Alice Cooper has announced that he will release his “definitive autobiography” Devil on My Shoulder on October 6th in the United States and October 8th in the United Kingdom. The legendary shock rocker will also embark on a UK book tour in support of the memoir.
“I’ve written this book to track Alice’s ‘evilution,’ and how I’ve tamed him at last,” stated Cooper about Devil on My Shoulder. “Just as he and I became almost fatally intertwined, the story of Alice Cooper after over thirty records and sixty-plus years has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, and I think it’s time to sort reality from myth.”
The memoir is being released via Hachette Book Group in the US, and Ebury Spotlight in the UK. Upon its release, Devil on My Shoulder will be available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook., with pre-orders available via Amazon.
In a longer description, Alice detailed Devil on My Shoulder as follows:
“In the beginning Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I’ve written a book that tracks Alice’s evilution, how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how I’ve tamed him at last. After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes—all will be revealed for what they really were.
I’m also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how I’ve stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan.
And I want to talk about God. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think it’s only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other.”
Along with detailing the autobiography’s release, Cooper has announced a UK book tour consisting of eight dates running from October 11th in Cardiff through October 20th in Wolverhampton. Each ticket comes with a copy of the book, with a signup for pre-sales at this location.
In the meantime, fans can catch Alice Cooper on his previously announced spring US tour, kicking off April 14th in San Antonio, Texas, and running through a May 9th gig in Camden, New Jersey.
See the cover art for Devil on My Shoulder below, followed by the UK book tour poster with the list of dates.
