That takes me immediately to Detroit, because it’s the home of hard rock.
Iggy and the Stooges, the MC5 and Alice Cooper."
He puts it succinctly: “We just didn’t fit in anywhere we went.”
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“We watched the bands going on before us, and every band was a killer rock band.
We got onstage, and they loved us, the theatrics, the attitude.
They could see that we were not against a little violence onstage.
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They took us right under their wing.
When they realized I was born in Detroit, I became a favorite son.
We fit right in with all those bands.
It was exactly where we should’ve been.”
Fast forward to 2018, when the seed forDetroit Storieswas planted.
While touring behind 2017’sParanormaldrew to a close, Cooper spoke with his longtime producer Bob Ezrin.
“‘I immediately said, ‘Is Wayne still working?'”
“He’s a better guitar player now than he was then!
I thought, ‘Okay, I’m connected now to pure Detroit.’
I love his playing.
It’s got this real street Detroit feel to it, and it’s not glamorous at all.”
“I made a reference to St. Clair Shores; my mom was a waitress there.
Full of grace, what are you doing in this place?!’
In other words, we belong here,youdon’t belong here.
My uncles were all those guys.
That influenced me.”
“I’m proud of being from Detroit, I really am,” he says.
