Alice Cooper: Golf Monster
- Author: Cooper, Alice
- Author: Zimmerman, Keith
- Author: Zimmerman, Kent
Clever, witty and perfect for dads who like metal (clubs)
Alice Cooper: Golf Monster
- Author: Cooper, Alice
- Author: Zimmerman, Keith
- Author: Zimmerman, Kent
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Clever, witty and perfect for dads who like metal (clubs)
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Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became one of the biggest rock stars on the planet with hits like “ School’ s Out” and “ Elected” , nearly lost it all to alcoholism, and then turned things around by finding a healthy obsession (golf) to replace his unhealthy addiction to alcohol.
While most will be familiar with his wild, mascaraed visage and vaudevillian on-stage theatrics, perhaps few will have been aware of the double life Alice Cooper leads. He still tours the world with his band, playing a hundred gigs a year; snake coiled round his neck, beheaded by guillotine at the end of every show… but three hundred days out of that year, Cooper is on the course.
Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is an unlikely and captivating tale of wretched excess, life-saving redemption, ghoulish make-up, power chords, and five-irons to the centre of the green. Both humorous and candid, this book reveals another dimension to a man who has epitomised rock ’ n’ roll for the last forty years.
Contents
- Introduction - Alice Cooper Plays Pine Valley: Welcome to MY Nightmare
- The Fabulous Furniers
- Black Slacks and a Tight Windsor Knot
- The First Step of Golf Addiction : Be a Good Imitator
- James Bond, the Beatles, and Cortez High
- Earwigs and Spiders
- L.A. Dreams and the Draft
- The Second Step of Golf Addiction: It Don’t Mean a Thing if You Ain’t Got That Swing or On Being an Amateur vs. Becoming a Pro
- The Birth of Alice
- Frank Zappa, Syd Barrett, and the GTOs
- Managers and Record Deals
- The Third Step of Golf Addiction: Play for the Right Reasons
- Motor City Migration
- “Eighteen,” the Chicken, and the Snake
- The Fourth Step of Golf Addiction: Let the Adrenaline Flow
- School’s Out Forever
- Alice as Macumba!
- The Fifth Step of Golf Addiction: Play on the Road! Play All Over the World!
- The New Millionaires
- Sold-Out Arenas
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- The Sixth Step of Golf Addiction: Confront Your Demons and Defeat Them
- The Lair of the Vampires
- Rocky, the King, Clouseau, the Dalí, and Groucho
- The Seventh Step of Golf Addiction: Play with Those Who Inspire You
- Hanging with the Legends in Hollywood
- From the Inside
- More Fog! More Blood!
- The Eighth Step of Golf Addiction: Replace the Bad Addiction with the Good Addiction
- I Am Not Worthy
- The Ninth Step of Golf Addiction: Construct a Spiritual Support System That Works for You
- The Importance of Being Alice
- The Tenth Step of Golf Addiction: Learn How to Play Through
- Ely and Alice
- The Eleventh Step of Golf Addiction: Pay Attention to Innovation and Technology
- Prodigal Son
- Snakes, Stars, and Swords
- The Twelfth Step of Golf Addiction: Keep on Rockin’!
- Appendix - Alice’s Golf Clinic: 15 Tips for Achieving Your Best Game
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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Clever, witty and perfect for dads who like metal (clubs)
