But, according to Reuters,
PHOENIX, Aug 17 (Reuters Life!) - Shock-rocker Alice Cooper has a surprise for those who only see him as the man in haunting black makeup with a stage show featuring mock hangings, real snakes and plenty of fake blood.No one is ever to far from the grace of GOD. In fact, as it says in Isaiah 59:1--"Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear." If His arm can reach out and bring a man like Vincent Furnier 9aka Alice Cooper) up out of the pit, and can change the heart of Brian Welch (former lead guitarist for Korn), then are people like Eminem, Marylin Manson, 50Cent, or Britney Spears out of His reach? Absolutely not!
The self-styled "Prince of Darkness" is throwing his energy into building a Christian teen center in Phoenix for at-risk youths from the area, hoping to break ground by November.
He wants the $7.3 million center to transform a grassy expanse at the city's Grand Canyon University into a place where youngsters can escape the streets and perhaps even become interested in a music career.
"If you get a kid that's just as addicted to that guitar as he would be addicted to selling crack, it will change his life right then and there. I'm sure of that," Cooper, 59, told Reuters in an interview.
"Some of these kids just don't have a chance. All their environment does for them is teach them how to dodge bullets and be really good criminals."
The rocker, who is known for songs like "School's Out" and "Welcome to my Nightmare," became a born-again Christian more than two decades ago after overcoming a drink problem.
Cooper has helped raise about $2 million to get the project off the ground through the non-profit Solid Rock Foundation which he founded in 1995 with youth pastor Chuck Savale.
Land for the 29,000-square-foot teen center, to be called "The Rock," has been donated by Grand Canyon University, which is a Christian-based school.
The center will include a recording studio and sound room, a concert hall, and a coffee house with a stage for performers. Activities will be underscored by a Christian message.
