Welcome To My Nightmare: The Alice Cooper StoryAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, Cooper has pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of hard rock designed to shock. Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout Alice’s career, the book follows Cooper’s tale from his life growing up as a preacher’s son in Arizona, through the early years of struggle in Phoenix and then Los Angeles, and then onto the rollercoaster ride that has been the years since then. Includes interviews with original bandmates Michael Bruce and the late Glenn Buxton, drummer Neal Smith, the late Frank Zappa, manager Shep Gordon and producer Bob Ezrin. Includes tributes and recollections from many of the artists who call Alice an influence - from the Damned and the Cramps, to White Zombie and Gwar. Session players and songwriters who have made their own contributions to the Alice story recall their days spent with this Prince of Hell-raisers. The result is a story that alternately thrills, shocks, surprises and delights. Includes full discography and bibliography. |
Contents
Chapter Four She Gave Her Mama Forty Whacks | |
Chapter Five Pretties For Frank | |
Chapter Six They Kill Chickens Dont They? | |
Chapter Seven Loving It To Death | |
Chapter Eight Schools Out For Killers | |
Chapter Eleven Welcoming The Nightmare | |
Chapter Twelve Cant Sleep Clowns Will Eat | |
Chapter Thirteen Whiskey Please And Hold The Lace | |
Chapter Fourteen Special Forces | |
Chapter Fifteen The Day My Dead Pet Returned | |
Chapter Sixteen Dont Talk Old To | |
Chapter Seventeen Candy Canes For Diabetics | |
Acknowledgements | |
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