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ALICE COOPER
Identity Card
Name: Vincent Damon Furnier,
known professionally as ALICE COOPER
Born: February 4, 1948, Detroit, Michigan
Education: Cortez High School, Glendale Community College
(earning a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts)
Mission in Life:
ROCK’N’ROLL SINGER AND MASTER OF SHOCK ROCK
Other activities: Songwriter, Entertainer, Actor
What makes him special: Natural Wisdom, General Knowledge,
Originality, Creativity, Granularity, Sense of Humor,
Timelessness
The biggest highlights of his career:
LOVE IT TO DEATH (1971), KILLER (1971), SCHOOL´S OUT (1972),
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES (1973), WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
(1975), TRASH (1989), HEY STUPID (1991), ROCK AND ROLL HALL
OF FAME INDUCTION (March 14, 2011), PARANORMAL (2017)
10 of the biggest hits:
I’M EIGHTEEN, UNDER MY WHEELS, SCHOOL’S OUT,
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY,
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE, ONLY WOMEN BLEED, POISON,
HEY STUPID, FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN
Most underrated works:
PRETTIES FOR YOU (1969), EASY ACTION (1970), SPECIAL FORCES
(1981), ZIPPER CATCHES SKIN (1982), THE LAST TEMPTATION
(1994), BRUTAL PLANET (2000), DRAGONTOWN (2001),
ALONG CAME A SPIDER (2008)
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What first comes to mind while
thinking back to your teenage years?
Well, I was a kid that grew up when
Elvis was just starting. I was one of
those kids that just sort of mimicked
Elvis, always in front of the mirror I had
at home. Like every other kid. I was
a child of rock’n’roll, because it was just
starting out, when I was just starting to
understand music. I loved rock’n’roll
from the very beginning from back in
the 50’s. When I was a kid, rock’n’roll
was a kid too. So I grew up with it.
The thing about it was, I was 15 when
THE BEATLES came out, THE ROLLING
STONES, THE WHO, THE YARDBIRDS,
THE KINKS…all the great bands. I was
just at the perfect age. As soon as I saw
all those bands on television, I knew
what I wanted to do right then. I wanted
to be in a band like that, but I wanted to
be in a band that was more theatrical,
more visual than they were.
Was it possible for you to concentrate
on your studies in high school at such
an exciting time when rock’n’roll was
born?
When THE BEATLES started, it was
I think in 1954-1955. I was a freshman
in high school. I was at the perfect age