| Glen Buxton |
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| 1947 births | |
| buxton, glen | |
| 1997 deaths | |
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He made his debut in rock band, comprised of Cortez High School students, called The Earwigs. They were very popular, and changed their name to The Spiders and later to The Nazz. To avoid legal entanglements with the Todd Rundgren -led The Nazz , Buxton's band changed their name to Alice Cooper. Buxton was the co-writer of classic songs like; "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen," and "Elected." He is credited as lead guitarist on seven albums by the Alice Cooper band, including the chart-topping Billion Dollar Babies. Most of the lead guitar parts on that album were actually played by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. Buxton was one of the reasons for the break-up of the original Alice Cooper band. Singer Alice Cooper and Buxton had been friends since high school, and Cooper found it easier to exit the band for a solo career than to replace Buxton. Buxton reportedly became involved with heroin, and, after the group disbanded, fell into financial trouble, eventually losing his home to the Internal Revenue Service . Later, he played with a short-lived Phoenix-based band, Virgin. Buxton lived, for a time, on a farm near Clarion , Iowa performing with local artists. He died of complications from Pneumonia on Sunday, October 19 , 1997 at a hospital in Mason City, Iowa. Before his death, the guitarist was able to spend time with his old bandmates; Alice Cooper , Dennis Dunaway , Michael Bruce , and Neal Smith In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named Buxton as one of the "100 greatest guitarists of all time". {Link without Title} |
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