Alice Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier and was born on February 4, 1948, is a legendary American rock star. Many music critics and his colleagues regard Cooper as “The Godfather of Shock Rock” because of his raspy voice and elaborate stage shows that include fireworks, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords. He is a pioneer of a new kind of macabre and theatrical rock with roots in both vaudeville and garage music, with the intention of shocking listeners.
In 1964, in Phoenix, Arizona, “Alice Cooper” began as a band consisting of Furnier on lead vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and backing vocals; they traced their musical origins back to a group named the Earwigs. In 1966, Michael Bruce joined the trio on rhythm guitar, and the following year, drummer Neal Smith was recruited. The five friends chose the moniker “Alice Cooper” for their band, and Furnier later used it as a stage name. A studio album was issued by them for the first time in 1969, although it only achieved moderate success on the charts. The band’s commercial apex came in 1973 with the release of their sixth studio album, Billion Dollar Babies, after their breakthrough with the single “I’m Eighteen” and the album Love It to Death in 1970 [citation required]. After the dissolution of the band [citation required], Furnier launched a solo career in 1975 with the concept album Welcome to My Nightmare under the moniker Alice Cooper. Cooper has amassed sales of over 50 million albums over his career.
While his primary musical genres are hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and glam metal, Cooper has also dabbled in new wave (1980–1983), art rock on DaDa (1983), and industrial rock on Brutal Planet (2000) and Dragontown (2002). (2001).
Heavy metal owes a great deal to his contributions to the genre’s aesthetics and music, and he has been called the “first introduced horror imagery to rock’n’roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre”
Offstage, he is a comedy legend, earning him the title of “beloved heavy metal entertainer” from Rolling Stone. In addition to his musical career, Cooper has also established himself as an actor, golfer, restaurateur, and radio DJ since 2004 with his classic rock program Nights with Alice Cooper.
