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FEMUSINDO.com - Alice Cooper, born Vincent Damon Furnier, is an American singer, songwriter and actor whose career spans more than fifty years.
With a raspy voice and a stage show featuring many props and stage illusions, Cooper, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, February 4, 1948, is considered by many music journalists and his peers as the "Father of Shock Rock".
He has been cast in horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to portray their macabre and theatrical acts designed to shock people.
From Band to Solo Career
"Alice Cooper" was originally a band that released seven albums from 1969 to 1973, and disbanded in 1975.
After officially changing his name to Alice Cooper, Furnier began a solo career that year with the concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. Throughout his career, Cooper has sold more than 50 million records.
Cooper has experimented with a variety of musical styles, most notably hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and glam metal, as well as new wave, art rock and industrial rock.
He Helped Shape the Sound and Look of Heavy Metal
He helped shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll.
Alice Cooper's mesmerizing stage persona and virtuosity have permanently changed the genre. The Rolling Stone Album Guide called Alice Cooper "the world's most beloved heavy metal entertainer."
In addition to music, Cooper is a film actor, a celebrity golfer, a restaurateur, and since 2004 he has been a radio disc jockey (DJ) with his classic rock show Alice's Attic.
In 2011, Alice Cooper was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On August 25, 2023, he released his twenty-second studio album. (*)
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