Alice Cooper - The Most Beloved Hard Metal Entertainer Of All Time

rowena on Apr 17th 2008

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. He was born as Vincent Damon Furnier on February 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.His rock genres includes Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock, and garage rock. “Alice Cooper” was originally a band name with Vincent Furnier portraying the lead man. Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and launched a solo career in 1974.

Alice Cooper is famous for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide assigned hin as the world’s most “beloved” heavy metal entertainer.Cooper helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. He is also credited as being one of the first to bring storylined theatrics to the rock/pop concert stage in the late 1960s. Aside from his love for music, Alice Cooper is also a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock shows “Nights with Alice Cooper” and “Breakfast with Alice”.

Watch Alice Cooper live at the WestPac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand singing the sing I’m Eighteen.

Check out Alice Cooper concerts schedules below:

Thu 07/24/08    London, UK   London Excel Arena  
Thu 07/31/08   Redmond, OR  Deschutes County Fair 
Sat 08/02/08   Great Falls, MT  Montana State Fair 
Sun 08/03/08   Sturgis, SD  Legendary Buffalo Chip 
Fri 08/15/08   Imperial, NE  Chase County Fair 
Sat 08/16/08   Council Bluffs, IA Harrah’s Casino - Stir Concert Cove 
Sun 08/17/08   Tower, MN  Fortune Bay Resort Casino 
Sat 08/23/08   Florence, IN  Belterra Casino Resort 
Thu 08/28/08   Oshkosh, WI  Waterfest / Riverside Park 
Fri 09/05/08   Las Vegas, NV  The Orleans Hotel & Casino 
Sat 09/06/08   Las Vegas, NV  The Orleans Hotel & Casino 
Sun 09/07/08   Las Vegas, NV  The Orleans Hotel & Casino 
Fri 09/12/08   Hutchinson, KS  Kansas State Fair 
Fri 09/19/08   Vancouver, BC  Centre In Vancouver For Perf. Arts 
Sat 09/20/08   Vernon, BC  Greater Vernon Multiplex 
Sun 09/21/08   Kamloops, BC  Interior Savings Centre 
Tue 09/23/08   Prince George, BC CN Centre 
Wed 09/24/08   Grande Prairie, AB Crystal Centre 
Fri 09/26/08   Red Deer, AB  Westerner Park/ENMAX Centrium Arena 
Sat 09/27/08   Edmonton, AB  Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 
Sun 09/28/08   Lethbridge, AB  ENMAX Centre 
Mon 09/29/08   Calgary, AB  Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 
Wed 10/01/08   Regina, SK  Conexus Arts Centre 
Thu 10/02/08   Saskatoon, SK  TCU Place 
Sat 10/04/08   Thunder Bay, ON  Thunder Bay Community Auditorium 
Mon 10/06/08   Hamilton, ON  Hamilton Place Theatre 
Tue 10/07/08   Barrie, ON  Barrie Molson Centre 
Wed 10/08/08   Oshawa, ON  General Motors Centre 
Fri 10/10/08   London, ON  Centennial Hall 
Sat 10/11/08   Ottawa, ON  Ottawa Civic Centre Arena 
Tue 10/14/08   Kitchener, ON  Centre In The Square 
Wed 10/15/08   Montreal, QC  St. Denis Theatre 
Fri 10/17/08   Halifax, NS  Halifax Metro Centre 
Sat 10/18/08   Saint John, NB  Harbour Station 
Sun 10/19/08   Moncton, NB  Moncton Coliseum Complex 
Tue 10/21/08   Saint John’s, NL Mile One Centre 
Wed 10/22/08   Corner Brook, NL Pepsi Centre 
Sun 10/26/08   Schenectady, NY  Proctor’s Theatre 

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