I AIN'T ONE OF THE BOYS
I AIN'T ONE OF THE GUYS
THEY JUST AVOID ME
THEY RUN AND HIDE
Constrictor
is the ninth
solo and overall
sixteenth
studio album
by American
rock musician
released on
September 22, 1986
After a hiatus
from the
music industry
after the release of
DaDa
(1983),
Cooper remained in
seclusion for three years.
He starred in
Monster Dog
(1986),
a horror film
for which he wrote
two songs.
He also guest starred
on the
Twisted Sister
track
"Be Chrool to Your Scuel".
Constrictor
was
Alice Cooper's
first studio album
to feature
Kane Roberts
on guitar,
Kip Winger
who would later
gain fame
with his own band,
Winger
on bass guitar,
and the only one
to feature
David Rosenberg
on drums.
Winger has since pointed out
that his last name
was erroneously spelt
in the album credits as
Wringer.
The album returned
Cooper to the charts
at number 59
after his previous
two studio albums
Zipper Catches Skin
(1982)
and
DaDa
(1983)
had failed to crack
the Top 200.
The horror series
Friday the 13th
teamed up with Cooper
during this time
to produce the
theme song for
to produce
the theme song
for its latest film.
The song
"He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)"
was written for
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
(1986)
and went on to
become a #4 hit
in Sweden
in 1987.
Also featured in the film
were
Constrictor's
"Teenage Frankenstein"
and
"Hard Rock Summer",
the latter of which
did not end up
on the album.
The track
"The Great American Success Story"
was apparently intended
as the
theme song
to the
Rodney Dangerfield film
Back to School
(1986),
but was not actually used.
The demo of
"He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)"
was totally different
from the
final album version
. A reworked version
of the
"He's Back"
demo
landed on
the album as
"Trick Bag"
instead.
The version of
"He's Back"
that was featured in
Friday the 13th Part VI:
Jason Lives
was remixed
from the
album version.
Constrictor
also led to one
of the most
successful tours
of the late 1980s,
"The Nightmare Returns" tour.
Three songs from
the album,
"Teenage Frankenstein",
"Give It Up"
and
"The World Needs Guts"
were regularly performed
on this tour.
However,
as with all Cooper
live songs
since his third
solo studio album
Lace and Whiskey
(1977),
these songs failed
to remain in the
setlist during
subsequent tours.
"Teenage Frankenstein"
was also played on
the tour supporting
the follow-up
studio album
Raise Your Fist and Yell
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