Alice Cooper reveals he "put money aside" for his touring crew when pandemic started

In a recent interview with Forbes, Alice Cooper spoke about how important touring has become since the pandemic started, leading him to respond, "Oh my gosh. When we saw this coming, we put money aside for our crew. We could see that it was… something. So we put money aside as a backup for them. Because we knew that their unemployment would run out, you know? And then they’d have something to go to. I think all responsible bands did that. Hopefully."

"Because these are people we live with," Cooper continued. "We work with them every day. The guys that run the stage are as important as the guys that play guitar. So we made sure that everybody was covered. And that was really important."

He added, "Hey, we thought this thing was gonna last a month! 18 months?! Unreal."

On being able to do shows again this year, Cooper said, "I’ve been touring for 55 years. And we usually average 100 to 200 shows a year. We’re so used to being on stage that 18 months off was like insane! Just the idea that we were going to rehearse, everybody was giddy about it - couldn’t wait to get back on stage."

"Because we didn’t know if there was going to be an end to this! Maybe it was all over? Now people are out doing shows again - it’s back to the grind," he added. "And we love the grind!"