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No More Mr. Nice Guy

by

Alice Cooper



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Cooper wrote this about the reaction of friends and family toward his on stage persona. The maniac he plays on stage goes over well with his audiences, but the folks in his mother's church groups were unsure how to handle it and were uncomfortable talking about it. (thanks, Brian - Grand Forks, ND)
Megadeth covered this on their Hidden Treasures album. (thanks, Matthew Daubert - Mequon, WI)
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Comments (24):

Alice said No More Mr. Nice Guy was designed to sound like Roger Daltrey and The Who.
- Burke, St. Paul, MN
his makeup is awesome
- ciara, ses, Benin
an alchoholic is better than a drug addict i would rather be hooked on alchohol than drugs hes doing fine cuz he didnt do drugs i mean look at ozzy osbourne he did every drug known to man and he cant speak right
- ciara, ses, Benin
alice cooper is just a stage personsa and it dosent reflect his life he said in an interview he doesnt have to put nudity curse words or santinism in his music like all the other bands do
- ciara, ses, Benin
This song and others from Alice Cooper made the 1970's what it is today......the songs from the decade of the 70's have stood the test of time!
- Rick, Belfast, ME
Ken, Alice was a raving alcoholic, comsuming bottles of jack a day!His golf came later when he eventually cleaned up his act.
- Haydn, Stockport, United Kingdom
Vince, its not "Rev. Smithy." It is "Rev. Smith. He recognized me."
- Dan, Coeur d'Alene, ID
This one's an all-time fave by Alice Cooper, hands down!
- Harold, San Bernadino, CA
Alice in his prime. what a great song! that particular era [Zepp, Stones, Aerosmith, Steely Dan..etc.]always brings back good memories for me.
- Daevid, Glendale, CA
I'm surprised no one here has mentioned the Pat Boone cover version of this song (until NOW that is LOL).
- Ricky, Ohsweken, -
Band was good but I think Dennis Dunaway is one of the most underrated bass players. His playing was incredibly powerful and dynamic, and groovin.
- Alan, Syracuse, NY
I agree with Andrew from Toronto - "Love It To Death" and "Killer" are the original groups best albums (their 3rd and 4th, respectively).
- Mark, Grafton, United States
Reverend Smithy mentioned in the song was a nickname that the band gave their drummer Neal Smith.
- Vince, Rome , NY
great song awesome riff. love the megadeth/mustaine version where dave goes "me? a nice guy? YEAH RIGHT!" at the start
- Zac, Sydney, Australia
Was he realy drug-free, i didnt kno that, wow thats somethin.
- Ozzi, Brookhaven, PA
Cooper's personal life was nothing like his stage persona. He lived, drug-free, in a suburban home and his biggest pasion, besides music, was playing golf!
- Ken, Louisville, KY
Alice Cooper grew up in Phoenix. When he was in high school- Cortez High- he ran track. He passed out after a race and landed on his nose- hence it's crooked state. The track coach- Emmit Smith (not the footbal player) told all the lettering athletes they each had to do a skit at the Lettermen banquet. The lyrics "the Rev. Smith, he recognized me, he punched me in the nose" was referring to Coach Smith, a Mormon Bishop. He and several of his fellow athletes decided to do a take-off on the Beatles and named it after a different insect- The Earwigs. Much of Phoenix in the early 60s was surrounded by citrus groves. These were sub-divided and turned into housing projects ("15 full-grown citrus trees in each yard!"). Earwigs are centipede-like insects with pinchers on their tales that favored orange groves. After homes were plopped down there, you always had them in your houses. The show went off so well, that they remained as a group later changing their name to the Spiders ("Return of the Spiders" on their second album). Alice is now a pillar of the community in Paradise Valley.
- Dave, Scottsdale, AZ
Guitarist Michael Bruce co-wrote this and used it for the title of his retrospective book about the band. In the book he says that Alice Cooper was the name of the band long before the whole band decided to let lead singer Vince Furnier take the name as well -- "and created a monster"!
- fyodor, Denver, CO
Fantastic song! Megadeth's cover version in 1990 was not bad either
- Dave, Cardiff, Wales
This song was featured on the Dazed & Confused soundtrack. I agree with you, Shana, that this is a cool song.
- Joel, Columbia, SC
realting to what you said kevin, the part in family guy was actually knockoff of the scene in the movie dazed and confused where they are spanking the kid because of his initiation to high school. the kid who is spanking him is played by a young ben affleck and is quite amusing to watch.
- Josh, Thornhill, Canada
this song was on a 2005 episode of 'Family Guy' the songs chorus is played over and over while chris recieves spankings from seniors for him being a freshman. (side note: the mayor, adam west, also administers spankings to chris)
- kevin, Sandy, UT
Great song but getting more parody in their music which would become a staple in the later albums.I prefer the dark heavy doomy Alice tunes such as-Halo of Flies,Killer,Ballad of Dwight Frie and Sick Things but I love all the early Alice Cooper Band records.
- Andrew, Toronto
Freakin awesome song!
- Shana, Detroit Rock City, Canada
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