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Vinyl Las Vegas inside The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was the place to be for the Red Carpet Event of the evening! Alice Goldstein Entertainment / AGE and her amazing team brought Dash Cooper and his band CO-OP to Vinyl for their Album Release Party as well as hosting a pre-party extravaganza for Alice Cooper‘s show the next night at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Hotel & Casino.

The evening began with guests and by-standers gathered to see who was who that would cross the Red Carpet, while the pre-party festivities were kicked off in full rock and roll style with Beau Joie Champagne and Yacht Club Vodka flowing freely backstage compliments of Henry Messinger of Toast Spirits, who Goldstein states “Henry is the best and always takes care of us“.

Notables crossing the carpet included host Phil Varone, former Saigon Kick drummer, David Ellefson (Megadeth), JD Scott, the ‘third and older brother’ of HGTV fame Property Brothers and Vegas local model/makeup artist, Annalee Belle, Terry Ilous (Great White), DJ & Naty Ashba (Pyromantic/Sixx AM/GNR), Adelita’s Way, Ina Holiday, Maryann Cotton, Chera Leigh, Devil In Disguise, Brianna and Bonnie Mercado, Jeff Asenbauer (Maddad Promotions), Stoney Curtis (Stoney Curtis Band/Count’s 77), Barry Barnes (Stoney Curtis Band/Count’s 77) Shon Mckee (Stoney Curtis Band), Mike Varney (Producer), John Gist (Vegas Rock Revolution), Jason & Janea Ebs (Jet Velocity/Ecotonic), Dan Laudo (Big On Mars/Prong), Frank DiMino (Angel), Geo Garcia (Driven/Gone2Morrow Productions), Calico Cooper (Alice Cooper Band), Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper Band/Beasto Blanco), Queens Riot, Electric Radio Kings, CO-OP, and Alice Cooper and family.

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Host, Phil Varone, introduces the opener for the night, Queens Riot. This all female group will definitely remind you of a bit of rock and roll yesteryear with power packed rock reminiscent of The Runaways, Vixen, Femme Fatale & Pat Benetar. Their set list included: Never Say Die -Black Sabbath, California Paradise, Blackmail, Gettin’ Hot, and Neon Angels –The Runaways, Strutter-KISS and Bad Reputation – Joan Jett. Queens Riot members include: Mariah Baldwin / Vocals, Maya Martillini / Lead Guitar, Angelica Santis / Bass Guitar, Tracey Hope / Drums.

The Electric Radio Kings were next to rock the stage! This powerful Las Vegas based group features ex-L.A. Guns guitarist Stacey Blades. Packing the vocals is Paul Christiana who has worked with Blades since 2013 with stellar songwriting methodology. Completing the band is Keith Horne / guitar, Del Cheetah / Bass (Sex Slaves) and Johnny Rude / drums (Salem Saints). The fit and fire between these guys was amazing and being the first chance to catch their live performance Dynamic vocals and commanding performance by all which excited the crowd, keeping them ready for more of the rock sound most new bands are missing. Their set list included Downshifter, Round Go Mary, Grabbing At A Distant Star, Bones To The Crow, Sympathy For Me, Jack Black Flower, Black Cherri Blossom, and Flame.

In-between sets, Host Phil Varone entertained the conflux of fans with giveaways to keep the energy high. Grand Prize being tickets to Alice Cooper’s show the next night. Gathered in support for CO-OP was Alice Cooper, wife Sheryl and daughter Calico along with Dash’s wife Morgan, twin sons and new-born son! What a VIP event for this family! It was an incredible sight to see them gather on the red carpet and honored to have witnessed the moment.

Dash Cooper‘s CO-OP formed in 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. and battled it out musically as they did their own sound and within a few years shared the stage with KISS, Hollywood Vampires and Mötley Crüe. This band incorporates the talents of Jeremy Tabor / guitar, Justin Swartzentruber / bass, Cory Michalski / drums and of course founder and frontman Dash Cooper / vocals. Signing with David Ellefson‘s EMPLabel Group and recording their debut album, it was now time to celebrate the band of the night. Varone has one last introduction and CO-OP takes the stage. Forceful, compelling, dynamic and with compelling melodic vocals. The throng of onlookers were completely into the moment. Their 12 song set list gave the night a sweeping moment of achievement. Don’t be confused and imagine it’s another Alice Cooper and band on stage. CO-OP stands their ground with a classic rock meets hard rock meets grunge. Opening with N.O.W. from their new album, the picture painted here would be the future of seeing these guys performing in an arena; they are just that good! Performing several songs from the new release as well as throwing in a couple of covers of Muse‘s Hysteria and Cochise by Audioslave and closing with their own Overdrive. The night’s set list included N.O.W., Condemned, Secret Scars, Never Whisper The Truth, Hysteria, Cochise, Sleep, Pitiful, Howl, Outlaw, Old Scratch, and Overdrive. While Alice himself didn’t join his son on stage for this show, it’s all about Dash and CO-OP. They came, they delivered, they rocked!

CO-OP album available in stores now!

N.O.W. Video with intro by Alice Cooper

HOWL – Audio featuring Joe Perry

CO-OP – Stay up to date with news & info

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Thank you to contributing photographers: Dari DePereria and Leah Burlington

CO-OP ANNOUNCE RED CARPET LAS VEGAS ALBUM RELEASE/ALICE COOPER

PRE-PARTY, THURSDAY AUG 9TH

VINYL at THE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO, LAS VEGAS

CO-OP Album Release & Alice Cooper Pre-Party

Where have we been since April of this year!? Four months have escaped us and super excited to announce we’ll be with Alice Goldstein Events again this Thursday night for another amazing event! Read on and if you’re in Vegas, come and join the party!! We promise it will be a night to remember! Attendees will be hosted by Phil Varone for the cd release party for Phoenix hard rockers CO-OP, featuring Dash Cooper, son of legendary rock vocalist Alice Cooper.

AGE will also host a giveaway for have Alice Cooper concert tickets during the event! The lineup will include CO-OP, Electric Radio Kings, Queens Riot and not to mention many Red Carpet guests always to appear during any AGE event! This night will also serve as a pre-party bash for Cooper‘s Vegas show the following night at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Hotel & Casino.
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Dollar Loan Center, Alice Goldstein Events and EMP Lable Group presents a FREE show with Red Carpet arrivals at 7:00 p.m., with live performances from CO-OP and special guests. CO-OP will rip through a full set of tracks from their debut album, in stores now from EMP LABEL GROUP, including hit singles “N.O.W”, which reached #4 on the national Classic Rock charts in June, and their current single, “HOWL” featuring legendary Aerosmith/Hollywood Vampires guitarist Joe Perry, which hit the Top 5 (#4) on the Classic Rock charts last week, as well as the top 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator Chart. The album also features guest vocals from Alice Cooper on the track, “Old Scratch”. CO-OP has become a sensation in the Rock world in 2018 since the release of “N.O.W”, with a video that premiered on LOUDWIRE, and features an intro and cameo from Alice himself, an actual song introduction from Cooper’s nationally syndicated radio show NIGHTS WITH ALICE COOPER, where the song was in full rotation as a “Future Classic”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDM3kYotEg – “N.O.W.” Video w/ Alice Cooper intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dek94UOVk6A – “Howl” f/ Joe Perry

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States Alice, “One thing that Dash’s band has that I absolutely love, is dynamics. I told them one time early on, I said, “guys, right now you have great parts, but everybody is playing at the same time. You have no dynamics, it’s one big solid line of blast, and I can barely hear the vocals.” The very next time I heard them play, they figured out how to make it dynamic, where they’d go down to one guitar, doing a chug, with the vocals going, and they would come right in with a B section, with everybody, and it was so powerful. And I said, “guys, you have no idea how hard it is to do that.” But they did it on every song. And they still do it.” He adds, “It’s really great. Even on the radio show I said, “I’m not just playing this because it’s my son’s band, it’s playing because I really like this.” I really like this music. It’s a band with some fire.”

Since forming in 2014, the current lineup feathers Dash Cooper (Lead Vocals) Jeremy Tabor (Guitar), and Justin Swartzentruber (Bass), CO-OP quickly amassed a following in the local Phoenix scene. Despite just rounding the corner with a full-length studio debut, CO-OP are seasoned rock veterans. Opening massive shows for the likes of Motley Crue, Hollywood Vampires and KISS; as well as full US tours with Doll Skin, One-Eyed Doll, Flaw and more. CO-OP has also served as an impromptu backup band for artists such as Alex Lifeson from Rush, Don Felder of The Eagles, and of course, Alice Cooper. In addition to frequently performing as Alice’s backup band, Alice will frequently jam at CO-OP shows. This past February, the band played halftime at a Phoenix Suns game, where they performed Cooper classics “School’s Out” and “I’m Eighteen” with co-vocals by Alice and Dash . CO-OP also performed a full live set at Gila Bend Arena in 2017 for Phoenix NHL franchise the Arizona Coyotes. Very impressive for a band who just released their first record and an EP while setting out to work on their full-length debut the same year . Later in 2017, the band signed to EMP LABEL GROUP, the same label of David Ellefson of Megadeth. Says Ellefson, “Alice Cooper took Megadeth out on our first big tour, and we’ve always had a great relationship. Alice wrote the foreword to my book, MY LIFE WITH DETH, so it’s been really exciting to be able to bring that relationship full circle and work with Dash and CO-OP, who have grown into an incredible rock band.”