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Rock music's oracle of the bizarre, Alice Cooper, brought his nightmare to life with $300,000 worth of props and outlandish makeup at Maple Leaf Garde(...)
Rock music's oracle of the bizarre, Alice Cooper, brought his nightmare to life with $300,000 worth of props and outlandish makeup at Maple Leaf Garde(...)

Rock music's oracle of the bizarre, Alice Cooper, brought his nightmare to life with $300,000 worth of props and outlandish makeup at Maple Leaf Garde(...)

Date5/2/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rock music's oracle of the bizarre, Alice Cooper, brought his nightmare to life with $300,000 worth of props and outlandish makeup at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. Sell-out crowd of 18,000 wildly cheering fans loved music-theatre act.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0040116F
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Same old Alice: Some of the props are different, but Alice Cooper's stage presence has changed little since the days when he used to hang himself and bit heads off chickens, reviewer says
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Alice Cooper at the Grandstand last night was a long way from the singer who brought the theatre of horror into rock 'n' roll, reviewer says
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Acid-Rock entertainer Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper displays his lovely charms
Alice Cooper displays his lovely charms
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Cooper, Alice (entertainment - portraits)
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