Why, Marilyn Could Be The Old Man’s Son
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but Alice Cooper doesn’t feel particularly complimented by Marilyn Manson.
“What I don’t understand is why would somebody try to get that close?” Cooper, 49, told The Flint (Mich.) Journal. “I’ve had people do versions (of me), but why take a girl’s name and do the makeup?”
Manson has said he is a member of the Church of Satan and his group is known for lewd on-stage acts and songs about murder, rape, sodomy and self-mutilation. His latest album is titled “Antichrist Superstar.”
Cooper may have paved the way for “shock rock” in the ‘70s, but he doesn’t care for Manson’s satanic antics.
“I don’t think anybody is a sincere devil worshiper,” said Cooper, who happens to be a preacher’s son. “I’m a little conservative that way.”
Loose talk
Marilyn Manson, on his musical success: “The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, but we’re definitely bigger than Satan.”
Do it to the candles, after rapping the presents
Kurtis Blow turns 38 today.
If he were alive, he’d be saying, ‘Ho, ho, ho’
Tupac Shakur may be dead, but his troubles live on. C. DeLores Tucker, an outspoken crusader against “gangsta rap,” is suing Shakur’s estate for $10 million, claiming crude sexual references about her in his 1996 album “All Eyez on Me” have ruined her sex life with her husband.
But pity the poor teller who asks him for ID
Who needs record companies? Certainly not The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, whose new four-CD live collection, “Crystal Ball,” is being marketed through his World Wide Web site (for $50 plus shipping). “When you’re taking all the proceeds, I don’t worry about how well it does on the charts and I don’t need a No. 1,” the unpronouncable symbol says. “I’m No. 1 at the bank.”
Most stars couldn’t resist putting on the dog
In his rock band, Dogstar, actor Keanu Reeves just wants to be one of the guys. Asked to pose at the center of the trio for a recent promotional photograph, Reeves demurred: “Hey, I’m just the bass player. Bret’s the singer.”
Sure, he might waver, but he’s never bored
Surf-music maestros Jan & Dean still play some 35 shows a year, but it hasn’t gotten any easier. “Once I’m there at the show and once it’s under way, then I’m happy,” Dean Torrence says. “But until then it’s a whole bunch of work left undone and stuff you’re (ticked) off about.”
Alice, we’ll remember “School’s Out” forever
When it comes to music, time is the true test, says veteran tunesmith Burt Bacharach. “Any time you write a song, you see 15 to 20 years later if it still has a life,” the 69-year-old Bacharach tells Entertainment Weekly. “It’s much harder to make songs like that now.”
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