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Me, Alice: The Autobiography of Alice Cooper
'Me, Alice' is the very hard to find Alice biography 'as told to Steven Gaines'. It has been out of print since at least 1977 and was never published outside the USA.
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Sep 04, 2008
Violet
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I recommend this book with the slight caution that, once you've read it, you will be suspicious of anyone offering you a jelly donut.
I'm a huge fan of almost all Alice Cooper's music, but I honestly don't care much for Alice Cooper the man until sometime in the mid-90's. If nothing else, this book shows how much Alice has matured in the intervening years. These days, Alice is something of an enigma--his stage persona is completely opposite from his real-life personality. In ME, ALICE, however, Alice portrays himself as being just the sort of debauched rock personality that his conservative-minded critics made him out to be.
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Most kids steal a piece of candy or trading cards, this book is the one thing I admit to having stolen. I was a teen living in Phoenix and I was obsessed with Alice Cooper. This book was long out of print, so I took it from the Phoenix library. I did pay for it when they called. :) It was a phenominal look at Alice's life, from the inside and very in depth. Very enjoyable.
Amusing, self-congratulatory story of the band's rise to fame. I would have liked more about how they made the transition from a second-rate, unfocused psychedelic shambles to a first-rate rock band. But there's plenty of debauchery to keep the plot moving.
Ok read, pretty much what I expected, shame it finished half way through his career.
It was okay. Great to find out that "Alice Cooper" is just a part he plays.
I read this book in college, and not since. This is one I'd like to revisit to see if my take on it the 1st time has changed. Alice recounts the early days of his career, along with the alcohalism that nearly ended him. Frank Zappa, hippies, sex, drugs, and, of course, rock and roll abound in this autobiography. Also, the origin of the name "Alice Cooper" is revealed. Perhaps it was my young age at the time, but this book has never really left me. Check it out.
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All the best,
- TB
All the best,
- TB
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Interesting and funny, this is a lesson in how to write a good autobiography. You require some fascinating material, such as turning down some executive entertainment with Janis Joplin.
It is difficult to follow at times but no surprise if details were not always clearly recalled.
It is difficult to follow at times but no surprise if details were not always clearly recalled.
That was one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I was lucky enough to get the chance to read it because it was actually at my local library. If you get the chance, definitely read it!
The first Alice Cooper autobiography that came out while he was still in the Alice Cooper Band, prior to rehab.
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If you're going to read any book on Alice Cooper this is the 1.
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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon) is an American rock singer, songwriter and broadcaster whose career spans more than five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to sh
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