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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jul 21, 2006 23:05:37 GMT -5
Round 2 : During each of these band's heyday back in the 70's, which was better in your opinion, The Alice Cooper Group or KISS?  |
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Post by MrAce on Jul 22, 2006 0:51:59 GMT -5
You know I gotta say KISS.  Get booted from the KISS Army if I said otherwise.  |
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Post by duojett71 on Jul 22, 2006 6:19:31 GMT -5
I like old Kiss...Love Ace... but you know what...thought Michael Bruce was better. Great songwriter...great guitar player, and along with Glen Buxton, that was hard to beat. They wrote better, more meaningful songs. Kiss was much more popular...Alice Cooper Group was just better.
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Post by rtbuck on Jul 22, 2006 7:02:32 GMT -5
These are my 2 favorite bands of all time so I had to vote neither.
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Post by Rush862 on Jul 22, 2006 7:24:56 GMT -5
This was a tough decision...
I listened to the old Alice Cooper as much as old Kiss...I got into Kiss first, and Alice right on the heels of...
Today I listen to old Alice before old Kiss....
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Post by Warpig on Jul 22, 2006 8:15:25 GMT -5
That is a tough question, back in the mid to late 70s I would've said Kiss, but nowadays I listen to the old Alice Cooper Group cd's more than I do the old Kiss cd. So I just had to vote "Both were equally as good"
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Post by mak on Jul 22, 2006 9:16:37 GMT -5
i like Kiss more then Alice Cooper mainly because of Ace Frehley
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Post by Speedy on Jul 22, 2006 10:24:15 GMT -5
KISS has a much more solid back catelog. Alice has a GREAT bunch of songs but KISS has the stronger music in the long run. IMO Alice has 4 necessary albums. LITD, Killers, School's Out, and BDB. The rest are very hit and miss. I do give him credit for putting out current material regularly for his fans(I am one of them). The original Alice Cooper Band was a pile of shit live. His current concerts are MUCH better. I can't believe someone said Alice had more "meaningful" songs. Songs about mistaken sex identity, sex with corpses, dentistry, youth rebellion. Sounds like someone is taking old Alice too seriously.
All the KISS albums from KISS to Dynasty are must have's IMO. Not a bad album in the bunch.....maybe not even a BAD SONG!? KISS has their share of crap though. On top of that I can handle the state of ALICE much better than the state of KISS. I cannot hang with current KISS.
Realistically though, you cannot compare the two. Their music is nothing alike.....AND they shot for a different audience. I play each as much as the other.
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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jul 22, 2006 10:54:09 GMT -5
The Alice Cooper Group by far. The original band were originators, Kiss took the concept and ran with it afterwards, but definitely The original Cooper Group. Lennon, McCartney, Townshend and Daltrey were all fans of the original band, even Salvador Dali for that matter, so that should count for something. Even in their early formative days they had the respect of Zappa, The Doors and Pink Floyd, mostly for being outrageous, but when they hooked up with Bob Ezrin it all clicked, and the albums they made together are true classics. The songwriting, musicianship are all first rate. And the topics covered lyrically were much more diverse and deeper as well.
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Post by sandi on Jul 22, 2006 11:43:21 GMT -5
Alice Cooper by far, Gene's tongue still scares the shit out of me |
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Post by mak on Jul 22, 2006 11:48:25 GMT -5
Alice Cooper by far, Gene's tongue still scares the Sh*t out of me i thought it would have made you smile ;D |
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Post by Frank on Jul 22, 2006 12:05:43 GMT -5
I WENT WITH KISS BECAUSE KISS ALIVE! HAD SUCH A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME MUSICALLY.
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Post by jimmccormick3 on Jul 22, 2006 13:23:42 GMT -5
Alway loved the Coop! Never was a huge Kiss fan.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 22, 2006 16:03:11 GMT -5
I love Alice Cooper and if this was a "Who's Better Overall", it'd be a no-brainer for Alice. BUT, since it is who was better during the 70's, I gotta go with Kiss. Like Speedy said, Kiss had a stronger catalog during that time period. I think Cooper's best songs beat Kiss's best songs in that period, but IMO Alice Cooper had more "eh" songs and fast-forward-through songs than Kiss had at that time.
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Post by axisboldaslove on Jul 24, 2006 11:35:55 GMT -5
At the time when I was an adolescent, I would have definitely gone with Kiss. But now that I'm older, I can't say for sure. They were both great, and then they both put out a lot of crap. However, I think Kiss has put out more crap than Alice.
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Post by spankymadoo on Jul 28, 2006 10:51:50 GMT -5
Although I love both, I gotta go with KISS. They were on top of the world in their heyday and while I know Cooper achieved great success, I'm not sure that he achieved the same level as KISS did. They were truly the "hottest band in the world" from '76-'79.
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