They started out as a group under the title before Cooper, real name Vincent Furnier, decided to go his own way and use the name as a solo artist. But they'd never spoken to each other about the events surrounding the break-up - then found themselves sitting side-by-side while each of them had their own say in the Super Duper Alice Cooper movie.

The shock-rock icon tells Ultimate Classic Rock: "The original band with Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and everybody, we went to high school together, we went to college together, we starved together, we made it together.

"We all had different versions of why the band broke up. I wasn't going to edit that out - I wanted Neal's version. I wanted Dennis' version.