1. His Real Name Isn't Alice
He was born Vincent Damon Furnier in Detroit, Michigan. Originally, "Alice Cooper" was simply the name of his five-piece rock band. When the band split in 1974, Vincent legally changed his name to Alice Cooper so he could launch a solo career and keep using the name without legal complications. He actually pays a yearly royalty to his original bandmates to this day for the commercial rights to it!
2. The Infamous "Chicken Incident"
The ultimate shock rock myth happened by complete accident in 1969 at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. A live chicken somehow ended up on stage. Being from the city, Alice genuinely believed that because the bird had wings, it could fly. He picked it up and threw it into the audience. Instead of soaring, it plummeted into the front rows, and the wild crowd tore it to pieces. The headlines the next day cemented his scary reputation forever. 
3. He Was Discovered by Frank Zappa
When the band was trying to make it in Los Angeles, they auditioned for experimental rock legend Frank Zappa. Zappa told them to come to his house to play at "7 o'clock." The band mistakenly assumed he meant 7:00 AM. They showed up, set up their gear, and started blasting aggressive psych-rock while Zappa was still in his bathrobe. Impressed by their sheer audacity, he signed them to a three-album deal.
4. He is a Pro-Level "Scratch" Golfer
Despite his ghoulish stage persona, Alice is an incredibly skilled golfer who plays nearly every single day. He has openly credited the sport with saving his life, stating that he traded a destructive, near-fatal addiction to alcohol in the late 1970s and early '80s for an "addiction" to golf. He even wrote a book about it titled Alice Cooper, Golf Monster.
5. Salvador Dalà Created Art Inspired by Him
In 1973, surrealist master Salvador Dalà attended one of Alice's concerts and became an instant fan of his theatrical madness. Dalà ended up collaborating with him to create a unique piece of art: a three-dimensional hologram of Alice wearing diamond necklaces, a tiara, and biting the head off a tiny replica of the Venus de Milo. 6. The Famous "Eddie Haskell" Rumor
For years in the 1970s, a bizarre rumor circulated that Alice Cooper was actually Ken Osmond—the actor who played the clean-cut but obnoxious kid Eddie Haskell on the classic TV show Leave It to Beaver. The rumor started entirely because Alice told a college reporter that as a kid, he was "obnoxious, disgusting, a real Eddie Haskell." The paper misreported it as Alice literally being the actor, and the myth took on a life of its own.
Did you know? The name "Alice Cooper" wasn't chosen because of a spooky witch doctor on a Ouija board (another popular myth). Alice later stated they wanted a name that sounded completely innocent—like a sweet little girl baking cookies—to sharply contrast the dark, aggressive music they were actually playing.
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