Up for auction a RARE EARLY! "Schools Out" Alice Cooper Hand Signed 8X10 B&W Photo. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes
with their Certificate of Authenticity.
ES-1347B
Alice Cooper (born Vincent
Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter,
and actor whose career spans over 50 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.[3] 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,[5] glam metal,[6][7] 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".[8] 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 and roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have
permanently transformed the genre".Away 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.