But there were a few thousand brave souls that braved the dreary conditions that lasted for about half of Alice Cooper's set last Friday night at Raleigh Amphitheater.
It appeared most of the crowd was lured into purchasing a $5 poncho at the merch table, as I was about to until someone in my posse questioned my manhood. As it was, a dreary backdrop is somewhat appropriate for an Alice Cooper show because, let's face it, the set isn't filled with unicorns and rainbows. What it was filled with was the fun spectacle you'd expect. The tone was set when Alice appeared in a spider outfit on a riser for the opening number, "Black Widow".
By the 30 minute mark of the 90 minute set, we had already seen Alice dispensing (presumably) fake money to the crowd from a fencing sword during "Billion Dollar Babies"; the waving of a bloody crutch for "I'm Eighteen"; and a live snake around his neck.
You want hits? Alice brought the hits - "Under My Wheels", "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "School's Out", and the highlight of the night, a 10-foot tall Frankenstein for "Feed My Frankenstein" that featured a nifty disappearing trick and a guillotine.
At 64 years old, Alice's voice is perhaps a testament to his now long term sobriety - it was in incredible form and his band was superbly tight. I went in expecting a great spectacle and got that and then some.
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