An all star cast of musicians for this tribute to Alice Cooper music.
Produced by guitarist Bob Kulick who produced a number of Tribute CDs on the Dead Line
Music label. Kulick put together a group of well known musicians for
this Alice Cooper tribute. Artists as big as Daltrey from The Who and
members from Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Guns n Roses, Megadeth, Dio,
etc...
Humanary Stew a made up word taken from "The Black Widow" on Welcome To My Nightmare album.
There are some good covers done by these artist. Such
as Dio covering "Welcome to My Nightmare"
which is a sped up version than the original. Vince Neil & guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue recording "Cold
Ethyl" I find surprising since I'm not really a Motley Crue fan.
I also enjoyed Twisted Sister, Dee Snider doing "Go To Hell"
and to hear Sex Pistol's, Steve Jones with Guns N' Roses, Duff McKagen
both singing "Elected" are wise running mates.
Now I'm a big fan of The Who and Quadrophenia is my all time favorite album but
the only let down was Daltrey covering "No More Mr. Nice Guy" sort of reminds
me of a Vegas act. It could be he's not teamed up with
his partner Townshend. I notice even in Daltrey's solo albums his voice
isn't the same as in The Who. To me it seemed Roger listened to Pat Boone's version of the song. Pete Townshend complements Roger's vocals and pushes
him. This is not a put down to the musicians that played with
Roger on this song. He has a great band with him Slash,
Mike Inez, and Carmine Appice. I was surprised Slash wasn't on "Only
Women Bleed" since he's known to play some of the chords during
his Guns N' Roses concert days. Anyway we get to hear Slash play it
on "Fistful Of Alice" live recording with Alice singing it
as well.
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine who covered a number of Alice songs does "School's Out"
always enjoy listening to him. Glenn Hughes formerly of Deep Purple does a bluesy version
of "Only Women Bleed" Hughes vocals are just outstanding. There are many I haven't
mentioned but just as good. If you don't have it this is a must have just for all
the musicians that are on it.
1999, CD
Humanary Stew, A Tribute To Alice Cooper
Humanary Stew, A Tribute To Alice Cooper
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