Watching Alice Cooper on Kirchner's Rock Concert as a kid somewhere between 1975 and 1977, and being confused and horrified at his show, bolstered with my mother's warning that, dammit, "that guy is on drugs", it was only a matter of time before I needed to appreciating him and his band. In the past few years I'd been doing a lot of time with his music and constantly having to remind myself that this is PROG rock. And since this glam rock weekend has a few more hours to go, a few listens to his 1980 record that I'd glossed over shows big hints of New Wave. (What year did new wave actually start?) Anyhow, the single 'Clones' (We're All)' immediately recalls a dark and mechanical Gary Numan. But the song structures are still prog rock. I saw Alice only once that I can remember and he and the band were tip top form. 'Killer' is still my favorite album from him though.
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