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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans six decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, he is considered by fans, and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of rock designed to shock. Originating in Detroit in the late 1960s, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, adopting the band's name as his own name, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare; in 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, New Wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock. Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". Cooper is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. Although preceded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his macabre stage props, he is regarded as being the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Discography

  • Special Forces, 1999
  • Dragontown, 2001
  • Billion Dollar Babies, 1974
  • Love It to Death, 1991
  • Lace and Whiskey, 1977
  • 1972-11-15: Olympiahalle, München, Germany, 1972
  • Along Came a Spider, 2008
  • Welcome 2 My Nightmare
  • Constrictor, 1986
  • Playlist: The Very Best of Alice Cooper, 2012
  • Goes to Hell, 2008
  • Alice Cooper
  • Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits, 1974
  • Brutally Live
  • He's Back, 1997
  • Flush the Fashion, 1980
  • 2010-05-01: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Brutal Planet, 2000
  • Science Fiction, 1991
  • The Eyes of Alice Cooper, 2008
  • Welcome to My Nightmare, 1987
  • Legends, 2005
  • Live in Saginaw, Michigan 1978
  • 1987-03-06: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • Hey Stoopid, 1991
  • School’s Out, 1990
  • A Fistful of Alice, 1997
  • Killer, 1990
  • From the Inside, 1978
  • School Days: The Early Recordings, 1973
  • Trash, 1989
  • Super Hits, 1999
  • Ladies Man
  • Pretties for You, 1989
  • 2005-09-07: Landon Arena, Topeka, KS, USA
  • Raise Your Fist and Yell, 1991
  • Alice Is Back
  • Live at L.A. Forum 1975
  • DaDa, 1983
  • Freedom for Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces (1984-1991), 1998
  • Greatest Hits
  • Nobody Likes Me
  • Dragontown (bonus disc), 2002
  • Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper, 2001
  • Live at Montreux 2005, 2005
  • Freak Out, 1995
  • Live USA
  • Hell Is, 2000
  • The Best Of
  • 1971-12-17: St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Alice, 1991
  • The Best of Alice Cooper, 2007
  • 1973-05-30: Metro Sports Arena, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Prince of Darkness, 1989
  • Easy Action, 1989
  • The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper, 1999
  • Goes to Hell / Zipper Catches Skin
  • 2005-08-10: Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1975-08-31: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Collections, 2005
  • Spark in the Dark: The Best of Alice Cooper
  • The Definitive Alice Cooper, 2001
  • Brutal Planet (bonus disc)
  • The King Snake
  • Snorting Anthrax
  • Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper, 2005
  • Zipper Catches Skin, 2009
  • Muscle of Love, 1973
  • 2011-10-29: No More Mr Nice Guy Live: Alexandra Palace, London, UK, 2011
  • Dirty Diamonds, 2005
  • 1972-04-22: Commack Arena, New York City, NY, USA, 1972
  • 2005-10-04: Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN, USA
  • 2004-06-19: MetalTown Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2004
  • Spark in the Dark: The Best Of, 2009
  • 2005-09-10: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • The Last Temptation, 1994
  • The Essentials, 2002
  • Classicks, 1995
  • Live at the Whiskey a-Go-Go 1969, 1992
  • A Nice Nightmare, 1997
  • 1989-12-14: Waiting Till the Edge Kiss My Neck: Birmingham NEC, Birmingham, UK
  • 1982-01-27: Palais D'Hivers, Lyon, France
  • Poison, 1998
  • Nobody Likes... Alice Cooper Live, 2005
  • 1980-06-04: The El Paso Show: El Paso, TX, USA
  • No More Mr Nice Guy Live, 2012
  • 1971-07-23: The Barn, Peoria, IL, USA
  • Go to Hell
  • Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969, Volume IV, 1982
  • It's Me
  • The Beast of Alice Cooper, 1989
  • Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection, 2009
  • 1975-06-17: When Nightmares Turn Into Dreams: Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1990
  • The Alice Cooper Show, 1977

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