Where’s Johnny? Who cares, this Crue rocked
ARE you sure you’ve got paperwork for that snake sir?
Given recent pet problems, no doubt the slithery stage guest at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre last night was all above board.
The snake was back and so was the guillotine, the fake blood and the electric chair, which means Alice Cooper was in town for another night of rock ’n’ roll theatre.
He was there at the invitation of main attraction, Motley Crüe, but given his deep collection of hits, the potential for being upstaged was high.
Despite rumours to the contrary Alice’s mate Johnny Depp didn’t join him, which left 50 action-packed minutes of Alice ‘s finest, from Department of Youth to School’s Out, an entertaining celebration of high-volume pantomime.
Crüe of course had the big hair, the big appetites and bad behaviour, which made for an entertaining biography, and a farewell tour that’s going to keep waving bye bye all the way to New Year’s Eve.
Tunes? Well, one meat and potatoes piece of cartoon metal bluster starts to sound very much like another after half an hour.
They did have the decency to go on stage on time and bring the original line- up, so they did better than Guns ’N Roses.
Alice, as ever, is good for a laugh and a singalong.
There’s plenty of fireworks and invitations to make some noiseat a Motley Crüe show, but you are not so much entertainedas pummelled into submission.
Originally published as Where’s Johnny? Who cares, this Crue rocked
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