Photos by Joe Schaeffer
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the annual Monsters of Rock Cruise took to the high seas February 9-14 aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas. The five-day trip left Miami and made two stops in CocoCay and Labadee. Along the way, there was plenty of rock and roll.
Headliner Alice Cooper was joined by Winger, KIX, Jeff Scott Soto, Lit, Buckcherry, Killer Dwarfs, Pat Travers Band, Beasto Blanco, Nestor, Geoff Tate, HEAT, Eclipse, Crazy Lixx, The Electric Boys, Black ‘N Blue, John Corabi, Joel Hoekstra, Bad Marriage, The Quirebioys, Tuff, Faster Pussycat, Richie Kotzen, Lillian Axe, Dangerous Toys, Tokyo Motor, Fist, Ted Poley, Slaughter, Firewind, Resist and Bite, Vandenberg, and Rhino Bucket. The cruise hosts were Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and and Keith Roth.
Joe Schaeffer, a frequent passenger and MOR staff photographer, took thousands of photos, and generously offered his shots from Alice Cooper’s two performances to share.
~ First Show ~
~ Second Show ~
