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Alice Cooper of Freaky Rock Fame Is Just an All-America Boy-Girl
(Milwaukee Journal, 1971-06-15)

"It's actually not dirty, you know," said Alice Cooper. "it's just that the image is hard for a lot of people to take." Alice was leaning back on a couch with his feet up, sipping beer out of a can, explaining what he does for a living, which is being Alice Cooper, which is weird....

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News Report
(Milwaukee Journal, 1999-04-22)

(Regarding the Columbine shootings where two students opened fire on classmates and teachers) "[Eric] Harris, 18, rarely thought small. His online ramblings demonstrate a grand view of life and self. "Man has ruled this world as a stumbling, demented child king long enough," Harris wrote in his "personal quote" on his America Online member profile. "As his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as his most fitting successor." Online, he called himself Darkness." ...

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Cooper keeps metal's kitsch at forefront
(Milwaukee Journal, 2000-09-08)

More than anyone, Alice Cooper has proven that anything can fit into a rock 'n' roll show if you: (a) smear it with blood; (b) cover it in face paint; (c) set it on fire; and (d) swaddle it in leather.That utterly silly, but immensely effective, modus operandi has influenced such incredibly disparate cultural markers as the Flaming Lips' art-bent ultra-weirdness and the S&M predilections of whatever WWF lackey is popular this week....

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