Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock

New Single and Old Stories from the Shock Rock King

Hard to believe that Alice Cooper’s new single, “Keepin’ Halloween Alive”, packs more punch than any 10 new rock songs combined, especially when you consider the fact that the Shock Rock King has, as the song says, “kept Halloween alive since 1965.” But there you have it.

Of course it helps that here Alice is backed by axemen Piggy D. (of Rob Zombie’s band) and Dave Pino (Powerman 5000), two of the few new(er) jacks who can stand toe-to-toe with Detroit’s original glam-slammer. Still, it is Alice alone who leads this thrashfest. And why wouldn’t he? It’s been his kinda holiday all along.

“At home, my family all gathers around an old, spooky tree decorated with skulls and bones in the living room, and we exchange gifts,” Cooper says. “It’s our holiday. We even all have matching black-and-orange Halloween sweaters! I wanted a theme song for people like me, and for us, Halloween never ends.” read more