Before becoming a recognized vocalist and guitarist in rock, Lzzy Hale was a child obsessed with bands ignored – or hated – by girls her age. It was thanks to Alice Cooper that she realized she was "weird."
Recently, the Halestorm showed off her collection of band and idol memorabilia in her home studio on the show Rock & Tell : cassette tapes from her teenage years, a Grammy, an autograph from Dio are on the list, as well as a replica of Cooper's guillotined head.
The unusual object brought back memories of a story from when she was 11 years old and "in love" with Alice Cooper. That same year, the Hale family moved to a farm in an area with few neighbors. "The neighborhood girls invited me over for a sleepover, and you know how that goes. They asked me to bring my favorite CDs," she began to recount.
Lzzy's choices were quite different from what was expected for a little girl that age: Cooper's " Love You To Death Dio 's " Holy Diver ." "They looked at me like I was from another planet. That was the moment I realized I wasn't cool," she laughed. "I was 11 years old, my life was over, I'd never have friends again."
When she arrived home disappointed and told her father about her classmates' reaction, he was proud of his daughter. "That's good. They listen to the music they like, and you like Alice Cooper because you really like him, not because you were taught to or because he's trendy," he advised.
Years later, the story reached the ears of Lzzy Hale's idol himself during a tour. "I told him this story, you should have seen it! He had a huge grin on his face, he was so proud to have been the reason I discovered I was weird," she revealed.
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