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Alice Cooper’s new guitarist on why Glen Buxton is a seriously underrated guitar hero
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Alice Cooper Band’s Gyasi Heus argues that Buxton’s guitar is the essential ingredient in those classic Coop recordings – and the legend Bob Ezrin agrees

Session legend John McCurry on Cyndi Lauper, Alice Cooper and the stories behind his biggest hits
By Andrew Daly published
A long-time collaborator of Lauper and Lennon, scoring hits with Bonnie Tyler, Belinda Carlisle and Alice Cooper, McCurry’s session career is legendary. To think he started out on accordion…

John McCurry had only been playing guitar for five years when he joined Cyndi Lauper’s band
By Phil Weller published
McCurry got the nod despite being self-taught and unable to read music – and his Cyndi success story is an inspiration to all

The iconic Alice Cooper Poison riff started out as John McCurry’s warm-up routine
By Phil Weller published
McCurry’s legendary guitar hook had been used for another song two years earlier – but Alice Cooper was desperate for his Sweet Child O’ Mine moment

Nita Strauss shreds an Alice Cooper classic at her own wedding in newly shared clips
By Phil Weller published
Strauss has celebrated her first anniversary with Josh Villalta by looking back on the ceremony – which hosted a star-studded jam band

Original Alice Cooper lineup reunites after more than 50 years – and announces brand-new album
By Janelle Borg published
The Revenge of Alice Cooper – the lineup's first record since 1973's Muscle of Love – promises to deliver all the shock rock goods of the band's heyday

Nita Strauss licked by Alice Cooper’s snake on her return to the band
By Phil Weller published
The shock rocker’s boa constrictor ensured Hurricane Nita got a warm welcome back after she’d temporarily stepped aside to fulfill solo dates

Nita Strauss looks back on the worst gig of her life – and what she learned from it
By Janelle Borg published
Every guitarist has to have a bad show at some point...
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