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Devil on my Shoulder

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The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's more iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades.

In the Sixties and early Seventies, Alice Cooper was simply a rock group, but as their lead singer, Vincent Damon Furnier, developed his modern-day Grand Guignol character, Alice Cooper became his stage name. Then, on a wave of global success, he legally changed it to his own. As his story will tell, the two Alices became schizophrenically, almost fatally intertwined; after a harrowing journey to Hell and back, there are today two very different Alice Coopers: the deeply religious sober man behind the mask and the Godfather of Shock Rock who wears a snake around his neck.

With a career spanning six decades, Alice's story features witty, intimate anecdotes featuring Salvador Dalí, Bob Hope, John Lennon, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, Erroll Flynn, Bette Davis, Jim Hendrix, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods, to name a few, but he's also an acute observer of dysfunction and despair, wildness and criminality, urges and addictions, transgressions and human goodness. And so he tells his story from both perspectives: angel on one shoulder, devil on the other.

Devil on My Shoulder is the definitive memoir from one of the most iconic music artists of our generation.

© Alice Cooper 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

About Alice Cooper

No stranger to doing things his own way, Alice Cooper has cast a long shadow over rock music with an unrivalled live show and timeless anthems like ‘School’s Out’, ‘I’m 18’, ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’, ‘Elected’ and ‘Poison’. Selling over fifty million records worldwide, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2011. He continues to release new albums and has been touring worldwide for over six decades (and counting).
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  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529971125
  • Price: £16.00
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