Alice Cooper's 'Born This Way' and 6 other unlikely Lady Gaga covers

The shock rocker's surprising riff on Gaga's hit puts him on a list of unusual Gaga imitators that includes Larry King and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

During the Bonnaroo music festival, Alice Cooper surprised the crowd with a guitar-heavy cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
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Shock rocker Alice Cooper paved his way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with obstinate tracks like "School's Out" and horror-show stage antics, earning a reputation as a "psychotic Captain Hook for rock and roll's Peter Pan syndrome," says Brian Mansfield at USA Today. Now he's covering Lady Gaga, the princess of pop. Cooper performed a rendition of "Born This Way" at this year's Bonnaroo music festival, joining a list of people you'd least expect to put their unique spins on Mother Monster's tracks:

1. Alice Cooper - "Born This Way"

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