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Stage Name Stories: Alice Cooper

Posted Feb 28th 2008 5:00PM by Spinner Staff
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, The Hit List

Born: Vincent Furnier

What's in a Name: Original band the Spiders switched their name to Alice Cooper, conjured, according to the record company, through a Ouija board encounter with a medieval witch of the same name. In 1974, Furnier legally adopted the name, keeping it for his solo career.

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Tomat 4-21-2008

Everyone knows that's just crazy record company talk. Don't go making me doubt the veracity of the rest of your pun-laden factoids!

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ddat 5-11-2008

another freak!

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