Alice Cooper (band)

Alice Cooper, also known as the Alice Cooper Group or the Alice Cooper Band, is an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964. The band consisted of lead singer Vincent Furnier (who adopted the stage name Alice Cooper), Glen Buxton (lead guitar), Michael Bruce (rhythm guitar, keyboards), Dennis Dunaway (bass guitar), and Neal Smith (drums). The band was notorious for their elaborate, theatrical shock rock stage shows.[2]

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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper and the Alice Cooper band on the Killer tour in 1972
Background information
Also known as	Alice Cooper Band
Origin	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Genres	Shock rock hard rock heavy metal glam rock[1] psychedelic rock
Years active	1968 (1968)–present (present) (reunions: 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Labels	Straight Warner Bros.
Past members	Vincent Furnier Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis Dunaway Neal Smith
Website	alicecooper.com

The Alice Cooper band was one of the few glam rock acts to achieve mainstream popularity in the United States, rising to fame in 1971 with the hit single "I'm Eighteen", from their third album Love It to Death. Success continued with the US top 10 and UK No. 1 single "School's Out", from the album of the same name, in 1972. The band peaked in popularity in 1973 with their next album Billion Dollar Babies, which topped the album charts in America and Britain and spun off three UK top 10 singles. The supporting tour broke box-office records previously held by the Rolling Stones. The band split up in 1974, but Vincent Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and began a successful solo career. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3]