Editing Alice Cooper (section)

===2000s===
[[File:Cooper, Alice (Flickr).jpg|thumb|220px|right|Cooper in 2006]]
The first decade of the 21st century saw a sustained period of activity from Alice Cooper, the decade in which he would turn 60. He toured extensively releasing a steady stream of studio albums to favorable critical acclaim. Beginning in 2000 with ''[[Brutal Planet]]'', a return to horror-filled heavy metal, [[industrial rock]], set in a [[dystopia]]n post-apocalyptic future.<ref name="canoe2000">{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Cooper_Alice/2000/08/29/744188.html |title=Artists – Cooper, Alice : Reality scares Alice |work=CANOE – JAM! |date=August 29, 2000 |access-date=April 8, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712212825/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Cooper_Alice/2000/08/29/744188.html |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }}</ref> The album was produced by [[Bob Marlette]], with longtime Cooper production collaborator [[Bob Ezrin]] returning as executive producer. The accompanying world tour, which included Cooper's first concert in Russia, also resulted in ''[[Alice Cooper: Brutally Live|Brutally Live]]'' (2000), a DVD of a concert, recorded in London, England, on July 19, 2000.<ref name="brutally">{{cite AV media
 |people=Barnard, David (Director)
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Cooper made a guest appearance in 2001 on a third-season episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' titled "Radio Daze", in which he partook in a game of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 Memorable That 70s Show Guest stars |url=https://www.ifc.com/2016/06/that-70s-show-guest-stars |website=IFC.com |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807003143/https://www.ifc.com/2016/06/that-70s-show-guest-stars |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Brutal Planet'' was succeeded by the sonically similar and acclaimed sequel ''[[Dragontown]]'' (2001), which saw [[Bob Ezrin]] back as producer. The album has been described as leading the listener down "a nightmarish path into the mind of rock's original conceptual storyteller"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2056773 |title=Alice Cooper – Dragontown CD |website=CDuniverse.com |date=October 9, 2001 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610224205/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2056773 |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and by Cooper himself as being "the worst town on Brutal Planet". Like ''The Last Temptation'', both ''Brutal Planet'' and ''Dragontown'' are albums which explore Cooper's born-again Christianity. It is often cited in the music media that ''Dragontown'' forms the third chapter in a trilogy begun with ''The Last Temptation'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mp3.com/albums/493259/reviews.html |title=Alice Cooper: Dragontown |website=Mp3.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607055026/http://www.mp3.com/albums/493259/reviews.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2012}}</ref> however, Cooper has indicated that this in fact is not the case.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/alice_cooper_part_2200304/index.php |title=Alice Cooper (part 2) |work=[[HM (magazine)|HM]] |access-date=April 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091315/http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/alice_cooper_part_2200304/index.php |archive-date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref>

Cooper again adopted a leaner, cleaner sound for his critically acclaimed 2003 release ''[[The Eyes of Alice Cooper]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/alice-cooper.htm |title=Alice Cooper – The Eyes Of Alice Cooper |work=[[MusicOMH]] |access-date=April 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009101505/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/alice-cooper.htm |archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref> Recognizing that many contemporary bands were having great success with his former sounds and styles, Cooper worked with a somewhat younger group of road and studio musicians who were familiar with his oeuvre of old. The resulting Bare Bones tour adopted a less-orchestrated performance style that had fewer theatrical flourishes and a greater emphasis on musicality.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2003/aug/01/flying-the-coup/ |title=Flying the coup |work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |date=August 1, 2003 |access-date=November 5, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105183015/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2003/aug/01/flying-the-coup/ |archive-date=November 5, 2019 }}</ref>

Cooper's radio show ''[[Nights with Alice Cooper]]'' began airing on January 26, 2004, in several US cities. The program showcases classic rock, Cooper's personal stories about his life as a rock icon and interviews with prominent rock artists.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahoney |first1=Elizabeth |title=Alice's Wonderland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/01/radio.television |website=The Guardian |date=July 2005 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206163554/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/01/radio.television |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The show is broadcast on nearly 100 stations in the US and Canada, and has been broadcast internationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nightswithalicecooper.com/ |title=Nights with Alice Cooper |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134403/http://www.nightswithalicecooper.com/ |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

A continuation of the songwriting approach adopted on ''The Eyes of Alice Cooper'' was again adopted by Cooper for his seventeenth solo studio album ''[[Dirty Diamonds]]'', released in 2005. ''Dirty Diamonds'' became Cooper's highest-charting album since 1994's ''The Last Temptation'' at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dirty-diamonds-is-alice-cooper-s-highest-charting-album-in-11-years/ |title='Dirty Diamonds' Is Alice Cooper's Highest-Charting Album in 11 Years |date=August 11, 2005 |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016190221/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dirty-diamonds-is-alice-cooper-s-highest-charting-album-in-11-years/ |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Dirty Diamonds tour launched in America in August 2005 after several European concerts, including a performance at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] in Switzerland on July 12. Cooper and his band, including [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] drummer [[Eric Singer]], were filmed for a DVD released as ''[[Live at Montreux (Alice Cooper album)|Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005]]'' (2006). One critic, in a review of the Montreux release, commented that Cooper was to be applauded for "still mining pretty much the same territory of teenage angst and rebellion" as he had done more than 30 years previously.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogcritics.org/dvd-review-live-at-montreux-2005/|title=DVD Review: ''Live At Montreux, 2005'' – Alice Cooper|last=Boyd|first=Glen|date=May 21, 2006|work=Blogcritics|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034539/https://blogcritics.org/dvd-review-live-at-montreux-2005/|archive-date=September 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2006, the original Alice Cooper band reunited to perform six classic Alice Cooper songs at Cooper's annual charity event in Phoenix, entitled "Christmas Pudding".<ref group=fn>Damon Johnson, a guitarist in Cooper's then band, filled in for the deceased Glen Buxton.</ref>

On July 1, 2007, Cooper performed a duet with [[Marilyn Manson]] at the B'Estival event in [[Bucharest]], Romania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/06/27/cooper_manson_in_concert_for_first_time/1362/ |title=Cooper, Manson in concert for first time |work=United Press International |date=June 27, 2007 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604100456/http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/06/27/cooper_manson_in_concert_for_first_time/1362/ |archive-date=June 4, 2008 }}</ref> The performance represented a reconciliation between the two artists; Cooper had previously taken issue with Manson over his overtly [[Anti-Christian sentiment|anti-Christian]] on stage antics and had sarcastically made reference to the originality of Manson's choosing a female name and dressing in women's clothing.<ref name="canoe2000"/> Cooper and Manson have been the subject of an academic paper on the significance of adolescent [[antihero]]es.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bostic|first1=Jeff Q.|last2=Schlozman|first2=Steve|last3=Pataki|first3=Caroly|last4=Ristuccia|first4=Carel|last5=Beresin|first5=Eugene V.|last6=Martin|first6=Andrés|date=January 9, 2014 |title=From Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson |journal=Academic Psychiatry |language=en |volume=27|issue=1|pages=54–62|doi=10.1176/appi.ap.27.1.54|pmid=12824123|s2cid=143764114|issn=1042-9670}}</ref>

In January 2008, Cooper was one of the guest singers on [[Avantasia]]'s third studio album ''[[The Scarecrow (album)|The Scarecrow]]'', singing the seventh track "The Toy Master". In July 2008, after lengthy delays, Cooper released ''[[Along Came a Spider (album)|Along Came a Spider]]'', his eighteenth solo studio album. It was Cooper's highest-charting album since 1991's ''Hey Stoopid'', reaching No. 53 in the US and No. 31 in the UK. The album, visiting similar territory explored in 1987's ''Raise Your Fist and Yell'', deals with the nefarious antics of a deranged [[serial killer]] named "Spider" who is on a quest to use the limbs of his victims to create a human spider. The album generally received positive reviews from music critics, though ''Rolling Stone'' magazine opined that the music on the record sorely missed Bob Ezrin's production values.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/along-came-a-spider-20080812 |title=Alice Cooper: Along Came a Spider |first=Chris |last=Steffen |date=August 12, 2008 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225053036/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/along-came-a-spider-20080812 |archive-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The resulting Theatre of Death tour of the album (during which Cooper is executed on four separate occasions) was described in a long November 2009 article about Cooper in ''The Times'' as "epic" and featuring "enough fake blood to remake ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''".{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

During this period Cooper was also recognized and awarded in various ways: given a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2003;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3286705.stm |title=Rock's Cooper gets Hollywood star |work=BBC News |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804131157/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3286705.stm |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> in May 2004 he received an honorary doctoral degree from [[Grand Canyon University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=18238 |title=Alice Cooper to receive honorary degree from Grand Canyon Univ |work=[[Baptist Press]] |date=May 7, 2004 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220344/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=18238 |archive-date=April 18, 2014 }}</ref> In June 2005, he was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.<ref name="MRRL Hall of Fame">{{cite web |url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/69-alice-cooper |title=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends – ALICE COOPER |first=OJ |last=Advertising |website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com |access-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925054418/http://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/69-alice-cooper |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2006 he was given the [[key to the city]] of [[Alice, North Dakota]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4771763.stm |title=Rocker Cooper gets key to Alice |work=BBC News |date=May 15, 2006 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018154602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4771763.stm |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He won the living legend award at the 2006 [[Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards]] event;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6124434.stm |title=Alice Cooper scoops legend award |work=BBC News |date=November 7, 2006 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805162659/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6124434.stm |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and he won the 2007 ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' music magazine Hero Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper Honored at Mojo Awards |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-alice-cooper-honored-at-mojo-awards/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=June 18, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206164534/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-alice-cooper-honored-at-mojo-awards/ |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He received a Rock Immortal award at the 2007 [[Scream Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbr.com/cbr-spike-tvs-scream-awards-2007/ |title=CBR @ Spike TV's Scream Awards 2007 |last=Furey |first=Emmett |date=October 23, 2007 |work=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=October 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013223943/http://www.cbr.com/cbr-spike-tvs-scream-awards-2007/ |archive-date=October 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cooper appeared on the British TV series Room 101 where a balloon model of him was featured.