Welcome to My Nightmare

The Alice Cooper Story

By: Dave Thompson

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Alice Cooper is an American rock star whose career has spanned more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, boa constrictors and baby dolls, Cooper has pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of hard rock designed to shock.

Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout Alice’s career, the book follows Cooper’s tale from his life growing up as a preacher’s son in Arizona, through the early years of struggle in Phoenix and then Los Angeles, and then onto the rollercoaster ride that has been the years since then.

Includes interviews with original bandmates Michael Bruce and the late Glenn Buxton, drummer Neal Smith, the late Frank Zappa, manager Shep Gordon and producer Bob Ezrin.

Includes tributes and recollections from many of the artists who call Alice an influence - from the Damned and the Cramps, to White Zombie and Gwar. Session players and songwriters who have made their own contributions to the Alice story recall their days spent with this Prince of Hell-raisers.

©2012 Omnibus Press (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Must-read/listen for rock fans!

Alice fan or not. If you're into rock - and any post-Alice rock music was probably affected by him somehow - give it a go. Full of interesting stories.

Alice Cooper - the band or the man?

It’s always interesting to read about these classic rock bands in the golden age of excess. It was great to learn about Alice Cooper the band opposed with Alice Cooper the character who Vince became on stage and how that dichotomy played out.

Excellent Alice Cooper book

I could listen to anything read by Fred Berman, and do,but my favorites are books like this about my favorite musicians. I found information about Alice and the original band that I hadn't heard before and now I'll be reading and listening to the rest available. Truly an enjoyable listen.

interesting

it's a good book not what I thought I was going to read but a decent one.

Covers the Coop Career

If you wanna know the chronological order of Alice Cooper's career, this is for you! I learned a lot, the book goes indepth & you'll feel like you're along for the wild ride that has been Alice's personal arena in world of rock music. He faced a lot of pushback but with determination, he persevered... luckily for his fans!