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  Alice Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cooper was influenced by British bands such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and in particular The Yardbirds.
Cooper denied the rumor, whereupon Zappa told him, "Well, whatever you do, don't tell anyone you didn't do it." [3] Cooper says he did not know chickens could not fly because he said that he had never been on a farm in his life.
Cooper's outspoken views on the Vietnam War stood out no less, as Cooper was always staunchly pro-war—in stark contrast to the vast majority of musicians at the time, who were rebelliously anti-war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alice_Cooper   (3589 words)

  
 Alice Cooper
Under his direction, Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to shock.
Cooper made a successful comeback in the late '80s, sparked by his appearances in horror films and a series of pop/metal bands that paid musical homage to his classic early records and concerts.
Alice Cooper was once elected Homecoming Queen for the University Of Houston.
www.classicbands.com /cooper.html   (1004 words)

  
 VH1.com : Alice Cooper : Biography
Having officially changed his name to Alice Cooper, Furnier embarked on a similarly theatrical solo career; the rest of the band released one unsuccessful album under the name Billion Dollar Babies, while Mike Bruce and Neal Smith both recorded solo albums that were never issued.
Its follow-up, 1976's Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, was another hit, going gold in the U.S. After Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, Cooper's career began to slip, partially due to changing trends and partially due to his alcoholism.
Cooper made a successful comeback in the late '80s, sparked by his appearances in horror films and a series of pop-metal bands that paid musical homage to his classic early records and concerts.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/cooper_alice/bio.jhtml   (1159 words)

  
 Independent - March 14, 2005: $50K loan keeps Ceremonial on life support
Alice Cooper looks for an open teammate to pass to during a basketball game at the grand opening of the Navajo Christian Foundation's gym and rec center.
Cooper offered insight into how her husband has used his gift of music to bridge the worlds of rock 'n' roll and Christianity.
Alice said that when he was around 14 years old, he spent three years with his parents both missionaries on the San Carlos Apache reservation.
www.gallupindependent.com /2005/mar/031405cooper.html   (1053 words)

  
 ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 82: Alice Cooper (20/06/2005)
Alice Cooper was once dubbed the most evil rock singer in the world.
ALICE COOPER: When you do my kind of show, there's a lot of spinal tap moments, things that are supposed to do this but don't do that.
ALICE COOPER: Out of all the things that are supposed to happen, a lot of times your mistakes end up being the best things in the show.
www.abc.net.au /tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1396692.htm   (4099 words)

  
 Alice Cooper at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), better known as Alice Cooper, is a heavy metal singer, musician and composer.
Cooper was backed by Lou Reed's band, guitarist Dick Wagner, guitarist Steve Hunter, bassist Prakash John, keyboardist Joseph Chrowski, and drummer Penti Glan.
After three further disappointing albums, in 1977 Cooper was hospitalized in the New York sanitarium for alcoholism.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Alice_Cooper.html   (741 words)

  
 Alice Cooper
The original Alice Cooper Group's image been soiled greatly by Alice's long rap sheet of pitiable solo efforts and I'd like to set the facts straight once and for all.
Alice Cooper was not a figurehead of modern heavy metal as Wayne's World and Circus Magazine have led us to believe, nor was he always the face-painted and commercially successful shock rock maniac he's recognized as today.
Alice were also asked to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, site of the famous chicken incident.
www.furious.com /perfect/alicecooper.html   (1238 words)

  
 Chrenkoff
ALICE COOPER: I just think that that war's going to go on for a long time, whoever is the President.
ALICE COOPER: Well, it's probably true, but I can't see them going, "Oh, gosh." The guys in Iraq going, "Gee, how horrible for America." I think there's a general feeling in that world that if America falls they'll be in a much better state, so we have to view those people in the same boat.
Alice Cooper, the godfather of shock rock, the pioneer of outrageous stage behavior, and the bane of moral crusaders throughout the 1970s.
chrenkoff.blogspot.com /2005/06/alice-in-realityland.html   (659 words)

  
 Alice Cooper News
Alice Cooper, known as the original shock-rocker, will perform in El Paso at 7:30 p.m.
Alice Cooper spectacular at the Villa Marina 02 June 2006 12:24:42 Alice Cooper put on a superb show for a sellout crowd at the Villa Marina last night.
Since Alice Cooper's career as the king of shock rock was hatched in the Great Lakes area, it is only fitting that he has returned to roost.
www.topix.net /who/alice-cooper   (600 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Alice Cooper's snake eats too much   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alice Cooper borrowed an anaconda for Saturday's show to replace the python, which undulates onstage with Cooper during his performances.
Just hours before its owner, rocker Alice Cooper, was to take the stage at a theater in Wallingford last weekend, the 8-foot-long snake ate a live rat and then swallowed a 12-by-14 inch heating pad, wires and all, that had been left in its cage by mistake.
Alice the snake was resting comfortably at Jacobs' office Thursday.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-08-06-cooper-python_x.htm   (329 words)

  
 Alice Cooper Tour Programs
Until the release of the "Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper" boxset, this was the only way to hear this song.
Alice's recent Eyes of Alice Cooper tour in Australia and the Dirty Diamonds tour of Europe / US (2005) have not had any supporting tour programs.
Some of these concerts were staged during Alice Coopers' official tours such as The Fillmore East concert being part of the Love It To Death Tour of 1971.
www.members.optusnet.com.au /~dcwirth   (2162 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Alice Cooper goes with God   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alice Cooper says he loves God but doesn't want to become a 'celebrity' believer.
Alice Cooper, who sang about necrophilia and chopped up baby dolls during his concerts, said that although he continues to record and tour with a theatrical horror-style show, "My life is dedicated to follow Christ."
Cooper told HM he answers his critics: "'I was one thing at one time, and I'm something new.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26647   (534 words)

  
 Alice Cooper -- Concert Review from the Dirty Diamonds Tour at Topeka, Kan. Sep. 7, 2005
Alice Cooper has pretties for you at his main page...
What's widely considered Alice Cooper's greatest song (Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera") started playing and a very very frightening demonic scream was heard as Alice Cooper appeared on that Topekan stage.
Whenever he'd smack a guitarist or his daughter (who'd dance around on stage frequently wearing just enough clothes to not be considered totally indecent), he had his head chopped off via a guillotine and re-emerged in a coffin at one point...
www.donignacio.com /cooperalice/cooperconcert.html   (1150 words)

  
 Omega's Alice Cooper Web Page
Alice, after hearing of Glen's death said, "I grew up with Glen, started the band with him, and he was one of my best friends.
The first time I saw a clip of Alice was on an old documentary produced by the CBC called 'Rock-a-bye.' It was filmed as Alice was about to make a controversial concert appearance in Toronto in the early 70's.
Alice Cooper or originally Vincent Damon Furnier (pronounced "Fern-yea", like the plant and the cheer, with the stress on the second syllable), is the son of a Methodist minister and was born on February 4, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan.
www.pathcom.com /~omega/alicecop.html   (9040 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Killer: Music: Alice Cooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cooper's rock/shock aesthetic was coming into full bloom here and "Dead Babies" shows he was satisfied with his formula of hard rock, bad taste, and images outside the realm of Middle America.
The Alice Cooper Band put out some of the best rock of the 70's and 'Killer' is one of the best albums of the decade.
Alice has a ton of five-star efforts, but this is the finest one of all.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002KDS?v=glance   (1960 words)

  
 SickthingsUK: Alice Cooper News
It is possible Alice will show up on "My Planet Rocks" on Planet Rock this Saturday at 7pm presumably to advertise the fact he will be doing their breakfast show soon.
Alice was interviewed at the MOR show yesterday for PlanetRock and you can hear what he has to say, including a mention for the UK Sickthings, here.
The BBC and other sources are reporting that Alice Cooper is confirmed to take part in the 'All Star Cup', a celebrity golf event organised by TV stars 'Ant and Dec' at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales.
www.sickthingsuk.co.uk   (3720 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dirty Diamonds: Music: Alice Cooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There was a fear in the Alice Cooper camp that this album would become too diverse, but diversity didn't become a problem at all.
Alice has done his homework very well, because lyrics are now in some places very clever and his trademark humour is still there.
Alice should have performed more songs from this album and taken new ideas from this album to his stage show.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009X75MY?v=glance   (2078 words)

  
 Alice Coopers Dirty Diamonds on New West Records - Get News and Tour Dates
Alice Cooper is master at re-inventing himself, shedding his skin like one of his snakes to become everything from a mascara’d grave robber to a leather-wrapped street hooligan, a film noir detective, insane asylum honor student, and nihilistic dada-ist.
Alice was always too much of an elegant gentleman; He wouldn’t swear…but he’d slit your throat.”
Alice Cooper - LA Weekly concerts of the year
www.newwestrecords.com /alice.php   (862 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Dirty Diamonds: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alice's albums had gotten a bit hit and miss in recent years.
Alice Cooper is the F***ing master of his trade, this album hits the correct formula right on the nose.
I went to see Alice at wembely on the 6th nov 2005 and it was awsome they were supported by Twisted Sister, they were also awsome Alice puts on such a great show anyone who hasn't seen him live should, anyway the album is great.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009QYQVO   (723 words)

  
 KNAC.COM - Features - Alice Cooper Interview Jeff Kerby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Where Vince ends and Alice Cooper begins though is anyone’s guess and by his own admission, the vocalist has stated that there were times during his career where even he didn’t know where his alter ego ended and his true self actually began.
Alice just seems like an arrogant bastard or villain who is making the audience feel as though they are lucky to be there when in reality that is exactly the opposite of my personality.
I always wanted the Alice Cooper show to be like that, but of course Cirque came much later, but that’s always what we were shooting for.
www.knac.com /article.asp?ArticleID=3884   (5376 words)

  
 Alice Cooper Tour Dates, Pictures, Memorabilia - Home
This website is dedictated to the legendary 'shock rocker' Alice Cooper, who has been performing for almost 40 years and has sold millions of albums.
There is a trading section which gives you the chance to trade audio and video of Alice Cooper.
Deep Purple and Alice Cooper have been announced as the headline acts for the revitalised "Monsters Of Rock" festival taking place at Milton Keynes Bowl on June 3rd.
www.alicecooper.co.uk   (131 words)

  
 ACooper Presents The Legendary Alice Cooper
The work on it has stopped, as this was only my first attempt at paying homage to the man. I'm in the process of creating an all new and vastly improved Legendary Alice Cooper web site.
Vincent Furnier changed his name to Alice Cooper, he wore ghoulish makeup, ripped up toy dolls, carried around a snake, he was a parent's worst nightmare.
Alice has changed rock 'n' roll by creating "theatrical rock" not only playing his music on stage, but also acting out his songs on stage.
www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Palms/7437   (315 words)

  
 WEHT.net: Whatever Happened To... The Alice Cooper Group
Claim To Fame: Along with a minister's son named Vincent Furnier they formed a band called The Nazz in Phoenix Arizona in the early 1960's (not to be confused with Todd Rundgren's band of the same name).
In 1968 Furnier changed his name to Alice Cooper after a 17th century witch by that name, and set out with the intent to "drive a stake through the heart of the love generation".
Alice Cooper is very much still in business today and needs no "where are they now?" file.
www.weht.net /WEHT/The_Alice_Cooper_Group.html   (235 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: C: Cooper, Alice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alice Cooper Live - Real Audio files from 1991 (live in the studio) and 1978.
Alice Cooper News: Topix.net - News about Alice Cooper continually updated from around the net.
RockMagic.net: Alice Cooper - Guitar and bass tablatures and chords.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/C/Cooper,_Alice   (523 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Alice Cooper: Anti-Bush acts treasonous morons
Shock-rock legend Alice Cooper calls rock stars campaigning for Democrat John Kerry treasonous morons.
The 56-year-old Cooper says he was disgusted to learn the likes of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and Dave Matthews were hitting the road for a series of concerts designed to help defeat President Bush.
Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, is reportedly a strong Republican who joins Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at NBA games in Phoenix.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40127   (358 words)

  
 Alice Cooper eChive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New tour dates for 2006 are being announced, and a new cameo role for Alice is in negotiations.
Alice's July 12th show in Switzerland has been filmed for a DVD release sometime in 2006.
Alice will appear on the syndicated radio show Rockline in the USA on August 17th.
www.goatley.com /alicecooperarchive   (371 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Alice Cooper
After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, youd think Alice Coopers demons wouldve been conquered by nowor maybe locked in a cage and fed undercooked meat.
But the man who changed the course of rock music in the 70s with bloody guillotines, sparking electric chairs, slimy boa constrictors, and a little blood and eyeliner still has more to slay in 2005.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © 2005 Alice Cooper.
www.purevolume.com /alicecooper   (99 words)

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