And since it is directed by Tim Burton, it comes as no surprise that it stars Johnny Depp. Depp portrays a 200-year-old imprisoned vampire who is set free and comes back to his ancestral home, where he comes across his dysfunctional descendants. The beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer also stars in Dark Shadows. Enough about the movie, though. You are probably wondering how is it connected to Cooper. Well, the rockstar makes an appearance in the movie, portraying himself. He is summoned by the vampire to perform at Colinwood Manor and he performs No More Mr. Nice Guy. He can also be seen in the trailer of the movie. Director Tim Burton said that Cooper was the perfect choice, since the action of the movie is set back in 1972. Fans will get to reminiscence about the glory days of the rockstar and to see him perform one of his most successful songs.

They will not only get to see him perform in the movie, though. Alice Cooper made a spectacular appearance at the premiere of Dark Shadows. He and the legendary band Aerosmith performed together on the stage at the official premiere and joined forces to give a recital that will surely go down in history. After all, two of the most prominent names of rock music do not perform together on stage all the time. Together with Cooper, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry performed the songs Come Together and Whole Lotta Love. The crowd went crazy and everybody wanted to hear more. And we sure hope to be hearing more from Cooper, given the fact that Aerosmith are currently working on a new album, after a 10-year break. Be that as it may, we are surely happy that Dark Shadows brought Alice Cooper back in the spotlight.

Behind this tough and shocking façade, Alice Cooper is actually a very nice and sensitive guy, who enjoys life and the company of his family. Believe it or not, Alice Cooper is a huge fan of the Simpsons. The creators of the show asked Alice Cooper to contribute a storyline for the September 2004 edition of Bongo Comics’s Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror, a special Monsters of Rock issue that also included stories plotted by Gene Simmons, Rob Zombie, and Pat Boone. The story of Alice Cooper featured Homer Simpson being a Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th killer and Alice and the citizens of Springfield are being stalked by Homer.

In 2005, Alice Cooper had given a wide-ranging interview with interviewer of celebrities Andrew Denton for the Australian ABC Television’s Enough Rope. Alice Cooper discussed various issues during the interview, that ended up being a very frank talk about his life on and off the stage. Alice Cooper talked about his acute alcoholism and his subsequent cure, being a Christian, and his social and work relationship with his family.

Another interesting fact about Alice Cooper that few people know, is that he loves playing golf. Alice Cooper claims that golf has played a major role in helping him to overcome his addiction to alcohol, and that he replaced one addiction with the other. The importance that the game has had in his life is also reflected in the title to his 2007 autobiography, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster. Alice Cooper is a very interesting person of the rock music industry.

Dozens of albums and singles later, Alice Cooper is still one of the most renowned music personalities of all time. While his career has always been on the spotlight, there are still many interesting facts that people do not know about Alice Cooper. For example, few people know that Alice Cooper wears a silver bracelet on his left hand and that only his wife, Sheryl, possesses the key that can get that bracelet removed. In the mid to late 70s, Alice Cooper was part of the exclusive Hollywood club Hollywood Vampires. In 1998, Alice Cooper opened a restaurant in downtown Phoenix, called Cooperstown. His tours are famous worldwide, but few people know that one of the tour’s dancers and actors is his own daughter, Calico Cooper.

Despite his tough look and horror outfits, it may be hard to believe that Alice Cooper is a huge fan of Kylie Minogue, the famous Australian pop star. Alice Cooper is also a fan of The Simpsons. He also enjoys collecting cars and antique watches, but his number one hobby is definitely golfing. He has even participated in numerous celebrity golf tournaments. Alice Cooper was born and raised in Detroit, so when a fan threw a live chicken on stage during a show in the 1970s, Alice Cooper believed that the chicken could fly, so he tossed it into the air and the poor thing went straight down into the crowd. As you can see, there is so much more to Alice Cooper than what is being said in the media.

Before going solo, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Vincent Damon 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 musical mainstream with the 1971 hit I’m Eighteen, from the album Love it to Death. Vincent Damon Furnier started adopting the name of the band as his own and released his first solo album Welcome to my Nightmare. Expanding from his original Detroit rock roots, over the years Alice Cooper has experimented with many various 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 off-stage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world’s most beloved heavy metal entertainer. Alice Cooper is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. He is also regarded as being one of the artists who introduced the horror image of rock and roll. The stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre. Aside from the musical image Alice Cooper displays, he is also a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and since 2004 a popular radio DJ, with his classic rock show Nights With Alice Cooper. In 2011, Alice Cooper was honoured with a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

So, the star decided to tell his band members that he needed help after being submitted to treatment for alcohol addiction, in 1977. Still, after a while, Alice Cooper repealed, event that took place in 1981. 1986 was the year when Alice Cooper acknowledged his personal issues and asked for support, once again. This time, the treatment helped him overcome his own issues, and Alice Cooper actually decided to work to help others in need. So, he offered support and counsel to many other rock stars who found themselves in the need of overcoming their own substance abuse issues. Alice Cooper actually claimed that helping others has become almost like a purpose for him. And so, he began sharing his own experience with other rock star friends, who were experiencing the same issues as he did.

In fact, helping others was part of Alice Cooper’s own recovery process. During the many interviews that Alice Cooper has offered throughout the years, linked to this problem, the famous star claimed that the addition to alcohol is an issue you can not control and you can never see it coming. The rock star has always been very open in talking about this personal issue and his recovery, thing that probably has helped him in remaining committed to the treatment. Alice Cooper explained his choice to be open to the public about this issue through the fact that since he drank in front of the public eye, he might as well stay sober under the same conditions. Luckily, Alice Cooper has always been stronger than his addiction and now the star is proud to say that more than 30 years passed since the moment when he last drank.

In terms of music, the music of Alice Cooper has a lot of influences, from classic to contemporary rock. This is what makes his music so unique and great. Although he is not young anymore, Alice Cooper can still rock it like the best of the stars. This 62 year-old rocker can still make the crowds go wild and jump up and down. People have been listening to the music of Alice Cooper for decades, and he is still today one of the best artists in the rock industry.

Surely, his most famous song is Poison, released in 1989 and featured on his album, Trash. There are two versions of the video which shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and singing his lungs out, while a ghostly woman looms over him. The original video had to be banned, due to the high degree of nudity involved at the time. The song Poison has been covered by many artists. Like many other rock artists, Alice Cooper himself was involved in drug scandals and has even underwent a rehab program. Now that Alice Cooper is clean, he is helping and counseling other rock musicians who are struggling in the battle against drug abuse and alcohol. Alice Cooper has interesting views on religion and politics as well. Although he is considered as a very weird person by many, Alice Cooper is actually a very religious person and claims that politics and religion should never be mingled with rock music. Surely enough, Alice Cooper will continue to rock on for many years to come.

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.

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.

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.

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.