
| Genres: |
Heavy Metal,
Pop / Rock
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| Descriptive "tags": |
rock, classic rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal, seen live, 80s, Shock Rock, hair metal
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Search for Artist on: |
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Wikipedia,
Flikr (photos),
YouTube (videos)
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Biography
Vincent Damon Furnier, 4 February 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Alice Cooper Band became widely known as the "masters of shock rock" during the early 70s, enjoying notable commercial and critical success. Lead singer Furnier adopted the Alice Cooper name as his own in the mid-70s, launching a successful solo career that has stretched into the new millennium. The Furnier family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where Vincent began writing songs while in junior high school. Inspired by a dream to become as famous as the Beatles and Rolling Stones, Furnier formed a group in the early 60s called the Earwigs. By 1965 their name had changed to the Spiders and then the Nazz (no relation to Todd Rundgren's band of the same name). Both the Spiders and Nazz played at local dances and recorded singles that were moderately popular regionally. In 1968, the Nazz, which also included Michael Bruce (b. 16 March 1948, California, USA; lead guitar), Dennis...
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