Alice Cooper vs the blackout records

Brian and Murdock answer a listener letter that points them toward the alcohol-soaked section of music history, examining stories of rock stars and the drugs, drink, (and music) they forgot they did...

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/54h7zp/til_that_in_1984_steven_tyler_heard_an_old/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/aerosmith-classic-steven-tyler-didnt-remember-recording/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_White_Duke

https://musicdatablog.com.ar/en/timeline/david-bowie-history-timeline-1964-1979/

Cracked Actor doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnIBBkgkO5o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_to_Station

https://www.spinmagazine.com/2017/06/musicians-who-forgot-making-their-own-music/

https://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/wp/fleetwood-macs-mick-fleetwood-says-cocaine-use-left-him-with-two-year-memory-gap-nme/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper

https://people.com/alice-cooper-audience-once-killed-chicken-during-concert-8667451

https://www.loudersound.com/music/my-job-was-to-get-rid-of-alice-cooper-and-i-did-exactly-the-opposite-bob-ezrin-on-his-long-strange-trip-with-alice-cooper

https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-alice-cooper-went-cold-turkey-and-made-his-most-personal-album

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Vampires

Alice and Keith photo: https://x.com/historyrock_/status/2105960993444794536?lang=en&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

https://consequence.net/2026/09/alice-cooper-crack-almost-killed-him/

https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alice-cooper-comes-clean-about-drink-drugs-and-the-bad-old-days

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_(Alice_Cooper_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper_Catches_Skin

Zipper Catches Skin TV ad: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscureMedia/comments/dzba12/tv_commercial_for_alice_coopers_zipper_catches/

https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1983-this-famous-shock-rocker-beat-his-addiction-completed-rehab-and-set-out-to-help-others-do-the-same/

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