Jian GhomeshiofCBC's cultural affairs show"Q"recently conducted an interview with legendary rockerAlice Cooper. A six-minute clip of the conversation can be seen below.

Due next year,Cooper's long-awaited new album,"Welcome 2 My Nightmare", features the original"Nightmare"tandem ofSteve HunterandDick Wagner, withVince Gillguesting on a track called"Runaway Train". In addition, survivingCooperband membersMichael Bruce,Dennis DunawayandNeal Smithappear on the song"When Hell Comes Home".

In an interview withBillboard.com,Coopersaid about the forthcoming CD, "I had an idea to do a part two to (2008's)'Along Came a Spider',"Coopersays. "I came to [producer]Bob[Ezrin;PINK FLOYD,KISS] with it, and he listened and goes, 'Eh. I would be more excited if'Along Came a Spider'was a No. 1 record.' He wasn't really into it. Then we started talking about'Welcome to My Nightmare''s 35th anniversary or something like that, and he said, 'What ifAlicehad another nightmare?' All I was trying to do was getBobto say, 'Yeah, I want to produce the album,' so we found a place where both of us really felt comfortable, and that was doing'Nightmare 2'."

"There are certain songs where we let some of the themes from (the original)'Nightmare'slip in,"CoopertoldBillboard.com. "All of a sudden you'll hear the little piano part from'Steven'or from'The Awakening'. I wanted (the albums) to be married together. I think we even make reference to a couple of characters from the original (album)."

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