Poison - Alice Cooperby *TheNightGallery

Traditional Art / Drawings / Pop Art

(2013) POISON "Alice Cooper" Pop Art Illustration No.68 - Drawn in Graphite on 96lb. Canson Sheet Stock Thick Board Paper - Pencils Used: H, B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 8B - Drawing Time: 16 Hours
Alice Cooper (Born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4th, 1948) is an American Rock Singer, Songwriter and Musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric Chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer in grandly theatrical and violent brand of rock designed to shock.
Cooper was born as Vincent Damon Furnier in Detroit, Michigan, USA, the son of Ella Mae and Ether Moroni Furnier. His Father was a Lay preacher. In 1964 sixteen year-old Furnier was eager to take part in the local annual letterman's talent show, so he gathered fellow cross-country teammates to form a group for the show. They named themselves The Earwigs. Because they did not know how to play any instruments at the time, they dressed up like the Beatles and mimed their performance to Beatles songs. As a result of winning the talent show and loving the experience of being onstage, the group immediately proceeded to learn how to play instruments they acquired from a local pawn shop.
The actual ownership of the Alice Cooper name is an example of the value of a single copyright or trademark. Since "Alice Cooper" was originally the name of the band, and not the lead singer, and it was actually owned by the band as a whole, Cooper paid and continues to pay, a yearly royalty to his original bandmates for the right to use the name commercially.
In 2011 the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.