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Alice Cooper
Feb. 4, 1948
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Artistfacts:
| Cooper owns a restaurant in Phoenix called Cooper'stown. The motto: "Where jocks and rock meet." |
| His real name is Vincent Furnier. Alice Cooper was the name of the band, but the name became so associated with the lead singer that he took it. "Alice Cooper" is the name of a girl who was accused of being a witch in the 1600s, but Furnier didn't know that when he took the name. He tried to choose a sweet, innocent sounding name that would contrast against the shocking stage show. A rumor has persisted that Cooper got the name from a Ouija board. |
| He paid $28,000 to sponsor restoration of the second O in the HOLLYWOOD sign in 1978. He dedicated it to the memory of Groucho Marx. |
| Alice is an avid golfer. He has done commercials for Calloway clubs, making him the first rock star to endorse a golf product. |
| He ran for governor of Arizona in 1988. |
| Cooper: "I can live my life and be Alice Cooper the golfer of the restaurateur or the philanthropist. If you want to see the other Alice, you have to go see the show." |
| Alice appeared in the movie Wayne's World. Wayne and Garth go backstage to meet him, where he becomes the subject of their "We're not worthy" bit. |
| At a Toronto rock festival in 1969 while opening for John Lennon and The Doors, a fan threw a chicken on the stage. Cooper threw the chicken back into the audience, who tore it apart. The crowd loved it, and Cooper's shows became more theatrical to play up the image. |
| Cooper was the guest star on a Halloween episode of The Muppet Show. He claims Miss Piggy flirted with him. |
| In 2001 the International Horror Guild gave him a living legend award. |
| He set a 24-mile cross-country running record in high school. |
| Cooper had a pet snake named Julius Squeezer that died after being bitten by a rat. |
| In the early '80s, he worked on a project with Joe Perry from Aerosmith. When Aerosmith got back together in 1984, it was abandoned. |
| When he was a kid, his family was poor and there were very few presents. Now, Cooper goes crazy on Christmas, buying lots of gifts for his family. |
| He wrote sports and feature articles for his school under the pseudonym "Muscles McNasal." (thanks, Mark - Las Vegas, NV) |
| Cooper explained in the January, 2009 issue of Esquire: "When I moved to L.A. with this little wimpy garage band, the first people we met were the Doors. Then we met Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. All of the people who died of excess were our big brothers and sisters. So I said to myself: How do you become a legend and enjoy it? The answer is to create a character as legendary as those guys and leave that character on the stage." |
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Comments:
| Cooper'stown? Im putting that on a list of where i want to go before i die. - Luke, Dayton, OH |
| Cooper was once on an episode of That 70's show - Luke, Dayton, OH |
| Alice Cooper grew up in Phoenix. When he was in high school- Cortez High- he ran track. He passed out after a race and landed on his nose- hence it's crooked state. The track coach- Emmit Smith (not the footbal player) told all the lettering athletes they each had to do a skit at the Lettermen banquet. The lyrics "the Rev. Smith, he recognized me, he punched me in the nose" from "No More Mr Nice Guy" referred to Coach Smith, a Mormon Bishop. He and several of his fellow athletes decided to do a take-off on the Beatles and named it after a different insect- The Earwigs. Much of Phoenix in the early 60s was surrounded by citrus groves. These were sub-divided and turned into housing projects ("15 full-grown citrus trees in each yard!"). Earwigs are centipede-like insects with pinchers on their tales that favored orange groves. After homes were plopped down there, you always had them in your houses. The show went off so well, that they remained as a group later changing their name to the Spiders ("Return of the Spiders" on their second album). They briefly called themselves the Nazz until they found out there was already a band with that name led by someone named Todd Rundgren. They opted for the Alice moniker. Alice is now a pillar of the community in Paradise Valley.
- Dave, Scottsdale, AZ |
| I named my only son after Alice Cooper and Neil Young. His name is Cooper Young
- Brian, Knxville, IA |
| A couple of people have posted comments that's really wrong here. Jason, Lahaina said that Alice Cooper became a christian in the 80's, but he has always been one. He's dad was a priest. And Alice Cooper's real name isn't Vincent Furnier. He was given the name when he was born, but he changed it legally to Alice Cooper in 1974, so that's his real name now. - Michael, Stockholm, Sweden |
| I think Alice Cooper is just wonderful and would loooove to meet him. His music is great, he has a wife he adores and three fab kids. He's a very happy man. I wish Marilyn Manson could find some joy for himself but I don't think it'll ever happen.
Carole, Louisville, Ky - Carole, Louisville, KY |
| Vincent Furnier attended Cortez High in Phoenix Arizona. - William David Snyder, Phoenix, AZ |
| I've lived in Arizona all my life, and I just love going to CoopersTown. The first time I went there several years ago, I ate dinner, then when the waitress came over and asked if everything was alright, I said "No it was not, I demand to speak with the owner, please.) It didn't work. Darnit. - Mary, Phoenix, AZ |
| Alice is "The Man", that's all I can say! He seems like such a really cool guy, both onstage and off. - Michael, San Diego, CA |
| Alice Cooper (well his name's Vince, but never mind that) has an excellent, syndicated radio show on many rock stations across the country. Alice knows the history of rock 'n roll better than any DJ I've ever heard, and he's really funny on his show.
He's said several times that his Alice character has always "died" for his evil acts at the end of the show. I have no idea if Alice is religious or not, but if he is he doesn't say anything about it on his show.
Marilyn Manson is a poseur that couldn't hold Alice's spit cup.
- Pat, Albuquerque, NM |
| Frank Zappa "discovered" Alice and his band and gave them their first record deal.
- Darrell, Kalkaska, MI |
| i have seen alice cooper many times over the years and its my opinion that they changed rock for the better and in doing so brought about the music the kids enjoy today if there was no alice there most likely would never have been an marilyn manson. as its been said were not worthy! Thanks alice - hat, shelton, WI |
| The Cleveland Cooper'stown is in a great location. Walkin' distance from Jacob's Field and straight up the road from the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. They had a petition goin' the year it opened to rename that road to Rock 'n Roll Blvd (or something similar). They planned to have records lining the sidewalk with band/artist names. Haven't been back to Cleveland since so I don't know if that ever happened. I doubt it. - G. Marshall, Cleveland, OH |
| Alice Cooper's music is weeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiird, but it's awesome... i like it. - Stefanie magura, Rock Hill, SC |
| Misic aside. He actually seems like a pretty cool guy. - Stefanie magura, Rock Hill, SC |
| Vince is a native of Detroit, Michigan - james, schoolcraft, MI |
| Alice Cooper is no way anything like MM.
Alice was on a local radio show and he announced
he was in fact a Christian. He said he never once glorified Satan. He was into the macbre but was never a satanist. He also does many benefit shows, there are other rockers who give back:
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
The Hooters
Innocence Mission.
They do these shows with little fan fare and
self promotion.
- David, Haskell, NJ |
| Graham Nash joined Alice Cooper in some of those Calloway golf club commercials. - NickC, Ft. Wayne, IN |
| Alice Cooper became a Christian in the eighties aparantly, he has some songs written about it, one is Cleansed by Fire. - Jason, Lahaina, HI |
| is that little girl in the staples commercial his daughter ? K seattle wa. - K., seattle/sf/anch, WA |
| Alice Cooper is on a commercial for Staples - robbie, placentia, CA |
| Alice cooper was once known as the shock rocker of the 60's just like marilyn manson is today. - Mike, Spokane, WA |
| how come i havent seen any thing on alice coopers new rest. in cleveland ohio? its a nice place ! thanks - shirley, ravenna, OH |
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