Category: Under My Wheels

As I sit at Heathrow awash in the throes of emotions of the past seven days… or 46 years… take your pick. MY band simply does not disappoint. Herewith my final instalment to my tour diary. Yesterday, my tour companions, Chris Penn and Patrick Brzezinski and I (aka “the 3 Amigos“) assisted Dennis and Cindy Dunaway with Dennis’ in-store book-signing... Read More

In my opinion (yup, you might have heard this before)… ALICE COOPER, the most influential American band of the 1970s landed in historic London – Wembley last evening for the last stop on their highly-anticipated tour of the U.K. To set the mood, there was a palpable buzz of anticipation on the walk-up mall and queue to the Wembley SSE Arena. “Touters” (the... Read More

I think my wife spoke with some trepidation when she learned that Manchester was one of the Alice Cooper group’s tour stops. I reminded her that a common rebuttal to terrorism is not to change our ways… and with 2000 concerts behind me and the five most important ones in front of me, I was not going to miss these.... Read More

Tuesday night in “Brum” (“Birmingham” to foreigners) at the Barclaycard arena and the packed crowd was in for a treat. But before we get to the festivities let’s take a moment to “set the stage”. Throughout the history of rock, it is often found that the “power of the team” outperforms the creative genius of the individual alone. Obviously, Lennon... Read More

Just don't wake me up... I am caught in this dream. Read More

w/Photos and video by Patrick Brzezinski and Chris Penn. The last time Glen Buxton and the Alice Cooper group were in Glasgow was on his 25th birthday… and the obligatory backstage birthday cake food fight ensued. Forty-five years on and the spirit of GB and his musical brethren brought the “Greatest Show on Earth” back to Glasgow. You might have expected the... Read More

  “Hey Paul, its Chris Penn in Dallas. I have a record store here and I’d like to bring Dennis in to do an in-store book-signing… I have a bunch of ideas… can you send me a picture of your electric chair?” In the course of life, we should all experience the deceptive calm that is the epicenter of Chris’... Read More

“Hey Paul… did you hear? Glen got pneumonia and passed away last night.” I struggled to give Glen’s sister my condolences. Speechless and gutted, I hung up the phone. The day MY music died.  Just one week after reforming with his old bandmates in Houston, Glen Buxton – GB – the Blonde Bomber – #90 on Rolling Stones’ list of... Read More