Alice Cooper
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Year:
2011
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Inducted by:
Rob Zombie
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Category:
Performers
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Alice Cooper -
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Dennis Dunaway -
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Glen Buxton -
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Michael Bruce -
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Neal Smith
Introduction
Alice Cooper specialized in psychedelic-tinted music that presaged (and inspired) glam, hard rock, metal and even punk.
The mighty quintet paired this music with theatrical and, at times, terrifying stage shows featuring things such as electric chair simulations and guillotine beheadings. Outside of the horror shtick, Alice Cooper never skimped on songwriting, which explains why "School's Out" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy" remain fist-pumping favorites.
Rob Zombie Inducts Alice Cooper
Rob Zombie Inducts Alice Cooper at the 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
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Rob Zombie Inducts Alice Cooper00:07:54 -
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Alice Cooper Acceptance Speeches00:08:24 -
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"I'm Eighteen"00:03:45
Hall of Fame Essay
2011
By any standards, 1973 was an exceptional year for rock & roll. Its twelve months saw the release of such gems as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy, the Who’s Quadrophenia, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and debuts from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Queen, and the New York Dolls.
But the most provocative and audacious treasure of that banner year was Alice Cooper’s masterpiece, Billion Dollar Babies, a brilliant lampoon of American excess.
Before Alice Cooper, there was not a rock show.
