11042014 - Alice Cooper "Zipper Catches Skin"

I admit it. Alice Cooper's "dark ages" are dark to me too. But they are definitely a part of his history, so here goes. Back in the day when you discovered albums and bands based on how cool their album covers looked in the record store, "Zipper Catches Skin" was never a contender. And even after discovering how totally amazing Alice Cooper really was - and still is - this album and the rest of his early 80's output never tempted me. So what if I have been missing out? After all, "No Baloney Homosapiens" is no stupider as song titles go than "Feed My Frankenstein" now, is it? Well, it's definitely Alice, but it's also definitely very unremarkable. The highlight is the fact that Violent Femmes seems to have stolen the riff to "Blister in the Sun" from "I Better Be Good", and with less than a year between them it's even plausible. Because I say it is! So, in conclusion I will have to say that this album is now listened to and I might not do that again. At least not in a while. I will check out the rest of his blackout albums, though. After all, it's still Alice!