Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and occasional actor whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; he has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre, theatrical brand of rock designed to shock people. Cooper is also known for his distinctive raspy voice.
Originating in Phoenix in the late 1960s after he moved from Detroit, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.
Alice Cooper (sculptor)
Alice Cooper (April 8, 1875 – 1937) was an American sculptor.
Born in Glenwood, Iowa, and based in Denver, Colorado, Cooper studied under Preston Powers (son of the well-known sculptor Hiram Powers,) then at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft and the Art Students League of New York through about 1901.
Cooper is best known for her bronze figure of Sacajawea (Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste) originally produced as the centerpiece for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, 1905, unveiled in a ceremony attended by Susan B. Anthony and other prominent feminists. This figure now stands in Washington Park.
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Alice Cooper (band)
Alice Cooper were an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1964. The band consisted of lead singer Vince Furnier, Glen Buxton (lead guitar), Michael Bruce (rhythm guitar, keyboards), Dennis Dunaway (bass guitar), and Neal Smith (drums). Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and has had a solo career under that name since the band became inactive in 1975. The band was notorious for their elaborate, theatrical shock rock stage shows. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
After several years of little success, the Alice Cooper band rose to fame in 1971 with the success of the single "I'm Eighteen" and the album Love It to Death. The band peaked in popularity in 1973 with the album Billion Dollar Babies and its tour, which broke box-office records previously held by The Rolling Stones.
History
The band consisted of members, all from the previous 60s garage rock band, the Spiders. They created everything as a group and wrote virtually the lion's share of what was to become the classic Alice Cooper canon. Neal Smith's sister Cindy Smith Dunaway (Dennis Dunaway's wife) designed the band's costumes and also performed in the stage show (she was the "dancing tooth" during the band's Billion Dollar Babies tour).
Kingsnake
Kingsnakes are colubrid snakes, members of the genus Lampropeltis, which include milk snakes and four other species. Among these, there are approximately 45 recognized subspecies.
Etymology
Lampropeltis means "shiny shield" (from Greek λαμπρος, "shine" + πελτα, "small shield"), a name given to them in reference to their smooth dorsal scales.
Behavior and diet
Kingsnakes use constriction to kill their prey and tend to be opportunistic when it comes to their diet; they will eat other snakes (ophiophagy), including venomous snakes. Kingsnakes will also eat lizards, rodents, birds, and eggs. The common kingsnake is known to be immune to the venom of other snakes and to eat rattlesnakes, but it is not necessarily immune to the venom of snakes from different localities.
The "king" in the name (as with the king cobra) references its eating of other snakes.
Description
The majority of kingsnakes have quite vibrant patterns on their skins. Some species of kingsnake, such as the scarlet kingsnake, Mexican milk snake, and red milk snake, have coloration and patterning that can cause them to be confused with the highly venomous coral snakes.
King Snake
King Snake (real name Sir Edmund Dorrance) is a fictional character who appears in books published by DC Comics universe, usually as an adversary of Tim Drake and Batman. Created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Lyle, King Snake first appeared in Robin #2 (1991). He is a master martial artist, and is the father of the villain Bane.
Fictional character biography
Sir Edmund Dorrance, aka King Snake, is a British native who first distinguished himself in the Royal Artillery (a corps of the British Army). He and some friends then became mercenaries, offering their professional expertise to various anti-communist rebels, and made considerable money in doing so. While in Santa Prisca working with local rebels, his camp was taken by surprise by government commandos and Edmund blinded by gunfire. He fled the country, leaving for dead a female rebel with whom he had slept. The woman was actually alive and pregnant with Edmund's son. Both she and her child were imprisoned for Edmund's crimes against the Santa Prisca government, with the child growing up in prison to become the villainous Bane.
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Alice Cooper
ALBUMS
- Original Album Series released: 2012
- Playlist: The Very Best Of Alice Cooper released: 2012
- No More Mr Nice Guy Live released: 2012
- Original Album Classics released: 2011
- Welcome 2 My Nightmare released: 2011
- Theatre of Death released: 2010
- Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection released: 2009
- Spark in the Dark: The Best of Alice Cooper released: 2009
- The Best of Alice Cooper released: 2009
- Love It to Death released: 2009
- Killer released: 2009
- Greatest Hits released: 2008
- Along Came a Spider released: 2008
- The Eyes of Alice Cooper released: 2008
- Legends released: 2005
- Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper released: 2005
- Live at Montreux 2005 released: 2005
- Collections released: 2005
- Dirty Diamonds released: 2005
- Nobody Likes... Alice Cooper Live released: 2005
- School's Out and Other Hits released: 2004
- 2004-06-19: MetalTown Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden released: 2004
- The Ultimate Clip Collection released: 2003
- Poison released: 2003
- Hell Is released: 2003
- Dragontown released: 2002
- The Essentials released: 2002
- Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper released: 2001
- The Definitive Alice Cooper released: 2001
- Billion Dollar Babies released: 2001
- Hell Is released: 2000
- Brutal Planet released: 2000
- Super Hits released: 1999
- The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper released: 1999
- Poison released: 1998
- Freedom for Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces (1984-1991) released: 1998
- He's Back released: 1997
- A Nice Nightmare released: 1997
- A Fistful of Alice released: 1997
- Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits released: 1997
- Freak Out released: 1996
- Classicks released: 1995
- The Last Temptation released: 1994
- Live at the Whiskey a-Go-Go 1969 released: 1992
- Science Fiction released: 1991
- Alice released: 1991
- Hey Stoopid released: 1991
- 1975-06-17: When Nightmares Turn Into Dreams: Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA released: 1990
- Prince of Darkness released: 1989
- The Beast of Alice Cooper released: 1989
- Trash released: 1989
- Raise Your Fist and Yell released: 1987
- Constrictor released: 1986
- DaDa released: 1983
- Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969, Volume IV released: 1982
- Zipper Catches Skin released: 1982
- Special Forces released: 1981
- Flush the Fashion released: 1980
- The Alice Cooper Show released: 1977
- Greatest Hits released: 1974
- School Days: The Early Recordings released: 1973
- Muscle of Love released: 1973
- 1972-11-15: Olympiahalle, München, Germany released: 1972
- 1972-04-22: Commack Arena, New York City, NY, USA released: 1972
- School’s Out released: 1972
- Easy Action released: 1969
- Pretties for You released: 1969
- Alice Cooper released:
- 2010-05-01: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada released:
- 2011-10-29: No More Mr Nice Guy Live: Alexandra Palace, London, UK released:
- Alice is back released:
- Live USA released:
- 1973-05-30: Metro Sports Arena, Minneapolis, MN, USA released:
- 1971-07-23: The Barn, Peoria, IL, USA released:
- 1971-12-17: St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO, USA released:
- 1975-08-31: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden released:
- 1982-01-27: Palais D'Hivers, Lyon, France released:
- 1987-03-06: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH, USA released:
- 2005-09-07: Landon Arena, Topeka, KS, USA released:
- 2005-10-04: Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN, USA released:
- 2005-09-10: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM, USA released:
- 2005-08-10: Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden released:
- 1989-12-14: Waiting Till the Edge Kiss My Neck: Birmingham NEC, Birmingham, UK released:
- The King Snake released:
- 1980-06-04: The El Paso Show: El Paso, TX, USA released:
- Go to Hell released:
- Goes to Hell / Zipper Catches Skin released:
- The Best Of released:
- Nobody Likes Me released:
- It's Me released:
- Brutally Live released:
- Live in Sanigaw, Michigan 1978 released:
- Ladies Man released:
Playlist: The Very Best Of Alice Cooper
Released 2012- Feed My Frankenstein
- House of Fire
- Hey Stoopid (single version)
- Poison
- I'm Eighteen (live version)
- Billion Dollar Babies (live)
- Love's a Loaded Gun
- Only Women Bleed (live)
- Only My Heart Talkin'
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (live version)
- Lost in America
- Cold Ethyl (live version)
- School's Out (live version)
- Sideshow
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Released 2011- I Am Made of You
- Caffeine
- The Nightmare Returns
- A Runaway Train
- Last Man on Earth
- The Congregation
- I'll Bite Your Face Off
- Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
- Ghouls Gone Wild
- Something to Remember Me By
- When Hell Comes Home
- What Baby Wants
- I Gotta Get Outta Here
- The Underture
- We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (live at Download Festival)
- The Black Widow (live at Download Festival)
Theatre of Death
Released 2010- School's Out
- Department of Youth
- I'm Eighteen
- Wicked Young Man
- Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Go to Hell
- Guilty
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- Cold Ethyl
- Poison
- The Awakening
- From the Inside
- Nurse Rozetta
- Is It My Body?
- Be My Lover
- Only Women Bleed
- I Never Cry
- The Black Widow
- Vengeance Is Mine
- Devil's Food
- Dirty Diamonds
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Killer
- I Love the Dead
- No More Mr Nice Guy
- Under My Wheels
- School's Out (reprise)
Greatest Hits
Released 2008- I'm Eighteen
- Under My Wheels
- School's Out
- Hello Hooray
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Elected
- Teenage Lament '74
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- Only Women Bleed
- I Never Cry
- You and Me
- How You Gonna See Me Now
- From the Inside
- Clones (We're All)
- Who Do You Think We Are
- I Am the Future
- I Love America
- Hard Rock Summer (Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives' Film 1986)
- He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)
- Teenage Frankenstein
- Freedom
- I Got a Line on You
- House of Fire
Live at Montreux 2005
Released 2005- Department of Youth
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Dirty Diamonds
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Be My Lover
- Lost in America
- I Never Cry
- Woman of Mass Distraction
- I'm Eighteen
- Between High School & Old School
- What Do You Want From Me
- Is It My Body
- Go to Hell
- The Black Widow
- Gimme
- Feed My Frankenstein
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- The Awakening
- Steven
- Only Women Bleed
- Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Killer
- I Love the Dead
- School's Out
- Poison
- Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills
- Under My Wheels
2004-06-19: MetalTown Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
Released 2004- [intro]
- Hello Hooray
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Man of the Year
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Between High School and Old School
- Muscle of Love
- Be My Lover
- Who Do You Think We Are
- What Do You Want From Me
- I'm Eighteen
- [guitar solo] / Desperado (intro)
- Desperado
- Halo of Flies
- [drum solo] / Halo of Flies (instrumental reprise)
Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
Released 2001- I'm Eighteen
- Is It My Body
- Desperado
- Under My Wheels
- Be My Lover
- School's Out
- Elected
- Hello Hooray
- Generation Landslide
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Teenage Lament '74
- Muscle of Love
- Only Women Bleed
- Department of Youth
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- I Never Cry
- You and Me
- How You Gonna See Me Now
- From the Inside
- Clones (We're All)
- Poison
The Definitive Alice Cooper
Released 2001- I'm Eighteen
- Desperado
- Under My Wheels
- Halo of Flies
- School's Out
- Elected
- Hello Hooray
- Generation Landslide
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Teenage Lament '74
- Muscle of Love
- Only Women Bleed
- Department of Youth
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- I Never Cry
- You and Me
- How You Gonna See Me Now
- From the Inside
- Poison
- Hey Stoopid
Billion Dollar Babies
Released 2001- Hello Hooray
- Raped and Freezin’
- Elected
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Unfinished Sweet
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Generation Landslide
- Sick Things
- Mary Ann
- I Love the Dead
- Hello Hooray (live)
- Billion Dollar Babies (live)
- Elected (live)
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (live)
- I Love the Dead (live)
- Hello Hooray (5.1 mix)
- Raped and Freezin’ (5.1 mix)
- Elected (5.1 mix)
- Billion Dollar Babies (5.1 mix)
- Unfinished Sweet (5.1 mix)
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (5.1 mix)
- Generation Landslide (5.1 mix)
- Sick Things (5.1 mix)
- Mary Ann (5.1 mix)
- I Love the Dead (5.1 mix)
- Hello Hooray (live) (5.1 mix)
- Billion Dollar Babies (live) (5.1 mix)
- Elected (live) (5.1 mix)
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (live) (5.1 mix)
- I Love the Dead (live) (5.1 mix)
- Elected
The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper
Released 1999- Don't Blow Your Mind
- Hitch Hike
- Why Don't You Love Me
- Lay Down and Die, Goodbye
- Nobody Likes Me (demo version)
- Levity Ball (studio version)
- Reflected
- Mr. and Misdemeanor
- Refrigerator Heaven
- Caught in a Dream (single version)
- I'm Eighteen
- Is It My Body
- Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Under My Wheels
- Be My Lover
- Desperado
- Dead Babies
- Killer
- Call It Evil (demo)
- Gutter Cat vs. The Jets
- School's Out (single version)
Freedom for Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces (1984-1991)
Released 1998- He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)
- Teenage Frankenstein
- Give It Up
- Freedom
- Lock Me Up
- I Got a Line on You
- Poison
- House of Fire
- Bed of Nails
- Go to Hell (live)
- Ballad of Dwight Fry (live)
- Hey Stoopid
- It Rained All Night
- Feed My Frankenstein
- Fire
- Side Show
- Sick Things (live)
- Only Women Bleed / Wind Up Toy (live)
2010-05-01: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- School's Out
- Department of Youth
- I'm Eighteen
- Wicked Young Man
- Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Go to Hell
- Guilty
- Cold Ethyl
- Poison
- From the Inside
- Nurse Rozetta
- Be My Lover
- Only Women Bleed
- I Never Cry
- Black Widow Jam
- Vengeance Is Mine
- Dirty Diamonds
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Killer
- I Love the Dead
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Under My Wheels
1975-08-31: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- Years Ago / No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Years Ago / Billion Dollar Babies
- Years Ago (instrumental)
- I'm Eighteen
- Years Ago
- Some Folks / Didn't We Meet
- Some Folks
- Cold Ethyl
- Only Women Bleed
- Devil's Food
- [guitar solos]
- The Black Widow (intro)
- The Black Widow
- Steven
- Welcome to My Nightmare (reprise)
- School's Out
- Department of Youth / [band introductions]
1982-01-27: Palais D'Hivers, Lyon, France
- Who Do You Think We Are
- Model Citizen
- Go to Hell
- I'm Eighteen
- Cold Ethyl
- Only Women Bleed
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Clones (We're All)
- Under My Wheels
- I Never Cry
- Seven & Seven Is
- Pain
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Generation Landslide
- Who Do You Think We Are (reprise)
- School's Out / [band intros and solos] / School's Out (reprise)
Goes to Hell / Zipper Catches Skin
- Go to Hell
- You Gotta Dance
- I'm the Coolest
- Didn't We Meet
- I Never Cry
- Give the Kid a Break
- Guilty
- Wake Me Gently
- Wish You Were Here
- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- Going Home
- Zorro's Ascent
- Make That Money (Scrooge's Song)
- I Am the Future
- No Baloney Homosapiens
- Adaptable (Anything for You)
- I Like Girls
- Remarkably Insincere
- Tag, You're It
- I Better Be Good
- I'm Alive (That Was the Day My Dead Pet Returned to Save My Life)
Brutally Live
- Brutal Planet
- Gimme
- Go to Hell
- Blow Me a Kiss
- I'm Eighteen
- Feed My Frankenstein
- Wicked Young Man
- No More Mr Nice Guy
- It's Hot Tonight
- Caught in a Dream
- It's the Little Things
- Poison
- Take It Like a Woman
- Only Women Bleed
- You Drive Me Nervous
- Under My Wheels
- School's Out
- Billion Dollar Babies
- My Generation
- Elected
Alice Cooper
ALBUMS
- Welcome to My Nightmare released: 2001
- From the Inside released: 1978
- Lace and Whiskey released: 1977
- Goes to Hell released: 1976
Welcome to My Nightmare
Released 2001- Welcome to My Nightmare
- Devil's Food
- The Black Widow
- Some Folks
- Only Women Bleed
- Department of Youth
- Cold Ethyl
- Years Ago
- Steven
- The Awakening
- Escape
- Welcome to My Nightmare (5.1 mix)
- Devil's Food (5.1 mix)
- The Black Widow (5.1 mix)
- Some Folks (5.1 mix)
- Only Women Bleed (5.1 mix)
- Department of Youth (5.1 mix)
- Cold Ethyl (5.1 mix)
- Years Ago (5.1 mix)
- Steven (5.1 mix)
- The Awakening (5.1 mix)
- Escape (5.1 mix)
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King Snake
by: Chris Thomas KingKing Snake
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, my king snake won’t bite”
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, if only for one night”
Ummm my sweet angels gone to stay (repeat)
That King Snake done run my darling’ way
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, my king snake won’t bite”
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, if only for one night”
When I rub my bottle my magic Gennie appears (repeat)
When I wake the next morning my blues gon’ disappear
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, my king snake won’t bite”
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, if only for one night”
Ummm what have my king snake done?
My king snake done made my angel run
“I’m a King and I need a Queen, my king snake won’t bite”