Matt Sorum talks about Alice Cooper and how he joined Hollywood Vampires, standing in front of a photo of Alice Cooper at the Morrison Hotel Gallery for Rock Hall’s Snapshot series. Alice Cooper was one of the first concerts Matt Sorum ever saw, on the Welcome to My Nightmare tour at the Forum in Los Angeles, from the 16th row on a ticket that cost about six dollars. Decades later, Matt Sorum saw a press item announcing a new band from Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry. It listed no drummer, so Matt Sorum emailed Alice Cooper’s longtime manager, Shep Gordon. Shep Gordon wrote back: “Aloha, you’re in.” Matt Sorum looks back on Hollywood Vampires’ first shows at the
