Known as “the Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper’s over-the-top performances were known for their gruesome theatricality that drew from vaudeville and old-school horror films. Kieser’s poster for his band’s West German tour in 1972 embraces this aesthetic, presenting a photograph of a nude Cooper, his body covered only by his pet boa constrictor, Kachina, while staring directly at the viewer. In addition to hints of pubic hair, the unretouched photograph draws attention to a large scar across Cooper’s stomach—the result of emergency surgery for peritonitis when he was a child. The crudely painted backdrop of the American flag “bleeding” over Cooper’s body might refer to the futility of the ongoing war in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the lettering in the upper margin appears to represent a further critique of the U.S. government, mimicking the standard military stencil lettering that was perhaps most familiar at the time from the title treatment for the film M*A*S*H (1970), a satire about the Vietnam War (veiled as the Korean War). The “special guest surprise” mentioned here involved two former band members of The Turtles, who had reinvented themselves as The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie as part of The Mothers of Invention (led by Frank Zappa). When Zappa was injured in 1971 and had to take time off from touring, they became Alice Cooper’s opening act, occasionally singing background vocals on his subsequent albums.