Battle axe is the only album released by billion dollar babies, and if you like alice cooper, you should own this album. Michael bruce was the original guitarist and keyboardist with the alice cooper group. The album became the best selling alice cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the united states and the united kingdom, and went on to be certified platinum by the recording industry association of america. Battle axe was to be their comeback onto the world stage but alas it failed. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The battle axe lp has been out of print since the late 70s and had two not compleatly legal cd reissues, first in 2001 as a 3 cdset. Billion dollar babies battle axe 1977 full album vinyl. Billion dollar babies battle axe 1977, vinyl discogs. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Billion dollar babies is a prime example of what can be achieved if you strike while the iron is hot.
As lead singer vincent furnier became the known as alice cooper and sucked up all the notoriety the band received, the guitarist, bass player, and drummer from the alice cooper band left and formed a group called the billion dollar babies. Alice cooper billion dollar babies lyrics genius lyrics. I bought the complete series buying book by book is not worth anyones money at 2. Cover ex some wear around the edges and one corner is cut off labels ex clean vinyl ex light scuffs but plays well. Michael owen bruce born march 16, 1948 is an american rock musician, best known as a.
Battle axe 1977 complete battle axe 3cd set 2002 with alice cooper group. Michael bruce, dennis dunaway and neal smith form billion dollar babies w bob dolin who played back up musician during alice coopers billion dollar babies tour. Dennis dunaway discusses live from the astroturf, alice cooper. The shrug is telling as battle axe is a much underrated album with a tragic story. Billion dollar babies goldmine giveaway and interview goldmine. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby rubber little monster, baby, i adore you. Watch the video for billion dollar babies from alice coopers billion dollar babies for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. His book topics have included politics, basketball, and rock and roll.
Possibly alice coopers strongest album, billion dollar babies contains many great songs, many of which became top radio hits. Billion dollar babies was the name of the band founded in 1976 by michael. That cd was no more than a ripped lp burned onto cd but has some nice demos and a live performance as a bonus. The original battle axe vinyl came out in 1977 that i posted yesterday. The track is a duet between alice cooper and donovan, who provides the falsetto vocals. Jun 30, 2014 billion dollar babies battle axe has always been my favorite post alice cooper album from the original band. When the alice cooper group decided to take a break in 1974 cooper, smith and bruce started work on solo albums. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley, loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby rubber little monster, baby. It was released in july 1973, months after the album had been released.
Us hard rock band formed by exalice cooper band members minus alice cooper polydor. After alice left the band to pursue solo stardom, bruce and fellow bandmates carried on under the name billion dollar babies at first, recording a single album titled battle axe. Billion dollar baby 1 by simone holloway goodreads. Hello hurray, which opens the album and the current stage act, is a broadway production number by. Thanks to a suggestion from our listener mick, this week mike and kelly discuss battle axe by billion dollar babies. Plans for, or the overriding theme for, the billion dollar babies tour really took shape during the latter part of 1972 when michael bennett west side story, the follies was hired to choreography a production called alice at the palace. Michael bruce, dennis dunaway and neal smith form billion dollar. Review in july 1977 creem issue on billion dollar babies debut battle axe release. Billion dollar babies band the most complete website of. His books are often a collection of his newspaper columns, covering a wide range of topics with interesting portraits of both everyday people and celebrities, but sometimes focus on his own. The phenomenon that michael lewis and charles ferguson both seek to describe in their books is the dramatic accumulation of wealth driven by the internet.
Billion dollar babies tour dates alice cooper echive. Recruited to have a baby for a billionaire for him to claim his trust, things go amuck with murder, kidnapping mobs and more. The years in the run up to this albums release saw alice cooper establish themselves as the great black hope of american rock and roll, with love it to death andkiller establishing them as an act capable of penning albums that found a willing and sizeable audience of hard rock fans. Popular or famous the billion dollar babies music songs. The band billion dollar babies released only one album, 1977s battle axe, before disbanding. Billion dollar babies band after the split of the alice cooper band, the musicians decided to record an album under the name of billion dollar babies which title was battle axe.
As expected, billion dollar babies doesnt cut the mustard when viewed musically, either. Alice cooper band signed autograph billion dollar babies. Dec 22, 2017 after alice left the band to pursue solo stardom, bruce and fellow bandmates carried on under the name billion dollar babies at first, recording a single album titled battle axe. Billion dollar babies new single out nows profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. The battle axe lp has been out of print since the late 70s and had two not compleatly legal cd reissues, first in 2001 as a ripoff 3 cdset. Find album release information for battle axe billion dollar babies on allmusic. Billion dollar babies, an album by alice cooper on spotify. The songs on the first side of the album are okay, but the second side has a lot of great cuts. He wrote the majority of alice coopers hits, including billion dollar babies, schools out, no more mr. Alice cooper records schools out, billion dollar babies. Billiondollar babies by james fallows the new york. Technological and business innovations are the occasion for it, and ferguson in particular, who tells us how he started and sold his own hightech company, explains a lot about the.
Billion dollar babies battle axe 1977 full album vinyl rip youtube. Get billion dollar babies setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other billion dollar babies fans for free on. Dollar babies started out in the hope that alice would return and battle axe. Billion dollar babies battle axe has always been my favorite post alice cooper album from the original band. Frankly, if youre simply curious about the billion dollar babies band youd be better tracking down a copy of the, admittedly hard to come by, unofficial 2004 battle axe cd release or give the album a listen on youtube. Billion dollar babies first ever live show flint 1977 now available by bww news.
Billion dollar babies new single out now listen and. Billion dollar babies band the most complete website of alice. Billion dollar babies 1973 1974 billion dollar babies tour 1973. Michael bruce, dennis dunaway and neal smith got together with bob dolin on keyboards and mike marconi on lead guitar to make this scorcher of an album. Battle axe billion dollar babies releases allmusic. Billion dollar babies battle axe vinyl mp3 album download. Dennis dunaway, michael bruce, neal smith reissue features 3 cd set with the original album, out takes and live material 2002 halo of ice new live album of cooper classics recorded in iceland. While occasionally performing with one another and glen buxton, they would not reunite with alice until october 23, 1999, at the second glen buxton memorial weekend for a show at cooperstown in phoenix buxton. Billion dollar babies boxing ring on stage during the battle axe suite. The second coming of michael bruce alive and recooperated live in akureyri and reykjavik, iceland, october 2002. Battle axe by billion dollar babies album, hard rock. It is highly recomended to anybody who enjoy good old rock and roll or for those trying to get into alice coopers earlier work.
Theres nothing great on battle axe, but it is consistently energetic and entertaining. Alice cooper band members michael bruce, dennis dunaway, and neal smith, along with additions bob dolin, stu daye and mike marconi, recorded as billion dollar babies. The lp bombed commercially, and the billion dollar babies never recorded a second album. Billion dollar babies is the sixth studio album by american rock band alice cooper, released in 1973. The billion dollar babies were the band put together by neal smith, dennis dunaway and michael bruce in 1977 after it became clear that alice wasnt going to. Billion dollar baby i got you in the dimestore no other little girl could ever hold you any tighter, any tighter than me, baby billion dollar baby reckless like a gambler, million dollar maybe foaming like a dog thats been infected by the rabies we go dancing nightly in the attic while the moon is.
Michael appeared as the lead vocalist and guitarist on billion dollar babies album battle axe. This is a recording of the billion dollar babies first. Billion dollar babies battle axe polydor this group of. Billion dollar babies by alice cooper album, hard rock. Bruce, dunaway and smith would go on to form the shortlived band billion dollar babies, producing one album battle axe in 1977. Billion dollar babies first ever live show flint 1977. After the split of the alice cooper band, the musicians decided to record an album under the name of billion dollar babies which title was battle axe. Singer alice coopers welcome to my nightmare was the only successful solo album, which intervened with the original plan to get back together when. In 1977, a group called the billion dollar babies, emerged from the ashes of a group called alice cooper. The billion dollar babies battle axe expaned edition.
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