ALICE COOPER promises three things to any musician who joins his band. Quote, “You’re gonna get paid. You’re gonna see the world. You’re gonna get stitches. Everybody in that band has had stitches.”
He adds, quote, “I’ve got switchblades, I’ve got swords, I’ve got everything up there. And I’m a little bit freewheeling . . . And every once in a while they walk a little bit close and get nicked. And those are not rubber swords.”
Alice himself has been injured numerous times, and even almost hung himself during a staged execution. He says, quote, “When you’re in an Alice Cooper show, you better know where everything is going. You better be in the right place at the right time or you’ll get killed.”
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