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The rocker Alice Cooper is opening up about what Jesus Christ means to him in a resurfaced video that is going viral this week. When asked what Jesus Christ is to him, Cooper replied, “Well, I mean, everything!” “I mean, you know, we’re not here without him,” he continued. “Most people I know, young people, think Jesus Christ is a swear word. They have no idea who Jesus Christ is.

A popular rockstar just got canceled for sharing the same views as a majority of Americans. On Friday, the gothic makeup brand Vampyre Cosmetics dropped a collaboration with legendary rock artist Alice Cooper over the singer’s recent comments about transgenderism. During a mid-week interview with Stereogum, the performer joined his celebrity peers Paul Stanley and Dee Snider in sharing concerns about the contemporary transgender craze. “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad,” Cooper said. “And I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to...

Rock icon Alice Cooper ripped irreversible gender reassignment surgeries for children as a “fad” and trashed “woke” culture in a new interview. The comments are the third from a high-profile rocker this year and the second to come from an iconic musician whose act at least partially included gender-bending. In a wide-ranging interview with Stereogum about the state of his career and his ongoing touring, Cooper was asked about radical gender ideologies that are targeting young people. The 75-year-old didn’t mince words while he shared his strong opinions on the “absurd” subject. “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender,...

Carlos Santana delivered a speech laced with anti-transgender remarks during a recent performance in Atlantic City, New Jersey, telling the audience, “A woman is a woman, and a man is a man.”

In the wake of his comments about transgender people, rock singer Alice Cooper has lost a sponsorship deal with a cosmetics company. It is common knowledge that the 75-year-old, also known by his given name, Vincent Damon Furnier, is best known for his signature black eye makeup, flamboyant costumes, and horror-themed props such as fake blood and guillotines. There was a plan for him to collaborate with Vampyre Cosmetics on a makeup collection named after him, but the company dropped him due to comments he made in an interview with the music website Stereogum, which led to a fallout between...

Having just wrapped up his fall outing, Alice Cooper has announced brief 2022 US winter tour. He has also confirmed that his annual “Christmas Pudding” charity concert will return on December 4th of this year in Phoenix, Arizona.Cooper’s next tour leg will kick off on January 28th in Cincinnati, Ohio, and wrap up on February 8th in Orlando. The day after that, Cooper will hit the high seas as host of the Monsters of Rock Cruise.However, the shock rock legend does have one more party planned for 2021. After taking a year off due to the pandemic, his annual holiday...

Rock legend Alice Cooper who has drawn inspiration from horror films and vaudeville to shock his millions of fans around the world, is really a devout Christian who reads the Bible and prays daily to stay sober. Cooper, 73, revealed in an interview with Page Six that while some people who struggle with alcoholism stay sober with support from organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous, he beat his struggle with faith in God. “I never went to AA,” he said. “Everyone said, ‘Oh you have such great willpower,’ I said, ‘No, God has great willpower. He took it from me.’ My dad...

The singer recently found the painting in his garage, after forgetting he owned it for yearsAlice Cooper is set to sell his rare Andy Warhol painting at auction later this year. The painting will sell at the 2021 Fall Larsen Art Auction at the Larsen Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona in October. Cooper has discussed how he re-discovered the painting, which is expected to fetch between $2-4million at the auction, saying: “This silkscreen was given to me during some crazy years and I had completely forgotten I even owned it.” The painting, which was created as part of Warhol’s ‘Death And...

Alice Cooper’s career is full of bizarre and colorful moments, yet few rival the night he met - and pointed a gun at - Elvis Presley. The incident took place in 1970, when the shock rocker received an invitation seemingly out of nowhere. “I got a thing that said, ‘Elvis wants to meet you,’” Cooper recalled decades later on the BBC TV series Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Cooper was one of four people summoned to the King’s hotel room at the Las Vegas Hilton that night. As he recalled, the others were Liza Minnelli, Chubby Checker and porn star Linda...

Alice Cooper has recalled the struggles he faced in recovering from COVID-19. The rocker and his wife, Sheryl, were both diagnosed with the disease back in December. And though he didn’t require hospitalization, Cooper said the coronavirus was still tough to endure. “It wiped us out,” he admitted in a conversation with AZ Central. “I lost 15 pounds. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat.” The rocker admitted he “didn’t do any singing at all” during his recovery, but gradually he was able to work back into shape. “Every day you feel two percent better. Then you get a little bit...

Alice Cooper has dismissed the notion that rock is dead, saying that "rock and roll is where it should be right now." While rock and roll has been king of the music world for decades, in the past few years, it's been unseated by the growing popularity of hip-hop. This has caused many pundits to proclaim the genre "dead" from an industry perspective, noting that it has been eclipsed in all measures by pop, hip-hop, and EDM. A few years ago, KISS bassist/vocalist Simmons told Esquire magazine that "rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance,...

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper will release his new studio album, "Detroit Stories", on February 26 via earMUSIC. Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, it follows 2019's "Breadcrumbs" EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest rock and roll scene there ever was. Speaking about his inspiration for "Detroit Stories", Alice said (see video below): "Well, I was born in Detroit, and Detroit was the, is the hard rock capital of the United States. Los Angeles had THE DOORS, and they were kind of a sexy rock and roll...

Joe Biden is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, after Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign Wednesday morning. The next big question in the race - beyond when and how Biden will be formally nominated amid a pandemic, of course - is who is going to fill out the ticket as Biden’s vice presidential running mate. The pick carries unusual importance, especially given Biden, who will turn 78 shortly after Election Day, would be the oldest president ever elected by far. We already know one thing about that pick: It will be a woman, as Biden pledged in a recent...

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, who has lived in Arizona for decades, spoke to Forbes about how he is holding up during the coronavirus pandemic. He said: "The great thing in Arizona is that the golf courses are open. They say it's an outdoor event, you're not touching anything but your own equipment. And they want people out doing something — walking, outdoor activities and they said that is the one sport that is not a contact sport. There are 200 golf courses here. So we go out every morning, first off there's nobody out there. We have the whole place...

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has postponed the spring 2020 North American leg of his "Ol' Black Eyes Is Back" tour, which was slated to run from March 31 through April 22. The trek is being rescheduled for this fall and the itinerary will be announced as soon as possible. A Cooper representative said in a statement: "Due to the current concerns regarding COVID-19, the health and safety of our fans, local venue staffs, as well as the health and safety of our band and crew, is of utmost priority. Information regarding previously purchased tickets and VIP packages will be available...

It hasn’t happened in nearly thirty-five years, but Michigan residents are finally seeing brighter Octobers. It is a reputation Michiganders are happy to let go. Along with being home to some of the nation’s roughest cities, Michigan is also the only state in the union to ever have a problem with Devil’s night. Randolph Nilson is familiar with the day and says, “On Devils night it would be the night before Halloween and that’s when people would go out and do mischievous things.” At its height in the mid-eighties as many as 800 fires would burn across Michigan cities in...

Alice Cooper will release a six-song EP, "Breadcrumbs", on September 13 via earMUSIC. Described as a "tribute to the garage rock heroes from his hometown Detroit city," the EP includes covers of MC5's "Sister Anne", Suzi Quatro's "Your Mamma Won't Like Me" and MITCH RYDER AND THE DETROIT WHEELS' "Devil With A Blue Dress". Joining Cooper on the recordings are MC5's Wayne Kramer, jazz singer Paul Randolph, former GRAND FUNK RAILROAD member Mark Farner, ex-DETROIT WHEELS drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek and Mick Collins. "Breadcrumbs" will be made available digitally as well as on 20,000 numbered 10-inch vinyl copies.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper became a Christian late in life but decided not to leave the world of hard rock because, he says, it's part of his testimony. In a short video clip of Pastor Greg Laurie's interview with Cooper, the rocker explains why he's still a member of Hollywood Vampires alongside Johnny Depp and Aerosmith's Joe Perry and has maintained his trademark look while performing songs such as his latest, "The Boogeyman Surprise." Cooper admitted that he once contemplated changing his name after he came to faith in Christ but his pastor advised him not...

I don’t like to mix politics and rock’n’roll. I don’t look at Bono, Sting and Bruce Springsteen as political. I look at them as being humanitarian. I’ll contribute to anything humanitarian. Helping people who can’t help themselves. But when musicians are telling people who to vote for, I think that’s an abuse of power. You’re telling your fans not to think for themselves, just to think like you. Rock’n’roll is about freedom – and that’s not freedom. I want my shows to take you as far away as possible from politics. It’s supposed to be an escape from the world...