Alice Cooper joins Motley Crue on Final Tour

Those who love Halloween, classic monster movies, and ghoulish things all set to a classic hard rock soundtrack love Alice Cooper, live Saturday as special guest, opening Motley Crue’s Final Tour at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte.

Rattling chains and rocking brains, Cooper is the quintessential boogie man, the progenitor of theatrical horror rock fronting the original band who broke into mainstream rock with “I’m Eighteen” in 1971.

Called hard rock, shock rock, metal, even glam, the band led the charge celebrating the chills and thrills of scary rock escapism.

It’s always been a full dress, prop heavy, extravaganza haunting stages, originally luring audiences away from peace and love movement right into a nightmare masquerade.

Showmanship aside, the songs of Alice Cooper have stood the test of time, and along with the members of the original AC band finally found their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

It was long overdue for this straightforward melodic hard rock sound heavy with a bit of blues and glam to bolster dark imagery and multi-level lyrics. “School’s Out,” “I’m Eighteen,” “Billion Dollars Babies,” “Killer,” No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “Poison”, “Under My Wheels,” usually find the way onto current concert song lists with a touring band that now features Cooper himself, along with Chuck Garris, bass, Tommy Henriksen, guitar; Nita Strauss, guitar; Ryan Roxie, guitar and Glen Sobel, drums.

For details call 704-688-9000 or go to timewarnercablearena.com. For more on the music, visit alicecooper.com.

Elsewhere

Celebrate midweek with a lineup of eclectic class acts for Stan Cocheo’s Birthday Bash Wednesday at The Milestone Club in Charlotte. The evening’s celebratory bill features M4 Messenger, Halden Vang, Fire Marshall Bill, Grey Revell, plus the launch of RockURadio.org which will be broadcasting live led by rock DJ impresario Stan Cocheo, who is also the “birthday boy.”

Gather together in one of the area’s legendary venue’s for this sure-to-be annual soiree – Stan Cocheo’s Birthday Bash at The Milestone Club, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road in Charlotte. For info, call 704-398-4072 and check twentyfiveminutestogo.com/milestonesite. Also, find The Milestone and Stan Cocheo on Facebook.

Upcoming

Friday: Carolina Nation at Waterford Golf Course Club House, Rock Hill; LJTT Acoustic Duo at McHale’s on Main, Rock Hill; Brian Dover at The HandleBar, Catawba; Tim Clark Band at Lancaster City Hall, Lancaster; Songwriters Round at Sylvia Theater, York; Fiftywatt Freight Train, more at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte; Big Smo, Haden Carpenter, more at Amos’ Southend, Charlotte; The Hazelgroves at Double Door Inn, Charlotte; The Seduction, Jaggermouth at Snug Harbor, Charlotte; Jungle Massive at Crown Station Pub, Charlotte; Miami Dice, Shadowgraphs, more at Petra’s Piano Bar, Charlotte; Underground Owls at Smokey Joe’s Café, Charlotte; The Cry, The Fill-Ins, Careless Romantic at Milestone, Charlotte; Brandon Stiles at Tin Roof, Charlotte; Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Drag the River at The Fillmore, Charlotte; 3 Piece Buckett at Puckett’s Farm Equipment, Charlotte; Bubonik Funk, Ancient Cities, Jr. Astronomers, more at Chop Shop, Charlotte; Patrick Davis at Evening Muse, Charlotte; Ryan Keziah at Bootlegger’s Saloon &Dance Hall, Charlotte; Side Effect at Jack Beagles, Charlotte; Leslie & Rico Duo at Mickey & Mooch, Huntersville;

Saturday: Tantrum at Luke’s Sports Bar & Grill, Rock Hill; Game Face at Brew’s Tavern, Charlotte; Almost Famous at Stooges Pub & Grub, Charlotte; Tellico at US National Whitewater Center, Charlotte; Black Ritual, Auxilia, SkinKage, A Light Divided, more at Amos’ Southend, Charlotte; Take it Easycore Fest with Crunkasaurus Rex, Messenger Down, Trophy Room, more at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte; Jaggermouth at Common Market, Charlotte; Byog, Maradeen, Major & The Monbacks at Visulite Theatre, Charlotte; Hardcore Lounge, Lovesucker, Doug McCurry & The Verticals at Double Door Inn, Charlotte; Queen City Battle of the Bands (Jazz) at Memorial Stadium, Charlotte; Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte; Mac McCaughan & The Non-Believers at Snug Harbor, Charlotte; Heroes at Last at RiRa, Charlotte; Four Days Gone at Comet Grill, Charlotte; Mojo Ruckus at Unknown Brewing Co., Charlotte; The Plaza Family Band, Mike Strauss Band at Anniversary Celebration, Plaza Midwood Library, Charlotte; Wes Cook Band at Tin Roof, Charlotte; Dangerous Assumptions, The Body Bags, Deadern Hell at Smokey Joe’s Café, Charlotte; Gene Gene & The Blues Machine at Big Al’s Pub & Grubberia, Charlotte; Glitter Bomb Burlesque, more at Milestone, Charlotte; Arve Bennett Jr. at Puckett’s Farm Equipment, Charlotte; Temperance League, Pullman Strike, Black Market, The Sammies, more at NC Music Factory, Charlotte; The Dean Ween Group, Benji Hughes, Futurebirds, Alternative Champs at The Fillmore, Charlotte; Back to School Jam at Chop Shop, Charlotte; The Steeldrivers at Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte; Joe Firstman, Gareth Asher; The Wild Domestic, The Reason You Stayed at Evening Muse, Charlotte; Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne, A Thousand Horses at PNC Pavilion, Charlotte;

Sunday: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats at Double Door Inn, Charlotte; Don Dixon & The Jump Rabbits at School of Rock, Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte; The Record Collection, Aloha Broha, more at Milestone, Charlotte;

Monday: 3 Piece Buckett Open Mic at Puckett’s Farm Equipment, Charlotte; Craig Veltri at Heist Brewery, Charlotte; Open Mic with Sam Tayloe at Evening Muse, Charlotte;

Tuesday: The Dead Men, Tedo Stone, Oak House at Snug Harbor, Charlotte; Ratsmouth & The Thunderbird at Crown Station Pub, Charlotte; Rob Thomas, Plain White T’s at Uptown Amphitheater-NC Music Factory, Charlotte;

Wednesday: Leslie & Karenski Duo at Mickey & Mooch-Arboretum, Pineville-Charlotte; Charlotte Sometimes at EagleSpeak Coffee House, Charlotte; Vinyl Sunday at Double Door Inn, Charlotte; Yarbs at Snug Harbor, Charlotte; Halden Vang, Grey Revell at Milestone, Charlotte; The Mighty RhythmBusters at Stooge’s Pub & Grub, Charlotte; Tosco House Party at Evening Muse, Charlotte;

Thursday: Angie Stone at Amos’ Southend, Charlotte; Weather & Waves, Brock Butler, Dangermuffin at Visulite Theatre, Charlotte; Stolen Rhodes at Double Door Inn, Charlotte; Kris Hitchcock at Tin Roof, Charlotte; A Morbid Curiosity, Etched In Stone, The Body Bags at Milestone, Charlotte; Here Come the Mummies at Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte; Martin Stephenson, The Wilhelm Brothers, more at Evening Muse, Charlotte;

“And that was all she wrote.”

This story was originally published August 27, 2015 at 4:01 PM with the headline "Alice Cooper joins Motley Crue on Final Tour."