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New Alice Cooper guitarist Gyasi with Alice Cooper in a white top hat and matching suit, and a black and white portrait of the late Cooper guitarist Glen Buxton.
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

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John McCurry performs in the '80s with dark wayfarer sunglasses and an Olympic White Stratocaster.
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…

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John McCurry
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

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John McCurry
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

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Nita Strauss Wedding
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

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Alice Cooper original lineup holding guitars
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

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Nita Strauss and Alice Cooper
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

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Nita Strauss performs in concert with Alice Cooper during the "Freaks On Parade 2024 Tour" at Germania Insurance Amphitheater on September 14, 2024 in Austin, Texas
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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Orianthi performs in concert with Carlos Santana at Dos Equis Pavilion on May 06, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.
Orianthi reveals her agony over the injury that forced her to pull out of her Alice Cooper tour return

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitarist recently revealed that she is dealing with a torn hamstring and hip injury which forced her to shift touring plans

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From left: Gilby Clarke plays a Gibson SG onstage, Orianthi plays her purple PRS signature model, Nita Strauss players her white Ibanez S-style, and Alice Cooper performs onstage. Clarke will now be touring guitarist for Alice Cooper for the rock icon's upcoming dates before Strauss returns to the fold later in the year.
Gilby Clarke to replace Orianthi (who was replacing Nita Strauss) on upcoming Alice Cooper dates

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin… the former Guns N' Roses guitarist has been drafted in for the Godfather of Shock tour after Orianthi suffered an injury

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