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Word: zapper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presumably straight males operating as a Los Angeles rock group with a transvestite look. At that point, Alice Cooper seemed more appropriate than Nazz or Spiders, names the group had worked under previously. The group was so weird that it naturally came to the attention of that master zapper of the Establishment Frank Zappa, who released Alice's first LP (Pretties for You) on his own Straight label. It was not until Shep Gordon, their current manager, saw them and took them on that the Alice Cooper phenomenon began to happen. "When I saw 2,000 people walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Schlock Rock's Godzilla | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

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