Mahoning commissioners, artist to honor Alice Cooper

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) said that Classic Rock station Y-103/WYFM-FM would help the Mahoning County Commissioners celebrate “Alice Cooper Day” in Youngstown on April 29.

Before Cooper’s show Saturday at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Mahoning County Commissioners will present Cooper with a proclamation in honor of his sold-out concert and his concerts over the past 50 years in the Mahoning Valley.

Y-103 on-air personalities Fast Freddie and Sandra Miller will be on hand Saturday to dedicate and present to Cooper a custom-painted trash can in honor of his career. The trash can was painted by artist Keith Sturgeon, whose work is known and collected by celebrities in the automotive customizing and hot rod world, including comedian and car buff Jay Leno.

What Alice Cooper says about the Midwest

In a previous interview with Y-103 Afternoon Host Fast Freddie, Cooper – known as the architect of “shock rock” - explained his popularity in gritty industrial towns like Youngstown: “The Midwest is the hard rock capital. We’re from Detroit. All around the mid-section of America, the audience wants the hard rock. They don’t put up with ‘gosh, I hope you like us.’ They want to be shaken.”

Cooper added: “When those bands from Detroit come to town, we come to rock, not babysit you. New York’s got its own thing, the South’s got its own thing, L.A.’s got its own thing, but the Midwest is hard rock meat-and-potato rock and roll.”

You can see a copy of Mahoning County’s proclamation below.

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This story was originally published April 28, 2023 at 2:35 PM.