Alice Cooper and the Theatrical Dark Side
So what did Cooper’s pastor and evangelist father think of his theatrical rock lifestyle that includes songs ‘Feed My Frankenstein,’ ‘Halo of Flies,’ ‘Black Juju,’ ‘Go to Hell,’ and ‘Dead Babies’? The ‘School’s Out’ singer told Page Six, “My dad knew my sense of humor. My dad was very cool. He loved rock and roll. He said, ‘I love the music; I can’t abide the lifestyle.’ ” Cooper says what he does on stage is only a character he plays. He says his father summed up the theatrics by telling Cooper, “I know the character you’re playing. He’s comical. He’s a villain, but at the same time, he’ll slip on a banana peel.”
Before the pandemic, Cooper was playing 200 shows a year and stays active playing many rounds of golf throughout the week.
Alice Cooper, R.C. Sproul, and His Testimony
Mark Driscoll once interviewed late theologian R.C. Sproul and had him retell how he met Alice Cooper. Sproul laughingly said the folktale was true that the two ran into each other in the clubhouse of a golf course and ended up playing a round together. The theologian shared that they had a great time, saying, “He was an absolute delight to play with [and] was very committed to his Christian faith.”
Cooper shared his powerful testimony with Harvest Christian Fellowship’s senior pastor Greg Laurie during an exclusive interview in 2019. The shock rocker said, “I came to Christ because of my fear of God. I totally understood that hell was not getting high with Jim Morrison. Hell was going to be the worst place ever. In fear, I came back to the Lord.” In that interview, he also shared how his pastor encouraged him to continue performing as Alice Cooper even though he thought he needed to quit. He says his pastor told him God doesn’t make mistakes, and that he gave Cooper that platform to share his testimony.
Watch Greg Laurie’s full interview with Alice Cooper below:
