Alice Cooper remembers the iconic American Bandstand host Dick Clark in a statement on AliceCooper.com:

“I used to come home from elementary school to watch American Bandstand.  It had all the new songs, all the new dances, and it had the happiest guy in the world presenting them to you.  I had no idea that later in my career I would know Dick Clark on a professional level.  I ran into him some years ago, and he said to me “Hey Coop, if you had your own radio show, what would it be like?”  I told him it would be more like the free form FM stations of the 60’s, where the DJ’s actually played what they liked and demographics didn’t play a role.  He said ‘Alice, why don’t you do it then?’.  Just like that, my radio show Nights With Alice Cooper was born.  It’s been 9 years later and I’m still on the air!  And let me just add that NOBODY loved rock n roll more than Dick Clark!”

Dick Clark passed away earlier today after a severe heart attack.