May 04 2006
Alice Cooper is Alive & Well
We went to see Alice Cooper in concert tonight.. all of us: Nancy & I and our sons Thomas & Jason.
The opening band was Helix. They sucked in the 80s and are worse now. The guitarist, Rainer Wiechmann, and the bassist, Jeff Fountain, seemed at ease and on top of their game… but the rest of the band should have stayed in the last century. They got a lackluster response from the audience… which stayed seated for the duration.
When Alice Cooper hit the stage it was a completely different story. The audience (at least on the floor where we were) were on their feet before the opening chords had faded… and remained standing for the rest of the show. It was awesome. The music was perfect, and he was as much a showman as ever.
This was my Jason’s (my son) first real rock concert. I think he started off in fine style