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1. Hey Stoopid
2. Love's A Loaded Gun
3. Snakebite
4. Burning Our Bed
5. Dangerous Tonight
6. Might As Well Be On Mars
7. Feed My Frankenstein
8. Hurricane Years
9. Little By Little
10. Die For You
11. Dirty Dreams
12. Wind-up Toy
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Left to right - Vinnie Moore | Greg Smith | Alice Cooper
Slash - Guitars (1)
Joe Satriani - Guitars (1,4,7,9,12), Backing Vocals (1)
Stef Burns - Guitars (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12)
Steve Vai - Guitars (7)
Vinnie Moore - Guitar (8,11)
Mick Mars - Guitar (10)
Hugh McDonald - Bass (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12)
Nikki Sixx - Bass (7)
Mickey Curry - Drums (all)
John Webster - Keyboards (1,2,3,4,7,9,10,12), B3 Organ (5)
Steve Croes - Synclavier (1,10)
Robert Bailey - Keyboards (2,5,6,7,8,10,12)
Jai Winding - Keyboards (6)
Chris Boardman - String Arrangements (6)
Backing Vocals - Ozzy Osbourne (1), Zachary Nevel (1)
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Jan-Feb `91 Hey Stoopid recorded in New York and Los Angeles
Charts: US #47, UK # 4
June `91 Hey Stoopid single released
July 2nd `91 Hey Stoopid album released
July 5th `91 Toronto, Ontario HMV rooftop show
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Hey Stoopid Video
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Tour Dates USA - "Operation Rock and Roll"
Review quote: "Operation Rock and Roll tour with Judas Priest. While Alice sounded great, Vinnie Moore wailed and the band overall rocked hard with new and classic Cooper." --- Quote from Derek Sherinian (keyboard player) on Vinnie Moore "Vinnie is a great guitar player. He used to practice on the bus all the Alice Cooper tour bus for hours. Eric Singer and I used to drive him crazy.." |
The 'Operation Rock And Roll' Tour was a joint headline event with metal band Judas Priest. Despite that the stage set was still pretty elaborate. The main feature was a huge skull at the back of the stage in the center. The drum and keyboard risers were seperated left and right stage with giant skeletal hands holding them as if they were the hands of the skull at the back. The show opened with a long, chugging one chord intro to 'Under my Wheels' before Alice breaks out of the skull mouth in a cloud of smoke for the first line of the song. After that the first part of the set is played with only handheld props. 'Feed My Frankenstein' featured a large "Mad Scientist" like table on which a women was placed. The table was then covered and rose into the lighting rig before returning to earth with the women replaced by the 'Cold Ethyl' plastic doll. Theatrically the centerpiece was 'Go To Hell'. The magic screen, last seen on the 1979 'From The Inside' tour, drops down at the back of the stage (hiding the giant skull) and Alice proceeds to jump in and out of the screen while footage of a mad scientist lab shows and he is chased by robe wearing skeletons. Eventually he tries to jump out of the screen one last time and discovers he`s trapped. The camera slowly pulls back and the audience discovers first that he`s trapped behind bars, and then that the bars are in fact the teeth on the skull. Smoke swirls and lightning flashes. Then suddenly Alice bursts out of the real on stage skull that has been revealed as the screen, showing a exact scale skull image, had slowly risen under cover of the effects. It was a stunning effect. |
Alice COOPER Hey Stoopid Tour, Live ABC TV Anaheim, Ca
Check out the ABC "In Concert" with Alice and Judas Priest (4 songs of each) for a look of Vinnie in action with Alice. The AC songs showed was 'Go To Hell', 'Hey Stoopid', 'School's Out' and 'Elected'. |
Musicians:
Stef Burns - guitar
Vinnie Moore - guitar
Greg Smith - bass
Eric Singer - drums
Derek Sherinian - keyboards
Vinnie Moore
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SET LIST
Under My Wheels
Trash
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Billion Dollar Babies
Love's a Loaded Gun
Bed Of Nails
I'm Eighteen
I Love the Dead /Devil's Food / Steven / Black Widow (Instrumental)
Sick Things
Feed My Frankenstein
Cold Ethyl
Only Women Bleed
Poison
Go To Hell
School's Out
Hey Stoopid
Elected
'Dirty Dreams' was also done at least once or twice on this tour
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Guitars
- Music Man Silhouette Special (cápsulas DiMarzio Tone Zone -Puente-, y DiMarzio DP181 -en el cuello y al medio).
- Music Man Axis (no confundir con la music man eddie van halen).
- Danelectro.
- Music Mna Albert Lee
- Guitarra Acústica Washburn Stephen´s Extend Cutaway (24 trastes).
- Gibson Les Paul 1960 Reissue.
Esqueleto de Amplificación
- Marshall JCM - 800 de 50 watts (cabezal y caja).
- Marshall JMP de 100 watts (cabezal).
- Laney Pro Tube de 50 watts (cabezal, utilizado en Meltdown).
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (utilizado en The Maze).
Effects Pedals
- Pedal Boss OC - 2.
- Pedal Boss DD - 3 Digital Delay.
- Pedal Boss BF - 2 Flanger.
- Roland 1680 Digital Recorder.
- Akai MPC - 60 Drum Machine
Esqueleto de Rack
- Daking Mic - Pre/Equalizer 52270.
- Digitech 2101.
- ART Pro VLA Compressor.
- Alesis Quadra Verb.
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Video
(Hey Stoopid, Billion Dollar Babies Live) (1991 Tour Promo)
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Very sketchy details as I havn't got a copy (it may be the one shown above??) but there is also a listing for
Operation Rock 'n' Roll: The Home Video
30 minute Documentary Video Release details - Another LINK
Not sure if Vinnie Features - tell me if anyone has this
Produced By: / Sony Music Entertainment
Apparently there is a Bootleg in circulation
New York -70 min - Audience Recording. Features Vinnie Moore
If anyone knows of this, let me know and I will add more details
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July 1991
July 9th `91 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Palace - Start of US Operation Rock And Roll' tour (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead) [Ticket] Generation Landslide played at this show only after being rehearsed in LA 26th June `91. It was dropped after this show
The US 'Hey Stoopid' tour was called 'Operation Rock'n'Roll' and was a co-headline tour with Judas Priest. Also meant to be on the bill were Motorhead, Metal Church and Dangerous Toys. The Tour had severe financial problems and some dates were canceled.
Brian Nelson (Oct `95): "Some total moron at the stinkin' record company [thought of the idea] . All the acts were on Sony/Epic. My mind still boggles from the utter retardedness of it all. I told everyone from day one that it would bomb. Nobody ever listens to me."
One idea talked about for the tour theatrics was having Alice dropped into a pit of Rattlesnakes.
July 12th `91 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead) [Ticket]
This show was recorded and partly later used in the ABC In Concert series.
(July 13th `91 Motorhead itinerary lists this date at Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA)
July 13th `91 Mountain View, CA (San Jose/SF) Shoreline Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Joe Satriani Guests on Hey Stoopid
(Motorhead and Priest Itinerary lists this as July 14th `91)
July 14th `91 Sacramento, CA Cal Expo (Priest lists shows this as 13th)
July 16th `91 Denver, CO Red Rocks (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church)(poster)
(July 17th `91 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Palace (or 7/9?)(w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead))
July 18th `91 Cedar Rapids, IA Five Seasons Arena (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 19th `91 Minneapolis, MN Target Center (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 20th `91 Tinley Park/Chicago, IL World Music Theater (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 21st `91 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 23rd `91 Lakeland, FL Civic Centre (Motorhead/Priest Itinerary list this as Tampe The Sundown) (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead) [Ticket]
July 24th `91 Orlando, FL The Arena (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 25th `91 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 27th `91 Houston, TX The Summit (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 28th `91 Dallas, TX Starplex Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church)
July 30th `91 Charlotte, NC Carrowinds (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
July 31st `91 Raleigh NC, Hardee Pavilion, Walnut Creek Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest. Motorhead play club show)
August 1991
Aug 2nd `91 Pittsburgh, PA Starlake Amphitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 3rd `91 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church)
Aug 4th `91 Merriville, IN Holiday Star Inn (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 6th `91 Indianapolis, IN Deer Creek Ampitheatre (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys)
Aug 7th `91 Cleveland, OH Richfield Coliseum (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 8th `91 Weedsport, Nr Syracuse, NY Cayuga County Fairground (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 9th `91 East Rutherford, NJ, Meadowlands Arena (w/ Judas Priest) (recording and ticket) [Ticket]
Aug 10th `91 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 11th `91 Bristol, CT Lake Compounce (canceled) (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 13th `91 Portland, ME Sea Pac (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 14th `91 Mansfield (Boston), MA Great Woods (w/ Judas Priest, Motorhead)
Aug 15th `91 Largo, MD Capitol Center (w/ Judas Priest)
Aug 16th `91 Middletown, NY Raceway (w/ Judas Priest)
Aug 17th `91 Montreal, Canada The Forum (w/ Judas Priest)
Aug 19th `91 Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens (w/ Judas Priest) [Ticket]
Aug 27th `91 Los Angeles, CA Mark & Brian Show (UMW, 18, Hey Stoopid and SO performed live in the parking lot outside KLOS-FM studios) -During the day Alice was inducted into the 'Rock Walk Of Fame'
Sept 2nd `91 Miami Beach, FL WSHE Labor Day Concert
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Pete Friesen - guitar (replaces Vinnie Moore after Operation Rock and Roll part of tour)
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Alice Cooper Bassist - Greg Smith
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