Alice Cooper - Malibu T-Shirt

Who’s more readily associated with the affluent, slightly hippie-ish coastal serenity of Malibu, California, than horror-rock icon Alice Cooper? Several people, probably. But in fact the dude’s offstage demeanor is pretty mellow – a far cry from the mascara-wearing monster who regales concert audiences with tales of nightmares, black widows and the feeding of Frankensteins. So in a way it’s fitting that he modeled this design, redolent as it is of beachside souvenir shops.

But it wasn’t always so. The man born Vincent Damon Furnier ended... Read More

Who’s more readily associated with the affluent, slightly hippie-ish coastal serenity of Malibu, California, than horror-rock icon Alice Cooper? Several people, probably. But in fact the dude’s offstage demeanor is pretty mellow – a far cry from the mascara-wearing monster who regales concert audiences with tales of nightmares, black widows and the feeding of Frankensteins. So in a way it’s fitting that he modeled this design, redolent as it is of beachside souvenir shops.

But it wasn’t always so. The man born Vincent Damon Furnier ended a tumultuous chapter in his life around the time this photo was taken, having been confined to a sanitarium after many brutal bouts with demon booze. 1978 saw the release of From the Inside, an album reflecting on the rollercoaster ride of intoxication and near-madness he’d just completed. No doubt any doctor worth his or her salt would prescribe a nice long walk in the surf. Hide