Fifty six years on from 1969’s Pretties for You, neither Vincent Damon Furnier or his transgressive, kohl-eyed alter ego seem to have aged proportionately. Even at 77, Alice Cooper’s appetite for his macabre – these days often darkly comic oeuvre – seems close to undiminished. Not every luminary of Cooper’s vintage can match his reserves of vigour and charisma, though, hence this reunion-proper of shock rock’s original motley crew seems a bigger test for bassist Dennis Dunaway (78), rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce (77) and drummer Neal Smith (77).
Together with late lead guitarist Glen Buxton (to whom this album is dedicated) these venerable purveyors of dishevelled garage riffage and don’t-watch-alone theatricality made…

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