Editing Alice Cooper (section)

===1990s===
In 1991, Cooper released his nineteenth studio album ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' featuring several notable rock musicians guesting on the record. Released as [[glam metal]]'s popularity was on the wane, and just before the explosion of [[grunge]], it failed to have the same commercial impact as its predecessor. The same year also saw the release of the video ''Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts'' which chronicled his entire career using in depth interviews with Cooper himself, Bob Ezrin, and Shep Gordon. One critic has noted that ''Prime Cuts'' demonstrates how Cooper had used (in contrast to similar artists who succeeded him) themes of satire and moralization to such good effect throughout his career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3619 |title=Alice Cooper – Prime Cuts |first=Mark |last=Boydell |website=DVDtimes.co.uk |date=April 25, 2002 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112225552/http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3619 |archive-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was in the ''Prime Cuts'' video that Bob Ezrin delivered his own summation of the Alice Cooper persona: "He is the psycho killer in all of us. He's the axe murderer, he's the spoiled child, he's the abuser, he's the abused; he's the perpetrator, he's the victim, he's the gun slinger, and he's the guy lying dead in the middle of the street".<ref>Shep Gordon interview for ''Prime Cuts''.</ref>

During the early 1990s, Cooper guested on records by the most successful bands of the time, such as the [[Guns N' Roses]] third studio album ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'', on which he shared vocal duties with [[Axl Rose]] on the track "[[The Garden (Guns N' Roses song)|The Garden]]". He also had a brief appearance as the abusive stepfather of [[Freddy Krueger]] in the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' slasher film ''[[Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite news |title=Review/Film; Ending With Class, if an End It Is |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/14/movies/review-film-ending-with-class-if-an-end-it-is.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 14, 1991 |access-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029084522/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/14/movies/review-film-ending-with-class-if-an-end-it-is.html |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |url-status=live |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet }}</ref>

Cooper made a cameo appearance in the 1992 comedy film ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''. Cooper and his band first appear on stage performing "Feed My Frankenstein" from their studio album ''Hey Stoopid''. Afterwards at a backstage party, the movie's main characters Wayne Cambell and Garth Algar discover that when offstage, Cooper is a calm, articulate intellectual as he and his band discuss the history of [[Milwaukee]] in depth. Wayne and Garth respond to an invitation to hang out with Cooper by kneeling and bowing reverently before him while chanting "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Cooper reflects on legendary 'Wayne's World' scene 25 years later |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/alice-cooper-reflects-legendary-waynes-world-scene-25-years-later-1970567 |website=NME |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=November 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213153115/https://www.nme.com/news/music/alice-cooper-reflects-legendary-waynes-world-scene-25-years-later-1970567 |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1994, Cooper released ''[[The Last Temptation (Alice Cooper album)|The Last Temptation]]'', his first concept album since ''DaDa'' (1983). The album deals with issues of faith, temptation, alienation and the frustrations of modern life, and has been described as "a young man's struggle to see the truth through the distractions of the 'Sideshow' of the modern world".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Alice_Cooper_The_shock_rock_pioneer_speaks_about_his_Christian_faith/30163/p1/ |title=Alice Cooper: The shock rock pioneer speaks about his Christian faith |first=Darren |last=Hirst |website=Crossrhythms.co.uk |date=January 3, 2008 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011145055/http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Alice_Cooper_The_shock_rock_pioneer_speaks_about_his_Christian_faith/30163/p1/ |archive-date=October 11, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Concurrent with the release of ''The Last Temptation'' was a three-part comic book series written by [[Neil Gaiman]], fleshing out the album's story. This was to be Cooper's last album with Epic Records since according to Brian 'Renfield' Nelson, Cooper's personal assistant, "Alice was interested in going to [[Hollywood Records]] even before 'The Last Temptation' was released because Bob Pfeifer, who originally signed Alice to Epic, was now the President of Hollywood Records. After 'The Last Temptation' was finished, Alice requested that [[Sony Music|Sony]]/Epic let him go so that he could make the switch to Hollywood. He just wanted to go where his friends are." and was his last studio release for six years, though during this period the live album ''[[A Fistful of Alice]]'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rarebird9.net/alicecooper.html |title=Alice Cooper |work=Rarebird's Rock And Roll Rarity Reviews |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225051930/http://rarebird9.net/alicecooper.html |archive-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> was released, and in 1997 he lent his voice to the intro track of [[Insane Clown Posse]]'s ''[[The Great Milenko]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Great Milenko |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/07/25/great-milenko/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029085916/https://ew.com/article/1997/07/25/great-milenko/ |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During his absence from the recording studio, Cooper toured extensively every year throughout the latter part of the 1990s, including, in 1996, South America, which he had not visited since 1974. Also in 1996, Cooper sang the role of [[Herod Antipas|Herod]] on the London cast recording of the musical ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (1996 London Cast)|Jesus Christ Superstar]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1142886/a/Jesus+Christ+Superstar.htm |title=Jesus Christ Superstar CD Tracks |website=CDuniverse.com |date=March 7, 2000 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609155953/http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1142886/a/Jesus+Christ+Superstar.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, the four-disc box set ''[[The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper]]'' appeared, which contained the authorized biography<ref>[https://alicecooper.com/music/the-life-and-crimes-of-alice-cooper/ "The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper", Alice Cooper's authorized biography, written by Jeffrey Morgan of Creem magazine.], alicecooper.com</ref> of Cooper, ''Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American'', written by ''[[Creem]]'' magazine editor [[Jeffrey Morgan (writer)|Jeffrey Morgan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alicecooper.com/biosheet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020215154320/http://www.alicecooper.com/biosheet.html |archive-date=February 15, 2002 |title=Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American |website=Alicecooper.com |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>