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Interview
(HM, 1994-00-00)
Video shoots are always fairly tedious events to attend, but when an artist is based out of town - Alice lives in Arizona - it"s one of the few opportunities for LA-based press to get face-to-face interviews....
Saint Alice
(HM, 2002-03-00)
One of God's greatest gifts to creation has to be the sense of humor. It gets us through hard times and lifts the heart when it slips into depression. I wonder if Jesus ever pulled pranks on His disciples. Having the Apostle Peter fetch a coin from a fish's mouth, for example, was probably pretty funny. Vincent Furrier, who created and plays the musical character of Alice Cooper, wishes more people got the joke. Even after decades of escalated "shock rock" that goes way beyond Cooper's horror shtick, many casual observers still look at Cooper's macabre image and react with the alarm of a concerned parent in the midst of danger. Perhaps the "don't take it too seriously" attitude of the recent Residence Inn TV commercials will cause more folks to lighten up in their assessment of Alice Cooper, who, contrary to the song, really is a nice guy....