40 Years ago

[gweimer]

Yup, they were a classic combo and reputed to play on a lot of Bob Ezrin produced stuff, even when the original Alice Cooper Band still existed.

And I believe also on the early Aerosmith albums.

[TBird1958]

Part of this that while I'd certainly heard pop and rock music before seeing Alice Cooper, that show was the beginnings of my desire to play music..........Kind of my "Beatles" moment. It strirred up a lot things, including the girlie stuff, the whole idea of dressing so outrageously in big boots, women's clothing, makeup etc..........There was whatever came before - Then Alice  
I'd have to say I like Billion Dollar Babies best, with Killer and Love it to Death, without Buxton, Bruce Dunaway and Smith he really lost something.
 

[Highlander]

I'd be hard pressed to pick a fave out of those ACG LPs, excluding the two pre Ezrin ones, which are eccentric at best, including some prototype songs, like "Reflected"...
I have to include Nightmare in that mix though, probably as I saw the tour - Uwe mentioned the Reed band, which was essentially his band for that tour (Hunter/Wagner/Prakash John - bass/Penti Glan - Drums/ Josef Chirowski - keys)
Wagner started "guesting" from Schools out era...

[OldManC]

Wasn't that the band with Nitzinger, Pinera and some other guitar hero semi-god? Dick Wagner, right. I saw those a year later at Cobo Hall, Deeeeetroit.

Sounds right. The next year I saw him in the same venue on the Special Forces tour (probably the tour you saw). I've seen Alice a number of times and his bands usually reflect the era in which he's playing to differing degrees of success, but I agree. As an Alice fan, the original band couldn't be beat.