Alice Cooper stated that he opened a "big door" for David Bowie, Lou Reed , and the Velvet Underground with his traditional theatrical shows. In an interview with Metal Hammer , the musician answered fan questions and spoke about his relationship with the rock stars.
“David used to come to the show when he was a mime, he was Davy Jones back then. I remember at one of our Welcome To My Nightmare , he brought his band, the Spiders From Mars , and was saying, ‘This is what we should be doing.’ But he never did it the way we did.”
Cooper continued: “When we started doing theatrical [performances] and still had successful records, it opened a huge door for Bowie, Lou Reed, and the Velvet Underground, because you could be theatrical and commercial at the same time.”
The musician also spoke about how he was part of the artistic movement in rock formed by characters and encouraged other artists to do the same: “I wanted there to be an artistic movement, I created Alice as a villain and Bowie created all his characters to fit who he wanted to be, so I never saw it as competition – I encouraged him.” Cooper concludes by saying that he talked and exchanged compliments with Bowie.
Alice Cooper recently released the album Detroit Stories , a tribute to his hometown. The new album debuted at the top of the Billboard . Listen to the full album below.
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