The rock world came together Monday night in New York to honor the music and talents of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Class of 2011.
Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love and Tom Waits were the five main performers being honored, along with Leon Russell in the “sideman” category.
Alice was inducted by Rob Zombie, who said, "Alice Cooper invented the rock show. Before Alice Cooper, there was no rock show."
The Alice Cooper Band played “I’m Eighteen” and “Under My Wheels,” before being joined by Zombie and a choir of kids from the Ronald McDonald House for “School's Out.”
Afterwards, an elated Alice spoke to FuseTV about the evening. “It feels like I graduated,” said Alice. “You look at the people who are in the Hall, and you realize that they voted on you. The very guys that you learned from voted for you, so that’s amazing.”
Alice Cooper Band – interview (part 1)
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction
FuseTV – Waldorf Astoria – NYC – March 14, 2011
Alice Cooper Band – interview (part 2)
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction
Fuse TV – Waldorf Astoria – NYC – March 14, 2011
Rob Zombie shared his thoughts on Alice Cooper, and his own involvement in the event.
Rob Zombie – interview
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction
Fuse TV – Waldorf Astoria – NYC – March 14, 2011
The 26th annual ceremony, at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC, will be broadcast March 20 (9 PM ET/PT) on Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network.
See also:
Alice Cooper: First photos from Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction
Alice Cooper: Old School Box Set due in June
Alice Cooper unveils Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame shirts
VIDEO: Alice Cooper Band rehearse for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
4 comments:
That interviewer basically ignored the three band members next to Alice (Vince). Without them and the deceased Glen Buxton they wouldn't have had all those cool melodies and riffs in the late 60s/early 70s songs, which is what they won for. Looks rude to me that all the questions were directed to Alice. Longtime fan but I never bought an AC album after Welcome To My Nightmare. Hope the Nightmare 2 is great.
Otherwise, congratulations to the Alice Cooper BAND.
congrats to the band....never bought another album after muscle of love.
The Alice Cooper group are Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the interviewer makes Dennis, Neal and Michael stand there with microphones while he doesn't acknowledge them in the least. They deserve a great deal more respect for all they've accomplished.
A few things:
We only get 2 mins of video, so the guys may ALL have been involved in the discussion but Fuse hasn't released anything more, so we don't know for sure.
It's typical for lead singers to get the focus of media attention; they are usually the FACE of the band.
In this case, yes, it's a band, but Alice's name is on the marquee, so it's logical that he would be the spokesperson to the press.
Also: many acts "appoint" 1 person to lead interviews - easier for host/guest/viewers to follow. In this case, we don't know what the guys had discussed,so we see Alice doing the interview.
Might be worth considering...without assuming there was disrepect intended by/to anyone.
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