About Me
In 1977, three of Alice Cooper's former sidemen recorded a little known album without the influential shock rocker and called themselves the Billion Dollar Babies. That year, ex-Cooper employees Mike Bruce (guitar, vocals), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Neal Smith (drums) teamed up with keyboardist Bob Dolin and guitarist/ singer Mike Marconi and named themselves after Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies album of 1973, which was among his biggest sellers."After Michael Bruce's (In My Own Way), Alice's (Welcome To My Nightmare) and my (Platinum God) solo projects the ACG was to reform and do a new album. Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and I got together in Connecticut and started writing new songs for a new ACG album, but it was never to happen. So we stayed together called ourselves "The Billion Dollar Babies", got a record deal and recorded "Battle Axe". We were professional and the band was very up and energetic for recording and touring. "Billion $ Babies/Battle Axe" went on tour, but we were having problems with management, and shortly thereafter we broke up. As far as the B$B/Battle Axe show, to my knowledge there is no video of that great show."
(Neal Smith, November 1999)"There was also a screenplay written in 1977 for "Battle Axe". It was written by Leo Fenn (look him up in your Cooper research materials!). I don't know how many people ever knew that the concept was given a screenplay treatment, but I found this buried pretty deep. It may be the only one. It's about 21 pages bound in a blue folder. Leo Fenn was a member of the Cooper team back during the 'Love It To Death' days, booking, and reportedly doing his utmost to get the albums played on the radio. He's also Sherilyn Fenn's daddy if any of you know who she is.
(Jeff Jatras, March 2000)Although being not one of the most successful alice cooper related albums, this has become a rarity, and indeed a gem for all alice cooper fans around the world. I am glad to own a copy, and always will be. For this is rock!Battle axe consists of 12 tracks:Too Young (Bruce, Marconi, Smith)
Shine Your Love (Bruce, Marconi)
I Miss You (Bruce, Marconi, Smith)
Wasn't I The One (Bruce, Marconi)
Love Is Rather Blind (Bruce, Smith, Daye)
Rock And Roll Radio (Dunaway, Marconi, Smith, Jeffords, Douglas)
Dance With Me (Bruce, Marconi)
Rock Me Slowly (Bruce)
Ego Mania (Bruce, Dolin, Dunaway, Marconi, Smith)
Battle Axe (Bruce, Dolin, Dunaway)
(Sudden Death) (Dolin)
Winner ( Bruce, Dunaway)However there also was a official release of a 3 cd box set, featuring the original album, outtakes and a live concert:1. Too young
2. Shine your love
3. I miss you
4. Wasn't I the one
5. Love is rather blind
6. Rock 'n' roll radio
7. Dance with me
8. Rock me slowly
9. Ego mania
10. Battle Axe
11. Sudden death
12. Winner
13. Shine your love (demo)
14. I miss you (1) (demo)
15. Wasn't I the one (demo)
16. Dance with me (demo)
17. Won't go home (demo)
18. Love is rather blind (demo)
19. Rock me slowly (demo)
20. Battle Axe/Sudden death/Winner (demo)
21. Rock 'n' roll prison (demo)
22. Runaway (instrumental)
23. Wallow through this madhouse (demo)
24. I miss you (live)
25. Rock 'n' roll radio (live)
26. Love is rather blind (live)
27. Rock me slowly (live)
28. Alice Cooper medley (No more Mr Nice Guy)
29. Battle Axe suite (ego mania - live)
30. Battle Axe (live)
31. Nights in cracked leather/Sudden death/Winner (live)
32. Too young (live)
33. Billion dollar babies (live)
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