Trash - Cooper, Alice (CD 1989)

Easily considered one of the most important figures in rock music, Alice Cooper has been cranking out his unique and highly emulated brand of Shock-Rock for well over three decades. From humble beginnings as young Vincent Furnier (born February 4 1948), a ministers son, no less, Alice had the usual influences one would have at the time, The Who, The Rolling Stones

In the late 80's, Alice Cooper shocked the music industry by coming up with one of his biggest selling albums of alltime, entitled "Trash." The album came out around the time that bands such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and the Alice influenced Motley Crue were ruling the charts. The album proved to be a wise career choice for Cooper who clearly jumped on the hair metal bandwagon and made it work. However, if you are a longtime diehard fan like myself who never forgot about the Coop and still bought all of his albums, this one does not completely satisfy. "Trash" is very commercial in sound and...

This album is the one that catapulted Alice back into the public eye, and gained him a whole new load of fans. Not that it came out of nowhere. On previous, poor selling albums like 'Constricter' and 'Raise Your Fist And Yell', Alice had been experimenting with the pop-metal format unsuccessfully. For 'Trash' however, Alice enlisted songwriter Desmond Child, who had previously worked with Bon Jovi, and so was prepared for writing pop-metal songs. With Desmond Child's songwriting talent and Alice's unique vocals and stage show, it seemed that a great album would be forthcoming. Sadly, that...