Christmas Day 1997. A UK site named after a song, not after a till.
Si Halley has said on camera that SickthingsUK went live on 25 December 1997. The name comes from the Alice Cooper song and from the older American mailing list — Hunter Goatly’s Sick Things list — where fans posted before forums ate the inbox. Brian “Renfield” Nelson, Alice’s long-time assistant, sat on that list and corrected the room. This domain keeps the UK caption. It does not sell the snake, the ticket, or the official store tote. alicecooper.com is the office. A 1977–83 UK punk four-piece also used The Sick Things on Chaos and later Damaged Goods; they are a different bill. Read the dates. Do not confuse a fanzine foyer with a shop or a diagnosis.