Hollywood Vampires - Hollywood Vampires

Before the Misfits, Wednesday 13 and Horror Punk, me and my friends had one name in Horror music and that man is still king to us to this day: Alice Cooper. Armed with Johnny Depp, Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper band), Bob Ezrin, Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction), Dave Grohl (Nirvana and Foo Fighters), Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Robby Krieger (The Doors), Sir Christopher Lee (in his last recorded performance!), Paul McCartney (The Beatles and Wings), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Slash (Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver), Neil Smith (Alice Cooper band), Zak Starkey (The Who), Joe Walsh (The Eagles) and Kip Winger among others we get an album of mostly covers that is just fun! Named from his old drinking club that featured Jim Morrison and Keith Moon, we get a great album from front to back. From the creepy opener with Christopher Lee that surges into the first of two originals "Raise the Dead" that is just electrifying! Then, the covers flow nicely from one another (with the exception of the first minute or so of "Whole Lotta Love") that is just fun. This is a great album that serves as a great tribute to a bygone era of Rock that shows you how those songs from the 60s and 70s still hold up to this day. It even features a cover of the Cooper band classic "School's Out"! See? All fun and great performances by all! The album ends with a tongue in cheek "My Dead Drunk Friends" which is a salute to drinking with no consequence and those friends who have passed on. I'd pick a standout if I could though Cooper singing "put the lime in the coconut" has to be up there! You will laugh, you will be stunned and you will enjoy this album. It is not reinventing the wheel but, it shows, that the master has way more fun then you do and that, like him, greatness doesn't age as this vampire still has bite!