ALICE COOPER GIVES A STELLAR NIGHT IN HAMILTON
Dear Mr. Cooper slithered into town on Tuesday night entertaining a sold out Hamilton Place crowd of 2200 die hard fans with all the expected favourites, a few rare gems and some brand new songs from the upcoming album “Welcome to My Nightmare II”.
Surfing along on the No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour, Alice Cooper and his band consisting of 3 guitarists, a 4 stringer and a drummer. Steve Hunter, long time guitarist appearing on albums such as “Billion Dollar Babies” and “Muscle of Love”, anchored the trio of six stringers with accomplished lead guitarist, Damon Johnson who has played with the likes of Brother Cane, Sammy Hagar, Damn Yankees and Faith Hill to name a few. Filling the 3rd spot, Tommy Henriksen who has provided guitar work for Lady GaGa, Daughtry, Meat Loaf, Lou Reed, Simple Plan and a slew of other bands, has impressed Alice to the point of scoring a gig working on the latest album and tour.
The band proved worthy of Alice’s catalogue and helped hold the bar high in the arena of theatrical classic rock by putting on a hell of a great show supporting one of the most recognizable and respected front men of all time. Cooper is yet another highly regarded player I just crossed off my personal bucket list of guys I gotta shoot. That being said, I’ll jump at the chance to shoot Alice Cooper any time as his wicked light shows and stage setups provide for some of the best rock n roll photography ever.
Right from the start with “Black Widow”, Alice, decked in a spider costume, pulled out sparklers while perched high atop a mountainous pulpit. He let us shoot an unheard of FOUR songs, 3 of which being total classics that I couldn’t help but join in on while shooting. The opening tune combined with “Brutal Planet”, “I’m Eighteen” with the age old crutch prop and “Under My Wheels” to kick things off.
All in all, this was another stellar evening. Thanks Mr. Cooper.
A few photos of his performance can be found HERE!
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