Schools Out is perhaps the peak of all of Alice Cooper's musical output. Their follow up effort Million Dollar Babies has a few interesting ideas but nothing is much of a departure from their previous work, and when your claim-to-fame is shock factor that's not really a good sign. This song, for instance, is mostly the line "I love The Dead" repeated, along with some 'edgy' effects and a few variations on the main theme. If has none of the emotional resonance of Dead Babies from Killer, for example.
I always liked Alone, Raped, and Freezing (I think it's called) about a Mexico trip gone wrong, but it's a straight up rock song and delivered exactly right for the material. But other than the title track I have no recollection of the rest of the tunes on the album.
I saw them live once, at the peek of their popularity. We left after 20 minutes. Not because the show was so 'shocking' but because it was a mess and he couldn't sing to save his life. I have no idea if it was typical of all of the shows but it didn't matter because I lost interest in the band at that point. Your audience is a fickle bunch.
Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce did some tasty guitar work and once he ditched his first band he sucked.
I lost interest in the band at that point. Your audience is a fickle bunch.
That's the nature of the business and it's really hard to keep writing hit songs.
Alcohol got the best of Alice for a number of years. Good thing he finally dried out.
Cold Ethyl, off of Welcome To My Nightmare, had a nice melody to it.
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