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I think he got saved through a video sermon of RC Sproul.
Posted on 09/02/2009 8:27:45 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Veteran American singer Alice Cooper's concert scheduled for Tampere in December has been shifted to Espoo because of concerns over his shock-rock image.
Tampere Arena, which was to have hosted the December 11 show, cancelled it because a perceived conflict with the venue's "Christian-based policies".
"The [Lutheran-based charismatic revivalist] group Nokia Mission and others use Tampere Arena for their events, so the venue's management did not want Alice Cooper appearing in the same hall. The contract which we received from Tampere Arena specifies that no artists may perform there who 'incite evil and the power of darkness'," promoter Kalle Keskinen told YLE.
Tampere Arena CEO Harri Wiherkoski announced the concert's cancellation on Friday. He said the contract was not signed after he read in a newspaper that Alice Cooper would be performing there. Wiherkoski says two previous concerts have been barred from the hall for the same reason.
"We never imagined that a rock veteran who has performed in Finland in four separate decades without any problems and who has spoken in public of his own religious convictions would not be allowed to perform at Tampere Arena in 2009," says Keskinen.
The 61-year-old Cooper began his career in the early 1970s, reportedly taking his stage name from a seventeenth century witch. He has often evoked horror-movie and macabre themes in his music and stage shows. However in later years, he has described himself as a born-again Christian and an avid golfer.
Cooper last appeared in Finland in November 2007, when he played in Helsinki and Oulu and at Powerpark in Alahärmä, Ostrobothnia.
They’re not worthy.
He also owns a pretty fine BBQ resturant.
sheesh, they're missing the chance to do a post-Cooper-concert exorcism and cleansing ceremony. Where's the charisma in that?
Umm.......
Vincent Damon Furnier is a believer in Jesus Christ, the eternal never-created Son of God the Father.
I think he got saved through a video sermon of RC Sproul.
“They’re not worthy.”
Beat me to it!
He actually regrets that line now......since it was directed at him in the movie.
He picked the name for the simple “ring of it”, like Baby Jane or Lizzie Borden.
The “witch” story is one of a dozen red herrings the band threw around just for laughs.
He is a devout Christian, staunch conservative and one of the best people in rock.
[and has STILL not been inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame despite the fact that most rock bands claim him to be one of their major influences]
Screw these hypocrites.
Viva la Vince!
It’s more likely they don’t think Cooper’s stage persona is consistent with being a born again Christian.
By today’s standards, Cooper is very mild.
In truth, I suspect Cooper’s conversion to Christianity has done a lot to make people that would have never considered Christ to think about it.
We’re not trying to convert choir-boys to Christianity, we’re trying to convert sinners.
Cooper has been pretty open about his turn back to Christ over the last 15 years or so. His faith is something that is pretty well documented.
LOL....he is a big-time believer!!!
Not a bad radio show ... lots of obscure music (some deservedly so) ...
I had the pleasure of interviewing Alice for my forthcoming book-—he and I are AZ rockers, separated by about three years and, of course, millions of dollars-—but what a great guy. He wanted a copy of my “48 Liberal Lies About American History,” and is a regular at North Phoenix Baptist Church.
So Espoo will make some money.
It’s stupid. Cooper is a Christian. And a helluva nice guy to boot.
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