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A look inside Alice Cooper's soul
(Express Times, 2004-07-30)
On stage he's simulated hangings and guillotine executions, carried a boa constrictor and flaunted dolls dripping with fake blood. Nervous city councils banned him from performing long before Ozzy Osbourne and Marilyn Manson. His one-time drinking buddies were Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Keith Moon. Now the legendary rocker -- whose androgynous stage name was supposedly given to him by a hypnotist -- unabashedly calls himself a Christian. But when Alice Cooper comes to Bethlehem's Musikfest Aug. 7, he won't be performing Christian praise music. ...