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Alice Cooper – True Rock And Roll Is Live Once Again
The originator of shock rock is brining his live act back to the stage in 2006, and Alice Cooper is sure to create the same frenzy he always has. Coopers past acts on stage are famous, or infamous, depending on your point of view, but one thing thats indisputable is that his show is one that every member of the audience remembers. Coopers sound is as memorable as his live act, and a look at his life may help explain how his persona came to be.
Early Life
Vincent Damon Furnier was born in Detroit on February 4, 1948. His heritage was quite interesting, in that his grandfather was an ordained Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ and his father was an elder in the same church. After spending the first few years of his life in Detroit, the family decided to move to Phoenix, which was where Vincent spent his formative years.
Furnier enrolled at Cortez high school in Phoenix, pragmatic play indonesia and became known by his peers as a columnist in the school newspaper. His tone in these columns was quite sarcastic, and two of his loyal readers became his closest friends of the time – Glen Buxton and Dennis Dunaway. Buxton and Dunaway would play a large role in Furniers musical career down the road.
Furnier, Buxton and Dunaway were motivated by one thing in high school – gaining the attention and adulation of the female students at Cortez. Their first foray into the musical world occurred during
