Alice Cooper - Brutally Live - DTS (2000)

Shot in London during the 2000 world tour, Brutally Live showcases Alice Cooper doing what he's been doing better than anyone else over the past 25 years: turning a rock concert into a campy theatrical extravaganza. That he's old enough to be almost anyone in the audience's (grand?)father is quite beside the point. For Alice remains one of the few who knows that rock & roll should be fun, even if that means severed heads, gushing blood, and murdered babies. Even the fabled guillotine, from his heyday a quarter-century ago, makes an appearance. Alice also takes a shot at Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Kiss by calling them "my undisciplined children."

Alice and his band rip through 105 minutes of some of his best-known songs, including "I'm 18," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "Only Women Bleed," and the immortal anthem "School's Out," along with newer tunes like "Brutal Planet" and "Gimme" (also seen as a bonus video). The concert will surely satisfy Cooper fans, if not win him new ones; the DVD itself is a winner, with bludgeoning DTS and Dolby 5.0 Surround Sound and the choice of alternate camera angles on six of the 25 songs. --Kevin Filipski Amazon.com

AC Pulls it off in style only Alice can

Great DVD of a highly charged concert from 2000. The energy AC and his band show in this concert is tremendous. DVD is filmed as if you are attending the concert rather than the terrrible follow-up DVD of AC live at Montreux where the 4 second shots make your head spin. Sound is great, camera angles are great, band is great. It is a winner! One DVD I would definitely purchase for my collection.
November 15, 2008

must have for Cooper fans

Firstoff, this video was shot the way I personally think all concert videos should be. From the point of view of someone in the best seat in the house. I was at the dress rehearsal for this tour and I had a great seat and this show is exactly what I saw. If, like me you're a huge Alice Cooper fan but you didn't get to see him on this tour- buy this. You will not be sorry that you did.This is Cooper at his best. He does his greatest hits plus some of his newer material at the time, he does his magic tricks, they execute him, he comes back, it's all here. He had a top notch band that year and this was the first year his daughter, Calico was a part of the show- she dances and plays a coupla supporting characters (she's now choreographer for the show). A good time for all. The one bummer thing about this 2 disc set, 5 songs from the show are not on the cd. I think this is because 80 minutes is all you can put on a compact disc and the show runs at lest 90 minutes, so it couldn't be helped. August 14, 2008

Rebirth

I went to see Alice at the E-center in Salt Lake City during this tour and he rented the entire auditorium and used two thirds of it for his stage so that his fans in the more culturally unrefined parts of the world could get the entire Alice Cooper experience. This show will forever be emblazened in my mind as the best show I've ever experienced. I only wish I knew the name of the opening act, because they were pretty funny.
The dvd is a document of Alice in the midst of one of his heaviest and hardest periods. The music he produced during this phase of his career was more modern and heavy than what his colleges were producing.
My ears rang for along time after this show and I dug the "Raw Power" loop that was played between sets.
June 21, 2008

FIVE STARS AND THREE THUMBS UP

I bought an alice cooper concert DVD. It worked great and got to me super fast. It had no problems playing wat so ever.
I give the product and seller five stars and three thumbs up May 7, 2008

Alice Cooper brutalizes England

As a life long Cooper fan I never had a chance to see the show until the Brutal Planet tour of 1999.It was even better that I expected. This DVD/CD set captures all the magic and energy of that tour. Alice sports one of his best bands including Eric Singer on Drums and the fantastic Ryan Roxie on guitar.Along with the rest of the band they breath life into Cooper calssics as well as lay out the Coop's best material in years. Roxie has since moved on but I hope he moves back as he is almost as much of a star as Alice. A must have for fans serious or casual. November 6, 2007

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