Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a heavy metal singer and musician.

1980s

His albums from the beginning of 1980s, Flush The Fashion, Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin, and DaDa, were not commercially successful, especially in comparison to previous sales. They were regarded as very strange and bizarre at that time, and are now considered cult classics. Flush The Fashion has a spare, edgy musical sound that was so unexpected as to have been truly baffling to long-time fans. The songs are typically clever, however, and hold up very well. Special Forces was a bit darker and more cynical, but continued with the experimental sound. With only mildly positive commercial and critical response to these experiments, Cooper then released Constrictor (1986), a heavier album, which had more, but still very limited, success, followed by Raise Your Fist And Yell (1987) which had a rougher sound than its predecessor. Both Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell were recorded with guitarist Kane Roberts & bassist Kip Winger, both of whom would leave the band by the end of 1987. Kane Roberts would go on as a solo artist, while Kip formed Winger. Roberts' stage attire was unusual since he was basically a Rambo-clone - muscular body, scanty clothing and a guitar that resembled a machine gun.

Related Topics:
1980s - 1986 - 1987 - Kane Roberts - Kip Winger - Winger - Rambo

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In 1987, he made a brief appearance in the movie Prince of Darkness directed by John Carpenter. His role had no lines, and consisted of menacing the protagonists with a bicycle frame.

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Prince of Darkness - John Carpenter

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In 1989, his career experienced a real revival with the Desmond Child produced album Trash which spawned the hit single Poison and a worldwide arena tour.

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