Vincent Damon Furnier is a renowned American actor, singer and songwriter who was born on February 4, 1948. He is mostly known as Alice Cooper which is his stage name. Cooper has a net worth of $50 million with over 50 years of career span.
He has been doing great because of his raspy voice as well as his outstanding stage performance.
In the year of 1969, he released his first album. With a hit song named “I’m Eighteen”, his band broke into the international music mainstream in 1971.
However, in 1973, they reached a peak owing to the “Billion Dollar Babies”, which is their 6th commercial album.
The interesting thing is that he adopted the name of his brand with his own name in the year of 1975. However, in the same year, Cooper started his solo career by releasing the album named “Welcome to My Nightmare”.
Alice Cooper: At a Glance
Full Name: | Vincent Damon Furnier |
Born: | February 4, 1948 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Birth Sign: | Aquarius |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.77 meters) |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Nationality: | American |
Marital Status: | Married |
Spouse: | Sheryl Goddard |
Girlfriend: | Christine Frka Cindy Lang (1949-2017 |
Children: | 3 children |
Profession: | Actor, Singer, Songwriter |
Net Worth: | $50 Million |
Career:
With four teammates, he took part in a talent show at high school in 1964. They formed their group name as Earwigs. At that time, he was only 16 years old. However, they were able to get the attention of the audiences, and they won the show with their outstanding performance.
The hugely positive response from the audiences and the championship would let them as a dedicated brand. They replaced their brand name as the Spiders. However, the band later got heavily influenced by Pink Floyd.
In June 1970, the band released their second album, Easy Album, which is produced by David Briggs. Unfortunately, Cooper was hospitalized after recording DaDa owing to alcoholism. However, he got well soon. But he kept himself away from his music career.
Cooper was a guest presenter at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in the year of 1984. Interestingly, with his album Constrictor, he came back to the music industry. In fact, it was his 9th solo studio album. Well, then he released the album Hey Stoopid which is the 12th solo studio album.
The early 2000s was the challenging time of his career as he would get old. He performed at a live concert on NBC on Easter Sunday in 2018.
Alice Cooper Wife of Recent Image
FAQs
Sheryl Goddard is the beloved wife of Alice Cooper.
Not at all. At a TV interview in 2002, Cooper cleared that he never cheated on his wife.
He has three children: Calico Cooper, Sonora Cooper, and Dashiell Cooper.