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Alice
Cooper likes to shock, and shock he does, but beyond the
gory props – fake blood galore, life-size electric
chairs, guillotines, and of course, boa constrictors that
make the squeamish squirm more than any other prop –
Alice Cooper promises a show like no other. Securing Alice
Cooper concert tickets is a challenge, but well worth the
time. Now
known as his stage name, Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon
Furnier. Furnier, the brainchild behind Alice Cooper, founded
the band The Earwigs in the early part of the 1960s. By
1968, the band had evolved and changed their name to Alice
Cooper, supposedly after a 17th century witch. Furnier and
his bandmates – Mike Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway,
and Neal Smith – released their first album in 1969,
“Pretties For You” which was quickly followed
by “Easy Action” in 1970.
It
wasn’t until the 1971 that Alice Cooper would refine
the heavy metal sound they would become famous for. “Love
to Death” would eventually go gold, and it featured
the single “Eighteen,” Alice Cooper’s
first hit. In 1972, Alice Cooper catapulted to worldwide
fame with their album, “School’s Out.”
“School’s Out” sold more that a million
copies and managed to climb to the second spot on the music
charts.
But,
Alice Cooper the band wasn’t meant to last. Following
the release of “Muscle of Love” in 1973, the
band set their sites on individual projects, effectively
ending Alice Cooper the band. But, Furnier, who had legally
changed his name to Alice Cooper, carried on.
Cooper’s
solo release, “Welcome To My Nightmare” hit
store shelves in 1975 and debuted in the top ten in the
United States. “Welcome To My Nightmare” featured
the hit single “Only Women Bleed,” which was
followed in 1976 with Alice Cooper’s sophomore album,
“Alice Cooper Goes to Hell.” The album went
gold, and fans gobbled the album up, making it another bona
fide hit.
Little
did he know it at the time, but Alice Cooper would never
again regain the same popularity as he had during the 1970s.
Still, he would continue to make music – releasing
such albums as “Raise Your Fist and Yell” (1987),
“Beast of Alice Cooper” (1993), “Take
Two” (2001), and “Poison” (2003).
Cooper
is still making music, releasing his latest album “Dirty
Diamonds” in 2005. Cooper can also be heard on radio
stations across America on “Nights with Alice Cooper,”
his syndicated show.
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