Michael Bruce

The main focus of the original Alice Cooper band was understandably the group's shock rock singer Alice Cooper. But it was the group's guitarist/keyboardist, Michael Bruce, who was the main musical force behind the group, co-writing the majority of their tracks. Born on March 16, 1948, and raised in Arizona, Bruce took up the guitar during the early '60s after catching Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show and discovering such British Invasion acts as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and the Animals. After doing time in a local cover outfit, the Duels, Bruce hooked up w...