sold- out tours and any number of honors and career achievement awards. Along Came a Spider, the 25th album of a remarkable career with uncountable highlights, may require him to make more room on the mantelpiece for yet more hardware. |
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GREG HAMPTON