During an appearance on last Friday's (May 5th) episode of the SiriusXM radio show Trunk Nation, Cooper said producer Bob Ezrin was responsible for getting Mullen Jr. involved in the sessions.

 

"Bob Ezrin and I sat there, and Bob says, 'What do you think about Larry Mullen on drums?' And I went, 'That's a great idea. It'll change things up so much on just the basic tracks.'"

 

Cooper also talked about the U2 drummer's somewhat unusual approach to recording. Alice recalled: "Larry (said), 'I wanna see the lyrics.' I said, 'Really?' He (said), 'Yeah, I play to the lyrics. I don't play to the bass.' And I said, 'That is so cool — just the idea that you're interpreting the lyrics on the drums.' So that totally makes the album another album."

 

Gibbons plays guitar on a song called 'I've Fallen In Love And I Can't Get Up'. "After we cut the record, I went, 'If Billy Gibbons doesn't play on this, we shouldn't put this one out,' 'cause, I mean, it is so much him," Alice said. "And he got the record, and he said, 'I've got the flu, but, man, this song makes me feel better.' He just killed it."

 

Original ALICE COOPER BAND members Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and guitarist Michael Bruce will perform with the legendary shock-rock performer at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall on May 14th. Nashville is the only date on the 2017 Spend the Night With Alice Cooper US tour where fans can experience a special mini-set featuring the four original members of the group, who were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011.