Alice Cooper: The Bizarre Making of a Rock God Once labelled "a skinny nerd with a wimpy voice" by a school friend, Vincent Damon Furnier put on leather gloves and makeup, grew his hair, and started singing about teenage angst. Changing his name to Alice Cooper didn't hurt. Dr Clarke leads Kennedy and Wheeler through this most unlikely success story. It is a tale told by a music lover, full of sound and fury, signifying rock and roll.