Alice Cooper is a famous rock singer, who has managed to remain very successful in the music industry for many years. And Alice Cooper has not only become popular as a musician, but also as a songwriter and even a DJ. The American singer’s real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, but the star remains best known with his stage name, Alice Cooper.

Alice Cooper was born in Detroit Michigan on February 4, 1948. The star’s father was a priest and most of his childhood, Vincent has been active in his church. However, Alice Cooper decided to not follow his father’s steps into becoming a priest himself, but he actually became one of the most famous and appreciated rock stars in the world. And like most rock stars, Alice Cooper has been linked to many scandals and the star is known to have experienced numerous personal issues. Alice Cooper’s girlfriend, Christine Frka, has died due to an overdose in November, 1972. That was a crucial moment in Alice Cooper’s life, as the star was marked by the event. After that event Alice Cooper has been romantically involved with Cindy Lang. The two have been a couple for a period of time, separating in 1975.

Alice Cooper only married in 1976, when he met Sheryl Goddard. The former ballerina actually starred alongside Alice Cooper in his famous show which aired between 1975 and 1982. Although the two seemed to be a very happy couple, their relationship ended in 1983, when Sheryl filed for divorce, claiming that her husband’s problems with alcoholism were the ones which ended their marriage. Still, the love that the two have always shared for one another helped them reconcile and the two got back together only a year after filing the divorce papers. And they are still a couple today, having three children together. Although Alice Cooper managed to find love with this marriage, the star was overwhelmed by his huge fame, so he began having issues with alcohol and drug abuse. However, the star has managed to overcome these personal issues since the 1980s and he has also helped other alcohol addicts to overcome similar problems.

Alice Cooper is a very popular singer. The star has released many rock ballads during the years and he surely has numerous fans all over the world. Alice Cooper has also had many acting projects, the star showing that his talent is not only limited to musical skills. The real name of the singer we currently know as Alice Cooper actually is Vincent Damon Furnier. The star began using the name of Alice Cooper in 1975, when he launched his first solo album, Welcome To My Nightmare. Since that moment, Alice Cooper has managed to release many other very successful singles and the talent of this star is proved by the many nominations and awards he received in various ceremonies.

In 2008, Alice Cooper released his 25th album. Along Came a Spider was the 18th album of Alice Cooper as a solo artist. There is no wonder that in 2011, Alice Cooper was introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many songs by the star achieved worldwide fame. During his long time career in the music industry, both as the Alice Cooper band and the Alice Cooper single artist, Furnier has managed to release 46 singles, 8 live albums, 21 compilations albums, 12 video releases and also an audiobook. Not less than six of the albums that Cooper has launched achieved platinum in the United States. Two Alice Cooper albums achieved gold. In 2011, Cooper released the album Welcome 2 My Nightmare, this being the latest studio album of the star.

Well, Alice Cooper has never limited his career to the music industry. Besides being an actor, Alice Cooper has also served as a radio DJ, having his popular rock show, Nights with Alice Cooper, aired for years. And although now Alice Cooper is 63 years old, he still is in the spotlights, constantly releasing new musical projects. And the star has surely managed to write a page of history in the music world. With millions of fans, all over the world, the artist remains one of the most beloved singers of all time, with an impressive career and a great talent.

There is no doubt that Alice Cooper is a rock star, one of the world’s biggest musicians, with a career longer than 40 years. He is a living legend, born on February 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. His real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, but he adopted the name Alice Cooper from its band, once the band was broken and he launched his solo career. Since his first official release, in 1969, Alice Cooper has recorded 25 studio albums, 9 live albums, 46 singles and 21 compilation albums. Especially for his fans, here is Alice Cooper’s discography.

When being in the band, he recorded 6 studio albums:

1969: Pretties for You;

1970: Easy Action;

1971: Love It to Death;

1971: Killer;

1972: School’s Out;

1973: Billion Dollar Babies;

1973: Muscle of Love.

In 1975, the band fell apart and his solo career was launched.

1975: Welcome to My Nightmare;

1976: Alice Cooper Goes to Hell;

1977: Lace and Whiskey;

1978: From the Inside;

1980: Flush the Fashion;

1981: Special Forces;

1982: Zipper Catches Skin;

1983: DaDa;

1986: Constrictor;

1987: Raise Your Fist and Yell;

1989: Trash;

1991: Hey Stoopid;

1994: The Last Temptation;

2000: Brutal Planet;

2001: Dragontown;

2003: The Eyes of Alice Cooper;

2005: Dirty Diamonds;

2008: Along Came a Spider;

2011: Welcome 2 My Nightmare.

Alice Cooper’s amazing live shows led to the release of 9 live albums:

1977: The Alice Cooper Show;

1987: Ladies Man;

1991: Live at the Whiskey A Go-Go;

1997: A Fistful of Alice;

2000: Brutally Live;

2005: Live at Cabo Wabo ’96;

2006: Live at Montreux 2005;

2007: Extended Versions Live;

2010: Theater of death: Live at Hammersmith 2009.

Alice Cooper sure knew how to make history. He made millions of dollars from his records, publicity contracts and tours, but most of all he wanted to be unique, to entertain people and, after more than 40 years of career, he is called the world’s most beloved heavy metal entertainer.

Born Vincent Damon Furnier on February 4, 1948, famous American rock singer, songwriter and musician Alice Cooper has a career that has stood the test of time. In fact his career spans over four decades. If you’ve ever had the privilege of attending one of his stage shows, you were probably both shocked and amazed at his use of guillotines, fake blood, electric chairs, snakes such as boa constrictors and even baby dolls being used as gruesome props.

Alice Cooper is the epitome of heavy metal shows designed to shock. In the beginning Alice Cooper was a band that was made up of Furnier on lead vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton as lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist Michael Bruse, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and Neal Smith on drums. The groups first hit was the 1971 song “I’m Eighteen” from the album “Love It To Death. After that came the huge hit “Schools Out” in 1972. Their 1973 album “Billion Dollar Babies” propelled the group to commercial status.

In 1975 Furnier assumed the band’s name as his own stage name when he released his concept album “Welcome to My Nightmare.” Over the years, Cooper has released solo albums in several different musical styles such as art rock, new wave, hard rock and pop rock just to name a few. Most seem him as the world’s most beloved heavy metal entertainer. He played a huge role in shaping the look and sound of heavy metal rock and introduced horror imagery to rock n’ roll totally transforming the music industry.

This year in 2010 we are lucky enough to see once more the great works of Alice Cooper when he tours the world with another rock legend Rob Zombie. These two guys together are called the Gruesome Twosome which is pretty on the money considering that they both have interesting ways of expressing themselves. Not many people are unaware that Alice Cooper is also a legend on the screen as well as when he is singing his lungs out. This year Alice is appearing in a horror movie which is perfect for his nature in the movie Horrorween which you might think would be a movie based on the Halloween holiday tradition. Like many horror movies before this it would not be the first time that the slaughter happens during this holiday. Keeping in mind that it will be a horror comedy with some very talented actors and actresses then you might be inclined to watch it. Alice is known to be in many good movies and other TV appearances so you can bet on this movie being something worth watching.

In 2009 the comedy and almost musical movie called Suck about some Rock and Roll vampires who were living out their lives in the modern day world. this movie was another cult classic which really spells out the originality and fun that is created with any movie that Alice Cooper is involved with. In 2006 Alice appeared in one of the episodes of Monk which was a TV series which gave the impression that the main character had some sort of mental malfunction which somehow worked to his advantage. The year before this episode however Alice played an important piece of his path to providing the masses with entertainment. Metal a Headbanger’s Journey was a documented film about the life of rock and roll stars, their triumphs as well as their tragedies. There was also one particularly funny episode of That 70′s show which Alice appeared in that really would have helped boost the ratings for the already popular show.

Alice Cooper has credited golf as having played the major role in helping him to overcome his alcohol addiction. He has even said that when he took up golf it was a matter of replacing one addiction with another. This 2007 autobiography was titled Alice Cooper, Golf Monster. Alice Cooper has participated in a number of Pro-Am competitions. He plays golf six days a week and has a handicap of three or four.

The Alice Cooper Celebrity AM Golf Tournament has been held annually since 1997. All proceeds from this annual event go to the Solid Rock Foundation. The Solid Rock Foundation was formed by Alice Cooper and his friend Chuck Savale in November of 1995. The Christian goodwill non-profit organization is dedicated to helping troubled teenagers and children. The Solid Rock Foundation is based in the United States state of Arizona, and Alice Cooper is its president. You will also see Alice Cooper appearing in television commercials for Callaway Golf equipment. He has been a guest on a Golfer’s Travels with veteran British player Peter Alliss. He has written the foreword to the Golf for Dummies book written by Gary McCord.

Cooper has in recent years become more public about his religious beliefs. He is a born again Christian. Asked by the British press how a shock rocker can be a Christian, Alice Cooper replied that it is easy to drink beer and trash hotel rooms, but real rebellion is being a Christian. Cooper regards politics and music as being mutually exclusive. He has always kept his political views to himself, and has at times spoken out against other musicians who have promoted or given opinions regarding politics. He has been quoted as saying that the musicians who were touring and campaigning for Democratic presidential election candidate, John Kerry during 2004 were ‘treasonous morons’. Amid the controversy that followed Alice Cooper released a statement stating that the treason was against the ethos of rock itself.

Alice Cooper might be getting on in years but there is no doubt that this man can still rock it like the best of the stars. Nearly 62 this rocker can still make the crowds go wild while they jump up and down in from of him letting him know exactly who the king is. The girls love him and the guys want to be him, a star that can not only sing some very cool music but also put on a great show. Once known as Vincent Fernier, Alice took his stage name so that he could be remembered as well as having a better chance of getting his foot in the door. However with such talent he did not have to try very hard and fame followed his act everywhere.

Gore might be one way to sum up his show where most often you can see some signs of blood or torture. His famous song Black Lace had a very risky chance of being let to air because of the nature of the acts involved in the video clip. People tied up in all types of bondage gear with lights and smoke and the works. For some this is great entertainment however there are a few out there who do not like his sense of talent and would rather his style was swept under the rug. In 1972 his hit song ‘School’s out’ made it all the way to the top of the charts even though there were a few protests along the way. Parents and educators started to fear the worst as this type of gore and shock rock become more and more popular.

Alice played a small role in the smash hit movie, Wayne’s World where the main characters go to see one of Alice’s concerts to pass the time. Alice is a god to them and lets the two boys hang out where the catch phrase ‘we’re not worth’ got a whole new meaning. His latest album, along came a spider was released in 2008 when he was 60 years old which is pretty cool for an old guy. Alice Cooper has been around for quite some time and we are still expecting to see some more great things from him which is why we are all waiting to buy tickets for his next tour. No doubt it will be a gory one just like his others because age has certainly not slowed this rock star down. Like Mick Jagger and our mate Ozzy, Alice Copper will live on forever in song as well as in our memories as being a great showman.