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Original ALICE COOPER Bassist Previews Two New Tracks On 'Long Live Rock' Radio Show

January 26, 2010

Original ALICE COOPER bass player and founding member Dennis Dunaway was the guest for a very special edition of "Long Live Rock" this past Sunday evening (January 24). In a wide-ranging interview, the rock pioneer discussed everything from his days with Alice Cooper, to his upcoming projects, to the night he freaked out producer Bob Ezrin by wearing a frog suit and mask and refusing to speak.

One story involved ALICE COOPER's audition for Frank Zappa, who gave the group its first record deal. The audition was supposed to be at Zappa's house at nine o'clock in the evening, but the band got confused and showed up at nine the following morning, while the famed maestro was still asleep. "I swear to God, we took all of our equipment and set it up outside of Zappa's bedroom door while him and his wife were in there sleeping," Dunaway recalled, laughing. "We had our amps and everything full-tilt, and we started playing. The door cracked open and Zappa's hand came out motioning us to stop, and we did. Then his head stuck out and he said, 'Let me have some coffee, and then I'll listen.' That's how we got a record deal. If somebody came to my house like that, I'd shoot them!"

Dunaway also talked about the breakup of the original ALICE COOPER group, when lead singer Vincent Furnier took the name and persona for his own and embarked on a solo career.

Dunaway is currently working with guitarist Richie Scarlet in a new band called 5TH AVENUE VAMPIRES, and he previewed two unreleased tracks from their forthcoming CD, "Fear Me" and "She'll Lie". He also talked about another upcoming project called BLUE COUPE, a band he started with Joe and Albert Bouchard of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT.

Listen to the interview using the audio player below.

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