Vincent Damon Furnier: Last News

music concerts, from electric chairs and guillotines to reptiles and even baby dolls.Of course, there was also that one infamous gig incident with a chicken that has become etched into rock history - although not all of the gory details were true.To celebrate the musician's 74th birthday, Daily Star has dug into the wild life of Alice Cooper.Like many of his fellow rock stars, the School's Out singer struggled with alcohol abuse back in the day, and his booze battle peaked in the 1970s and early 80s.He opened up about his alcohol addiction in his audiobook - Who I Really Am: Diary of a Vampire - where he explained he tried "many cures, lots of different doctors, lots of different methods, nothing worked."Cooper, who was born Vincent Damon Furnier, confessed he used to cry before playing his shows as he knew how much he would need to drink in order to finish the gig.He said: "It just kept getting worse. I loved doing the show, I hated doing the show.

Traders at Manchester institution Afflecks Palace were in shock over the weekend, after a visit from rock and roll royalty. The legendary singer Alice Cooper was spotted exploring the stalls and shops at the iconic multi-floor indie market on Saturday, ahead of an appearance at the AO Arena this week.

Alice Cooper has revealed the identity of the only rockstar calls him by his birthname of Vincent Damon Furnier.‘Alice Cooper’ was originally the name of a band in which he sung lead vocals. After the band broke up in 1975, he took it on as both his legal name and his stage name for that year’s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’.In an interview with The Sun, Cooper revealed: “The only person who calls me Vince is Keith Richards.”“He’ll say, ‘Vinnie, Vinnie, how long has it been since you had a drink?’ And I’ll reply, ‘More than 30 years’.