EXPLAINED: 5 | Vintage Vibes

“I not only learned the set, I learned a whole new style of guitar playing”: John McCurry had only been playing guitar for five years when he joined Cyndi Lauper’s band – and featured on one of her biggest records

McCurry got the nod despite being self-taught and unable to read music – and his Cyndi success story is an inspiration to all

Guitar World · May 26, 2025

"I was driving, Steven Tyler had a gun and we were on some mission": The scandalous story of Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies

The Alice Cooper Band's outrageous behaviour prompted a statement in Parliament while their songs thrilled a generation

Louder · May 20, 2025

"I was on the floor, and he had his boot on my throat. I was like, That's great Elvis, that's great." The surreal story of the night Alice Cooper met Elvis Presley

When Alice Cooper received an invitation to meet Elvis Presley, things didn't go as "the cat with the snake" had imagined

Louder · May 16, 2025

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Halestorm, Whiskey Myers, Laura Jane Grace and five other kings and queens of the nightime world

Louder · Apr 28, 2025

“I knew the spirit of the Alice Cooper group was back – what we were making was very much an album that could’ve been in the '70s”: Original Alice Cooper lineup reunites after more than 50 years – and announces brand-new album

The Revenge of Alice Cooper – the lineup's first record since 1973's Muscle of Love – promises to deliver all the shock rock goods of the band's heyday

Guitar World · Apr 24, 2025

Alice Cooper survived fame thanks to 50-year marriage

Music veteran Alice Cooper is convinced being "happily married for 50 years" has helped him keep rocking into his 70s.

BANG Premier · Apr 23, 2025

“If they were ever going to do the story of Nero, probably the most decadent of all the emperors, they would have to use Roy Thomas Baker”: Tributes to the legendary producer of Queen, Alice Cooper, Journey and more, who has died aged 78

RTB produced Bohemian Rhapsody and other landmark songs

MusicRadar · Apr 23, 2025

Alice Cooper says he thrives on proving people wrong: ‘I am defiant about this’

Shock rocker is still going strong at 77 and just announced a new album with his band’s original lineup

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

The Alice Cooper Band reunite on first album in 50 years

The Alice Cooper Band have announced their first album since 1973.

BANG Premier · Apr 22, 2025

Watch the video for the first new music from the original Alice Cooper Band in half a century

Black Mamba comes from the Bob Ezrin-produced Revenge of Alice Cooper, out in July

Metal Hammer · Apr 21, 2025