Alice Cooper, legendary singer and hard-rock musician, presents Thursday evening in Emilie Mazoyer's program "Musique!"

his new record.

A 27th studio album entitled "Detroit stories", in homage to the hometown.

The musician returns, from his home in Arizona, on the birth of his character with the eyes made up in black, a scenic alter ego born of a trip to France.

INTERVIEW

We knew the stage character of Alice Cooper, with eyes circled and barred in black, closely linked to the imagery of death, blood and nightmare.

It was less known that he had been inspired by France.

This is what the singer-songwriter explains on Thursday evening in 

Musique !,

Émilie Mazoyer's program where he presents his new album

Detroit stories

from Arizona

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It is a journey of the singer and his wife to Paris, and more particularly a show the couple attended in the Salle du Paradis Latin, which shaped part of Alice Cooper's character, Vincent Damon Furnier by her civil name. .

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"My guillotine on stage is very French"

"In this show, the master of ceremonies wore a white hat, top hat, and a tailcoat. He was trying with all his might to look serious, and the other performers were doing everything to distract him." , recalls Alice Cooper.

"I didn't understand a word of French .. But whatever, I found it so funny! It made me scream with laughter. And I reused a lot of those elements for my own show."

An artistic loan that Alice Cooper says she authorized herself because of her French origins.

"I have the right after all, I am French: my last name is Furnier", he recalls.

"And my guillotine on stage is very French too."

"There has never been anything satanic in my concerts"

Asked about the mortgage that the more than 2.6 million dead from Covid-19 could have made him soften his scenic imagery very related to death, Alice Cooper recalls that it is above all about making people laugh with our fears .

"Death is a mystery like any other, but I think we don't spend our lives fearing it. In any case, we shouldn't live in fear," advises the singer and musician.

"We'll all be there, but I try to find aspects of death that are funny. Even though I am sometimes told I shouldn't laugh about it. But I hope people have a sense of humor, and 99% of them understand what I'm doing. "

Alice Cooper also defends herself against rumors which have often attributed to her occult practices on stage.

"There has never been anything satanic in my concerts. Never," he says.

"I'm a Christian, you know. There's nothing satanic about my shows, it's more vaudeville."

Spectacular concerts that Alice Cooper, now vaccinated against Covid-19, hopes to be able to resume "by the summer".