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Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict by Alice Cooper
8qqimc8q's review
5.0
Having seen Alice in concert the first time because literally my mother made me back in the 80's and the more than two dozen times since the book provided a fan a look into his trouble years, beliefs and golf game.
babyfacedoldsoul's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. I found it to be written from the heart, and he seemed really laid back. I laughed at parts where he talked about how he got signed because he helped his girlfriend babysit Frank Zappa's kids, or how he goes on about golf which is clear to see he is just as passionate about as rock n roll. A great read, relatively quick, and well worth it for any Alice Cooper fan. Not angsty or dwelling on any particular situation, just an overall great capture of his life and career so far.
mlfey's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
2.0
Competent enough but I don’t have any nostalgia or affection for the mythos of Alice Cooper, so just isn’t for me. I think I technically only read issue one of this collection, but eh.
randombookgrl's review
5.0
Having listened to Alice Copper since I was a kid, I was extremely excited to get this book, and trust me, it did not disappoint. Even for a non-golf person like me, the intertwining of the 12 steps of golf with his own story was a fun read. The tale of his musical rise, the people he befriended, and his overcoming alcohol addiction is a fascinating one that will enthrall music lovers and golf fanatics alike!
mrsmdavidson's review
4.0
This would have been five stars, but I prefer autobiographies to be chronologically ordered moving from early to later, not skipping around.
freudian_slip's review
3.0
The Father of Shock Rock shares tidbits from his 40 plus years of stage experience and how golf helped save him from the alcohol that was destroying his life and music. Half memoir, half golf-tips, Monster is not terribly revealing or instructional for that matter. The good news is that none of that matters because the stories are so entertaining. Alice finally gets to the bottom of the whole live chicken incident and is rather frank about his conversion to Christianity and his decision to continue his stage-show rather than enter the Christian music arena. Full of stories and insights into his fellow rock and roll contemporaries, Golf Monster is certainly entertaining. Pop-culture enthusiasts will revel in the anecdotes of his many friends, both here and gone, including Jim Morrison, Groucho Marx, Fred Astaire, Salvidor Dali, John Lennon, Elvis and many, many more. By the end of the book, the reader will feel two steps closer to being able to call Alice "Vince," a name reserved for friends.
heatherreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Where's the fun in buying someone Alice Cooper oddities for their birthday if you can't have a wee gander yourself first? Alice Cooper is no stranger to the dark and twister, but here, in his first comic series, he's 'The Lord of Nightmares'. He watches over you as you dream, he delivers horrors to those who deserve it, but someone has taken that away from him, and he wants his throne back.
And, frankly, it's Sandman meets Alice Cooper, let's be honest. Is it going to be the next comic sensation? No, it's not. But if you like Coops it's all good fun, and you kind of want to know what's going on with the bullied kid and whether the guillotine will make an appearance or something.
So yes.
And, frankly, it's Sandman meets Alice Cooper, let's be honest. Is it going to be the next comic sensation? No, it's not. But if you like Coops it's all good fun, and you kind of want to know what's going on with the bullied kid and whether the guillotine will make an appearance or something.
So yes.
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