It’s Sunday and it’s time for our weekly book and music pairing! Today it’s all about Alice Cooper and we’re pairing the memoir Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! with the album Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits.
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is an autobiography by Dennis Dunaway, the bassist for the original Alice Cooper band. The book offers an insider’s view of the chaotic and innovative rise of one of rock’s most infamous bands. With vivid and entertaining storytelling, Dennis shares anecdotes about the band’s journey, their wild stage antics and the creation of some of their biggest hits. It’s filled with humour, drama and a raw look at the 70s rock scene.
Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits is a compilation album originally released in 1974. It features some of the band’s most iconic tracks from the early 1970s, including I’m Eighteen, School’s Out and Elected. The album showcases the band’s hard rock style and theatrical stage presence that made them famous and is a great introduction to Alice Cooper’s music for new listeners and a nostalgic trip for long-time fans.
