Up for auction "Shock Rock" Alice Cooper Matted Hand Signed 8X10 Color Photo. This item is

certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of

Authenticity.  

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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an

American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years.

With his distinctive raspy voice and a stage show that features guillotines,

electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords,

Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers alike to be "The

Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn equally from horror films,

vaudeville,

and garage rock

to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock people.Originating

in Phoenix, Arizona, in the late 1960s after he

moved from Detroit,

Michigan, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band consisting of Furnier on

vocals and harmonica,

Glen Buxton

on lead guitar, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis

Dunaway on bass guitar, and Neal Smith on drums. The original Alice

Cooper band released its first album in 1969. They broke into the international

music mainstream with the 1971 hit song "I'm Eighteen"

from their third studio album Love It to

Death. The band reached their commercial peak in 1973 with their

sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies. In 2011, the

original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Furnier adopted

the band's name as his own name in the 1970s and began a solo career with the

1975 concept album

Welcome to My Nightmare. Expanding

from his Detroit rock roots, Cooper has experimented

with a number of musical styles, including art rock,

hard rock,

heavy metal, new wave,

glam metal,

and industrial rock. Cooper is known for his

sociable and witty personality offstage, with The Rolling Stone Album Guide calling

him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". He is

credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been

described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to

rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed

the genre".way from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a

restaurateur, and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.