Alice was the original "Shock Rocker", long before Marilyn Manson and the others. His music isn't really heavy, but as pan6467 pointed out, his stage show is.
"Alice" is the stage persona, the freak, the guy you wouldn't tkae home to mom. Be prepared to be entertained. The show is great from what I've heard. (I'm jealous pan6467)
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"Originally, there was a band called Alice Cooper led by a singer named Vincent Damon Furnier. Under his direction, Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood, and huge boa constrictors, all coordinated by the heavily made-up Furnier."
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Taken from his bio at allmusic.com
The "band" broke up, but Vincent went solo and adopted the name "Alice Cooper" and continued the wild stage show.