Heavy metal singer Alice Cooper took to the microphone yesterday in Columbus, but not on any arena stage. Instead, he commanded an audience at the White Castle headquarters. Cooper was inducted into the Craver Hall of Fame, a shrine for lovers of the company's slider.

Heavy metal singer Alice Cooper took to the microphone yesterday in Columbus, but not on any arena stage.

Instead, he commanded an audience at the White Castle headquarters.

Cooper was inducted into the Craver Hall of Fame, a shrine for lovers of the company�s slider.

On the way into the company's Goodale Bvld. meeting room, Cooper stopped to sing No More Mr. Nice Guy with the local band Misfit Toys. At the end of the impromptu jam session, Cooper joked that his real band should take note of Misfit Toy�s musicians because they played the chords correctly.

The 250 people in the audience warmed to stories about Cooper�s father sharing White Castle hamburgers with him.

Yesterday was an off-day for Cooper; his band opens for Motley Crue tonight at the Schottenstein Center.

dchenow3@dispatch.com