Sunday's Best: Week 40, 2022

Another week down and now we're in the final quarter of 2022. It seems crazy how fast this year has gone by... at least for me. I personally can't believe it is October.

Now we are in the spooky season and what is better for that than Alice Cooper? Imagine my surprise when I see Alice Cooper tweet out a "new" video. It's for "Under My Wheels" from when the surviving members of the classic Alice Cooper Band reunited at a book store back in 2015.

The reunion performance was recorded and is now available as a documentary called Live From The Astroturf. This new video is our Sunday's Best for the week. It's crazy just how good this performance is - just watch!

This Is One Hell Of A Halloween Show

I love Halloween - it's my favorite holiday. The Misfits just announced an epic special show to celebrate Halloween. Alice Cooper is the very special guest. This is all going down in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, October 29. Tickets go on sale next Friday and they will go fast. This will probably be one of the most epic rock shows of the year.

Make Your Own 'School's Out' Jib Jab!

Everyone knows I love me some Alice Cooper. I always take note whenever I see folks on Twitter mention Alice. Usually, it's just reports of YouTube clips and the like but today I saw people posting "School's Out" Jib Jab videos. Apparently Bravewords posted about it earlier today, hence all the traffic.

Well, I remember Jib Jab from the American politics landscape of "long ago" when we could still have fun with one another over the different parties. Think of all the big-headed politicians turned into cartoons dancing around. The clips were so popular, they always made the news!

Jib Jab is still around and now you can make an end-of year or graduation themed e-card for that student in your life. What's better than setting some congrats to Alice Cooper?

Schools out forever! 🎓 🙌 Congrats to all the 2022 grads, what are your plans this summer?! pic.twitter.com/G3xoIPuFgD

— JibJab (@JibJab) June 2, 2022

I think this is my favorite Jib Jab of all time... from 2004!

Alice Cooper Extends Tour Into Fall

Some great tour news this Monday - Alice Cooper has added dates to his current run well into the fall. While we talk about our faves struggling live these days (just look at the weekend's comments about Jon Bon Jovi and Vince Neil), Alice Cooper continues to defy the odds of aging. His shows are always on point and just great entertainment. Go see him if you can!

The Nightmare Continues... New Fall Tour Dates Announced. VIP pre-sale tomorrow at 10a with tickets on sale this Friday, April 15 10a at https://t.co/ofOlQNPMP9 pic.twitter.com/7X1Dh36ewH

— Alice Cooper (@alicecooper) April 11, 2022

Sunday's Best: Week 1, 2022

Welcome to Sunday's Best, where we talk about the best of... something! There will be a new topic or list each week. This week, the best commercials featuring hair metal and rock bands!

Metallica - AOL - 2003

Geico - featuring RATT - 2020

Warrant - Rockline - late 80s probably

Aerosmith - The Gap - 1999

Alice Cooper - Marriott - 2002

KISS and Little Kiss - Dr. Pepper - 2010

... and the best memory of them all... when CDs and cassettes were advertised on television! Monster Ballads Hit Collection. - Circa 1999

The Best Hard Rock Albums Of 2021

Overall, 2021 was a good year in heavy music. There were lots of releases, proving that Gene Simmons is definitely wrong about rock being dead. You just have to know where to find it these days. The following list are my favorite releases of 2021, in no real order. Hopefully you discover something new here. I bet we share a lot of favorites - a few videos are below. What do you think?

• The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood - Ice Nine Kills 

• Dirty Honey - Dirty Honey

• Mammoth WVH - Mammoth WVH 

• Smith/Kotzen - Smith/Kotzen

• For Those That Wish To Exist - Architects

• Senjutsu - Iron Maiden

• Bullet For My Valentine - Bullet For My Valentine

• Checkered Past - L.A. Guns

• Sacrifice - The Devil Wears Prada 

• The Gospel Truth - Gilby Clarke

• Detroit Stories - Alice Cooper

Just Another Reason To Love Alice Cooper

Just a little more proof that Alice Cooper is a superb human. Alice recently did an awesome interview with Jim Ryan of Forbes magazine. He talks about all sorts of topics, like the time he appeared on the cover of Forbes back in 1973 and how hard rock endures. Of course, the conversation revolved a lot around the pandemic and how hard it has been for touring acts. Alice, in his typical fashion, seemed ready at the get go:

"AC: Oh my gosh. When we saw this coming, we put money aside for our crew. We could see that it was… something. So we put money aside as a backup for them. Because we knew that their unemployment would run out, you know? And then they’d have something to go to. I think all responsible bands did that. Hopefully.

Because these are people we live with. We work with them every day. The guys that run the stage are as important as the guys that play guitar. So we made sure that everybody was covered. And that was really important.

Hey, we thought this thing was gonna last a month! 18 months?! Unreal.

Read the whole interview by clicking through below - it is worth your time.

Had a great chat last month with @alicecooper about interacting with fans and returning to the stage as the Days of the Dead convention wrapped up in Chicago. Fantastic portraits too. My @ForbesEnt Q&A with Alice Cooper… https://t.co/fCrBPNbzH2

— Jim Ryan (@radioJimRyan) December 22, 2021