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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Only You can decide if it's worth it..., August 6, 2005
For the price that people are charging for a used version of the book, you might want to see if you can borrow it before you plunk down the cash.
The book was written when Cooper was in his late 20's. There's a lot of declarations he makes in the book that probably were absolutely true when he was that age, but obviously are not now. Like telling us that in his lifestyle, he finds three things useless. Marrage, funerals, and underwear. Well, he's married with kids now. He's been to at least one funeral, and...well, we'll just let the underwear remain one of life's mysteries. It's rather interesting to see how we change in our values and opinions as we get older, and how no one is immune to change. We have a tendency to think that celebrities somehow get frozen in time and will be the same person at 40 as they were at 20.
The book is not for the faint of heart, but then again, Alice Cooper fans are known for not being faint hearted anyway. The general tone of the book makes me feel like I happened to get stuck in a broken elevator with the man, and just to pass the time, we're telling each other our life stories. It's got that casual semi-friendly feeling to it. A few times though, had I been on the elevator, hearing the life story, I would have probably cracked up and said, "Wow, TMI!" You will not look at jelly donuts again without either cringing or laughing.
If you're an Alice Cooper fan, you will want to read this book. You'll probably want to own it, although for the price, it might be too steep.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Alice Rocks, October 29, 2000
I read this book on the internet. After reading it I was hungover for a week while consuming no alchohol that week. This book has lots of interesting information on the Alice Cooper band. Particulary from the mid to late 60's Before they hit it big. this book shows that bands today are no match for the A.C. Band. Also show's music at its most interesting time when Bands were aloud to have fun being a rock stars. The A.C. Band achieved this in spades while keeping the integrity of their raw, organic sound unlike popular music today. This book is like a welcome passport to that time and revisit a great band gone but not forgotten.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
'Me,Alice:The Autobiography Of Alice Cooper With Steven Gaines' (Putnam;1976 printing) 254 pages, March 26, 2006
I remember actually having a copy of this book that I bought a year after it came out in a Waldon's book store.Oh,it makes for good reading and all.But take it from me,DON'T even think about spending over,say $50 for this book.Simply because you might end up regretting it.Talk about regret:I know for a fact I don't have my copy anymore.'Me,Alice...' features plenty of inside info,specially on the band's early days of survival and all.Obviously,this book is in much need of being reprinted.Hint:maybe have a limited 'live' vintage CD of one of the band's early gigs,that has never been available elsewhere come with the book.Dealers THEN could likely ask a higher price for it.
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