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The Nightmare Returns (1987)

Where the lyrics of The Nightmare Returns take you, and where it was really made.

The concert on this video was filmed on Halloween 1986, and its footage later became the music video for "Teenage Frankenstein".

Key places

Halloween concert in Detroit (1986)

Recording site Joe Louis Arena — The concert video was filmed live in Detroit on Halloween 1986. The recording data credits Joe Louis Arena. The map point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Nightmare Returns: live concert video by Alice Cooper
• Filmed live in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on Halloween 1986
• Shot at the start of the "The Nightmare Returns" World Tour
• The tour supported Alice Cooper's album Constrictor
• Originally released in 1987 on VHS and Betamax
• Released on DVD in 2006
• Footage from this concert forms the music video for "Teenage Frankenstein"

Background

• The title matches the world tour it documents
• The video captures the concert held at the start of that tour
• The concert took place on Halloween, 31 October 1986
• Constrictor is the album the tour was in support of
• Bonus music videos included: "Teenage Frankenstein" and "Freedom"
• The track listing has 17 songs, opening with "Welcome to My Nightmare"

Recording

• The concert was filmed live in Detroit; the recording data credits Joe Louis Arena
• Band lineup: Alice Cooper (vocals), Kane Roberts (lead guitar), Devlin 7 (rhythm guitar), Kip Winger (bass), Ken Mary (drums), Paul Horowitz (keyboards)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Alice Cooper originated in Phoenix, Arizona in 1964 as a band formed by Vincent Damon Furnier, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith.
• The group first performed as the Earwigs and later renamed themselves the Spiders and then Nazz.
• In 1968 the band adopted the name Alice Cooper, which was later also the new legal name of Furnier.

Members

• The classic lineup consisted of Furnier (lead vocals), Buxton (lead guitar), Bruce (rhythm guitar), Dunaway (bass) and Smith (drums).
• Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper after the band disbanded in 1975.

Career

• The band released seven studio albums from 1969 to 1973, including Love It to Death, Killer, School's Out and Billion Dollar Babies.
• The band is known as a pioneer of shock rock, using theatrical stage shows with props and illusions.
• As a solo artist he released Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975 and has released 30 studio albums in total.
• The original band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.
• Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers to be 'The Godfather of Shock Rock'.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The concert video was first released in 1987 on VHS and Betamax
• A DVD edition followed in 2006
• The show was filmed live on Halloween 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• The concert opened the "The Nightmare Returns" World Tour
• The tour supported the album Constrictor
• The track listing names 17 songs
• Songs listed include "Welcome to My Nightmare", "Billion Dollar Babies", "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Be My Lover", and "18 (Little Flower of Ulysses)"
• Further songs listed include "The World Needs Guts", "Give It Up", "Cold Ethyl", "Only Women Bleed", and "Go to Hell"
• The set continues with "The Ballad of Dwight Fry", "Teenage Frankenstein", "Sick Things", "I Love The Dead", and "School's Out"
• The last songs listed are "Elected" and "Under My Wheels"
• Two bonus music videos are included: "Teenage Frankenstein" and "Freedom"
• The "Teenage Frankenstein" music video is made from footage of this concert
• Credited band members: Alice Cooper on vocals, Kane Roberts on lead guitar, Devlin 7 on rhythm guitar
• Kip Winger is credited on bass as "Kip Winger III"
• Ken Mary plays drums and Paul Horowitz plays keyboards

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The concert was filmed on Halloween 1986, 31 October.
• Footage from this concert was used for the music video of "Teenage Frankenstein".
• Bonus music videos on the release are "Teenage Frankenstein" and "Freedom".
• Kip Winger is credited on bass as "Kip Winger III".

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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