23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Alice Cooper Band reunites for first album in 50 years featuring late Glen Buxton
The original Alice Cooper Band is set for an
epic comeback
, ready to drop their first studio album in half a century.
Branded The Revenge of Alice Cooper, fans can mark their calendars for the July 25 release, a grand sequel to their 1973 hit Muscle of Love. It's history in the making as shock
rock legend
Alice Cooper, at 77, gets back with bandmates—guitar genius Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and beats master Neil Smith.
The squad
has also roped in Nashville's hotshot guitar slinger Gyasi Hues. Offstage, they're weaving magic with legendary producer Bob Ezrin, who crafted their top-charting
soundtracks
like Love It to Death, Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies.
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"It was very much like this was our next album after Muscle of Love. Just like, 'OK, this is the next album.'" Alice spilled to Billboard. "Isn't that funny after 50 years? All of a sudden it just falls into place."
Alice Cooper is returning at 77 years old
(Image: Getty Images)
Even Glen Buxton, the iconic guitarist we lost in 1997, makes his mark posthumously on the spirited track "What Happened to You" and a remix of "Return of the Spiders," featured on the deluxe edition, reports
the Mirror US
.
And Bob Ezrin, a maestro who's shaped the sounds of Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple, admits the studio reunion felt just like old times.
"None of them has changed much as a person. Obviously everyone's older and more mature and more settled, but when we all get together and I watch the interplay between them, it's like they just walked out of high school and were hanging out in the local cafe.
"They just revert to type. They revert to who they were as kids when they first got together... and make music together like they did 50-some years ago," he said. The lead single "Black Mamba" will debut on April 22 during Alice's own radio show, Alice's Attic.
The project marks their first full-length studio album as a group since the '70s, though they briefly reunited in 2021 for Alice's solo album Detroit Stories and previously released a live album, Live From The Astroturf, in 2018.
Fans on social media reacted quickly. One fan expressed their excitement, "I'm looking forward to the Alice Cooper album. I've always been a fan! It was my dad when I was a kid telling me about how great the Beatles were, Alice Cooper as his proof to convince me and convince me he did!"
Another fan was more skeptical, "Oh my. I haven't really bothered with 'new' Alice Cooper for about 20 years. But this... I wonder if the Alice Cooper band can pull it off."
Other fans were thrilled, with one writing, "Never thought I'd see the day," and another adding, "Bring it on! I'm so here for this!" A fifth fan couldn't contain their excitement, posting simply: "Omg is this real? ! ? ! Please don't toy with my emotions!"
