MICHAEL BRUCE: HARD HEARTED ALICE (Acoustic)

Just For Fun...MICHAEL BRUCE (From the original Alice Cooper Group).. Live@ The House Of Fire- Edinburgh 2001..performing HARD HEARTED ALICE..(from MUSCLE OF LOVE) ..Sorry about my pet bird chirping in at times.

[@raybassman7536]

Michael Bruce wrote almost all of the Alice Cooper hits!!!

[@Andy_E.2677]

Im born at 61 and a Fan from the first time allways my lifetime.. and its great to see and hear Michael with this timeless Song. I look this Video often, it shows me that nothing can be wasted what will be so great. THX to Mike, Dennis, Glen, Neal and Alice, you give so much to me.. i cant tell..

[@frankb8652]

Thanks for posting this great performance! The bird should have been moved somewhere!

[@ammaretto]

great song! havent heard it in 40 yrs!! good times...

[@michaeloshea3090]

I have met Michael Bruce 4 times . A great guy. The last time I met him I was with my wife and he started to sing a song to her. She was so thrilled!

[@ronaldtiracchia2017]

Love that song. Thanks for posting

[@alfingers]

I watched the documentary "Super Duper Alice Cooper" and have gotten back into Alice Cooper again. Growing up in the 70's was so much fun. The original band was so under-rated. They were and still are amazing talent. RIP Glen Buxton.

[@theart8039]

Ya me too, I was a hard Alice fan back in the day but Muscle of Love was the last album I bought aged 13, and I think it was the best

[@ACG7001]

Great movie but it’s too bad they had no clips interviewing Michael Bruce who was the main writer

[@kirbygene]

He was always my favorite in Alice Cooper. Even back then I always paid attention to 'who did what' in bands, and Michael Bruce's name was on almost every song they did.

[@TheIndependentLens]

He definitely wrote the best lyrics. He came up with interesting metaphors and imagery.

[@jamiesonmathias7859]

AWESOME !

[@briankehew579]

The guy is a genius.

[@beatlehmann3424]

Michael Bruce is an Important Person in the History of Alice Cooper ! A Great Composer ; a Great Guitar Player and a brilliant Singer !!! As Rock Rolls on...…...and Rock on Michael !

[@richardhawkins2248]

I met him in 73 in Denver. After I blew through numerous red lights and parked a few feet away he walked over to me and asked who was driving. I said it was me. He shook my hand and said I was invited to the party. He took twenty minutes or so to mess with me because he could see I was floored at where I was. He was awesome. One of my friends said it was a shame I didn't meet Alice. All I said was yeah. However I met the guy that wrote anthems for a generation. That was epic.

[@lynnegriffen5120]

very nice michael

[@TheIndependentLens]

Great version of this song!

[@andrewraden1590]

beautiful, thank you Michael

[@lennydog666]

Thank you M.B. for the great tunes

[@lori6700]

I luv this so very much!

[@rickvia8435]

Mike Bruce is GREAT..!

[@jerryfraker377]

That was kick ass !!

[@johnnyjames4792]

Great Song, it really is an overlooked classic!

[@IronmanKMSA]

oh my god i have chills... I grew up to this song

[@vambo23]

Aw Michael Bruce! I love you and I love this song so much...

[@zachz2333]

Awesome!

[@noneovyerbusiness4909]

Excellent rendition of a timeless classic! Michael's creativity helped make the band what it was back when they were at the top of their game.

[@davidmcque627]

Just finished reading Mikes book.Very interesting, a different view from Dennis's book.

[@paulyabe]

I got it for Christmas

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

A great KZbin find ! Thanks for posting

[@davidmacleod9313]

I like this way more than the record for some reason.

[@hushjohnny9543]

....... I used to sit and play this over and over again in my room as a kid trying to figure this song out until I got it pretty damn close. This song carved a deep trench in my soul as a teen. Many of his other guitar licks did also. This was a great upload.... thanks, and thank you Michael for many incredible tunes! Love from Michigan brother. \,,/

[@dicko195]

..in a brainstorm....thanks for the great music Michael I was 13 when this album came out, my brother made sure we had all of them from Easy Action to Welcome...

[@rjlchristie]

"we had all of them from Easy Action to Welcome..." Same here, I didn't bother after Welcome to my Nightmare , as that album made it clear the magic had died.

[@dicko195]

@@rjlchristie Oh man I had HELL, amazing album, I still listen to them all.

[@Nigey]

Superb. Thanks

[@adamgolding5790]

Fantastic! Thanks!

[@chinnychinchin6175]

This Guy!!!

[@christophersanders5007]

With the last name Bruce, I am not surprised Michael wanted to visit Scotland.

[@alphadogstudio]

great song

[@brittanyswanson8712]

Gold.

[@blasabb]

Damn cool clip! Must have been fantastic to have been there

[@bobremick3115]

Once again, the backbone of the band..

[@davidmacleod9313]

Beautiful! Haunting... (and they spelled “Edinburgh” wrong in the end credit) lol

[@Merriec021]

love this

[@Merriec021]

minus bird

[@barbarahayes6704]

This says it all. He was more than a background man

[@drumgk]

At times the bird made it sound like an odd tempo metronome (aka click track) or a Rush song lol! Michael Bruce is more than just a great guitar player, he is a great songwriter and along with the original billion dollar babies band created the best AC music to date. When you grow up together you discover and create the organic part of the band, all of its strengths and weaknesses everything.

[@davidmacleod9313]

I thought I was the only one that put videos out with birds in the background.

[@TheCougar62]

the back bone of Alice Cooper

[@rickvia8435]

My thought exactly. That was gonna be my comment 'til I saw I had already commented!

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

@@rickvia8435 Would you have spelled it correctly as backbone?

[@rickvia8435]

@@Le_Serviette_Noir No Sir - I would have called it front bone. That's the one that gets 'er done.

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

​@@rickvia8435 Niiiiice

[@yarsivad000.5]

I don't remember the bird in the song. I dig it!

[@TheMkarr]

Nice to hear Michael Bruce in action. I am glad the band is still getting royalty checks. They deserve it. I agree. Let Alice pay the guys. They made him. AC would not have been a name if a few of us didn't have bad trips listening to Neal F------ Smith playing "Black Juju" for the 1st time. For me that was 1972.. Thank you guys for turning rock music into some thing to be kicked around like a trash can lid.

[@WeKilledTheUnion]

He's a cool dude, My old band The Ghosts of Silverbell got to open for his band back in 2004. Not many people showed up, but our band watched his band and I got to play his Les paul. We got to bullshittin about when they use to play with Hendrix out in down town Tucson a little ways from where we were. Then two years later I saw him again at an Alice Cooper show, He was walking to the back stage gate but they wouldn't let him in... I was kinda sad, they didn't even know how he was. Lifes a bitch

[@gearyheidinewaccount3237]

That's freaking crazy and should nit be so.. EVER

[@davidmacleod9313]

Alice Cooper (Vince) took the not only the voice with him but the name too!!!! Not fair! Wasn’t his to take.

[@TheIndependentLens]

I think they all continued to get profits from him continuing with the name.

[@072clyde]

It's a pity that after Muscle of Love, the band split and Alice became ordinary. They could've made more good records. Michael is great.

[@luccote2581]

Amazing composer. Favorite band with kiss and Black Sabbath when I was a teenager, more than 30 years ago.

[@jeanandreripley]

Tanks for this song.Good song with the next in album crazy little child .Merci beaucoup.

[@MrBluntsworth420]

My favorite song from the original Alice Cooper Group.

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Such a underrated album . It's kind of my second fav after Schools out but then some days it's Love it death too.

[@eagle777ta]

Música muito bonita...

[@keepcontrol13]

j'ai les frissons !! c'est enorme !!!!! Merci mille fois Michael, I love you and all the band to death

[@edgydillon]

Why is there no tabs? THIS IS EPIC!

[@parrothead04578]

Ah yes, my mistake, it was GB who passed. Sorry Mike....keep a rockin'

[@mrswozzle]

fucking brilliant..and be my lover is such a classic. This man is so talented as was the original group...without doubt the greatest band that pop/rock ever produced. plus you can see that Bruce is a really good guy. It's sad that Cooper can't see past his income...the albums up to and including Muscle of love are pure class because of the amalgamation of the band and cooper's voice.

[@humanbein9415]

At their peak this band were the hottest thing goin'. If they had kept it together they would still be known as one of the all time greatest rock bands to more than just the hardcore fans. Will always be on my list of favorites. I never knew a Cooper fan that did not love this song. It was also an easy one to turn someone not familiar with A.C. onto and have them be into it at first listen. Great fucking song!

[@winstonsizemore2385]

Rock and roll royalty here not properly celebrated the guy's a genius

[@ieronimo18]

Michael Bruce was the main composer of most of Alice's best songs.

[@caroldenino9092]

Michael Bruce has the most amazing voice! Got to see the original band in the 70s. Michael was my favorite!

[@geezerbill]

[*laughs in Dick Wagner*]

[@rjlchristie]

He was the musical backbone of the Coop.

[@rjlchristie]

@@geezerbill In my opinion Wagner wrote the music for two great Cooper songs: Only Woman Bleed and I love the Dead. Aside from those his main contribution was great guitar playing (and don't forget many others have also filled that role), his writing was mostly fairly mediocre. The Coop's most well-known and enduring repertoire is still to be found before the split.

[@jimmysaviano4950]

100% Bruce WAS the AC Group!!

[@notfortknox]

It’s a shame that Michael Bruce was not even mentioned in Super Duper Alice Cooper.

[@TheIndependentLens]

I have it. I’ll have to rewatch it.

[@PleksiHeddamo]

Without a doubt one of my favourite Alice Cooper songs,such a sentimental song.Love the E major fanfare at the end.Alice sang the tune so we can forgive Michael for not getting the lyrics exactly right.Michael Bruce is a living legend.The original AC group were so inspiring musically to many young would be rockers out there.RIP Glen Buxton.

[@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848]

Michael Bruce said in an interview that he frequently came in with lyrics written, and Vince/Alice would rework them if he chose. Michael co-wrote this song, and he's probably singing his own original lyrics, as he said in an interview he sometimes does.

[@dtondevold2881]

@@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848 and Dennis wanted everyone to be equal co-writers which I think was the best route.

[@hushjohnny9543]

SIMPLY....KILLER!

[@alwaysopen7970]

Michael Bruce and Dennis Dunaway were the reasons that band was successful. Without music they would have been Spinal Tap.

[@TheRealDrJoe]

gnarly anecdote, dude.

[@theart8039]

Happy to see that a guitar God struggles with a 12 string

[@Eliascalifa]

hehehe he forgot the lyrics.Great Michael Bruce!!!God bless you!

[@Nigel-ry1po]

Nigel in Canada🇨🇦 rthymn guitar did it for me Michael Monarch (STEPPENWOLF) Michael Bruce (ALICE COOPER) Joe Walsh (JAMES GANG) the list goes on Michael Bruce and the other guitar 🎸 players affected me more than the BEATLES

[@rjlchristie]

The Scots taught him to add the Oi! at the end so that they would know it was finished.

[@maccanaut]

Its not uncommon for the lead singer to break and go his onw way to success, leaving the band behind to fade away. But what a shame. The Alice Cooper BAND made some awesome music and wrote songs that stuck in peoples heads for decades.

[@AwesomeBeatles]

I always thought Mike was never appreciated.

[@TheIndependentLens]

Yes, many do not realize that the classic big Alice Cooper hits were actually written by him.

[@Daddyjack49]

Whoa! Can’t believe I found this! Muscle of Love was their worst album since Easy Action but I listened to the hell out of it and used the book cover on my 7th grade history book...pissed off the teacher good!!! ACG still my favorite band.

[@hannibalheyes339]

I agree "Easy Action" was bad, but "Muscle of Love" over all was pretty good. "Billion Dollar Babies" on the other hand, didn't even come close to it.

[@gr7673]

The current "Alice Cooper " is a tribute band to the billon dollar babies who wrote the hits

[@BrooklynAvenue]

@DivineFellowship I don't trust Shep Gordon, he had only Furnier's interests at heart, not the whole band.

[@Eliascalifa]

Hahaha,he forgot the lyrics.This song is absolutely beautiful,one of my favorites from this amazing album Muscle Of Love.

[@comatoo]

Alice's creative input has always been writing lyrics and some music I understand but he never "ripped them off" Alice Cooper is a copyrighted name and the rest of the band profits nicely from his touring and albums - quite a nice set up - he does the work, they cash checks too. Nothing to feel sorry for them for or hate Alice for.

[@andrewyoung2796]

What is that a parrot

[@markpav9906]

Choice

[@timothyramsey9811]

Be great if it wasn’t for that goddamn bird

[@bigbudster2669]

Strangle that bloody bird. How did Alice cooper get ma here? Again............. Throttle that bird

[@trblemkr1d106]

Love that album "Muscle of love " but that album cover was a joke . The inside sleeve would have been much better . PK

[@ste123456754]

main song writer a c band

[@comatoo]

I don't understand all he hate for Alice/Vince. He and the band had no animosity towards each other - why should anyone else?! He's stated that everybody likes everybody. It wasn't like Paul and Gene slamming Ace and Peter every chance they got after the reunion, even though in the ACG Glen was already becoming a liability.

[@TheRealDrJoe]

I grew up in Detroit and first saw Alice at high school dances (when the band wore dresses.) I saw them many times at Cobo Hall, including my last Alice show, Nightmare. Now I was even acquainted with Dick Wagner, a nice guy and awesome guitarist, and I knew of Steve Hunter, who was supposed to be the hottest guitar slinger in town at the time. Well, all I can say is the crowd was firmly planted in their seats until the last couple tunes, which were from the original band. I lost interest.

[@paulyabe]

I recently learned the the WTMN tour stop in Detroit was @ Olympia. I was there and I didn't remember. Check out theconcertdatabase

[@dannyhood66]

@DivineFellowship The first band was best, but the studio guys with Alice made some good music (nightmare and from the inside) just to damn commercial, not tripped out enough, the hair to the waist wearing bracelets and gemstone necklace's glimmering nightgown's poisonous cobras like killers. Even welcome to my nightmare sounds almost disco,The guitar is disco recorded? Sounds better when i play guitar straight through little amp wha pedal with the record, would not believe the difference

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Mike's only sin was getting alittle too heavy. This guy is great.

[@DivineFellowship]

He was the musical heart of the group. If he hadn't done cocaine and fallen out of the saddle I have no doubt he would have ended up celebrated, with a few more songs, as one of the greatest American rock songwriters. No doubt at all. He really had it. Very British influenced, too, which a lot of people don't realize. Listen to "Beautiful Flyaway."

[@MagnumPEI1]

If you look at a lot of song credits on the old albums, it appears Mike did a lot of the Studio singing. With the right lighting on stage, same.

[@humanbein9415]

+Magnum PEI Michael did not sing LEAD vocals in the A.C. Band. Ever. Wrote a lot, played a lot, sang some backups, but no, not lead vocals.

[@angiecosmos8971]

@@humanbein9415 He played the piano and sang lead on "Beautiful Flyaway" and sang lead vocals on "Below Your Means" from the Easy Action album. He also alternated lead verses and shared the chorus with Alice on "Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio" from Pretties For You. Get your facts correct. So much for "ever." LOL

[@johnpaulvega2424]

Mike Bruce, has to be kicking himself for make the decision to break away from Alice...the writing combo of Bruce/Cooper could be compared to Page/Plant, they were that good together...who knows how popular they could have gone..."Bands come AND GO, BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP PLAYING" From That thing you do

[@1Rckless]

you really think Mike made that decision ??.

[@terrypussypower]

What makes you think Bruce decided to break away from Cooper? If anything it was the other way round.

[@JeffSal999]

He didn't break away from the group, the record company/manager, (Shep Gordon-slime ball!) slowly distanced Alice away from the other members and only wanted HIM as the star. It's an old tactic which was done, (and still is!) by those in control, it's easier to manage ONE person than five. Alice was drinking SO much at that time and SO overworked that he just went along with it. Then the other guys started to resent the fact that they weren't part of the big picture anymore and they drifted apart.

[@rjlchristie]

An eternal curse be on Bob and Shep for sabotaging the Coop.

[@terrypussypower]

I have to laugh at people asking for tabs of this song ! They've got the guy sitting in front of them playing the bloody thing ! Try doing what we older sods had to do back in the day and learn it off the records, then you'll know all about it !

[@sudicalwig]

Exactly. People don't use their ears anymore. And they record stuff using their eyes...