Shock rock pioneer whose on-stage antics caused outrage across the globe. As he battled with drink and medicines, his career took a dive till 'Wayne's World'. We're not worthy!
Born Vincent Furnier, Cooper fashioned his cluster early and as a young person he, beside valley Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and John Spear, fashioned a garage rock group.
The cluster rapt to LA and recruited a brand new member, Neal Smith. business themselves the Spiders, they were slammed by the critics as "the worst band in LA". Frank Zappa, however, liked their angry, direct and dark music, and signed them up.
In 1969, they modified their name to Alice Cooper (the name of the wizard UN agency spoke to Furnier via AN Ouija board board) and discharged 'Pretties For You' and 'Easy Action'.
In 1971, they were signed by Warner Bros., and their next album, 'Love It to Death', launched them into the simplest commercialism charts.
Then followed an entire string of hit albums together with 'Killer' (1972), 'School's Out'(1972), 'Billion dollar Babies'(1973) and 'Muscle of Love'(1974).
Alice Cooper liked to tour, however caused contestation where they went. His theatrical antics like the 'murder' of baby dolls with blood all over, and his extreme look, caused outrage, however created an enormous fan base.
In 1974, Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) compound from Alice Cooper (the band). Furnier unbroken the name Alice Cooper and also the band went on to record with the name 'Billion dollar Babies'.
Cooper created another hit album in 1975, 'Welcome to My Nightmare', however he presently varied and created variety of TV guest appearances in hit shows.
Cooper's music hit a worsening within the early Nineteen Eighties, with albums like 'Special Forces' and 'Zipper Catches Skin' flopping. However, by 1989, his new album, 'Trash', was a hit.
Recently he has been creating appearances in films like 'Wayne's World' (1992) and 'The Last Temptation’(1994), also as manufacturing albums that area unit comparatively well received, though they haven't matched the recognition of his earlier work.
The first decade of the twenty first century saw many activity from the singer, with the discharge of significant metal album 'Brutal Planet' in 2000. A world tour, including Cooper's 1st concert in Russia, and a live videodisc followed in 2001.
His next album 'DragonTown' explored his perspective on faith - Cooper may be a Christian – resulting in essential success. This was followed in 2003 by 'The Eyes of Alice Cooper', that used a young cluster of musicians UN agency updated Cooper's older sound. The ensuing vacant Bones tour was a powerful success.
In 2003, Cooper was conjointly given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On twenty six January 2004, he started broadcasting his radio show 'Nights with Alice Cooper' on that the musician plays classic rock tracks and tells stories regarding his life. it's broadcast on nearly a hundred radio stations within the US and North American country also as round the world. He conjointly received AN degree from Grand Canyon University identical year.
Cooper's twenty fourth studio album 'Dirty Diamonds' was discharged in 2005 and have become his highest-charting record since 'The Last Temptation’ in 1994. The tour launched within the US in August 2005.
In 2006, he was given the Living Legend award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour event. In December that year, the initial band reformed to play six songs at Cooper's annual charity event 'Christmas Pudding'.
