Towards the end of his concert in Munich’s Olympiahalle, Alice Cooper stands on a podium flanked by two US flags, which moments before had been a staircase. And from up there he sings and calls on his audience to elect him president. His arguments? “I am a first-class piece of meat.” And: “I never lied to you, I was always cool.” The “Godfather of Shock Rock” naturally has the best chances with his fans. And they were even bigger in 1972 when Alice Cooper sang the song “Elected” for the first time. Back then it was his Alice Cooper Band one of the biggest numbers in the music business. But despite this, it was not he, but Richard Nixon who was elected president.

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