Vince Furnier Talks About The Roots Of The Name ALICE COOPER
February 21, 2011, 13 years ago
Shock rock icon ALICE COOPER and his band will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on March 14 in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. In celebration of the event, NPR caught up with Cooper recently to discuss his special identity. Here is an excerpt from the chat:
Vince Furnier's first stage costume was a BEATLES wig. He and some buddies from the Cortez High School cross-country team in Phoenix entered a talent show in 1964, doing their impression of the Fab Four. They went over so well that they cut a record the following year. They called themselves the SPIDERS, and Furnier says they really took their stage image seriously.
"There was a giant web behind us. We wore all black," Furnier says. "We didn't just show up and stand up on stage, we appeared on stage."And that became a key to the band's success. They headed for Los Angeles and a name change.
"That was the point where I said, 'Let's not be obvious. Let's not call ourselves the Tarantulas. Let's go the other way. Let's go for something that sounds like a little old lady," Furnier says. "I said, 'Alice Cooper,' and that just kind of stuck."Read the entire interview here.
