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Alice Cooper gained fame by not denying false chicken-biting rumors
“So they actually, the press was at Alice, ripped its head off and drank the blood, and we never claimed that it wasn't true. It wasn't true. We never claimed it wasn't true. And that's what catapulted them.”
Chefs worked on Food Network for free in exchange for commercial slots
“I told them I would do it pro bono, but they had to, if I could get them a TV network, they had to work for free for a couple of years, two, three. They had to let me go tell somebody I can get all the talent free, but if they get broadcast, they don't need me…”
Alice Cooper qualified as Canadian content to hack radio airplay laws
“And then we went up to Toronto and found the guys who did the Guess Who. Who had a studio in Toronto, and gave it, got found a co-writer, Canadian, and brought the record in as a Canadian content, which I don't think an American band had ever done before.”
Shep Gordon's firm only took acts with a number one record
“So what I did is I set up a rule in my office that we didn't take acts until after they had already had a number one act record, and they were meaningful on the road. I think we set our barrier at five, 3500 people or something, so that they had already been t…”