Special Forces - Album
Special Forces (Album) by Alice Cooper
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Artist Biography For Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper Born Vincent Damon Furnier February 4 1948 Is An American Rock Singer Whose Career Spans Over Five Decades. With A Raspy Voice And A Stage Show That Features Numerous Props And Stage Illusions Including Pyrotechnics Guillotines Electric Chairs Fake Blood Reptiles Baby Dolls And Dueling Swords Cooper Is Considered By Many Music Journalists And Peers To Be "The Godfather Of Shock Rock". He Has Drawn Equally From Horror Films Vaudeville And Garage Rock To Pioneer A Macabre And Theatrical Brand Of Rock Designed To Shock Audiences. Originating In Phoenix Arizona In 1964 "Alice Cooper" Was Originally A Band With Roots Extending Back To A Band Called The Earwigs Consisting Of Furnier On Lead Vocals And Harmonica Glen Buxton On Lead Guitar And Dennis Dunaway On Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals. By 1966 Michael Bruce On Rhythm Guitar Joined The Three And Neal Smith Was Added On Drums In 1967. The Five Named The Band "Alice Cooper" And Furnier Eventually Adopted It As His Stage Pseudonym. They Released Their 1969 Debut Studio Album With Limited Chart Success. Breaking Out With The 1970 Single "I'm Eighteen" And The Third Studio Album Love It To Death The Band Reached Their Commercial Peak In 1973 With Their Sixth Studio Album Billion Dollar Babies. After The Band Broke Up Furnier Legally Changed His Name To Alice Cooper And Began A Solo Career In 1975 With The Concept Album Welcome To My Nightmare. Over His Career Cooper Has Sold Well Over 50 Million Records. Cooper Has Experimented With A Number Of Musical Styles Mainly Hard Rock Glam Rock Heavy Metal And Glam Metal But Also New Wave 1980–1983 Art Rock On DaDa 1983 And Industrial Rock On Brutal Planet 2000 And Dragontown 2001 . He Helped To Shape The Sound And Look Of Heavy Metal And Has Been Described As The Artist Who "first Introduced Horror Imagery To Rock 'n' Roll And Whose Stagecraft And Showmanship Have Permanently Transformed The Genre". He Is Also Known For His Wit Offstage With The Rolling Stone Album Guide Calling Him The World's Most "beloved Heavy Metal Entertainer". Away From Music Cooper Is A Film Actor A Golfing Celebrity A Restaurateur And Since 2004 A Radio Disc Jockey DJ With His Classic Rock Show Nights With Alice Cooper.
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Biography - Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper Born Vincent Damon Furnier February 4 1948 Is An American Rock Singer Whose Career Spans Over Five Decades. With A Raspy Voice And A Stage Show That Features Numerous Props And Stage Illusions Including Pyrotechnics Guillotines Electric Chairs Fake Blood Reptiles Baby Dolls And Dueling Swords Cooper Is Considered By Many Music Journalists And Peers To Be "The Godfather Of Shock Rock". He Has Drawn Equally From Horror Films Vaudeville And Garage Rock To Pioneer A Macabre And Theatrical Brand Of Rock Designed To Shock Audiences. Originating In Phoenix Arizona In 1964 "Alice Cooper" Was Originally A Band With Roots Extending Back To A Band Called The Earwigs Consisting Of Furnier On Lead Vocals And Harmonica Glen Buxton On Lead Guitar And Dennis Dunaway On Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals. By 1966 Michael Bruce On Rhythm Guitar Joined The Three And Neal Smith Was Added On Drums In 1967. The Five Named The Band "Alice Cooper" And Furnier Eventually Adopted It As His Stage Pseudonym. They Released Their 1969 Debut Studio Album With Limited Chart Success. Breaking Out With The 1970 Single "I'm Eighteen" And The Third Studio Album Love It To Death The Band Reached Their Commercial Peak In 1973 With Their Sixth Studio Album Billion Dollar Babies. After The Band Broke Up Furnier Legally Changed His Name To Alice Cooper And Began A Solo Career In 1975 With The Concept Album Welcome To My Nightmare. Over His Career Cooper Has Sold Well Over 50 Million Records. Cooper Has Experimented With A Number Of Musical Styles Mainly Hard Rock Glam Rock Heavy Metal And Glam Metal But Also New Wave 1980–1983 Art Rock On DaDa 1983 And Industrial Rock On Brutal Planet 2000 And Dragontown 2001 . He Helped To Shape The Sound And Look Of Heavy Metal And Has Been Described As The Artist Who "first Introduced Horror Imagery To Rock 'n' Roll And Whose Stagecraft And Showmanship Have Permanently Transformed The Genre". He Is Also Known For His Wit Offstage With The Rolling Stone Album Guide Calling Him The World's Most "beloved Heavy Metal Entertainer". Away From Music Cooper Is A Film Actor A Golfing Celebrity A Restaurateur And Since 2004 A Radio Disc Jockey DJ With His Classic Rock Show Nights With Alice Cooper.
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Published: 05 May 2009, 12:56
Since The Original Alice Cooper Band Was A Major Catalyst In The Creation Of Punk Rock Cooper's Snide Lyrics The Band's Raw Rock Etc. By The Early '80s Cooper Decided To Re-Embrace The Genre After Such Overblown Albums As From The Inside Distanced Him From His Roots. The Resulting Album 1981's Special Forces Was Cooper's Most Stripped-Down And Straightforward Since His Classic Early-'70s Work. But Without The Original Cooper Band To Back Him Up And Help Out With The Songwriting It's An Intriguing Yet Sometimes Uneven Set. Cooper Was Heavily Into The Guns And Ammo Publication Soldier Of Fortune At The Time Hence The Album Title And Lyrical Subject Matter. The Opening Track "Who Do You Think We Are " Is One Of Cooper's Punchiest Rockers And One Of His Most Overlooked While "Seven & Seven Is " "You Look Good In Rags " And "Vicious Rumours" Are Also Rocking Highlights. A Faithful Rereading Of The Billion Dollar Babies Nugget "Generation Landslide" Is Included As Well Titled "Generation Landslide '81 Live " Even Though It Was In Fact Entirely Created In The Studio With Added Audience Cheers . While Special Forces Didn't Return Cooper To His Earlier Status As A Chart-Topping Superstar It Is Certainly One Of The Strongest And Most Interesting Releases Of His Post-1975 Period.