Vince Furnier was a pastor’s kid from Phoenix. Shep Gordon was a sweet Jewish boy from Queens. Together they gave life to Alice Cooper: rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous villain.

How they did it—and survived to tell the hilarious, outlandish, nightmarish tale—is one of music’s great stories.

This is not another sappy biopic. This is the story of Alice and Shep. This… is MR. NICE GUY