So Baltimore’s 98 Rock DJ Marianne Sierk recently cornered the OG shock-rocker ALICE COOPER (aka Vincent Furnier, because even rock villains have taxes to file) and asked how the heck he’s still touring at 77 years young. His response? “I never get tired of doing it. I never get tired of playing Alice.” Dude’s been terrorizing stages for 60 years – longer than some of our parents have been alive! He spilled that there are two Alices: the OG “society’s punching bag” version and the upgraded “arrogant villain” edition he’s rocking since getting sober. “You’d think I’d get tired of doing ’Eighteen’ or ’Under My Wheels’,” he laughed. “Nah. It’s a blast. Plus, my band’s all besties – zero drama. Nita [STRAUSS] is basically a guitar-wielding angel.” Fun fact: Nita took a detour to shred for DEMI LOVATO in 2022, and Alice just shrugged: “Go for it! Our guillotine’s always open.”
Speaking of guillotines – let’s talk about why ALICE COOPER shows are still wilder than your favorite B-horror flick. Back in the ’70s, he pretty much invented shock-rock with props like electric chairs, fake blood, and snakes (real ones, because why not?). These days, he told 96.1 KLPX, “Nobody’s trying to ‘shock’ anymore, but the theater stays. You’re here to watch Alice get decapitated to ’Feed My Frankenstein’, not stare at lasers.” The setlist? All bangers: ’Poison’, ’No More Mr. Nice Guy’, and of course, ’School’s Out’ – which you’ll sing along to while wondering if that guillotine blade is really fake. Spoiler: it is. Probably.
