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Alice
Cooper, Golf Monster by Alice Cooper w/ Keith
& Kent Zimmerman
This isn't a book about the musical side of Alice
Cooper per say. Yes! Alice talks about his musical career but it's more
of a foundation of leading into his bout w/ alcohol.
This sort of takes off were "Me, Alice" left off.
Alice doesn’t really talk much about the stories on the road and
when he does he just skims over & sugar coats them w/ a sanitized
version. Besides that the stories you heard in interviews are pretty
much the same ones in the book. Such as the Elvis visit or John Lennon
listening to Elected…One of the good stories I haven't heard before
was w/ Bob Ezrin when he was conducting the Toronto Symphony to record
"Only Women Bleed", pg 121.
Not much w/ the original band and covering the albums. Alice again just
mentions them in one or two sentences. Alice's reason for the band to
break up is they didn't want to get up early to do interviews. I wonder
what they have to say about it. Besides that I would of love to hear
more about the making of the albums. But again this isn't about his
records.
But there is plenty of talk on golf. You have chapters & chapters
about how to stand, hold the club etc… Plus the ending chapter
w/ golf tips by Alice. None which interested me.
The only album that was in detail is the making of "From The Inside."
This is because Alice talks about his time in the hospital drying out.
Take out the golf tip chapters, photos and this book is pretty thin.
There are a few good stories if you weed through the golf instructions.
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