This is another legend with a truly impressive career that I someone have to summarize. He's been active since the 60's and is considered the grandfather of shock rock which is basically a rock and metal hybrid. Alice Cooper is the stage name for Vincent Damon Furnier. He and friends of his created a mock band for a competition before they knew how to play instruments, but it was so well received that they decided to become an actual band called The Spiders. After they graduated from high school, the band changed their name to Nazz and moved to LA. When they realized the name was shared with another band, that was when the name Alice Cooper came around coined from a character in Mayberry RFD. A lot of the hype and fantastical reputation that Cooper has developed over the years have started as an accident, but something that they just rolled with. Which I appreciate. It's very much the "you can't control what happens around you, but you can control how you react to it" mentality. The 70's saw them leaving LA and in Coppers words "drove a stake through the heart of the love generation." In 1975 the band was no more and Alice Cooper became a solo act. By the end of the decade, he had himself hospitalized for his alcoholism. The 80's he considers his blackout period because he can't remember it from being on too much stuff. He took a break to deal with personal stuff in the 80's as well, then did a bunch of appearances in the 90's. The 2000's saw a lot of extensive touring which has continued up to now. There was so much I honestly didn't know how to break it down, so if you want more you'll have to look it up yourself. Good luck!
Peace.
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