Rocker Alice Cooper, Who Plays 'Herod' in This Weekend's Live 'Jesus Christ Superstar', Shares What Brought Him to the Lord Years Ago

Will Maule : Mar 29, 2018
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"Wouldn't you know that they would give me the part of the villain?" he told Rolling Stone of his new role. "When this opportunity came across, they said, 'Hey, why don't you be in Jesus Christ Superstar?' And I said, 'I'm either Judas or Herod, right?' And they said, 'Herod.' I said, 'OK, I knew that was coming.'"

[Faithwire.com] Almost four decades ago, Alice Cooper woke up in a terrible state. Vomiting blood and generally emaciated, he knew that something was seriously wrong. (Photo: Alice Cooper/Credit: Terry Robinson/Wikimedia Commons)

"Everything that could go wrong was shutting down inside of me," the musician explained to New York Daily News. "I was drinking with Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix and trying to keep up with Keith Moon and they all died at 27."

Cooper quickly realized that if he failed to stop drinking, he would die. It was happening to other world-famous rock stars that surrounded him; Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix to name just two. On the edge of despair and having been diagnosed as a "classic alcoholic," Cooper turned to a steadfast and faithful helper: the Lord God...

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