Alice Cooper was born on 4th February 1948 in Michigan. He was born as Vincent Damon Furnier. He is multi-talented personality in America. He is a musician, songwriter, singer and an actor for five decades. His father Ether Moroni Furnier was a preacher in Church in Pennsylvania. His mother’s name was Ella Mae. He went to Washington school in Detroit for his elementary education. After that he attended Nankin Mills Junior High. He has faced a lot of illness during his childhood. His family moved to Arizona due to his series of illness. He attended Cortez School for his High School Education. He got degree of BFA from Glendale Community College.
He participated in a local event in 1964 along with some of the people from cross-country. They named the group as Earwigs. They dresses up like Beatles and performed on their song. They won the talent show. At that time they did not know how to play any instruments. After winning, they went ahead with learning some of the instruments. Soon after that they renamed their band to The Spiders. They were inspired by different rock bands like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and The Birds etc. The following year, they gave various performances. They used Black Spiders as the prop. They released their first single in 1965. It was released by Mascot Records, a local record company. They owned the club Stage 7 teen. In 1968, the band was renamed to Alice Cooper. Later this name was adopted by Vincent Furnier as his stage name. He stated that this change proven to be the most important part for him to climb the ladder of success. The band caught eyes of Shep Gordon during one gig in California. He saw the potential and realized that their negative impact can be turned into a productive energy. He arranged an audition of the band with producer Frank Zappa. Frank mentioned the time of audition as 7 o clock. The band thought that the time of meeting fixed by Frank was at morning 7 o clock. Once the band reached his home, Frank was so impressed with the dedication of the band that he signed a deal of three albums with the band. Their first album did not do well. The same went on for their second album. His favorite songs include ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ by Guns N Roses, ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ from Rolling stones and ‘I am Boy’ from The Who. He was part of Marvel Premiere in the month of October in 1979.
He was in relationship with Cindy Lang. They lived together but separated in 1975. He got married to Sheryl Goddard on 20th March 1976. They are a happily married couple. They have 3 children. His daughter is an actress and a singer. His son is studying in University in Arizona. He is also part of the band Co-Op. He has more than 500 thousand followers in Twitter. His net worth is assumed to be around $275 million.
Birth Date: | 4 Feb, 1948 |
Age: | 72 yrs |
Occupations: | Singer-songwriter Musician Actor Disc jockey Singer |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Detroit |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American rock singer, songwriter and musician |
Twitter Id: | Alicecooper |
Net Worth 2021: | 50 million |