No More Mr. Nice Guy (song)
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"No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a single by the hard rock
group Alice Cooper
, taken from the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies
. The single reached #25 on the US charts and #10 on the UK charts, and helped Billion Dollar Babies to reach #1 in both the UK and the US. Alice Cooper and Michael Bruce wrote the song.
Cooper wrote the song about the reactions of his mother's Church group about Cooper's stage performances and the characters he played onstage. It was him saying that there was worse stuff that he could do in his life and that the "gloves were off now."
Heavy metal
group Megadeth
did a cover of the song for the 1989 film Shocker
. The song was also covered by Pat Boone
for the cover album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
. Czech singer Aleš Brichta recorded this song with the Czech lyrics under the title "Couvnou, pane Bourák" for his second solo album "Ráno ve dveřích armády spásy" in 1996.
The song was re-recorded by Alice Cooper and featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
.
The song was played in the film Dazed and Confused
, television show Family Guy
, in the episode "Jungle Love
" in a parody of the scene from Dazed and Confused, and in the television show The Simpsons
, in the episode "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing
".
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
group Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, taken from the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be...
. The single reached #25 on the US charts and #10 on the UK charts, and helped Billion Dollar Babies to reach #1 in both the UK and the US. Alice Cooper and Michael Bruce wrote the song.
Cooper wrote the song about the reactions of his mother's Church group about Cooper's stage performances and the characters he played onstage. It was him saying that there was worse stuff that he could do in his life and that the "gloves were off now."
Heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
group Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
did a cover of the song for the 1989 film Shocker
Shocker (film)
Shocker is a 1989 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. The relatively low-budget film has since become a cult classic...
. The song was also covered by Pat Boone
Pat Boone
Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has been a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs and sold more copies than his black counterparts...
for the cover album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by Pat Boone in which Boone, after critisizing groups like Duran Duran for their James Bond theme and number one hit A View To A Kill because of their lyric "Dance Into the Fire" being devil worshipping and unholy, covers hard rock and heavy...
. Czech singer Aleš Brichta recorded this song with the Czech lyrics under the title "Couvnou, pane Bourák" for his second solo album "Ráno ve dveřích armády spásy" in 1996.
The song was re-recorded by Alice Cooper and featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is a music video game and the sixth main entry in the Guitar Hero series for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles. The game was released September 24, 2010 in Europe, September 28, 2010 in North America and September 29, 2010 in Australia...
.
The song was played in the film Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...
, television show Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, in the episode "Jungle Love
Jungle Love (Family Guy)
"Jungle Love" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy. Chris runs away from his home after getting hazed on his first day of school and joins the Peace Corps, after which he is dropped off in South America...
" in a parody of the scene from Dazed and Confused, and in the television show The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, in the episode "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing
Love Is a Many Strangled Thing
"Love Is a Many Strangled Thing" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons twenty-second season. It aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 27, 2011.-Plot:...
".
Album appearances
- Billion Dollar BabiesBillion Dollar BabiesBillion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be...
- A Fistful of Alice
- Alice Cooper: Brutally LiveAlice Cooper: Brutally LiveBrutally Live is a live concert DVD by Alice Cooper. It was originally released in 2000 on DVD, and re-released in 2003 on DVD accompanied with an audio CD of an edited version of the DVD's soundtrack....
- Live at Montreux
- Alice Cooper's Greatest HitsGreatest Hits (Alice Cooper album)Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 1974. It features the hit singles of songs from their third album to the last album with the band's original lineup ....
- The Beast of Alice CooperThe Beast of Alice CooperThe Beast of Alice Cooper is a greatest-hits album released in 1989 by WEA International. This compilation was released soon after Alice Cooper's Trash album to cash in on its success.-Track listing:# "School's Out"# "Under My Wheels"...
- Classicks (Live Version)
- The Life and Crimes of Alice CooperThe Life and Crimes of Alice CooperThe Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper. It includes select tracks from every studio album released up until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities....
- Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
- The Definitive Alice CooperThe Definitive Alice CooperThe Definitive Alice Cooper is a compilation album by Alice Cooper, released in 2001 on Rhino Records. It is the companion release of The Best of Alice Cooper, with a slightly different tracklisting, released worldwide except in the US.-Track listing:...
- The Essentials: Alice CooperThe Essentials: Alice CooperThe Essentials: Alice Cooper is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 2002.-Track listing:# "I'm Eighteen"# "Under My Wheels"# "Be My Lover"# "School's Out"# "Elected"# "No More Mr. Nice Guy"# "Billion Dollar Babies"...
- School's Out and Other HitsSchool's Out and Other Hits- Track listing :# "School's Out"# "Under My Wheels"# "Be My Lover"# "Elected"# "No More Mr. Nice Guy"# "Only Women Bleed"# "Welcome to My Nightmare"# "I Never Cry"# "Clones "# "I'm Eighteen"...
Chart positions
| Year | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | US | 25 |
| 1972 | UK | 10 |
| 1972 | Austria | 14 |
| 1972 | Holland | 6 |
| 1972 | Ireland | 18 |
| 1972 | Germany | 10 |
Personnel
- Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- vocals - Glen BuxtonGlen BuxtonGlen Edward Buxton was an American musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. He was born in Akron, Ohio....
- lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Michael BruceMichael Owen BruceMichael Bruce is a US rock musician. He was a guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist for the original Alice Cooper group .Bruce co-wrote many of the hit songs with some or all of the other members of the band...
- rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Dennis DunawayDennis DunawayDennis Dunaway was the bass guitarist for The Spiders , The Earwigs , Alice Cooper group from 1969–1974.He co-wrote such hits as "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out"....
- bass - Neal Smith - drums