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Shocker: Alice Cooper finds Christianity
(Denver Post, 1997-08-09)
Alice Cooper--that top dog of shock rock, the guy with the onstage guillotine and electric chair - is an active Christian now. No, he's not a "Christian rock artist" and he's quick to make that distinction, to separate himself from Petra or DC Talk or others who have made spiritual music with a rock beat. But the 49-year-old Detroit native will tell you, unabashedly, that he is now a rock artist who's Christian. Cooper is on tour, supporting the new "AFOA" (Guardian). The album features live cuts from last summer's tour, including songs from 1994's "The Last Temptation of Alice Cooper"--an album that subtly revealed the stirrings of Cooper's conversion....