Alice was one of the artist that really took a radical turn in his music and a lot of it was very cool and successful. Like a lot of artists from the 70s, he had to either try to be more like the crowd (which was very unsuccessful for many 70s artists). Alice did a balance. His teaming up Desmond Child to try to get hits, lead to some really crappy songs but there were a lot of gems on a lot of these 80s albums. I really liked Flush the Fashion and still own the cassette! Dada was also a very interesting record. I finally got to see him live (2x) on the Constrictor tour, including a show in his home town, Phoenix AZ.. It was the same show as we saw in El Paso just a bigger place and worse sound.
Anyway, I really like the approach Chris has taken with this book. Not only does he go thru all the songs one by one from the different albums, he discusses all the changes in the bands and the live sets they played on the tours and mentions key live performances or videos that exist from the different tours. There are nice short interview pieces with members of the bands about the tours, which is a nice addition. There are also quite a few unreleased music pieces from the 80s that still are not available to this day.
If you are an Alice Copper fan and liked his output from the 80s you can not go wrong with this book. YOu will learn a lot and want to go back and listen to those albums again. Highly recommended!!
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