Looking back to events in your life from 40 years ago you quickly discover that most of the stars and folk from your past are either now irrelevant in the present world—or dead!
But there is one enduring name, perpetual rocker Alice Cooper who, with his wife Sheryl, visited Albany in the months prior to the Albany 150th Anniversary to try his hand at shark fishing. Prompted no-doubt, by Melbourne shark fisherman Clive Green who landed a 1550kg white pointer shark off the whaling station at Frenchman’s Bay, on Anzac Day 1976.
Sharks were a good fit with Alice Cooper’s stage antics and his minders deemed a snap or two of Cooper with sharks on a jetty at Emu Point was definitely image building.
The fact that the rock performer travelled out to sea with professional shark fishermen, who set 3km of baited hooks, was immaterial. The world’s media ran with the story and Albany benefitted from the publicity.
And today at 68 years of age you can hear Alice Cooper on radio stations around the world and he continues touring with his band.
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