ALICE COOPER's 'Devil On My Shoulder' Memoir Is An International Best-Seller

Iconic shock-rock legend Alice Cooper shocks the book-selling world this week as his new memoir, "Devil On My Shoulder" (published by Ebury / Penguin / Random House) topped the U.K.'s prestigious Sunday Times non-fiction best-seller list this week at No. 1 after entering the list at No. 7 last week.

Published by Da Capo / Grand Central / Hachette in the U.S. and Canada, it also hit equally prestigious best-seller lists in the U.S. and Canada, entering The New York Times non-fiction best-seller at No. 4, the Toronto Globe & Mail non-fiction best-seller list at No. 9, and Publishers Weekly's non-fiction bestseller list at No. 3.

Book business trade publication The Kirkus Review wrote: ''The godfather of shock rock gives readers a look behind the black curtain. It's the clash between the two characters — self-aware, regular-guy Vince and his sinister, egotistical alter ego, Alice, who chimes in now and then in a different font — that gives this memoir its tension, as well as it's juice. Readers can expect the customary rock-star rehab story, but Cooper opts for a careful consideration of his lyrics and stagecraft rather than the traditional celebrity memoir's score settling. Mr. Nice Guy takes a hard-earned victory lap in this well-told tale."

Publishers Weekly wrote: "Veteran shock rocker Cooper gives fans an extraordinarily detailed account of his six-decade career. At age 78, Cooper sets the record as straight as he can remember, complete with sarcastic asides from an alter ego ('Methinks he doth protest too much,' this shoulder devil quips after Cooper tries to play up the difficulty of his fairly idyllic Phoenix childhood). A lover of comic books, horror movies, baseball, and music, Cooper found inspiration listening to THE BEATLES, Chuck Berry, and other 20th-century influences. Gradually, he and his friends learned to play instruments, combining their fringe interests with their music to create the outlandish, horror-inspired aesthetics of the band ALICE COOPER (initially called THE EARWIGS) by the time the author was 16. As he goes deep on the group’s albums and tours, Cooper puts to rest the infamous 'chicken incident' — no, he never bit the head off a chicken — and comes across as surprisingly humble, funny, and personable."

"Devil On My Shoulder" is available wherever books are sold, both at traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores and all the usual online outlets.

Meanwhile, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer will be back on the road with his "Alice's Attic" tour for concerts in North America October 27 through November 21, and then returns to Las Vegas November 27-29 and December 4-6 for two more weekends of "Welcome To Our Nightmare", his co-production show with magician Criss Angel.

As if that weren't enough, the Radio Hall Of Famer continues with his weeknights "Alice's Attic" syndicated classic rock radio show and his recently-launched weekend show "Alice In Underland" on Little Steven's Underground Garage channel 21 on SiriusXM.

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.

Cooper says: "I was born Vincent Damon Furnier but, seduced by my character's reputation, changed my name legally to Alice Cooper, and in the process lost sight of who I really was. The mild-mannered, all-American boy I'd once been became a monster and a mortal danger to himself."

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, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Jimi 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.

Cooper says: "Me and Alice were getting creative with the truth long before the age of 'fake news'. Now, after over thirty records and sixty-plus years of fibs and fabrications, I think it's time to sort the truth from the rumors and lies."

No stranger to doing things his own way, Alice Cooper has cast a long shadow over rock music with an unrivaled live show and timeless anthems like "School's Out", "No Mr. Nice Guy" and "Poison". Selling over 50 million albums worldwide, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2003, and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducted him as part of its class of 2011. Boasting one of the most influential catalogues in history, Rolling Stone cited 1971's platinum-certified "Love It To Death" among the "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time", while other platinum releases spanned the seminal "Killer" (1971),"School's Out" (1972),the Billboard 200 No. 1 "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973),"Welcome To My Nightmare" (1975) and "Trash" (1989),to name a few. The latter even graced Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums Of All Time."

He's so embedded in generations of popular culture that he not only made a cult-classic appearance in "Wayne's World" during 1992, but he also starred alongside John Legend and Sara Bareilles in NBC's 2018 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert" — and also memorably appeared on both "The Muppets" and "That 70s Show!" as well as in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" film. Beyond hundreds of syncs, everyone from Etta James, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, MEGADETH and THE FLAMING LIPS has covered his tunes. THE BEASTIE BOYS, DISTURBED, and countless others have sampled him. His collaborators have notably included the late Vincent Price, AEROSMITH, GUNS N' ROSES and Jon Bon Jovi, to name just a few. Plus, he co-founded HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES alongside AEROSMITH's Joe Perry and Johnny Depp. Most recently, 2025's "The Revenge Of Alice Cooper" reunited the surviving members of the original ALICE COOPER band to widespread critical acclaim. After thousands upon thousands of gigs and easily a million miles traveled, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee continues ever onwards into rock n roll folklore.