{
  "id": 12398973,
  "title": "With His New Memoir, Alice Cooper Is Finally Separating Fact From Fiction: ‘I Want People to See’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/with-his-new-memoir-alice-cooper-is-finally-separating-fact-from",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:18:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/alice-cooper-devil-on-my-shoulder-book-1236354581/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alice Cooper has released his third memoir, Devil On My Shoulder, which aims to separate fact from fiction. The 445-page book follows his career from 1964 to the present, covering his formation of the original Alice Cooper band, his rise to superstardom, and his struggles with substance abuse. The book also features alternating dialogues between the \"real\" Cooper (Vince Furnier) and his alter ego, Alice Cooper, who questions the accuracy of the author's tales. Cooper, who became sober in the mid-1980s, credits the memoir for being the most detailed account of his life yet, as he spent five hours a day with co-author Daniel Richler to remember stories and admit potential inaccuracies.",
  "summary": "School's out, but shock-rock history is in session with Devil On My Shoulder .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}