Although the majority of artists to play the Montreux Jazz Festival since its 1967 inception have been either jazz or blues based, quite a few rock acts have appeared over the years, including Santana, the Pretenders, David Bowie, and in 2005, Alice Cooper.
After spending most of the '80s and '90s trying to stay in step with the then-current/top-selling young pups, Cooper returned back to his early Detroit rock roots on such releases as 2003's 'The Eyes of Alice Cooper' and 2005's 'Dirty Diamonds'.
And throughout the 2006 Blu-Ray set, 'Live at Montreux 2005', Cooper and his comrades stick to this new founded stripped down style, even when the odd track from the '80s or '90s pops up.
The disc expands the CD's tracklist by quite a bit (27 tracks compared to 19 tracks), as such oft-overlooked classics as "Go To Hell," "The Black Widow," and "Killer" get airings.
Nothing will ever top the full-on visual and musical assault of experiencing the original Alice Cooper band in the flesh. But Mr. Furnier (whose gravely vocals remain as strong as ever) can still convincingly rock and shock -- over 35 years since a guillotine first landed on his noggin.
~ Review by Greg Prato, Rovi
TRACK LISTING:
1. Department of Youth
2. No More Mister Nice Guy
3. Dirty Diamonds
4. Billion Dollar Babies
5. Be My Lover
6. Lost in America
7. I Never Cry
8. Woman of Mass Distraction
9. I'm Eighteen
10. Between High School & Old School
11. What Do You Want From Me
12. Is It My Body
13. Go To Hell
14. The Black Widow
15. Gimme
16. Feed My Frankenstein
17. Welcome To My Nightmare
18. The Awakening
19. Steven
20. Only Women Bleed
21. Ballad of Dwight Fry
22. Killer
23. I Love the Dead
24. School's Out
25. Poison
26. I Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills
27. Under My Wheels
