Alice Cooper-The Nightmare Returns Concert 320x240 1986 MP4 H.A

Recorded during a concert that was broadcast live on MTV on Halloween Night, 1986, The Nightmare Returns (Joe Louis Auditorium, Detroit) captures the return of a legend to the concert stage. This was one of the first shows on Alice's 1986 comeback tour. Prior to this outing, Cooper hadn't been on the road since the 1981-82 Special Forces tour. During his absence from performing, he'd sobered up after long battles first with alcohol and then cocaine, and had just been booted from his long-time record label, Warner Bros, after a string of unsuccessful albums for which he didn't tour. In 1986, Cooper signed to MCA Records and recorded Constrictor, an album that was more metallic than his previous material. "The Nightmare Returns" was the title of the Constrictor tour.
It's a healthier, better Alice Cooper -- and records one of the greatest combacks in rock history. With a few added 80's metallic rock flourishes, he manages to really triumph once again (the concert footage is not terribly long, only about 75 minutes) While his original band is missed, Alice's new band is up the the task -- at this time it included guitarist Kane Roberts, former Fifth Angel drummer, Ken Mary, guitarist Devlin 7, keyboardist and sometime guitarist Paul Horowitz and bassist Kip Winger. The last two musicians would go on to form half of the pop metal band, Winger, in the late 80s.
Balancing classic material like "Welcome to my Nightmare", "Eighteen", "Cold Ethyl" and "School's Out" with newer songs from Constrictor, such as "The World Needs Guts", "Give It Up" and "Teenage Frankenstein", Alice blasts his way through a powerful setlist that is punctuated with great theatrics. That's what you'd expect from Alice Cooper and this show delivers it in spades.