Alice Cooper – aka The Godfather of Shock Rock – has spilled some wild stories from his heyday in a new interview with Louder Sound.
Asked about his worst experience on drugs, Alice Cooper – born Vincent Damon Furnier – opened up about a time in which he “thought everybody was dead”.
“I was at a party in Detroit when THC was a big deal and everybody took these capsules of really uncut, strong stuff, so everyone passed out,” the rocker explained. “I woke up at 3 AM and there were 40 bodies lying around me, it looked like Jonestown.”
He continued, “I thought everybody was dead except me! It was the middle of winter, so I walked out in the snow for about two miles with just a shirt on to get myself back to being human again. By the time I got back, people were just starting to wake up. It was really terrifying!”
Terrifying indeed.
In the chat, Alice Cooper also gave insight into the first time he felt like a bonafide rockstar, telling the website:
“When you get on stage, you’re not yourself anymore and you suddenly become a different character. When I developed the Alice character, people stopped me and said, ‘You’re that guy with the make-up and the snake! Can I get your picture?’ People think it must get really old for me but I worry about the day when they don’t want my picture.”
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The 72-year-old rock legend also imparted some wisdom he gained from watching rock icons before him, saying it’s important to simply “be yourself and be nice”.
“I learned from observing others that the bigger the stars were, the nicer they were,” he explained. “Everybody I’ve ever met that I highly admired were the nicest people – The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Salvador Dalí. I always felt if I got to their level, the best thing to do is be yourself and be nice.”
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