There's allot of comments here that miss your point, I get it. I'm a fan of THIS BAND Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Vincent Furnier, Neal Smith...and lastly Alice Cooper...which was a concept not a person. But yeah, he is cool, though, that guy...this band was one of the greatest rock bands of all time, though...allot more than pretty alright or "cool." Sorry, Alice.
Unless you lived in this time period, you can't understand how dangerous Alice Cooper was. My parents hated him, but I was enthralled by him. 50 years later I still am.
Michael Bruce was the very essence of The original Alice Cooper band, with Alice/Vincent vocals at the very front, killing it all in a good way for all of us .
I met Alice in 1978. In fact, I hung out with him the better part of a day. He was without a doubt, the nicest, coolest and most down to earth rock star that I ever met. What a great guy!
I have loved Alice Cooper since I was nine years old ,Thank God my siblings were ten and fifteen years older than me and i raided thier album collections😂
Bought tickets for Bl.Sabbath in 1971...Alice Cooper was the opener. We had no clue who " she" was.Needless to say we were big fans after their incredible performance.Two uniformed nurses escorted Alice onstage.He was in a strait jacket.Epic. Gaelic Park Bronx NY. We were 14
Having not read the 101 comments before me, I hope somebody said that the original Alice Cooper Group is one of the most underrated bands in Rock Music. If not, it is.
I had the pleasure of seeing Alice Cooper in the early 70s at the Boston Garden. Great performance. What people today don't understand is this was unheard of in 71.
@Practical Skeptic while I'm Eighteen got heavy airplay on CKLW-AM, once FM rock radio stations came along the first song(s) I heard was Second Coming/Ballad. If I'd been old enough to drive I would've gone too. In fact I missed seeing the original group.
There's no getting around it, it took serious balls for these guys to do a slow dirge like Black Juju on television! They didn't rush or shorten it, they took their time and wrung it out for all it was worth. " I'm 18" was certainly radio- friendly enough to not be all that radical or out of place on television, but Black Juju is a whole 'nother thing......and then there's the props and stage show. The host, producer, and cameramen must have been going like "what the fuck?". I'm surprised nobody pulled the plug on them. This makes me happy.
This was 1971, Alice was scary and wild, people didn't know what to think. They pushed the envelope and those of us who 'got' it loved it to death. They truly started a lot of what became, metal, glam and shock rock. And, they were a 'Killer' band too boot.
i went to Eric Burdon's 60th birthday party concert at the El Rey in LA (2001) and when i was going in front entrance there was a guy in shredded jeans & dirty tshirt hangin out front and i was about to offer him some spare change when i realized it was Alice Cooper. i guess he left his fancy Gold outfits home. FYI that was an epic concert with members of all of Burdon's bands Animals ( Hilton Valentine Chandler Rowberry Zoot Momey McCullouh etc) War Robby Krieger Leon Hendrix and in the middle of Sky Pilot a Bagpipe players in full kilt gear walked in from the street up on the stage to do his solos and then walked back on to the street. i met Eric's Tarot card psychic standing next to me at show me and got his secretary email. I then met Eric out on the street after the show and confirmed his accurate birth time as he was getting into his daughter ( who just came back from working at Walmart) green taurus. i sent his astrological birth and forecast and relocation charts to his secretary and Eric called me up on my cell as i was in the bathroom and got the message he wanted the address of the woman who wrote the software for the relocation charts ( your chart swivels when you go left on right on the globe) Eric flew to Adelaide to meet her to get charts for all his upcoming concerts because he wanted to avoid the drug bust he experience in German . I had sent his relocation charts for his birthplace Newcastle the place of bust in germany and his home in california desert ( where his neighbor was Steve McQueen who he often did motorcycle rides together. i met him seven more times over the years at his concerts and had chats and i gave him that year's Solar Return forecast charts, such a warm guy and great musical talent. seen Alice a few times over the years but he's no Eric Burdon
Exactly. It's my number one favorite of his. I was 14 when I bought the Love It To Death album, 1978 was about the year, anyway, first time listening to the record and headphones on, oh my what a thrill I got with Black Juju, wake up wake up wake up lmao wow back then to hear that. Instant diehard fan. Thanks.
At this point he was still developing ! Fun to watch this .By the time of Billion Dollar Babies Alice was extremely intense on stage and his band was amazing .
Yes, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, the Ramones, Metallica, Slayer, AC/DC, the Blizzard of Ozz, Nirvana, Motorhead, Black Flag, the Melvins and just a handful of other bands left audiences shell shocked.
I had to sneak Alice cooper albums into my house so my parents wouldn't freak out. First lp I snuck in was billion dallar baby early 1973. What a time period
The original AliceCooper band is without ANY F. KIN' DOUBT one of the best 4 groups ever. They fully developed by there third albumn LoveItToDeath-begining with 18 , and out played the sh t out of everyone. I saw them multiple times!
One of my biggest regrets in my life, musically anyway, was when Alice played 15 miles from my house. I was a 15yo fanboy and made no attempt to see him because I assumed it was unattainable. This was approx 1974. Grand Haven , MI, At a rollerskating arena. Oh how I wish...
Are you sure it wasn't '71? they played the Kentwood roller rink there in May '71...not questioning your memory because maybe they came back later...but the original band played their last shows ever in Brazil in April 1974...
Alice cooper is the greatest. The first record of Alice I bought in a k mart in Michigan..it had two songs on it..elected and raped and freezing.. i t was a forty five and the next week I bought the new billion dollar babies album...holy shit my mom freaked out when I brought it home
THE BEST MUSICAL PHASE OF ALICE COOPER WAS THAT TIME , WITH THIS ORIGINAL GROUP. THEIR SOUND AND MADNESS WERE MORE NATURAL. AFTER THESE MEMBERS LEFT , ALICE COOPER WAS NEVER THE SAME. BECAME A SHALLOW BAND. ✌😎
Sadly I don't think they really left. - I think they were pretty much dropped and ousted! I remember being outraged on their behalf and ceased to be an Alice Cooper fan overnight on principle. :-(
Those guy have an incredible chemistry and knowhow. This was no safety nets, Live, No Auto Tune, Balls to the wall, Performace Art. Such theatrics and to deal with unpredictable Alice, such patients. Oh wait, Alice was the patient , that's right, straight jacket and all. Way ahead of their time...
Yeah, the rising generation has heard " iam 18" many times and they like it, but never had a glue who is the performer and His career.? Hope iam wrong.
I was one of those 10 to 15 people and we knew. We used to watch them tape the show all the time but we usually had to stay in the back with the roadies and groupies. Oh, and I was 18 at the time.
Wow - I saw them in 1971 and I was only 14. I had just had my tonsils removed. The show was at Memorial Auditorium in Louisville. My friends and I had seats pretty close to the front. Black Juju is kinda like a voodoo ritual!
Watching this clip brings back great memories. I saw Alice Cooper in June of 1971. It was probably my favorite concert experience ever. They were introduced as "the world's most glamorous band" and I'm pretty sure they did every song off Love It To Death and closed with "Return of the Spiders" with chicken feathers flying out over the crowd. It was a pretty small club The Wild Goose and I was right up front.
I LOVE Alice and the Band,My mom wouldn't let me listen to them when they came out I was 7 I think, FORTUNATELY I had an uncle who was 16 and a sister who was 10 years older than me who had ALL their stuff and I got to listen, I FELL IN LOVE W THEM I am 55 now and when I first saw them perform I was like OMG MOM This is what you didn't want me watching or listening to? I introduced my kids to Alice's music when they were BABIES and they loved it!! They still do,A FAN 4EVER, ✌👍😁🙂💜❣
The band that drove a stake through the heart of the "Flower Children". Alice Cooper changed the way I saw and heard music. "Love it to Death, Killer, Schools Out, and Billion Dollar Babies" are beyond compare.
Love it to Death was/is one of those albums I could listen to all the way through. As a teen listening to Black Ju-Ju on eight track, it had almost a mystical quality.
decemberschild1217 fucking rights Dennis and his awesome bass playing made that group I mean they still would have sounded good but Dennis made them outstanding👌👍
Too many good tunes on that LP to name one best. I was huge a fan back then and had all 6 original LPs; most have never heard of them I learned not to fall asleep with this tune on as it will wake your ass up.
What a performance! Sound quality could be a lot better, yet it is early 70's! Very rare, and catches the complete essence of the Alice Cooper Band, and the indelible mark they left upon the music industry, and for future performers that still carry on the torch today! True trailblazers!!! Thanks Frank Zappa, Bruce Richards, and of course the Coop himself, and the rest of the great Alice Cooper Band!!!
good comment, Herbie... but thanx also to Bob Ezrin, without whom the important albums 'Love it to Death' and 'Killer' may never have happened at all...
@@borromeo50 Without Bob Ezrin I don’t feel Alice would have become as big. Don’t forget that Shep Gordon had a masterful place in promoting Alice as well. Bob and Shep are geniuses.
WOW!! What an amazing piece of footage (from an historical standpoint!) to come across! I always thought that there was hardly ANY footage of the original band's performances anywhere to speak of! Thank you for putting me in a time machine and taking me back to this!!
I think his vocals were the very best on the “Killer” album. I’ve read stories that Bob Ezrin would have him do so many takes that he would become horse and with a sore throat. But this is probably one reason why he became a great vocalist.
Modern rock and metal bands could learn a helluva lot about the use of Dynamics from the original AC band. This is what the Doors wish they could have pulled off. Neil Smith has to be the most underrated rock drummer of all time.
The original band (greatest of all time) is so underrated. Always funny how Alice took his shoes off and put them on the mic stick during most of these shows.
This is great, early footage of a band that I love dearly. Love It To Death is one of the finer blissful listens within my life, so 1971 video is thrilling.
What a blast to see this old clip. boy Alice is very reserved in this . I saw them at The Alexandria Roller Rink back in 71 & they were super good !!!! I remember that electric chair & fire extinguishers & pillows of feathers everywhere. also saw them in 72 &73 , They always played well.... That's Berry Richard's our local MD DJ who Mc'd so many shows in the MD & DC area's . I remember him from his days on AM radio at WINX till he was fired & then began our best radio station playing all this & any progressive rock coming up , that was WHMC FM radio. He was a nerd but he meant well & had acts like Alice & Humble Pie on this short lived TV show. Those were the days !!!
Yes he was reserved in this clip, during Black JuJu they always had the feather pillow, and I saw them once in 72 at Cobo Hall in Detroit where they had so many feathers flying, everyone in that arena went home with them in their hair. They didn't use the electric chair that time, they hung him. The first time I saw him do the electric chair thing was a year later on the BDB tour. This really brought back memory's thanks for the upload.
I realize our comments are 2 years old but i remember when he started spreading the feathers they actually caught the stage on fire by accident when the lights ignited some of them. With all the smoke & strobes most of us had realized the fire wasn't part of the show . The stage hands began to shoot off those powder fire extinguishers & as you said the feathers were floating through the small roller rink & ended up in everyone's hair & everywhere else. Back then at that show in 71 he used the chair & a baby doll which he screwed the head off at the crescendo of the song, way cool .... Saw him later in the DC area when the LP Killer came out ,that's when he used the gallows to hang himself. Those were the daze .... oh yea back when tickets were 3 dollars & bands could play as long as the wanted .
What a song, what performers! Altho I don't say I get "Black JuJu," If A.C. & every musician weren't right on in this performance of "I'm Eighteen," the mini interview before they begin singing is priceless -- I hunted thru tons of performances, to find this one with the interview . . .
+hulahooper **〈〈))*8^} there was honestly so much awkward tension between Vince and the interviewer it was weird o.O He wasnt even looking at the guy he was staring at his beard and everywhere else haha!
This was too cool I was lucky to see this Band Doing this show when i was about 12 Doing the whole 18 LP me And My Brother we in Front of the stage At The Cobo hall autorama But they Had awesome Bands Back then I think Bob seger and Tegarden and Vanwinkle Played this Show Then the Lights When Off This was In The Basement Of Cobo When the Light Came alice was wearing the Dress Off The LP Cover and Then the Coolest Show i ever Have seen Started I will Never Forget That Night What a Memory
in just a few short years later, alice started writing sappy ballads, danced with chickens on the tonight show, and sang to miss piggy on the Muppet show.
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thumbs up if u just love alice s original band...
I don't care who's in the band as long as Alice cooper is the lead singer
Thanks for letting us know that you don't know that Alice Cooper was a band before the singer left.
post Muscle band is good, original band was GREAT
He's continued to have great musicians over the years.
There's allot of comments here that miss your point, I get it. I'm a fan of THIS BAND Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Vincent Furnier, Neal Smith...and lastly Alice Cooper...which was a concept not a person. But yeah, he is cool, though, that guy...this band was one of the greatest rock bands of all time, though...allot more than pretty alright or "cool." Sorry, Alice.
Unless you lived in this time period, you can't understand how dangerous Alice Cooper was. My parents hated him, but I was enthralled by him. 50 years later I still am.
lol he’s a good man
Really? 3 guys spent 18 years in prison in West Memphis because they wore black and listened to Metallica. Cry me a river
@@vladdracul7810 Metallica ha ha ha
Michael Bruce was the very essence of The original Alice Cooper band, with Alice/Vincent vocals at the very front, killing it all in a good way for all of us .
Remember Alice too his cue from Screamin' Jay, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Coven, MC5 and the Stooges!
I met Alice in 1978. In fact, I hung out with him the better part of a day. He was without a doubt, the nicest, coolest and most down to earth rock star that I ever met. What a great guy!
I too have met him a few times now. Absolute darling, so generous and a true gent.
I've heard the same, a Top Notch bloke as they say.
I have loved Alice Cooper since I was nine years old ,Thank God my siblings were ten and fifteen years older than me and i raided thier album collections😂
Bought tickets for Bl.Sabbath in 1971...Alice Cooper was the opener.
We had no clue who " she" was.Needless to say we were big fans after their incredible performance.Two uniformed nurses escorted Alice onstage.He was in a strait jacket.Epic.
Gaelic Park Bronx NY.
We were 14
14 years old seeing Alice Cooper in 1971. Perfect.
1973, age 14 when I first heard this song. 50 years later, where has the time gone?
Im eiiiighty
Having not read the 101 comments before me, I hope somebody said that the original Alice Cooper Group is one of the most underrated bands in Rock Music. If not, it is.
Roger Mars...Absolutely big-time!!!
Agreed.
fully agreed!! What else? 😉
Dam straight!!!
Agree 100% and I did agree with this lineup of players when they felt the theatrics were becoming a little too much.
I had the pleasure of seeing Alice Cooper in the early 70s at the Boston Garden. Great performance. What people today don't understand is this was unheard of in 71.
@Practical Skeptic while I'm Eighteen got heavy airplay on CKLW-AM, once FM rock radio stations came along the first song(s) I heard was Second Coming/Ballad. If I'd been old enough to drive I would've gone too. In fact I missed seeing the original group.
@joe curtin did they do "Return Of The Spiders" as an encore?
Awesome bro my dad was at that Concert! And I'm going to see him and Ace Frehley in Boston September 21st!!
you’re so lucky i hate my generation
@dan coleman lm not worthy
There's no getting around it, it took serious balls for these guys to do a slow dirge like Black Juju on television! They didn't rush or shorten it, they took their time and wrung it out for all it was worth. " I'm 18" was certainly radio- friendly enough to not be all that radical or out of place on television, but Black Juju is a whole 'nother thing......and then there's the props and stage show. The host, producer, and cameramen must have been going like "what the fuck?". I'm surprised nobody pulled the plug on them. This makes me happy.
I was lucky enough to see the original lineup on the "Killer", School's Out" and "BDB" tours. There will never be another band like them!
He was never the same after he got rid of those dudes
I think Alice - the Charakter - got best represented on the og band tours & the 1979 Madhouse Rock Tour.
SOOOOOO fucking amazing!
I love finding these treasures.
R.I.P Glen Buxton
Long life to Alice
The original lineup- so good! Dennis Dunaway!
Andrew Burgess Dennis Dunaway is very under rated e made that group sound outstanding he was the driving force behind all they're best songs
It's the only line-up of this band I like, before it went heavy rock.
They didn't go onstage and just play, they gave you a show that is unforgettable. The music, the props, the theatrics..second to none!
When I bought the Billion Dollar Babies album (that's a vinyl record for all you youngsters), I had to hide it from my parents.
WOW! A Phenomenal moment for a Phenomenal band. Blisteringly raw performance ! Just the way i like 'em .
Saw the original band twice. After they broke up, it's still the only AC music I listen to.
Likewise. I never bought another Alice Cooper record after "Muscle Of Love", before that I had them all.
This is a treasure for any die hard Alice Cooper fan.... GREAT UPLOAD.....
And then some. I hope this is never removed from You Tube. I LOVE IT TO DEATH !!!
This was 1971, Alice was scary and wild, people didn't know what to think. They pushed the envelope and those of us who 'got' it loved it to death. They truly started a lot of what became, metal, glam and shock rock. And, they were a 'Killer' band too boot.
I love how they start I'm Eighteen all together without even a count in.
I noticed that as well, great chemistry in this band.
When they started that way I assumed it was because it was to playback for TV, but no they were definitely playing live
I thought the original Alice Cooper line up was one of the best American rock bands....ever.
There’s nothing better than the Original... ❤️
Saw this show twice. Alice Love it to Death , one of the best rock shows ever
THESE GUYS are the epitomy of Rockstar COOL....Dennis Dunaways bass playing is legendary...these guitarist went where no one else dared tread!!
THIS MUST OF BEEN THE END OF THIS PATTERN EYE MAKE UP👀
This band is not just talented as F---IN HELL
They ALL have a HELL OF A HEAD OF HAIR ON THEM🧓🐓🗽
Black Juju! The Doors meet Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd!!! I just love that Alice Cooper Band!!
Alice Cooper Band was one of the most hated and underrated bands ever . Loved them since 1972 when I was 10 and heard Schools Out.
They had the best album covers.
@@alwaysopen7970 My favorite album cover IS GREATEST HITS FOR Obvious reasons,
GREAT BAND ALL THE WAY AROUND!🤘❤️🔥☠️🦖☄️🗽🐓🕷️🌪️👀
WHAT A TREASURE OF VIDEO !!!
i went to Eric Burdon's 60th birthday party concert at the El Rey in LA (2001) and when i was going in front entrance there was a guy in shredded jeans & dirty tshirt hangin out front and i was about to offer him some spare change when i realized it was Alice Cooper. i guess he left his fancy Gold outfits home. FYI that was an epic concert with members of all of Burdon's bands Animals ( Hilton Valentine Chandler Rowberry Zoot Momey McCullouh etc) War Robby Krieger Leon Hendrix and in the middle of Sky Pilot a Bagpipe players in full kilt gear walked in from the street up on the stage to do his solos and then walked back on to the street. i met Eric's Tarot card psychic standing next to me at show me and got his secretary email. I then met Eric out on the street after the show and confirmed his accurate birth time as he was getting into his daughter ( who just came back from working at Walmart) green taurus. i sent his astrological birth and forecast and relocation charts to his secretary and Eric called me up on my cell as i was in the bathroom and got the message he wanted the address of the woman who wrote the software for the relocation charts ( your chart swivels when you go left on right on the globe) Eric flew to Adelaide to meet her to get charts for all his upcoming concerts because he wanted to avoid the drug bust he experience in German . I had sent his relocation charts for his birthplace Newcastle the place of bust in germany and his home in california desert ( where his neighbor was Steve McQueen who he often did motorcycle rides together. i met him seven more times over the years at his concerts and had chats and i gave him that year's Solar Return forecast charts, such a warm guy and great musical talent. seen Alice a few times over the years but he's no Eric Burdon
Black Juju is one of the greatest tracks of all times.
Such a pity it never got well known.
PS. - These people down there were so lucky.
Exactly. It's my number one favorite of his. I was 14 when I bought the Love It To Death album, 1978 was about the year, anyway, first time listening to the record and headphones on, oh my what a thrill I got with Black Juju, wake up wake up wake up lmao wow back then to hear that. Instant diehard fan. Thanks.
@@lowrider4266 “Love It To Death” was recorded in 1970, and released in January of 1971.
@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 I know that. I was referring to in 78 was when I first heard it.
@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 well according to wikipedia it was released March 9th 1971.
@@AdamLB Well, they were touring with this song 4 1 71.
Alice Cooper original band Rock's the World
At this point he was still developing ! Fun to watch this .By the time of Billion Dollar Babies Alice was extremely intense on stage and his band was amazing .
I love how the crowd is just silent after Black Juju. These guys were definitely ahead of their time!
Yeah,but he's still awesome
way ahead of his time, but look where he ended up? So awesome to see this now
Best performance of Black JuJu I've come across! MB on organ and guitar?! AC, GB, NS and DD at their best! Brilliant!
I was just thinking the same thing. They were dumbfounded at what they just saw.
Yes, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, the Ramones, Metallica, Slayer, AC/DC, the Blizzard of Ozz, Nirvana, Motorhead, Black Flag, the Melvins and just a handful of other bands left audiences shell shocked.
Thankyou youtube, without you this would not be seen by the masses. Glen Buxton shall now live forever!
I just love your You Tube name. It sounds so familiar for some reason.............................LOL
I had to sneak Alice cooper albums into my house so my parents wouldn't freak out. First lp I snuck in was billion dallar baby early 1973. What a time period
1/2 of this crowd probably went to see the Partridge Family the night before and then here comes
Alice Cooper like a bolt of lightning
Cooper fans are the best
no trolls in the comments..
just awesome praise and stories
Yeah brother. We love him to death, and appreciate all the weirdness and especially the music. A TRUE FAN respects their idol.
@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825we do Frankie ! ❤
I'm 67 years old ,I was 18 when saw Alice cooper
Initially this band was the Alice Cooper not just Vincent Furnier. I think this band as a unit was one of the best of the era.
Wow, I remember screaming down the highway in my muscle car with this blasting out of the 8-track. Holy shit. Only to be back there again!
The original AliceCooper band is without ANY F. KIN' DOUBT one of the best 4 groups ever. They fully developed by there third albumn LoveItToDeath-begining with 18 , and out played the sh t out of everyone. I saw them multiple times!
One of my biggest regrets in my life, musically anyway, was when Alice played 15 miles from my house. I was a 15yo fanboy and made no attempt to see him because I assumed it was unattainable. This was approx 1974. Grand Haven , MI, At a rollerskating arena. Oh how I wish...
Shame man, if it was 74 it would been one of their last shows.
Are you sure it wasn't '71? they played the Kentwood roller rink there in May '71...not questioning your memory because maybe they came back later...but the original band played their last shows ever in Brazil in April 1974...
It was obvious that this band were destined for greatness just from watching this.
I can't even imagine the audience's confusion, 45 years later and I'm still confused while watching this.
Black Juju is one of my favorite songs from Alice❤
Alice cooper is the greatest. The first record of Alice I bought in a k mart in Michigan..it had two songs on it..elected and raped and freezing.. i t was a forty five and the next week I bought the new billion dollar babies album...holy shit my mom freaked out when I brought it home
Babies was the first real album I bought... was 13 and my mom had the same reaction
THE BEST MUSICAL PHASE OF ALICE COOPER WAS THAT TIME , WITH THIS ORIGINAL GROUP.
THEIR SOUND AND MADNESS WERE MORE NATURAL.
AFTER THESE MEMBERS LEFT , ALICE COOPER WAS NEVER THE SAME.
BECAME A SHALLOW BAND.
✌😎
Sadly I don't think they really left. - I think they were pretty much dropped and ousted! I remember being outraged on their behalf and ceased to be an Alice Cooper fan overnight on principle. :-(
The picture quality of this is astonishing for 1971! What a treat. Thanks for sharing this.
My Uncles favourite band. He seen them several times. Anyhow R.I.P uncle Denis I miss you. Hope your Rocking out with Glen Buxton
Those guy have an incredible chemistry and knowhow. This was no safety nets, Live, No Auto Tune, Balls to the wall, Performace Art. Such theatrics and to deal with unpredictable Alice, such patients. Oh wait, Alice was the patient , that's right, straight jacket and all. Way ahead of their time...
To all you 90s kids this was reel rock not what you have now
Yeah, the rising generation has heard " iam 18" many times and they like it, but never had a glue who is the performer and His career.? Hope iam wrong.
@AKTION AVANTGARDE You forgot The Who.
@AKTION AVANTGARDE you're only proving their point more...lol
Your wasting your time ,they will never get it .
Maybe your right , Maybe your wrong. But I'll always have the memories and I will always have more than them. Long live rock!
What... the... HELL! What I would've given to have seen this when I was young... LOVE!!
One of my favorites! Black JuJu! RIP Glen.
Wow, been listening to this song for near 50 years but this is the 1st time I've heard it live. Unreal, what a band they truly were.
RAW. I think people forget what real sound is . So cool.
"The new song 'Eighteen'" was released November 1970. This show has to be in that month.
20 people in the audience and i dont think they have a clue what they just saw!!!!!!
Lol funny
I was one of those 10 to 15 people and we knew. We used to watch them tape the show all the time but we usually had to stay in the back with the roadies and groupies. Oh, and I was 18 at the time.
hahahahah
Joseph Bruno I have no clue what I just saw. But I liked it anyway. I was four that year.
The best and only Alice Cooper band!!!!!!!
Well....that´s as good as it gets. Love it to death is a perfect album.
Black Juju is a Pink Floyd-like beast of song. Why this opus never saw airplay baffles me.
Wow - I saw them in 1971 and I was only 14. I had just had my tonsils removed. The show was at Memorial Auditorium in Louisville. My friends and I had seats pretty close to the front. Black Juju is kinda like a voodoo ritual!
Watching this clip brings back great memories. I saw Alice Cooper in June of 1971. It was probably my favorite concert experience ever. They were introduced as "the world's most glamorous band" and I'm pretty sure they did every song off Love It To Death and closed with "Return of the Spiders" with chicken feathers flying out over the crowd. It was a pretty small club The Wild Goose and I was right up front.
One of the best bands ever!!
Ditto
I LOVE Alice and the Band,My mom wouldn't let me listen to them when they came out I was 7 I think, FORTUNATELY I had an uncle who was 16 and a sister who was 10 years older than me who had ALL their stuff and I got to listen, I FELL IN LOVE W THEM I am 55 now and when I first saw them perform I was like OMG MOM This is what you didn't want me watching or listening to? I introduced my kids to Alice's music when they were BABIES and they loved it!! They still do,A FAN 4EVER, ✌👍😁🙂💜❣
God this is brilliant, I'm 60 but remember this like it was yesterday!
I like how Alice is wearing the same pants and belt from the back cover of Easy Action.
That was the album they were still pushing at this point. These were tunes they were trying out live.
The band that drove a stake through the heart of the "Flower Children". Alice Cooper changed the way I saw and heard music. "Love it to Death, Killer, Schools Out, and Billion Dollar Babies" are beyond compare.
cooper was jim morrisons bad child.
Black Sabbath also help kill off that damn Hippie movement..!
ALICE COOPER IS THE 💣💣💣💣💣💣💣
The Original Band still the Greatest !!!
😲 WOW ! ! ! This is just SUPERB, BRILLIANT, FANTASTIC, COLOSSAL, STUPENDOUS !
LONG LIVE LONG LIVE THE COOP ! ! !
Great Performance!
Love it to Death was/is one of those albums I could listen to all the way through. As a teen listening to Black Ju-Ju on eight track, it had almost a mystical quality.
Black JuJu is the anchor that holds that great LITD album together.....A great effort by Denny who doesnt get enough credit for the compisition.
decemberschild1217 fucking rights Dennis and his awesome bass playing made that group I mean they still would have sounded good but Dennis made them outstanding👌👍
decemberschild1217 Best song on the whole record.
Too many good tunes on that LP to name one best. I was huge a fan back then and had all 6 original LPs; most have never heard of them
I learned not to fall asleep with this tune on as it will wake your ass up.
@@Darryl6636 School's Out LP is where Dunaway really shined.
While the whole album is brilliant, I must have played Caught in a Dream a million times. Just a great straight ahead rocker.
THANKS SO MUCH. ANYTHING FROM THE EARLY ALICE COOPER DAYS IS GOLD FOR ME. THANKS SOOO MUCH.
Fantastic find..very rare. Thanks. Alice Cooper rules!
What a performance! Sound quality could be a lot better, yet it is early 70's! Very rare, and catches the complete essence of the Alice Cooper Band, and the indelible mark they left upon the music industry, and for future performers that still carry on the torch today! True trailblazers!!! Thanks Frank Zappa, Bruce Richards, and of course the Coop himself, and the rest of the great Alice Cooper Band!!!
good comment, Herbie... but thanx also to Bob Ezrin, without whom the important albums 'Love it to Death' and 'Killer' may never have happened at all...
@@borromeo50 Without Bob Ezrin I don’t feel Alice would have become as big. Don’t forget that Shep Gordon had a masterful place in promoting Alice as well. Bob and Shep are geniuses.
THANK HEAVEN FOR ZAPPA👏🏻
Grow up with ,Alice and Sabbath since 72' .ten years young still the early stuff from both bands greatest til today.😁🙂
WOW!! What an amazing piece of footage (from an historical standpoint!) to come across! I always thought that there was hardly ANY footage of the original band's performances anywhere to speak of! Thank you for putting me in a time machine and taking me back to this!!
Alice's voice was great back then!
I think his vocals were the very best on the “Killer” album. I’ve read stories that Bob Ezrin would have him do so many takes that he would become horse and with a sore throat. But this is probably one reason why he became a great vocalist.
Modern rock and metal bands could learn a helluva lot about the use of Dynamics from the original AC band. This is what the Doors wish they could have pulled off. Neil Smith has to be the most underrated rock drummer of all time.
who puts a commercial in the middle of a piece of art?!
This was shocking in 1971.
Otto Greenleaf it’s still still shocking in 2020, because it’s so real
And fun as hell especially stoned as hell ah the early 70s !!!!
Thank you for posting this for us die hard Alice fans...Remember the Coop.
Alice has always been rock n roll performance art...plain and simple
A rocker and a bad ass dude. Saw him in NYC. In 1975 !!! Welcome to my nightmare tour.
Thanks for sharing - this is a classic. The real Alice Cooper..............
This is unbelievable !
Too good to be True.. this is an exeptation...!
Folks, that's the Alice Cooper I remember.
wow, black juju, one of my favorites.. havent heard this in decades, and never heard it live awesome.. thx for posting
That first song is really edgy. All the hardcore Alice Cooper fans understand what I mean by that.
lol when Bob Ezrin thought it was ”I'm Edgy"
It wasn't Bob Ezrin. It was Shep Gordon.
@@marctoleds6259 read DD's book
@@ElectronJohnSA and I love the story of Bob's first trip to the Cooper farm.
+paulyabe Yes that's a great story
Awesome, black juju is my all-time favorite song.
this is like the ultimate first metal/industrial/rock/hardcore band ever. alice is a god
Great band....and Alice is right up here with Jim Morrison as one of the best dynamic ballsy screamer rock vocalists.
The grandfather of theatrical rock 1st row coliseum Cleveland damn it here come the flashbacks hold on purple microdot before his wife joined the show
ALICE COOPER RAW!👹
The original band (greatest of all time) is so underrated. Always funny how Alice took his shoes off and put them on the mic stick during most of these shows.
Alice doesnt even have to count them in. this band was so tight.
This is great, early footage of a band that I love dearly. Love It To Death is one of the finer blissful listens within my life, so 1971 video is thrilling.
Alice Cooper fan from this time to now. LOVE IT TO DEATH !
What a blast to see this old clip. boy Alice is very reserved in this . I saw them at The Alexandria Roller Rink back in 71 & they were super good !!!! I remember that electric chair & fire extinguishers & pillows of feathers everywhere. also saw them in 72 &73 , They always played well.... That's Berry Richard's our local MD DJ who Mc'd so many shows in the MD & DC area's . I remember him from his days on AM radio at WINX till he was fired & then began our best radio station playing all this & any progressive rock coming up , that was WHMC FM radio. He was a nerd but he meant well & had acts like Alice & Humble Pie on this short lived TV show. Those were the days !!!
Yes he was reserved in this clip, during Black JuJu they always had the feather pillow, and I saw them once in 72 at Cobo Hall in Detroit where they had so many feathers flying, everyone in that arena went home with them in their hair. They didn't use the electric chair that time, they hung him. The first time I saw him do the electric chair thing was a year later on the BDB tour. This really brought back memory's thanks for the upload.
I realize our comments are 2 years old but i remember when he started spreading the feathers they actually caught the stage on fire by accident when the lights ignited some of them. With all the smoke & strobes most of us had realized the fire wasn't part of the show . The stage hands began to shoot off those powder fire extinguishers & as you said the feathers were floating through the small roller rink & ended up in everyone's hair & everywhere else. Back then at that show in 71 he used the chair & a baby doll which he screwed the head off at the crescendo of the song, way cool .... Saw him later in the DC area when the LP Killer came out ,that's when he used the gallows to hang himself. Those were the daze .... oh yea back when tickets were 3 dollars & bands could play as long as the wanted .
Black Juju's intro reminds me of Floyd's 'Set the controls of the heart of the Sun'
Sharon JG I was thinking Astronomy Domine must’ve been a big influence
What a song, what performers! Altho I don't say I get "Black JuJu," If A.C. & every musician weren't right on in this performance of "I'm Eighteen," the mini interview before they begin singing is priceless -- I hunted thru tons of performances, to find this one with the interview . . .
+hulahooper **〈〈))*8^} there was honestly so much awkward tension between Vince and the interviewer it was weird o.O He wasnt even looking at the guy he was staring at his beard and everywhere else haha!
@@Drunk_Punk.98 I really agree with you on that. In stories I’ve read Alice didn’t like guys hovering around him and not even female groupies either.
This was too cool I was lucky to see this Band Doing this show when i was about 12 Doing the whole 18 LP me And My Brother we in Front of the stage At The Cobo hall autorama But they Had awesome Bands Back then I think Bob seger and Tegarden and Vanwinkle Played this Show Then the Lights When Off This was In The Basement Of Cobo When the Light Came alice was wearing the Dress Off The LP Cover and Then the Coolest Show i ever Have seen Started I will Never Forget That Night What a Memory
In the end, stunned silence....... ;)
Being in a small dimly lit room with a small crowd makes this just as scary today as it was in 1971
Priceless, SoDamnGOOO, I'm speechless!
in just a few short years later, alice started writing sappy ballads, danced with chickens on the tonight show, and sang to miss piggy on the Muppet show.
And retained his career. You know he and Shep mortgaged their houses on the bet that Nightmare would make it?
DADA was an underrated album. Formerly Warmer is a favorite on that. .
@@Kwanglebeh he lost most of his fan base in just a few short years. facts.
@@wadegarrett2053 Lost me. Cold Ethyl was cool but the rest sucked after that.