High times with Alice Cooper. – Rolling Stoneīassist Dennis Dunaway is spilling secrets in his new memoir. 'For a fan of the Alice Cooper band, as I have been since my adolescence in the 1970s, Cooper bassist Dennis Dunaway's first-hand account of the group's humble beginnings, heady triumphs and arguably inevitable implosion is gripping stuff.' -Michael J. There may be many versions of this story, but Dennis' is one of the most colorful, insightful and entertaining!' -Bob Ezrin, record producer 'Dennis tells the story from the inside out with wit and wisdom and adds brilliantly to the Alice Cooper Group mythos. Dennis is one of the few true surrealists that I've ever met….This book carries on in Dennis' own private surrealistic world.

' I still consider Dennis Dunaway to be one of my best friends.

Praise for Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is the riveting account of the band's creation in the '60s, strange glory in the '70s, and the legendary characters they met along the way. From struggling for recognition to topping the charts, the Alice Cooper group was entertaining, outrageous, and one-of-a-kind. Their journey took them from Hollywood to the ferocious Detroit music scene, along the way adding new dimensions of rock theater. Dennis Dunaway, the bassist and co-songwriter for the band, tells a story just as over-the-top crazy as their (in)famous shows.Īs teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway and lead singer Vince Furnier, who would later change his name to Alice Cooper, formed a hard-knuckles band that played prisons, cowboy bars and teen clubs. Their utterly original performance style and look, known as Shock Rock, was swiftly copied by countless bands. charts with Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. Platinum albums and hitting number one on the U.S.

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