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Alice Cooper

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born February 4, 1948) is an American rock musician and singer. Originally, there was a band called Alice Cooper led by a singer named Vincent Damon Furnier.

The band was one of the creators of a very theatrical and violent type of heavy metal music that was designed to shock and would come to be known as “shock rock.”

In 1974, Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and started making solo music. Cooper’s solo career began with the 1975 album Welcome to My Nightmare. Over the years Cooper has played many different musical styles.

Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide referred to him as the world’s most “beloved” heavy metal entertainer. He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. Cooper is also credited as being one of the first to bring movie-like looks to the rock concert stage in the late 1960s.

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AC/DC

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AC/DC

AC/DC is a hard rock band from Australia. They formed in Sydney, Australia in November 1973. AC/DC has sold an estimated 200 million albums worldwide, including 68 million in the United States of America.

The two primary founders of the band, Malcolm Young and Angus Young, developed the idea for the band’s name after their sister Margaret saw the initials “AC/DC” written on a sewing machine. “AC/DC” is an abbreviation for “alternating current/direct current,” which refers to the two different types of charges used in electricity.

The band chose the name because of their energetic “electrical” style of playing rock and roll. Even though AC/DC considers their music style simply as “rock and roll”, AC/DC are often considered pioneers of heavy metal.

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Guitar Tabs

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From A like AC/DC to Z like ZZ Top… here are the tablatures of a few folk, rock, hard rock and metal bands I love.

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