The name Granian is to singer/songwriter Garen Gueyikian what the name Alice Cooper is to Vincent Furnier: a name that was originally applied to a band but was subsequently applied to solo performances. Before 1975's Welcome to My Nightmare, the name Alice Cooper technically referred to a band as well as that band's leader/frontman; from Welcome to My Nightmare on, Alice Cooper was officially the name of a solo artist -- and similarly, Gueyikian started recording as the leader of the band Granian but continued to use that name when he recorded his third album, Live Sessions, by himself.