Metal: A Headbanger's Journey2005

Alice Cooper:
Well, I mean, I was the poster boy for controversy. In some ways I think I invented it. Because, I mean, we were the first band to get banned in England. We got banned and nobody could figure out why they were banning us. We asked them in London; "What are we banned for?". And they couldn't name anything... "Is there any nudity in our show?". "No". "Is there any bad language in our show?". "No". "So what are we being banned for?". "Well, there's blood in your show". Has anybody here ever seen 'Macbeth'? There's more blood in 'Macbeth' than in my show, and that's required reading in school. There was no real definitive rock vampire that was really the creature of the night and that's what Alice was supposed to be. If you say "Welcome to my nightmare", you don't just say it - you do it. Give them the nightmare. Show them the nightmare.