OFF: Comebacks

[Doug Pearson]

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 04:47:43 +0000, "<Nick English>" <nick at THECAMPUS.COM>
wrote:

>Back in the 80s, when I was in high school and college, the rule of
>thumb among my friends was that if a 70s band was doing a comeback album, you
>approached it VERY carefully. For the most part they sucked, with
>once-great rockers letting the crappiest facets of commercial MTV
>pop get into their music...
>
>...But here in the 90s, it seems that these rock and rollers are
>abandoning all hope of retaining commercial appeal and putting out
>albums that they know the fans are gonna dig. With great new 90s albums
>from BOC ... and Alice Cooper (Last Temptation), the word "comeback"
>no longer seems like two four-letter words to me ...

Funny, just the other day, I received this in my mailbox off another
mailing list, regarding a recent Alice Cooper show:

>We expected a not very good show - to be entertained by a still in his cheese
>hair  metal phase older and softer Alice.
>We were in a word "mindfucked!"
>
>He was incredible. The band was made up of younger guys that must have been
>fans of the original band (sort of looked the part too - funny)
>We're not treading nostalgia here, though.
>Not a metalish band or nostalgic act at all. They sounded as good as the
>original band (and I realize what kind of a statement I'm making).
>His set list was peppered with all the hits and some real surprises, like a
>long, long jammed version of "Halo of Flies" a real favorite of mine off of
>'Killer'. This was more "psychedelic" than we could have ever imagined.
>Alice Cooper was once more vital and making great music again -

Sounds like something I'm gonna have to check out ...

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com