Devil on my Shoulder

The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's more iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades.

In the Sixties and early Seventies, Alice Cooper was simply a rock group, but as their lead singer, Vincent Damon Furnier, developed his modern-day Grand Guignol character, Alice Cooper became his stage name. Then, on a wave of global success, he legally changed it to his own. As his story will tell, the two Alices became schizophrenically, almost fatally intertwined; after a harrowing journey to Hell and back, there are today two very different Alice Coopers: the deeply religious sober man behind the mask and the Godfather of Shock Rock who wears a snake around his neck.

With a career spanning six decades, Alice's story features witty, intimate anecdotes featuring Salvador Dalí, Bob Hope, John Lennon, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, Erroll Flynn, Bette Davis, Jim Hendrix, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods, to name a few, but he's also an acute observer of dysfunction and despair, wildness and criminality, urges and addictions, transgressions and human goodness. And so he tells his story from both perspectives: angel on one shoulder, devil on the other.

Devil on My Shoulder is the definitive memoir from one of the most iconic music artists of our generation.

About Alice Cooper

An undisputed music legend and the Godfather of Shock Rock, Alice Cooper’s impressive career spans sixty-years and counting. He found global success in the 1970s as the frontman of Alice Cooper, the band, before adopting the name as his own and launching a solo career with his conceptual album, Welcome to My Nightmare (1975), and later hits, such as ‘Poison’ (1989). Known as a ‘theatrical provocateur’, his shocking on-stage stunts - incorporating guillotine executions, electric chairs, and a boa constrictor - pioneered theatrical rock and earnt him a spot on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


However, Alice’s fame expands beyond the stage to the screen as well. He has made iconic cameos in Wayne’s World (1992) and Dark Shadows (2012), and played King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018). Although he may have a fossil named after him (Serpula alicecooperi), with 1.8m followers on Instagram and 5m monthly streams on Spotify, Alice himself is no relic of the past; he continues to tour worldwide and pull in huge crowds.
Details
  • Imprint: Ebury Spotlight
  • ISBN: 9781529966640
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Price: £25.00
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