The OG shock rocker, known for such hits as “School’s Out” and “No more Mr. Nice Guy” actually really IS a nice guy.
When the pandemic first hit and shut down everything, especially the livelihood of touring musicians and their crews, Alice Cooper stepped up.
In a recent interview with Forbes, Cooper spoke of how hard it was to go from playing nearly 200 shows a year for the last 55 plus years, to being out of work for over 18 months. While Cooper and other successful musicians most likely have the funds to survive not working for a year or so, the crews that keep the shows running, don’t.
“When we saw this coming, we put money aside for our crew. We could see that it was… something. So we put money aside as a backup for them. Because we knew that their unemployment would run out, you know? And then they’d have something to go to. I think all responsible bands did that. Hopefully. Because these are people we live with. We work with them every day. The guys that run the stage are as important as the guys that play guitar. So we made sure that everybody was covered. And that was really important.”
Cooper and his crew are excited to be back to work. His new album, Detroit Stories is out now and they are hitting the road in support of it. They are playing the Adler Theatre in Davenport, IA on March 30th and the Ralston Arena in Ralston, NE (Omaha) on April 4th.
