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Detroit, United States (1964 – present)

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is a singer and musician whose career has lasted nearly five decades. He is often referred to as the founder of due to his gory, theatrical performances. Cooper’s music influenced many musicians and helped shape the sound of and early . The original Alice Cooper band played mostly with a image. Since the beginning of Cooper’s solo career in 1974, he has experimented with many different musical styles. These include , , , , , and . In recent years Cooper has returned to his roots.

The original Alice Cooper group started in March 1964 as The Earwigs, a The Beatles cover band. After a couple of name changes, they settled on Alice Cooper in 1968 and the group became known for their theatrical and shocking . The group wore heavy make-up and women’s clothing on stage. They were one of the first bands, preceded only by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.

Alice Cooper was originally the name of the band. Under this name, they released several albums before the band dissolved and Vincent Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper, thus making Alice a solo artist instead of a band.
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  • mutinyonark

    won backstage passes and saw him last week. one of the best shows i've ever seen. he is such a showman. his new guitarist 'orianthi'(?) shreds and is extremely hot

    16 Jun 3:13pm Reply

  • Blvd_Nights

    Brutal Planet is such a powerful record. [3]

    15 Jun 8:02pm Reply

  • Fantigaro

    I could imagine how marilyn manson feels touring with the guy that gave him his whole career [2] Totally truth.

    14 Jun 11:41am Reply

  • BobioLangley

    For me, the original Alice Cooper band is among the tightest of any bands. As for his "solo" albums, among my favorites are Lace & Whiskey, Flush The Fashion and Raise Your Fist and Yell. I also just picked up his two latest releases, Welcome 2 My Nightmare & Along Came A Spider, and I really like both of them. I hope he plays some new material and some classics when I see him again in Milwaukee next month.

    29 May 12:36am Reply

  • RockWinsFOAD

    Brutal Planet is such a powerful record. [2]

    16 May 11:44pm Reply

  • ScorpionsPriest

    Brutal Planet is such a powerful record.

    11 May 12:24am Reply

  • ScorpionsPriest

    he sure did, as a matter of fact my favorite album is a solo album... as it's "Welcome To My Nightmare". I have to admit though that in general the band was more groundbreaking and I think the overall quality of those albums were top notch. His solo output however had some gems as well [2]

    11 May 12:24am Reply

  • Andy_warhola

    he sure did, as a matter of fact my favorite album is a solo album... as it's "Welcome To My Nightmare". I have to admit though that in general the band was more groundbreaking and I think the overall quality of those albums were top notch. His solo output however had some gems as well and I count Special Forces, DaDa and Hey Stoopid among those as well. Trash was more designed to score a hit album.

    7 May 1:59pm Reply

  • forever_mad

    Don't forget stuff like Special Forces, Zipper and DaDa in early 80s, as well as later Raise Your Fist And Yell and Hey Stoopid. I consider these among his best works, sure, the original band stuff in the 70s are classic albums, but he did some pretty damn good stuff as solo too.

    7 May 9:08am Reply

  • mutinyonark

    that's funny, but kindof true forever. however, there is no denying the all star line-up was the original alice cooper 'band'. it's like comparing ozzy's solo career to his run with sabbath or clapton and cream. yeah, they are all solid and taste is subjective but he was really changing the game in the 70s with the alice cooper band. opposed to kindof riding the glam metal wave in the 80s

    7 May 12:19am Reply

  • xdivine_infekt

    Billion Dollar Babies is a classic

    5 May 11:57pm Reply

  • forever_mad

    I dunno man... I don't think it really matters what you start with - while Alice's work is kinda diverse across the albums he keeps his style so if you like one you're gonna like the others, and if you don't like it, you're most likely not going to like the other ones either.

    5 May 1:47pm Reply

  • mutinyonark

    i could think of six other coop albums you should start with before 'hey stoopid' and 'trash'. idk how about 'billion dollar babies' or 'killer' or 'school's out'. you know one of the albums that made him the legend he is

    5 May 1:40pm Reply

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    4 May 8:59pm Reply

  • forever_mad

    Hey Stoopid and Trash are amazing, as well as Special Forces, DaDa and pretty much every album of his.

    3 May 3:28pm Reply

  • Neon_Blackie

    Hey Stoopid and Trash are killer albums start to finish! [2]

    1 May 3:41pm Reply

  • mutinyonark

    i could imagine how marilyn manson feels touring with the guy that gave him his whole career

    1 May 12:15am Reply

  • Capetax_

    hello hooray

    29 Apr 9:01pm Reply

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  • Lextasys

    Friday the 13th brought me here! :3

    13 Apr 11:20pm Reply
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