Having been a fan of Cooper’s for many years this was the first time that I’d had a chance to see him live and I was not disappointed. It was also the first time I have ever known an artist to have a full round of applause, after every song!
The Treatment by Danni Davies
Before the headliner, comes of course their support act – there have been gigs (more than not to be honest) where the support has just been a filler to keep the crowds from flocking to the bar like teens at a bad indie club but The Treatment were much different. With the expected heavy, fast guitar riffs, unfaultable vocals and energy by the barrel full these guys really know how to put on a show and will no doubt be headlining stages of their own in the near future, all of which can be expected from a band signed to a label owned by a member of Iron Maiden.
At the start of his set Cooper appeared on stage at the top of a set of stairs, wearing spider legs for ‘The Black Widow’ the stairs were guarded by two people dressed as executioners (who would later on put him into a guillotine and cut off his head after he’d performed Wicked Young Man), this marked the start of what could only be described as a constant barrage of awesome costumes, a wide use of props from canes and in hand sparklers to a doll that he held during a comically intimate performance of Only Women Bleed. After this he began to throw and kick the doll around the stage – reminding the audience that he certainly hasn’t lost his shock rock appeal. The only way that you’ll truly understand the spectacle that was Alice Cooper’s Halloween Night of Fear is to have been there, if you can’t wait until next year then you can view a range of photo’s here.
Following ‘Feed My Frankenstein’ an absolutely MASSIVE monster came onto the stage attacking the band members! I wont even start about the glitter filled balloons… Glitter. Filled. Balloons! It would be unfair to say that the Halloween Night of Fear was a gig or even a concert and closer to the truth to call it an experience.
