(I hope this is not a re-post) ======================= http://www.bankrate.com/nsc/news/investing/20020114a.asp?keyword=   Alice Cooper: Outlandish on stage, humdrum on money By Larry Getlen • Bankrate.com Pop quiz: Which of the following correctly describes Alice Cooper? -Painted-face shock rocker -Born-again Christian -Long-time real-estate investor -Daily golfer -Faithful husband of 25 years and father of three -President of a Christian nonprofit charity for inner-city kids The correct answer is, All of the above. While Alice Cooper may seem a mass of contradictions, he wasn't always that way. Early in his career, while he was scoring hits with songs such as School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies, Cooper was as menacing as his persona. At the time, he was drinking a bottle of whiskey a day and living a life every bit as scary as the horror scenarios he depicted on stage. But the late '70s saw him bottom out, and Cooper was institutionalized (his drying-out time is depicted in his From The Inside album). Since then, Cooper has been a new man, much like his father before him, a minister who also changed his life after conquering alcohol addiction. While Cooper himself changed, his music and show have stayed the same

Thanks for the post. Not a run of the mill interview, that's for sure. I'm suprised Alice said that, I'd figure he's already got enough musicians on the payroll or nickel and diming him and the last thing he needs is for people to think he has money.

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Thanks for the post. Not a run of the mill interview, that's for sure. I'm suprised Alice said that, I'd figure he's already got enough musicians on the payroll or nickel and diming him and the last thing he needs is for people to think he has money. I've been told that Alice runs his shows just like he runs every other business he's involved in:  on a budget.   Although his money guy whom he never mentions must be fabulous, I also suspect that he's being a little bit self-effacing about it.  He, himself, is quite shrewd and smart ... if he's delegated all that responsibility to someone else, it doesn't _really_ mean that he doesn't know what's going on.   He's a damn good showman, great theatre man, and he's no fool. The one truly *brilliant* thing that he did was, he _owns_ all of his songs himself.  What he says about 99% of it goes to the record company and all of that is precisely on the mark. Plenty of artists have seen their songs get put out by dozens of singers (some of the adaptations truly dreadful) and found out they not only didn't get a dime for it ... they had no right to.  But the record company did.  Muzak was essentially _built_ that way.