Back when Alice Cooper was a band rather a solo artist; they were signed to Frank Zappa's record label where they recorded a couple of (apparently) weird albums, then befriended Iggy Pop's band the Stooges and soaked up a bit of that rocking.
Warner Records purchased Zappa's label and got AC back in the studio with producer Bob Ezrin for this bold, theatrical, yet hard-rocking album. Vaguely a 'concept album' based around West Side Story with street gangs and schools of hard knocks.
It's a pretty decent album. I'm not a massive Alice Cooper fan, but I'd happily listen to this again if someone else put it on. My brother went through a massive AC phase when he was in university, he didn't manage to convert me, but I'll admit that Alice has/have a few decent tunes up his/their sleeve/s.
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