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Mike Bruce (born Michael Owen Bruce on March 16, 1948) is a US rock musician. He was guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist for the original Alice Cooper group (Vince Furnier aka Alice Cooper/Michael Bruce/Glen Buxton/Dennis Dunaway/Neal Smith).
Bruce co-wrote many of the hit songs with some or all of the other members of the band. There are several Bruce only songs including "Be My Lover" from Killer. Bruce also sang lead vocal on the majority of "Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio" on the first album Pretties For You and all of "Below Your Means" and "Beautiful Flyaway" on the follow up Easy Action, prior to the bands breakthrough album Love It to Death on the Warner Bros label the first Alice Cooper album produced by Bob Ezrin. The Alice Cooper group broke up in 1974.
'Billion Dollar Babies' was the name of the band founded by Michael Bruce, Mike Marconi, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Dolin, and Neal Smith after they split from Alice Cooper in 1974. This band was embroiled in a legal suit over the usage of the name. They only released one album, 1977's 'Battleaxe', before disbanding.
'No More Mr Nice Guy : Inside Story of the "Alice Cooper" Group' By: Michael Bruce was released on October 1st 1996(and updated and re-released in 2000). It's a relatively short book with some rare pictures and some rather common place ones. It was published by a small company in the UK. For the most part, it is rehash of the Alice Cooper history with some interesting anecdotes.
Michael still tours with his own band and has some solo records out, as well as a live CD Halo Of Ice. His current group, The Michael Bruce Group performing some Alice Cooper classics as well as a few from his solo album Michael Bruce, In My Own Way, The Complete Sessions features Michael (guitars/vocals), Bob Russell (guitars/vocals), Tommy Dominick (Bass/keyboards) and Bob Allen (drums).
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Album discography of Michael Bruce
- In My Own Way (1975)
- As Rock Rolls On (1983)
Album discography of the original Alice Cooper group
- Live at the Whiskey (1969)
- 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)
- Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (1974)
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