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Welcome To My Nightmare (Album) by Alice Cooper

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. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Alice_Cooper Band Studio Albums
Pretties For You 1969 Easy Action 1970 Love It To Death 1971 Killer 1971 School's Out 1972 Billion Dollar Babies 1973 Muscle Of Love 1973 Solo Studio Albums
Welcome To My Nightmare 1975 Alice Cooper Goes To Hell 1976 Lace And Whiskey 1977 From The Inside 1978 Flush The Fashion 1980 Special Forces 1981 Zipper Catches Skin 1982 DaDa 1983 Constrictor 1986 Raise Your Fist And Yell 1987 Trash 1989 Hey Stoopid 1991 The Last Temptation 1994 Brutal Planet 2000 Dragontown 2001 The Eyes Of Alice Cooper 2003 Dirty Diamonds 2005 Along Came A Spider 2008 Welcome 2 My Nightmare 2011 Paranormal 2017 Detroit Stories 2021 Road 2023

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Welcome To My Nightmare Is A Concept Album By Alice Cooper Released In 1975. This Was Alice Cooper's First Solo Album All Previous Alice Cooper Releases Were Band Efforts . The Cover Artwork Was Created By Drew Struzan For Pacific Eye And Ear. Rolling Stone Would Later Rank It As One Of The "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time". Welcome To My Nightmare Is A Concept Album. The Songs Heard In Sequence Form A Journey Through The Nightmares Of A Child Named Steven. Welcome To My Nightmare Inspired The Alice Cooper The Nightmare TV Special And A Worldwide Concert Tour In 1975 And The Welcome To My Nightmare Concert Film In 1976. The Remastered CD Version Adds Three Alternate Version Bonus Tracks. The Song "The Black Widow" Was Covered By Bruce Dickinson For The Alice Cooper Tribute Album Humanary Stew. 1. "Welcome To My Nightmare" Alice Cooper Dick Wagner – 5 19 2. "Devil's Food" Cooper Bob Ezrin Kelly Jay – 3 38 3. "The Black Widow" Cooper Wagner Ezrin – 3 37 4. "Some Folks" Cooper Ezrin Alan Gordon – 4 19 5. "Only Women Bleed" Cooper Wagner – 5 49 6. "Department Of Youth" Cooper Wagner Ezrin – 3 18 7. "Cold Ethyl" Cooper Ezrin – 2 51 8. "Years Ago" Cooper Wagner – 2 51 9. "Steven" Cooper Ezrin – 5 52 10. "The Awakening" Cooper Wagner Ezrin – 2 25 11. "Escape" Cooper Mark Anthony Kim Fowley – 3 20 2002 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks 12. "Devils' Food" Alternate Version - 5 13 13. "Cold Ethyl" Alternate Version - 2 56 14. "The Awakening" Alternate Version - 4 20 The 1975 Song Welcome To My Nightmare Is A Parody Of The 1968 Novel "There's A Nightmare In My Closet" Steven's Story Steven Makes His Debut On This Album. Steven Is A Depressed Mentally Challenged Mentally Ill Child Who Is Trapped In A Horrifying Nightmare. The Nightmare Begins In The Song Devil's Food Where The Devil Kidnaps Steven And Feeds Him To A Black Widow In A Spider's Web Steven Escapes The Black Widow. In The 8th Song Years Ago We See Steven Was Rejected And Despised By His Parents. While The 9th Song Steven Shows How Steven Changed From A Happy To A Depressed Angry Mental Kid.