“Golf Addict” is also unsparing in its account of Cooper’s descent into alcoholism and is surprisingly open about his post-rehab turn to Christianity. He reveals for the first time that it was longtime manager Shep Gordon who threw the chicken on stage in a famous incident at the 1970 Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show. “The thing about this book, is that when I look at the whole juxtaposition of who Alice Cooper is, the golf addiction and the music addiction, still, it’s pretty interesting how they can co-exist.”Ĭooper, who co-wrote the book with twin brothers Keith and Kent Zimmerman, alternates chapters about his golf experiences with details about the rest of his life, including the development of the Alice Cooper alter ego and of his trademark flamboyant and macabre stage shows. “Golf ended up being a good trade-off,” he says. “I traded one bad habit for another habit, only this habit (golf) was a lot healthier,” says Cooper, who went through rehab in the late ’70s and early ’80s but has been clean and sober since 1983 and has counseled other celebrities about kicking their addictions. Alice Cooper traded booze for birdies, and he writes about saving his life through golf in his just-published memoir, “Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock ‘n’ Roller’s 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict” (Crown).
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