lice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948)[1] is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock.[2]
Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Cooper on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with 1971's monster hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love it to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.
Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, adopting the band's name as his own name, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. In 2008 he released Along Came a Spider, his 18th solo album (25th album including the ones made with the Alice Cooper band). Expanding from his original Detroit garage rock roots, over the years Cooper has experimented with many different musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, new wave, pop rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock and industrial rock. In recent times he has returned more to his garage rock roots.
Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage, The Rolling Stone Album Guide going so far as to refer to him as the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and is seen as being the person who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.
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Johnny Depp Jams With Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry at 'Dark Shadows ...Hollywood Reporter1970s rock legend Alice Cooper, who is featured prominently in the film, was on hand for the celebration, taking the stage with his band for a high-energy performance in a tented parking lot behind the El Capitan Theater. Joining Cooper for the jam ...On our radar: Johnny Depp rocks out with Alice CooperBoston.com (blog)Alice Cooper, Moody Blues, Steve Milller Band + More Bring Rock and Roll to ...Ultimate Classic RockVideo: Johnny Depp, Aerosmith and Alice Cooper Rock 'Dark Shadows' Premiere PartyAceShowbizFEARnet.com -East Valley Tribuneall 2,791 news articles »
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lice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948)[1] is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock.[2]