Welcome To My Nightmare, released in 1975, was Coop’s first solo LP. The fourth track on side two of the LP is “Steven.” From the silence, an array of soft, bright notes is played and plucked from the piano and an ensemble of strings. Although dream-like and surreal, the introduction has an eerie vibe – like a horror film’s score or musical theme…

‘Billion Dollar Babies’, the sixth studio album, was released in 1973. This week’s focus is the song “Generation Landslide.” Alice Cooper, still a band, found major success with this album hitting #1 on the album charts in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Bob Ezrin was once again hired to produce the record and was also used for some of the keyboard tracks on the album as well…

Rock and roll in the BC (Before Cooper) era was a tamer, milder world. In Who I Really Am, we learn how the boa-wearing (not the feathered kind) maestro arrived at a show and sound – let’s call it AC for After Cooper – that has entertained millions of kids while terrifying parents in equal measure…