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 Glen Buxton Biography (Courtsy of The Alice Cooper Encyclopedia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Glen kept journals and he would write down quotes from shows that intrigued him or ones he thought were funny.
Glen Buxton, 49, one of the founding members and the lead guitarist of the original Alice Cooper group, died of complications from pneumonia on Sunday, October 19, 1997 at at a hospital in Clarion, Iowa.
Buxton was born in 1947 in Akron, Ohio.
brutal-planet.tripod.com /bio/glenbio.html   (593 words)

  
 Glen Buxton: Guitarist for Alice Cooper
Glen Buxton, retired guitarist for Alice Cooper, dies at 49
Buxton had been suffering from pneumonia and was taken to a hospital over the weekend, said his brother, Ken.
Buxton all but retired from music after the band's breakup, emerging in 1985 with a Phoenix-based band called Virgin.
www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/chronicle/ae/music/deaths/buxton.html   (132 words)

  
 detail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Glen Buxton was one of the original guitarists with the Seventies shock- rockers and contributed to some of their most enduring and influential hits like the immortal teenage rebel anthem "School's Out", a British No 1 in 1972.
Born in Akron, Ohio in 1947, Buxton was the guitarist in the Sixties with the Spiders (originally the Earwigs), a Midwest garage band which also featured the singer Vincent Furnier (the preacher's son from Detroit who would later assume the Alice character) and the bassist Dennis Dunaway.
Glen Buxton came up with the opening guitar riff, though originally only fellow guitarist Michael Bruce and Vincent Furnier were credited for the song (a later ruling split the credit between all five members).
zebro.everperfect.com /blacknapkins/Detailid.asp?ID=39   (1199 words)

  
 Neal Smith Rock
Buxton was born November 10, 1947 at Akron, Ohio, the son of Thomas J. and Geraldine E. Carlson Buxton.
Buxton played lead guitar for Alice Cooper, a five member band that formed in Phoenix in the mid-1960s and had its greatest fame in the early 1970s.
Buxton had recurring health problems and all out retired from the music industry except for a brief time in 1985 when he formed a band called Virgin which he played primarily in the Phoenix area, where his parents, brother and sister still live.
www.nealsmith.com /glenbuxdeath.html   (1059 words)

  
 A Tribute to Glen Buxton
Glen Buxton, 49, one of the founding members and the lead guitarist of the original Alice Cooper group, died of complications from pneumonia on Sunday, October 19,1997 at a hospital in Clarion, Iowa.
While a few of us had the opportunity to pay our collective respects to Glen's family and friends in person, many did not and over the past weeks we have received many calls from fans asking if there is something we as a group could do to honour the memory of Glen.
Having given it some thought and with the blessing of Lorrie, Glen's fiancee, and the Buxton family, we are initiating a campaign to raise funds exclusively from Glen's fans worldwide for the purpose of having a beautiful monument prepared for placement at Glen's gravesite in 1998.
remy.tourment.free.fr /AliceHTM/Glen.html   (506 words)

  
 Glen Buxton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Glen Buxton told me a story about how him and Jim Morrison used to drink all night long and the Jim's manager would call that he was supposed to be doing a photo shoot early that same morning.
Glen went along with him to the photo shoot they both were like hung over bad and Jim didn't even have a shirt to wear for the shot.
Glen was wearing a purple balloon sleeved shirt at the time so he gave it to Jim Morrison for the photo shoot.
www.alicecoopertrivia.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /musicians/m-gb.php   (5946 words)

  
 Glen Buxton - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
In the mid-'80s, Buxton lent some guitar work to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist/singer Buck Dharma's 1982 solo album, Flat Out, and formed the original group Virgin (unfortunately, the only existing recording of the band is the 1985 bootleg Live at the Mason Jar).
In 1997, Buxton was reunited with his former Alice Cooper bandmates (sans Cooper himself), on Antbee's Lunar Music, and on October 10 of the same year, reunited on-stage with Smith and Bruce for the first time since Cooper's breakup at the Area 51 club in Houston, TX.
Buxton's gravestone features an adaptation of the album artwork for Cooper's School's Out album, as well as a musical transcription of his world famous guitar riff for the album's aforementioned title track.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,410557,00.html   (701 words)

  
 Alice Cooper Bio
Inside the "desk" (for the first half million copies anyway) was the vinyl LP wrapped in paper panties which would later be banned as a fire hazard.
With School's Out, Bruce and Buxton's guitar weaving was in full swing and they were now an established hard rock guitar band with a heavy pounding drummer.
Buxton in fact missed most of the sessions for Billion Dollar Babies, as Bruce took over almost all of the guitar parts for that album.
www.keno.org /classic_rock/alice_cooper_bio.htm   (873 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Dennis Dunaway (Part 2)
So, Glen might do a guitar break that would go on as long as he wanted, and we would take it different places.
Glen played so well on that, and he clicked in so well with those New York horn players, those jazz guys we hired for that track.
During rehearsals, Mike Bruce and Glen and I would get in a sort of beatnik frame of mind and then we'd play these little jazz things, just for something different to run down during a long day of playing hard rock.
www.ink19.com /issues/may2004/interviews/dennisDunawayPart2.html   (3207 words)

  
 Buxton - Buxton Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
Near to Buxton and Leek and nestled in the edge of the Peak District.
Bill Buxton is a designer and a researcher concerned with human aspects of technology Buxton's research specialties include technologies, techniques and
Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway.
siteslinks.com /q/buxton.htm   (333 words)

  
 Glen Buxton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As promised, it is with great pleasure that I announce the early information on the upcoming Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend.
Thank you again to the Buxton's for allowing Glen's fans to organize this event in his memory.
Janice Buxton and I are thrilled to announce the debut of "Bouchard, Dunaway and Smith".
www.alicecoopershow.co.uk /band/glen/glen_buxton.htm   (623 words)

  
 Neal Smith
In alphabetical order: Michael Bruce guitar and songwriter, Glen Buxton lead guitar and songwriter, Alice Cooper lead singer, songwriter and lyricist, Dennis Dunaway bass guitar and songwriter, and last but not least Me, Neal Smith percussionist and songwriter.
Glen Buxton, who had lived at Clarion for several years, was a founding member of Alice Cooper.
Buxton, the former lead guitarist for the band Alice Cooper, was remembered as a talented musician as well as a good friend and neighbor during funeral services Friday in Clarion.
www.nealsmith.com /music   (1280 words)

  
 Richie Scarlet Current Events 1997  
Glen Buxton, Neal Smith, and Michael Bruce, all original members of "Alice Cooper", who all came to Houston to shake us to our knees with the sounds not heard heard for in almost a quarter century!
Be that as it may, the next night, the crowd really did belong to Glen, Neal, Michael and Richie Scarlet, replacing ACG bass Dennis Dunaway on October 12.
This section of the Richie Scarlet Archives is dedicated to Glen Buxton, the blonde bomber.
www.michaelbruce.com /current/1997/indexrs.htm   (977 words)

  
 Alice Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cooper, influenced by British Bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and in particular The Yardbirds, formed a number of rock bands in the 1960s, including the Earwigs, The Spiders, and The Nazz.
The classic Alice Cooper group line up consisted of guitarists Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith.
After moving to California in 1968, the band enlisted Shep Gordon and Joe Greenberg as their managers, and the band was soon signed to Frank Zappa's label, Straight Records - releasing two competent but outlandish albums, Pretties For You and Easy Action, to a frosty public and critical reception.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alice_Cooper   (2071 words)

  
 1969 - 74
Glen this time looks like he’s taking no shit from anyone as Michael wearing fringe shirt and silver pants shows some Glam edge.
Glen once said the beginning was like when kids tease one another they go “na na nana na” he use to just play those notes during previous jams.
Unfortunately guitarist Glen Buxton was in failing health so Mick Mashbir was appointed to step in and assist at times on any studio recordings and future concerts.
www.evenspot.com /html.folder/CDreview/ACGcd69-74.html   (5551 words)

  
 Alice Cooper
Furnier, born in Detroit and heavily influenced by The Beatles, formed a number of rock bands in the 1960s, including the Earwigs, The Spiders, and The Nazz.
Furnier, upon learning that Todd Rundgren also had a band called the Nazz, changed the band's name to Alice Cooper, which at that time included guitarist Mike Bruce, guitarist Glen Buxton, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith.
After moving to California in 1968, the band enlisted Shep Gordon as their manager, and the band was soon signed to Frank Zappa's label, Straight Records - releasing two competent but outlandish albums, Pretties For You and Easy Action, to a frosty public and critical reception.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alice_cooper.html   (879 words)

  
 Glen Buxton Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Glen Buxton was the original lead guitarist for the Alice Cooper group, which began back in the 1960s.
On August 7th-9th of 1998, the Buxton Memorial Weekend was held in Clarion.
Also included is a video biography of Glen, featuring some rare concert footage of the Alice Cooper group AND Buxton-Flynn, plus an interview with Glen's fiancee Lorrie.
www.lonesomeroadie.com /glen.htm   (290 words)

  
 Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 October 19 in History
Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 October 19 in History
Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49
The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1997/october_19_1997_175622.html   (52 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Neal Smith (Part II)
Instead of just going in there and playing like Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees, just holding down a beat, it was always about what can you do to add to, and become a part of the soul and spirit of the music.
Like Glen said, someone asked him before he passed away, "What are you doing in Clarion, Iowa?" and he said "I go to the mailbox and collect royalty checks." [laughs].
I was totally shocked when Glen died and I figured there were a couple of things I wanted to finish up in my life and one was Platinum God, and to at least make it available to the people who cared about it.
www.ink19.com /issues/march2003/interviews/nealSmithPartIi.html   (3976 words)

  
 Argus Leader - Entertainment
At least on this trip, Buxton's fans proved to be more giving than Bolin's.
Some of you might be wondering why Buxton, an Akron, Ohio, native was buried in the middle of Iowa.
Several reports said Buxton spent his last years farming before dying in 1997 from pneumonia.
www.argusleader.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050616/ENT/506160313/1005/ENT   (1266 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - Alice Cooper Guitarist Glen Buxton Dead
October 28 [10:00 EDT] -- Glen Buxton, the guitarist who co-founded Alice Cooper's first band in the early '70s and played on many of Cooper's classic albums, died earlier this month.
Buxton died on October 19 in Clarion, Iowa.
Buxton went on to play on such classic Cooper albums as "Billion Dollar Babies," "Killer," and their major label debut, "Love It To Death."
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1427497/19971028/cooper_alice.jhtml   (544 words)

  
 Page X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bassist Dennis Dunaway played on those FM classics as a member of Alice-Cooper-the-band, along with guitarists Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton and drummer Neal Smith.
DUNAWAY I remember Glen for being a one-of-a-kind character.
Glen was a genuine rock 'n' roll personality with a golden heart.
www.injersey.com /pagex/story/0,2506,1255883,00.html   (642 words)

  
 Dennis Dunaway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He attended Glen Buxton's funeral but did not attend the reunion a couple of weeks earlier.
An operation was believed to be successful, and he's currently regaining his health and his weight.
October 1999: Good news is that Dennis was well enough to attended the second Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend 23rd/24th October.
www.alicecoopershow.co.uk /band/dennis/dennis_dunaway.htm   (706 words)

  
 The Official Michael Bruce Website - a tribute to the Alice Cooper group - Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend I (August 7-9 ...
Michael arrives at the Iron Horse Inn in Clarion, IA. The Michael Bruce Group tour was scheduled around the Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend so that the entire band would be able to attend and provide entertainment for all those fans willing to travel to Clarion and pay tribute to Glen.
Above is a picture of Glen's folks, who are about the sweetest couple you'll ever meet.
Other fans and friends of Glen took the stage for a once in a lifetime jam including Neal Smith, Mike Postel, Skip Ladd, and many of Glen's other friends and bandmates through the years.
www.michaelbruce.com /tour/clarion   (361 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Alice Cooper - Special Edition EP: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The original band is Glen Buxton-guitar, Michael Bruce-organ-guitar-vocals, Neal Smith-20 piece drum kit, Dennis Dunaway-bass and vocals and Alice on lead vocals.
Live, Glen was left on his own until he could no longer function onstage.
Glen did start to develop more and the School's Out period was his peak of musical accomplishment and Public Aninal # 9 rocks with dynamic changes and creative use of guitar feedback.
www.amazon.com /gp/product/B0000897B1   (1845 words)

  
 Heavy Liquid (Review/Interview)
AI: You were also involved in a band with Glen Buxton [guitarist in the original Alice Cooper band].
We were hangin with Glen Buxton and this was at the end of the Alice Cooper days.
So we're hangin with Glen Buxton who's one of my idols, and Glen wants to play, so we put together a band.
www.aural-innovations.com /issues/issue20/hliquid2.html   (2351 words)

  
 Michael Bruce of the Alice Cooper Group - Stain #14   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He told me how guitarist Glen Buxton had just gotten out of rehab and gotten married.
As far as Mick Mashbir (the guitarist), Glen was hospitalized, I think for his pancreas, so we had to get another guitarist.
He is playing again in the Buxton, Flynn and D Band, although his health is still a little unstable.
www.stainmagazine.com /alice.html   (3462 words)

  
 Sleaze Roxx: Alice Cooper
Playing under several different names in the Phoenix, Arizona area during the late 60s, it wouldn't be long before the Alice Cooper moniker was adopted as the name of the band and the lead vocalist.
The original group was rounded out by school chums Glen Buxton (guitar), Michael Bruce (guitar), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Neal Smith (drums).
Original member Glen Buxton passed away on October 19, 1997 and members have patched up any differences they once had.
www.sleazeroxx.com /bands/cooperalice/cooperalice.shtml   (592 words)

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