<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/today/alice-cooper-rock-legend-reveals-wild-meeting-with-elvis-during-karl-stefanovic-chat/560717a2-889e-44cb-946d-d5261640eabd" rel="" target="" title="Pioneering heavy metal band Alice Cooper"><span>Pioneering heavy metal band Alice Cooper</span></a><span> officially broke up following their last concert on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/today-in-history" rel="" target="" title="April 9, 1974"><span>April 9, 1974</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Then less than a year later, </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/today/alice-cooper-tour/610f9794-02c5-41c5-8110-7032121e6e9e" rel="" target="" title="Alice Cooper"><span>Alice Cooper</span></a><span> released a new album and began touring again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The band hadn't reunited - but due to some legal trickery their lead singer was able to carry on under the name.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-27-what-happened-on-this-day-clive-wearing/056a20e2-031c-4431-b2e0-a14d8d34e601"><strong><span>Illness began with headache, then left musician with a 20-second memory</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The legal manoeuvre was simple. Frontman Vincent Furnier simply changed his name by deed poll to Alice Cooper.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As a result, </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/today/alice-cooper-australian-tour-ol-black-eyes-is-back-show--february-2020/ff534127-e422-4bce-b876-5f9aa4bf0644" rel="" target="" title="Alice Cooper"><span>Alice Cooper</span></a><span> stopped being a band and began being a person.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group was previously known as Nazz, but had to change their name when they discovered another outfit by the same name.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-april-8-what-happened-on-this-day/5360e344-7dc4-4c5f-aad6-5c952108dcd0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Furnier coined the name Alice Cooper because they thought it would be funny for the group to "sounded like we were somebody's aunt".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But audiences started to assume Furnier's name was Alice Cooper and the rest of the group were his backing band.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-april-2-what-happened-on-this-day-sverdlovsk-anthrax-leak/47d399e7-53b8-45c4-b940-f804cb70f76c"><strong><span>A few milligrams from lab leak killed dozens of people</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Pretty soon everybody called me Alice, they just assumed that the singer's name was Alice," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The band, who had formed in high school, played together successfully for years as protogenitors of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/music" rel="" target="" title="heavy metal and glam rock"><span>heavy metal and glam rock</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But they broke up after coming to loggerheads over how much money to spend on their elaborate stage shows.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After splitting, Furnier began recording and touring under the band name.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The album he released the following year became the most successful Alice Cooper record thus far.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-april-1-what-happened-on-this-day-ronald-wayne-apple/0630abf2-5deb-43ca-ac0a-9cd5665c3748" target="" title="Ron made the worst deal in business history for $800"><strong><span>Ron made the worst deal in business history for $800</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three years after their breakup, the other members of the band reformed into their own outfit, the Billion Dollar Babies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The band was not successful and they quickly broke up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last year the original band reunited to release their first album in 52 years. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The cover art for </span><em><span>The Revenge of Alice Cooper</span></em><span> specifically listed the band members, though the singer was still credited as </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/today/alice-cooper-the-legendary-rocker-has-vowed-to-visit-the-today-studio-and-perform-live/5c55722a-f81b-4b38-8689-b379ce3d2c0d" rel="" target="" title="Alice Cooper"><span>Alice Cooper</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-what-happened-on-this-day-april-4-johnny-stompanato/1cd908b1-5603-4a28-869f-44acfa766ed2" rel="" target="" title="Gangster beaten up by Sean Connery killed by teenage girl"><strong><span>Gangster beaten up by Sean Connery killed by teenage girl</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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