![]() ![]() The tour that followed in 1971 featured their unique stage theatrics, including an electric chair execution at the end of the show not to mention their androgynous fashion styles. It wasn’t until their third album “Love It To Death” that they saw success in record sales, the first of what was to be a string of successful records both as a band, and as a solo artist. ![]() Deemed the “chicken incident” where rumors were made that a chicken head was bitten off on stage, the band used the attention to further their career, adopting the new “shock rock” subgenre of rock and roll. In 1969, they released their first album, “Pretties For You,” and despite it reaching Number 1 for a week, it was considered a failure.įor the band, their success and fame came from their live shows. The band started out playing various small gigs around Los Angeles, but with their “controversial” stage antics they did so without success that is, until they signed with Frank Zappa’s new Straight Records label. Born in Detroit, Michigan on 4 February 1948, Furnier originally started Alice Cooper as a band (later adopting the name as his own) consisting of him on lead vocals, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith.
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