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A song fact missing from the site: Song: Cold Ethyl Artist: Alice Cooper Album: "Welcome to My Nightmare" Released: February 28, 1975 Facts: * This song was intended as a lighthearted satire on necrophilia (sex with a corpse) that Alice figured the kids would get, but the parents wouldn't (true!) * Ann Landers, in her column, decried the song's content. Alice Cooper then wrote to her, & it was published, that it was a lighthearted look at Necrophilia (as I typed above) Ann replied that it wasn't funny to her., but rather sick. *The song is actually a two-way meaning, alluding to Steven's battle with alcoholism (ethyl short for Ethyl Alcohol, & also pun of the dead woman's name Ethel (Steven is the imputed boy in Welcome to my Nightmare, having all the nightmares, & trying to fight his way back to waking.) * Steven is having a lifetime love affair with Ethel & Ethyl in this part of the "Nightmare" the album is presenting in its thematic journey Sources: I have the vinyl album, & I've read much in books & the internet in general Lyrics: I don't have authorisation to copy/share

School’s out for summer — well, for most kids — and Rhino Records is releasing the ultimate poolside collection for Alice Cooper fans with a new 15-CD boxed set. The Studio Albums 1969-1983 lands in stories July 31 and includes all the albums Cooper recorded with Warner Bros. Records. Presented in a clamshell box, each of Cooper’s 15 albums will be represented, beginning with his 1969 debut, Pretties for You and ending with 1983‘s Dada, including Cooper’s 1971 blockbuster, School’s Out. The set will also be available digitally. Cooper is celebrating summer by hitting the road with Motley Crüe. The show kicks off July 24 at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. The tour concludes Dec. 22 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Here’s the complete box set, and the year of release for each album: Pretties for You — 1969 Easy Action — 1970 Love It to Death — 1971 Killer — 1971 School’s Out — 1972 Billion Dollar Babies — 1973 Muscle of Love — 1973 Welcome to My Nightmare — 1975 Alice Cooper Goes to Hell — 1976 Lace and Whiskey — 1977 From the Inside — 1978 Flush the Fashion — 1980 Special Forces — 1981 Zipper Catches Skin — 1982 Dada — 1983 Article Credit: ABC Radio