Product Description

This first full-blown rock-theater extravaganza ever contains commentary from alice cooper. Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 06/22/1999 Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51923 in DVD
• Brand: Alice
• Released on: 1999-05-04
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 109 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Rock Pinnacle
This DVD is a fantastic sample of an often dissed rocker - Alice Cooper, who Bob Dylan has said is a greatly underappreciated song writer. I saw this tour in Chicago - Suzi Quattro opened - and the DVD's performance night has Alice perhaps a little more the worse for wear. Nevertheless this DVD shows a great performer backed by a fabulous band (who, I believe, also played on "Rock n Roll Animal"). Alice's red jump suit and saber, the monsters, the colors and lights are Alice during his lengthy prime; when he lets out "welcome to my breakdown - I hope I didn't scare you" with his trademark leer shivers run down my spine.
Alice's greatness, to me, rests on his sublimely original image, his great hard rocking, his appealing melodies and the sympathy and sensitivity that he projects amid an often nightmare world. This is all amply demonstrated on this DVD. For my generation, raised on the British Invasion followed by California and New York psychedelics, Alice represents the last great, truly original rock. Much fine music has followed, but these were the Founding Fathers.

ALICE COOPER: WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE!
This DVD preserves for posterity ALICE COOPER's awesome stage show (concert does not really do this thing justice) circa 1975! This was as THEATRICAL as things got back then, boys and girls! ALICE was at the height of his popularity and the band performs 15 of their biggest SHOCK-ROCK hits, such as "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen," and "No More Mr. Nice Guy"! They call this one "Welcome to My Nightmare" but I always think of this as the "Billion Dollar Babies" tour! But even beyond the CONCERT ROCK sound there is the make-up! The props! The SPECIAL EFFECTS! All of which made VINCENT FURNIER one of the great rock and roll SHOWMEN of all time! Even better, this DVD has INTERVIEWS and AUDIO COMMENTARY!

Alice Cooper - 'Welcome To My Nightmare' (Rhino) 3 1/2 stars
Wasn't this the ABC TV special that aired JUST once on cable in early '75?Guess not,they must've changed covers on us.Turns out this release is the movie that ran in theaters for a short time in later '75 of Alice's 'Welcome...' world tour.I remember seeing this movie in a theater,twice.Picture isn't perfect,but acceptable.Color may be a bit faded,but that lets the viewer(s)know just how long Alice Cooper has been at his craft.Some Cooper fans might find it somewhat amusing as Alice slurs on the vocals big-time during "Eighteen".The concert here makes full use of props like dancing demons,strutting/fighting giant spiders on "Black Widow" and "Devil's Food" and a cyclops during "Department Of Youth".Other tunes performed here include "Billion Dollar Babies","Steven" and "Escape".Keep in mind this was Alice's very first solo tour.Recommended,if you're a fan of the trend-setting shock rocker.