Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK. Living Legend Alice Cooper, great American musician who is also an actor and a radio DJ his show "Nights with Alice Cooper" is very cool.
His real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, we have been enjoying his music for 40 years. He definitely created a sound and image totally unique.
Check out "Is It My Body"
His line up had many changes through the years but the original line up was:
Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper)- singer.
Glen Buxton- Lead guitar.
Michael Bruce- rhythm guitar.
Dennis Dunaway- bass guitar.
Neal Smith- drums.
The band influences; The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who and by Alice Cooper admission The Yardbirds was his favorite band.
The name Alice Cooper was intended as the band name but people start to call Vincent Alice so little by little he took the name for himself, officially in 1975 with the released of "Welcome to My Nightmare" as his first solo album.
Lets enjoy "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
He change music and the concept of what you can do on stage, he was definitely a pioneer way ahead of his time creating shows with spiders, dead people, guillotines, blood and just horror in general along with his music and unique appearance it was a recipe for success and to this day he still recording and touring very active with his career. Lets check out one of his great songs that I remember always playing over and over every year the last day of school. Here enjoy "School's Out"
Alice Cooper has influenced many people and his name is in the music history with his long career he has a huge Discography.
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"
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"
LIVE ALBUMS:
1977- The Alice Cooper Show.
1991- Live at the Whiskey A Go-G0, 1969.
1997- A Fisful of Alice.
2003- Brutally Live.
2005- Live at Cabo Wabo '96.
2006- Live at Montreux 2005.
There are many compilations as well. These albums are not only good but full of history and to end this edition of PRIVATE STOCK, lets enjoy "I'm Eighteen".
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