Alice Cooper Defends Ke$ha's Rock Credibility in New Interview

Posted on Oct 10th 2011 9:00AM by Carlos Ramirez Comments

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On Alice Cooper's new album, 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare,' the legendary frontman teams up with pop singer Ke$ha. Although they only duet on one track, 'What Baby Wants',' many of Cooper's fans questioned the move. But he thinks that Ke$ha is more of a rocker than the general public gives her credit for.

In an interview the two singers did with The Guardian, Cooper said of Ke$ha: "The thing I liked about her is she looked like a rock singer. I think she's going to wind up with a band behind her as a sort of female Robert Plant. [She's] got that stature and attitude. And that's why I wanted [her] to play the devil on my album."

In the same interview, Ke$ha added: "I'm not a submissive, perfect pop princess, that's for damned sure. I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me... I'm talking to millions of people around the world about having sex freely, getting hammered, and partying. It's fun for me to be riding that line of appropriateness."

Watch Alice Cooper and Ke$ha Performing 'Schools Out'

Alice Cooper's 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' is available now. Enter for a chance to win a signed Fender guitar from the shock rock godfather at this link.

Alice Cooper's worldwide 'No More Mr. Nice Guy 2011 tour dates:
October 12 Rome, Italy Atlantico
October 13 Padova, Italy Gran Teatro Rex
October 14 Milan/Bergamo, Italy Live Club
October 16 Basel, Switzerland St Jakobshalle
October 18 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
October 20 Chemnitz, Germany Stadthalle
October 21 Goppingen, Germany EWS Arena
October 22 Mannheim, Germany Rosengarten
October 23 Zoetermoor, Holland Silverdome
October 25 Sheffield, England City Hall
October 26 Bristol, England Colston Hall
October 27 Birmingham, England NIA
October 29 London, England Alexandra Palace
October 30 Manchester, England O2 Apollo
October 31 Glasgow, Scotland Clyde Auditorium
November 2 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
November 3 Lille, France Zenith
November 5 Toulouse, France Zenith
November 6 Lyon, France Halle Tony Garnier
November 8 Paris, France Zenith
November 9 Rouen, France Zenith
November 10 Rennes, France Liberte
November 12 Bremen, Germany Pier III
November 13 Mulheim An Der Ruhr, Germany RWE Arena
November 14 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
November 17 St Petersburg, Russia Oktiaborski
November 19 Moscow, Russia Crocus City Hall Expo, 3rd Pavilion

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