Welcome 2 My Nightmare: Alice Cooper Returns with a New Album, New Nightmare

Welcome 2 My Nightmare: Alice Cooper Returns with a New Album, New Nightmare

The Long-Awaited Sequel to his 1975 classic out on September 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alice Cooper's widely anticipated new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, will be released September 13, 2011, by Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum Welcome To My Nightmare album in 1975, the album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.

The original release is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering U.S.TV special, and certified Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, punk, theatre, television, film and much more.

More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation.

"This is Alice's nightmare 35 years later," explains Alice, "Bob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we're not writing for me, we're writing for Alice. We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humor and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans. The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us."

There is an array of collaborators on the new album, including original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith reunited on 3 tracks; global pop superstar Ke$ha, who affectionately calls Alice "dad"; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice's current touring band and featured prominently on the first Nightmare album.

Musically, the album ranges far and wide, from trashing disco to garage punk, pop balladry to a rocking number, very much in the spirit of the Rolling Stones. And then there's the ballad "Something To Remember Me By,"described by Alice as "the prettiest song we have ever released."

Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice's nightmare.

From the opener, "I Am Made Of You,"through the already established live favorite and first single "I'll Bite Your Face Off,"to the surprising duet with Ke$ha, "What Baby Wants," this album is a reminder that albums just aren't made this way anymore.

And musicians do not play together like Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith anymore.

"I wanted a '70s feel for 'When Hell Comes Home,' says Alice, "and I didn't even have to ask for it, it's just how they play and they did it live in the studio. When they got done playing the basic track, Bob and I just looked at each other, that sound is built into their DNA. We didn't need to go and fix anything. The way they finished was a little bit ragged, and that's the way we used to finish songs, that's what I like about it."

Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin, Ke$ha, Dunaway, Bruce and Smith, plus Buckcherry's Keith Nelson, Desmond Child (who famously co-wrote and produced "Poison" with Alice), longtime collaborator Dick Wagner, current touring band member Chuck Garric, and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.

"That's my rebellion," says Alice of the more surprising guests, "I like people that don't belong and yet what they're doing works perfectly. I don't care where it comes from, as long as it's right. If you tell me something doesn't work, I'll work my head off until it does then shove it down your throat."

"I think a lot of my audience is going to go 'KE$HA!?', but she probably wrote the most wicked lyrics in the song - we had to rein her in. I like people to know that just because artists are put in a pigeon hole, that doesn't mean that's what they are. Give people a little room."

With Steve Hunter, one of rock's great guitarists, added to the band's lineup of guitarists Damon Johnson and Tommy Henriksen, bassist Chuck Garric, and drummer Glen Sobel, Alice has been tearing up venues worldwide on his 2011 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" tour.

Alice gave fans an up close and highly personal experience in June with a surprise performance at London's legendary 100 Club, when actor Johnny Depp joined the band on guitar. Alice showcased the powerful band that had blown away the Download Festival crowd the previous weekend.

This year, the original Alice Cooper group was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, and Alice was honored with both the Kerrang! Icon Award in the U.K. and the Revolver Golden God Award in the U.S.

Tracklist:
1. I Am Made Of You
2. Caffeine
3. The Nightmare Returns
4. A Runaway Train
5. Last Man On Earth
6. The Congregation
7. I'll Bite Your Face Off
8. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
9. Ghouls Gone Wild
10. Something To Remember Me By
11. When Hell Comes Home
12. What Baby Wants
13. I Gotta Get Outta Here
14. The Underture

Alice Cooper's Worldwide "No More Mr. Nice Guy" 2011 Tour Continues:

Alberta Bair
August 5 Billings, MT Theatre
Buffalo Chip
August 6 Sturgis, SD Campground
Bluestern
Center for
August 7 Moorhead, ND the Arts
August 9 Akron, OH Civic Theatre
Rock The
August 11 Grand Rapids, MI Rapids
August 12 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
Connecticut
August 13 Mashantucket, Foxwoods
Mayo
Performing
August 15 Morristown, NJ Arts Center
Sovereign
August 16 Reading, PA Center
August 17 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
August 19 Lewisburg, WV State Fair
Performing
August 20 Englewood, NJ Arts Center
Count Basie
August 21 Red Bank, NJ Theatre
Cultural
August 23 Scranton, PA Center
MA Calvin
August 25 Northampton, Theatre
Erie Canal
August 26 Buffalo, NY Harbor Park
DTE Energy
August 27 Clarkston, MI Center
Auckland, New
September 22 Zealand Trusts Stadium
Brisbane, Soundwave
September 24 Australia Revolution
Sydney, Soundwave
September 25 Australia Revolution
Sydney,
September 26 Australia Enmore Theatre
Melbourne,
September 29 Australia Palais
Melbourne, Soundwave
September 30 Australia Revolution
Adelaide, Soundwave
October 1 Australia Revolution
Soundwave
October 3 Perth, Australia Revolution
Bay Grand
October 5 Singapore Marina Theatre
Jakarta,
October 7 Indonesia Venue TBA
October 12 Rome, Italy Atlantico
Gran Teatro
October 13 Padova, Italy Rex
Milan/Bergamo,
October 14 Italy Live Club
Basel,
October 16 Switzerland St Jakobshalle
October 18 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Chemnitz,
October 20 Germany Stadthalle
Goppingen,
October 21 Germany EWS Arena
Mannheim,
October 22 Germany Rosengarten
Zoetermoor,
October 23 Holland Silverdome
Sheffield,
October 25 England City Hall
October 26 Bristol, England Colston Hall
Birmingham,
October 27 England NIA
Alexandra
October 29 London, England Palace
Manchester,
October 30 England O2 Apollo
Glasgow, Clyde
October 31 Scotland Auditorium
Brussels, Ancienne
November 2 Belgium Belgique
November 3 Lille, France Zenith
November 5 Toulouse, France Zenith
Halle Tony
November 6 Lyon, France Garnier
November 8 Paris, France Zenith
November 9 Rouen, France Zenith
November 10 Rennes, France Liberte
November 12 Bremen, Germany Pier III
Mulheim An Der
November 13 Ruhr, Germany RWE Arena
November 14 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
St Petersburg,
November 17 Russia Oktiaborski
Crocus City
Hall Expo,
November 19 Moscow, Russia 3rd Pavilion

SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises

Universal Music Enterprises

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