NIGHTMARE: By
Steve 'Mac' McLennan
Just me stepping out from behind the kit and dressing up as Alice Cooper
for
an hour & a half. Great fun. The band was great. I cant thank them
enough for the
committment they put into getting the music right. I'd stack them up
against
any of Alice's bands over the past 20 years...no problem. Of course
we had the
stage performers as well and they worked their arses off every night
to help
create the fantasy. When you consider we had an electric chair, guillotine,
snake,
spiders, nurses, and monsters (I think even the kitchen sink) it was
incredible how
well everyone worked together to make the show so spectacular. That's
not to say
there wasnt the odd mishap. ...like the night we played The Castle and
the
guillotine blade didn't drop all the way and some guy in the audience
yells out "missed!!" I can laugh now but at the time it felt
pretty hokey.
Favourite memory...apart from the cathartic process of chopping babies
to bits ?? Svea...the Scandinavian "exotic dancer" in her
slashed micro-mini and leopard skin boots giving me a private viewing
of her Alice tattoo while fondling my python. She invited me to see
her act in which she danced to a few Freak Shop songs. I recall lots
of leather and lace and blood and a very naughty teddy bear.
Interesting interpretation to say the least.
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