Alice Cooper returned to Temecula in a spectacular show at Pechanga Resort and Casino. We were on hand for “A Paranormal Evening with Alice Cooper” at Pechanga’s very intimate twelve hundred seat theater.

An Alice Cooper show is much more than just an awesome rock concert; it’s a fantastic theatrical show as well. He still controls the stage like it was 1973. Backed by an incredible band, Alice’s voice and his theatrics push the evening’s show to its full potential. On certain songs he chose one simple prop. Whether it was a cane, a sword filled with dollar bills, or a straightjacket, it just added to what is already one of the most impressive rock shows around.

His all star band consists of three incredible guitarist’s Ryan Roxie, Nita Strauss, Tommy Hendrickson with layered precision to accompany Alice Cooper amazing presence..

Glen Sobel on Drums and Chuck Garic on Bass guitar round out this All Star Band.With over 40 plus years in the biz Alice Cooper still brings it.

Opening the show was “Brutal Planet”, and then came a barrage of non-stop hits like “No More Mr. Nice Guy“, “Under My Wheels“, “Billion Dollar Babies” as well as many of his classics like “Poison“, “Only Woman Bleed” and “Feed My Frankenstein”. “Fallen in Love” and “Paranoiac Personality” from “Paranormal”, which was released last year, were performed on this evening as well.

His show is so much fun to witness as well as total theater that people that i spoke with who were at the show walked away totally amazed at what they just witnessed.

Closing out the show were two classic’s I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out” two rock anthems that have not lost their appeal. The most awesome part of Alice Cooper show has always been the Be my Frankenstein part as well as the chopping off of Alice’s head but make no mistake it’s not just all theatrics there is plenty of great songs with substance even for the first time visitors of seeing Alice Cooper.

On behalf of Backstage360 we would like to thank Pechanga Casino for having included us for this amazing show as well as the entire Alice Cooper Band for allowing us to capture an incredible evening.

Remember folks if you want to continue to see classic bands like Alice Cooper please support live entertainment venues.

Setlist:

• Brutal Planet
• No More Mr. Nice Guy
• Under My Wheels
• Billion Dollar Babies
• Be My Lover
• Lost in America
• Serious
• Fallen in Love
• Woman of Mass Distraction
• Poison
• Halo of Flies
• Feed My Frankenstein
• Cold Ethyl
• Only Women Bleed
• Paranoiac Personality
• The Ballad of Dwight Fry
• Killer/I Love the Dead
• I’m Eighteen
• ENCORE – School’s Out

RocMan / BackStage360

Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, CA