Nights with Alice Cooper

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Nights with Alice Cooper is a radio show hosted by rock and roll artist and shock rock pioneer Alice Cooper. It is a syndicated show broadcast by 90 radio stations in the USA, 7 in Canada, and is also available in the UK (specifically, Ocean FM, where it is entitled "School's Out With Alice Cooper", Ireland, Australia, Denmark and New Zealand (weekends on Radio Hauraki), and worldwide via the Internet (Alice segments only, no music). Most places it airs from 19:00 hours to midnight, locally.

Cooper plays his favorite songs (most of which are classic rock) and interviews celebrities. Celebrities that he has interviewed on his show include Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Brian Johnson of AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Rob Zombie, Glenn Danzig, Def Leppard, and Jerry Springer. Alice Cooper's radio show also plays rare tracks of classic rock artists, along with blues, early punk rock, and psychedelic music.

[edit] History

The show debuted on January 24, 2004 on KDKB-FM, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

The show used to feature macabre news by dominatrix Mistress Kitty, however, her segment is no longer included. Also several comedy sketches were featured, some featuring famous musicians. Often these interviews would culminate with the guest artist asking Cooper for money they were owed for being Cooper's opening act. Cooper, upon failing to pay up, would be beaten senseless by the artist(s). One such artist was Joe Satriani who said, "Now give me my money, or I'm gonna play the Satch Boogie on your head!" During the beatings, the artist would often say, "and this is for making fun of Rush!" (In many commentaries, Cooper would make fun of the Canadian rock band Rush.) He also refers to many of his listeners as being in mental hospitals.