Check Out How Your Favorite Musicians Stumbled Into Choosing Their Now-Iconic Names

Alice Cooper Wanted To Throw Off The Fans

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“Godfather of Shock Rock” Alice Cooper chose his stage name wisely. Born Vincent Damon Furnier, the singer originally chose the name to front the band. Stories have claimed that the spooky group was named after a ghostly spirit that they “met” during an Ouija board session.

Cooper himself says that’s an urban legend that people only believed because of the band’s image. Cooper said that they wanted a name that didn’t match with how they sounded. To them, a name like Alice Cooper seemed like a grandmother more than a shock rock band.