It's given Cooper a deep appreciation of mental health. He has since opened a special program for troubled teens called Solid Rock. He is working in Nashville with long-time friend and collaborator Canadian producer Bob Ezrin, who also spoke with CTV News about his own struggles with mental health. If you feel a certain way, talk about it.
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How parents can cope with generalized anxiety disorder. More Health Stories. And I walked outside just in my shirt on, just to wake up. And when I came back in, everybody was just kind of coming up. It was so strange that I really did believe that everybody was dead, and I was the only one that survived it.
Last month, Cooper revealed that he would like to front Foo Fighters if his band ever broke up. The rock legend has played on stage with Dave Grohl and co a number of times over the years, and shared his admiration for the way the band have covered his songs in the past.
Enlarge Image. Alice Cooper, seen at left in the s and at right in , has been performing for over 50 years. Getty Images; Redferns. More On: alice cooper. Most Popular This Week 1. Bella Hadid admits she cries pretty much 'everyday' and 'every night'. Billionaire oil heiress Ivy Getty weds in San Francisco. Share Selection. Alice's health starts going downhill again to such a degree Taupin has to leave to "avoid going down with him".
February 11th - Start of the 'Madhouse Rocks' tour. Presumably Alice continued to use cocaine, and whatever else it was he tried out, from here right into the 'Flush The Fashion' period and onto the 'Special Forces' album with the situation slowly getting worse. Presumably while on tour he was to a degree in control of it, what with the travelling and shows to keep him occupied.
However when at home he had nothing better to do. He records 'Zipper Catches Skin' but there is never a suggestion he will tour, likely because he simply can't. The resulting album, 'Da Da' is his best in some time, but receives almost no promotion from Warners. Again no tour is ever suggested.
September - A few days after 'Da Da' is released at the end of September Sheryl leaves the family home with Calico. Two months later she files for divorce. These events, reported in the press, pin point the time period Alice hit bottom.
In 'Super Duper, Alice Cooper' he describes being in his room, alone, curtains closed, with a huge rock of cocaine. What happened next presumably follows the narrative in the 'Behind The Music' documentary, but with alcohol replaced by cocaine. Alice returns home to his parents in Phoenix, who immediately take him to hospital where he receives emergency treatment to save his life.
In recent years Alice has started to credit his religious beliefs and those of his family for a miraculous cure. Or it could just have been the good work of the trained doctors at the hospital. Take your pick.
Whatever you chose to believe Alice thankfully survived. Sheryl agreed to return in mid and it took another couple of years to get Alice back to full strength, slowly easing back into work by hooking up with Joe Perry, then filming 'Monster Dog', and finally appearing with Twisted Sister.
He returned to the stage in October fit, clean and sober, with 'The Nightmare Returns' show, and as far as anyone knows hasn't looked back since. Alice and Sheryl at the 'Sgt. Pepper's' premier, July This is an unofficial fan site.
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