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School's Out (Album) by Alice Cooper

Artist Biography For Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper Born Vincent Damon Furnier February 4 1948 Is An American Rock Singer Whose Career Spans Over Five Decades. With A Raspy Voice And A Stage Show That Features Numerous Props And Stage Illusions Including Pyrotechnics Guillotines Electric Chairs Fake Blood Reptiles Baby Dolls And Dueling Swords Cooper Is Considered By Many Music Journalists And Peers To Be "The Godfather Of Shock Rock". He Has Drawn Equally From Horror Films Vaudeville And Garage Rock To Pioneer A Macabre And Theatrical Brand Of Rock Designed To Shock Audiences. Originating In Phoenix Arizona In 1964 "Alice Cooper" Was Originally A Band With Roots Extending Back To A Band Called The Earwigs Consisting Of Furnier On Lead Vocals And Harmonica Glen Buxton On Lead Guitar And Dennis Dunaway On Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals. By 1966 Michael Bruce On Rhythm Guitar Joined The Three And Neal Smith Was Added On Drums In 1967. The Five Named The Band "Alice Cooper" And Furnier Eventually Adopted It As His Stage Pseudonym. They Released Their 1969 Debut Studio Album With Limited Chart Success. Breaking Out With The 1970 Single "I'm Eighteen" And The Third Studio Album Love It To Death The Band Reached Their Commercial Peak In 1973 With Their Sixth Studio Album Billion Dollar Babies. After The Band Broke Up Furnier Legally Changed His Name To Alice Cooper And Began A Solo Career In 1975 With The Concept Album Welcome To My Nightmare. Over His Career Cooper Has Sold Well Over 50 Million Records. Cooper Has Experimented With A Number Of Musical Styles Mainly Hard Rock Glam Rock Heavy Metal And Glam Metal But Also New Wave 1980–1983 Art Rock On DaDa 1983 And Industrial Rock On Brutal Planet 2000 And Dragontown 2001 . He Helped To Shape The Sound And Look Of Heavy Metal And Has Been Described As The Artist Who "first Introduced Horror Imagery To Rock 'n' Roll And Whose Stagecraft And Showmanship Have Permanently Transformed The Genre". He Is Also Known For His Wit Offstage With The Rolling Stone Album Guide Calling Him The World's Most "beloved Heavy Metal Entertainer". Away From Music Cooper Is A Film Actor A Golfing Celebrity A Restaurateur And Since 2004 A Radio Disc Jockey DJ With His Classic Rock Show Nights With Alice Cooper.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: School's Out

Alice Cooper -- School's Out School's Out Catapulted Alice Cooper Into The Hard Rock Stratosphere Largely Due To Its Timeless All-Time Classic Title Track. But While The Song Became Alice's Highest-Charting Single Ever Reaching Number Seven On The U.S. Charts And Recalled The Brash Three-And-A-Half-Minute Garage Rock Of Yore The Majority Of The Album Signaled A More Complex Compositional Directional For The Band.
Unlike Cooper's Previous Releases Love It To Death Killer Which Contained Several Instantly Identifiable Hard Rock Classics School's Out Appears To Be A Concept Album And Aside From The Aforementioned Title Track Anthem Few Of The Other Tracks Have Ever Popped Up In Concert.
That's Not To Say They Weren't Still Strong And Memorable While Such Cuts As Gutter Cat Vs. The Jets Street Fight My Stars And Grande Finale Came Off Like Mini-Epics With A Slightly Progressive Edge Alice Cooper Still Managed To Maintain Their Raw Unrefined Punk Edges Regardless.
Other Highlights Included The Rowdy Public Animal #9 The Mid-Paced Luney Tune And The Sinister Cabaret-Esque Blue Turk. Credits Michael Bruce -- Guitar Keyboards
Glen Buxton -- Guitar
Ernie Campagna -- Production Coordination
Roy Cicala -- Engineer
Alice Cooper -- Vocals
Dennis Dunaway -- Bass
Bob Ezrin -- Producer
Dennis Ferrante -- Recording Technician
Steve Hoffman -- Reissue Mastering
Frank Hubach -- Recording Technician
Robert Otter -- Photography
Neal Smith -- Drums
Sound Packing Corp. -- Artwork
Reggie Vincent -- Guitar Vocals
Dick Wagner -- Guitar
Wilkes & Braun Inc. -- Design Cover Design
Shelly Yakus -- Engineer

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