Alice Cooper is one of the greatest entertainers in rock music. 

Fond on the horror and macabre side of things, which explains why most of his live performances and theatrical shows consist of suspense and horror violence that feature electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood, large and slithery boa constrictors, and hideously creepy china dolls. He wants to shock his audience while he entertains them with one-of-a-kind theatricals as he sings with his band - one of the reasons why his concerts are always a big hit.

His penchant for darkness is evident in his album artwork too, and he is about to re-release three of those great albums; Killer, Easy Action and Welcome To My Nightmare on limited edition coloured vinyl; clear with red and blue swirl, gold, and purple respectively, as part of the Start Your Ear Off Right 2018 campaign. Welcome To My Nightmare is available here now!  with dates for Killer and Easy Action to be announced. 

Killer

Killer was Cooper's first Top 20 album to rock the charts. It also was one of the first albums in his arsenal to uniquely blend his theatrical stage show persona with prog-rock and heavy metal workouts which have since become classic rock anthems. 

Teaming up again with his longtime producer Bob Ezrin, Alice Cooper and his legendary band (Michael Bruce: guitar/keys, Glen Buxton: lead guitar, Neal Smith: drums and Dennis Dunaway: bass) assembled some of their finest material ever for this platinum plus effort. 

Thanks to smash singles such as "Under My Wheels" and "Be My Lover," Killer quickly developed into an exciting listening experience for the fans and radio stations around the globe. 

The album cover, designed by Alice Cooper himself, features Kachina, his boa constrictor.

Raise Your Fist And Yell 

Released in 1987. It features the track “Prince of Darkness”, which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can be heard on the Walkman of one of his victims. A music video was made for the song “Freedom”, which also became the album's sole single.

The album continues the slasher film trend created by Cooper’s previous album Constrictor. The track “Lock Me Up” features a guest appearance from Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare On Elm Street series.

The album cover for Raise Your Fist and Yell was painted by Jim Warren; an author and surrealistic fantasy artist since about 1969.

Easy Action

Released in March 1970, the title comes from a line in the musical film West Side Story, which was one of the band's favourite films. According to Alice Cooper's band manager, Shep Gordon, the band's record label wouldn't use the production tapes from producer David Briggs. Instead, the label opted to use the band's rehearsal tapes in the final cut of the album! Singles include "Shoe Salesman" and "Return of the Spiders".

Welcome To My Nightmare 

The eighth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in March 1975. This was Alice Cooper's first solo album (all previous Alice Cooper releases were band efforts), and his only album for the Atlantic Records label. The ensuing tour was one of the most over-the-top excursions of that era. Most of Lou Reed’s band joined Cooper for this record.

The album cover was created by American artist Drew Struzan best known for his more than 150 movie posters, which include all the films in the Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars film series. He has also painted album covers, collectables, and book covers throughout his award-winning career. 

Zipper Catches Skin

Its first single “I Am the Future” was featured in the film Class of 1984 as its theme song, and The Waitresses’ Patty Donahue appearing on its other single “I Like Girls”. Zipper Catches Skin failed to chart in most countries, including in the US where it became Cooper’s first album to not dent the Billboard Top 200 since Easy Action. The album’s inconspicuous front cover, featuring just the album’s lyrics with a smear of blood rather than exploiting the vivid imagery suggestive of the album’s title, did not help the situation.