Alice Cooper to Publish New Memoir: ‘Devil on My Shoulder’ Charts His ‘Evilution’

The cover of the 2026 Alice Cooper memoir, Devil on My Shoulder.

Alice Cooper will publish a new memoir, titled Devil on My Shoulder, on Oct. 6, 2026. The 496-page book, co-authored with Daniel Richler, will be published by De Capo, and is available to order in the U.S. here and in Canada here. It arrives two days later in the U.K. via Ebury Spotlight, where it’s available here.

The announcement, apparently written by Cooper, reads as follows: “In the beginning Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I’ve written a book that tracks Alice’s evilution (sic), how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how I’ve tamed him at last. After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes—all will be revealed for what they really were.

“I’m also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fueled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how I’ve stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan.

Alice Cooper (Publicity photo, from his website)

“And I want to talk about God. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think it’s only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other.”

Devil on My Shoulder is not Cooper’s first memoir. In 1976, he published Me, Alice, followed in 2007 by Alice Cooper, Golf Monster. He also released an official pictorial autobiography titled Starring Alice Cooper.

Related: Our review of a 2024 Cooper live show

Cooper turned 78 on Feb. 4. He plans a U.K. book tour in October. He is also doing a European concert tour in June and July, and has various dates in the U.S. and Canada during the year. Tickets for the book tour and most of the concerts are available here.
Oct 11: Cardiff, New Theatre
Oct 12: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Oct 13: London, The Palladium
Oct 14: Brighton, Dome
Oct 16: Manchester, Opera House
Oct 17: Stockton-on-Tees, Glob
Oct 19: Glasgow, Pavilion Theatre
Oct 20: Wolverhampton, The Halls

He will also tour with the Hollywood Vampires in 2026. Tickets for those shows are available here.