Iconic shock rocker Alice Cooper has revealed that his latest single I’ll Bite Your Face Off – already being performed in his live shows – pays tribute to early Rolling Stones recordings.
"This is my tip-of-the-hat to early Rolling Stones," Alice told MusicNews. "Like in 1964-65 when their songs were very Chuck Berry-orientated. They just feel so good, in the pocket. This song was begging to be in the live show. We’ve done it in four different continents now and no one had ever heard it. By the second chorus, the whole audience is singing ‘I’ll Bite Your Face Off.’ It’s the perfect little 3 minute hit single."
Partnering once again with producer-cohort Bob Ezrin, Cooper’s new LP Welcome 2 My Nightmare (due September 13) acts as a sequel to 1975’s theatrical, multi-platinum Welcome To My Nightmare.
"This is Alice’s nightmare 35 years later,” explained Alice, “Bob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we’re not writing for me, we’re writing for Alice. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us.”
The anthemic I’ll Bite Your Face Off is available as a hard release and as a digital download today (August 22). Of it’s unlikely inspiration, Cooper declared, "I don’t mind showing people where I get my songs from…I can guarantee there were times when major acts took an Alice Cooper song and said ‘we want it to sound like that.’ Because I’ve heard it and recognized it. I see it as a compliment."