Alice Cooper, Golf Monster

Publisher's Summary

The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demons with a golf club. It started one day when Cooper was watching a Star Trek rerun between concerts, bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day habit. A friend dragged the rocker out of his room and suggested a round of golf. Cooper has been a self-confessed golf addict ever since.

Alice Cooper, Golf Monster is Cooper's tell-all memoir. In it, he talks candidly about his entire life and career, as well as his struggles with alcohol, how he fell in love with the game of golf, how he dried out at a sanitarium back in the late '70s, and how he put the last nails in his addiction's coffin by getting up daily at 7 a.m. to play 36 holes.

This is the story of Cooper's life, and also a story about golf. He rose from hacker to scratch golfer to serious Pro Am competitor and on to his status today as one of the best celebrity golfers around - all while rising through the rock 'n' roll ranks, releasing platinum albums and selling out arenas with his legendary act.

Alice Cooper, Golf Monster is an unlikely and captivating tale full of wretched excess, life-saving redemption, ghoulish eye makeup, power chords, and five irons to the center of the green.

©2007 Alice Cooper (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic Reviews

"What a blast from the past, and such insight to the future! Alice Cooper, Golf Monster shares Alice's personal life mission, interwoven with great stories and characters from the 60s through the present in rock and roll. Not to mention some wonderful golf tips and experiences, humorously presented. Thank you Alice, for a nice ride!" (Michael Douglas, actor and creator of the Michael Douglas & Friends Charity Golf Tournament)

Pretty Good, Even Though it is Abridged

I was a little disappointed because I did not realize the audiobook was abridged. However the book was enjoyable, even though I am not a golfer. I am guessing being a hardcore Alice Cooper fan as well as an avid golfer is a rare demographic. But the golf stories did keep my interest. Also, I believe many of Alice's stories are not entirely accurate, for example, the chicken incident or the breakup of the original band. If you want more accurate Alice Cooper stories, read or listen to the original Alice Cooper bassist Dennis Dunaway's book.

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Awesome

If your an Alice fan, you won't want to go past this awesome behind the scenes look into his life, and what makes it even better is Alice himself reads this :D His sense of humor is apparent and I would recommend this to everyone (yes, even non-Alice fans) as you get a true understanding of what makes this man tick! Well written, awesomely read, a master piece for sure!

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Golf and rock n roll

Two of my favorite things. I am so glad I gave this audiobook a shot. I love rags to riches stories about music and this guy is passionate about his golf. I really love this book and am thinking of putting Alice in my dream foursome. Schools out for summer is all I ever knew about him. Very cool.

Golf monster!

A top notch experience like only Alice Cooper can provide. As candid as his on stage rock-theater and as inspirational as any theological work, Alice shares the very darkest and very brightest moments of his life with us. This is as intimate a view into a celebrity’s private struggles and successes as anyone could share. If only our corporate and world leaders were as honest as Alice, the world would be a better place. Alice Cooper for President 2020!! You need to be Elected (pin totally intended)...but who to run as VP? Perhaps Joe Walsh or Ted Nugent would be on the short list. Thank you, Alice, for another experience of a lifetime.

cool story

I knew Alice Cooper is a big golfer, and obviously he’s a massive name in Rock & Roll, so the story - and the way he intertwined these two lives - was truly enjoyable.

Alice Fans Read This

Alice Cooper fan? Buy this book. Christian? Buy this book. Well worth your time. The end.

Entertaining

It was very entertaining. Not much more to it but easy listening. Pleased with it

I only wish the book was longer

if you like rock and roll and golf and can't get enough of either one then this book is absolutely perfect and only could be better if it was a little bit longer.

Very Enjoyable

This was an extremely entertaining book and I especially appreciated that it was narrated by Alice Cooper. I just wish it had been the full book instead of abridged.

He's awesome!

Loved it. Very interesting. Whole family enjoyed listening to Alice. Liked how he compared everything to golf.

Golf School's Out

This is an entertaining account of Alice Cooper's rock career and golf addiction, and makes for very easy listening. Narrated by the man himself, I'd reckon thirty percent of the book is about golf and seventy about his career, although if I was being harsh I'd say it's hard to tell which he boasts most about! You might pick up some golf tips, you'll definately pick up some good stories and you'll listen to the end, which is about all you want from an audiobook.

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Wonderfully narrated, thoroughly enjoyable listen

For those of us who remember the early Alice Cooper years, this is an honest and fascinating account of his rise to stardom and battles with alcohol, narrated by the man himself. I listened to it over two days and even rewound part of the book as I enjoyed some of the stories so much. Alice is a genuinely good guy and a brilliant narrator as well as being a devoted Christian and family man but he also has a wicked sense of humour and is a great mimic.

This is a really entertaining listen and would appeal to those who crave an insight into the rock and roll lifestyle of someone as successful as Alice and tells of his childhood, school days, how he met his bandmates and ultimately forged a solo career. I have listened to a great many Audible books and the narration of this is among the best I've heard. Keep on rocking Alice!

A good listen

As audiobooks get more and more popular as we're always on the move, Alice Cooper's 'The Golf Monster' is well worth 4 hours of your listening time. Read by the man himself, 'The Golf Monster' is a 12 chapter autobiography themed around how Alice's golf 'addiction' helped turn his life around (with each chapter intro explaining how to improve your golf game). Even if you're not interested in golf, Alice's life story is a fascinating listen as he overcomes adversity, becomes a superstar, battles through alcoholism and retains a bright outlook on life the whole way through. Alice is immensely likeable, interesting and never feels sorry for himself as he talks through the highs and lows of a fantastic career with an optimism and sense of humour. He's a real eccentric and he's quite inspiring as well. This book was written in 2007 but as any Alice fan will know he's still as sharp as ever these days, touring 'Paranormal' in 2017 and 2018, one of his best albums for decades. Thanks Audible for contiuing to stock more and more different books like these and not just the bestsellers you see at WHSmiths in train stations.

A funny, moving true story of one of Rock's greats

If you could sum up Alice Cooper, Golf Monster in three words, what would they be?

Funny, addictive, revealing

What other book might you compare Alice Cooper, Golf Monster to, and why?

Spilling the Beans which was also a very moving autobiography of an addict

What does Alice Cooper bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

His feelings due to the tone of his voice and intonation

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Kind of but happy to listen over a few dog walks

Any additional comments?

Recommended it to several people as it made me laugh out loud on several occasions.

Not your average golfer

This is a fascinating autobiography about someone who took the show in music to a different level. As an outlet for his giving up alcoholism he took to golf. There are plenty of interesting stories of the rock lifestyle mixed with the odd anecdote on golf.
Highly entertaining and different to your average autobiography.

Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12

Not a bad listen but dont buy it if you are looking to get good advice on golf........ also name dropping throughout gets abit annoying.

golf not your bag?

I wasnt too sure about this book as its about golf, but it is brilliantly narrated by the man himself, with a lot of humour, and the comparisons to his life are amazing. I would recomend this book to anyone who A) likes Alice Cooper or B) likes golf. When I started listening I could'nt stop. Fantastic ,Brilliant, All Of the Above!!!!!

Good in parts

The story of his beginnings is interesting and gives an insight into how he is an amazing opportunist but strangely this book gets really boring when he starts talking about Golf. I felt it deliciously ironic that reading it himself gives insight into what a manufactured commodity "Alice Cooper" really is and the oppotunism rather than passion behind it -couldn't really recommend it.

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