ALICE COOPER Breadcrumbs EP Vinyl (2019)

By 2019, Alice Cooper had been the godfather of shock rock for nearly five decades, and Breadcrumbs is him doing exactly what he wants, which is revisiting the Detroit garage rock roots that shaped him long before the snakes and guillotines.

This 10-inch EP is a love letter to the Cass Corridor scene, featuring guests like Wayne Kramer of MC5 and Bob Ezrin back behind the boards. It's grimy, unpretentious hard rock that reminds you Alice Cooper was always more Detroit street than Hollywood horror, even when the Hollywood horror was the whole point. If your record collection runs through punk, glam rock, metal and everything in between, this sits comfortably among all of it. Essential alternative fashion in sonic form, the kind of thing you pull out to settle arguments about where Alice Cooper actually fits in music history.

10-inch vinyl EP, 2019 release. Genre: hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock. USA pressing.

Fans of: MC5, Iggy Pop, KISS, Thin Lizzy, New York Dolls.