Rock n' Roll hall of famer Alice Cooper, who made headlines in the 60's and 70's with his shocking onstage antics, has cautioned that Satan is a "very smart" demon who often targets televangelists.



The 67-year-old "Poison" singer, born Vincent Damon Furnier, made his comments during an interview on The Harvest Show, an evangelical Christian program, CNS News reported.



"TV evangelism is one of Satan's greatest weapons. They put these guys on a pedestal and all of a sudden they get caught with a prostitute and every Christian I know then, is under the gun," the singer said.



"So you don't think that's kind of a set up? Yeah, I'm telling you, the Devil is very smart," Cooper warned. "He's not going to come out with the horns and the tail, he's going to come in as the slickest car salesman you ever saw. I've seen some pretty slick pastors on TV."



Cooper shot to fame during the rock 'n' roll era and was dubbed "The Godfather of Shock Rock" thanks to his grotesque music shows, including guillotining himself, frightening makeup, and ax-chopping bloodied baby dolls.



Although raised in a Christian home with a father who was a preacher, Cooper lost his faith during his rock career which reached its peak with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. However, the singer maintains that while he wasn't a Christian at the time, many of his songs "have totally got all kinds of Christian bywords going all the way through it, because it comes out of you."

