Zack: I’ll be completely honest here: I had
absolutely 0 positive expectations about this album. I thought it would be some
really corny, over-the-top early metal, like a slightly better KISS. Which
sucks because that’s not what this was and I don’t like being wrong. School’s
Out wasn’t an amazing album, but it was solid and a lot broader in terms of
style than I expected. After getting the song School’s Out out of the way in
the very beginning (a song I seriously would belt on bus on the last day of
school every year from 3rd-7th grade, mind you), the
album goes a few different directions. Some are hits, some are misses. But I
really appreciated the ambition. School’s Out, overall, was an okay album. But
I have to give credit for what it is, and it’s certainly more ambitious than I
thought it would be.
Favorite Tracks: Public Animal No. 9; Blue Turk; School’s
Out
Emily: Do you have a celebrity run-in story? Not a time when you actually met a celebrity, but a time that you randomly saw a celebrity in a public place, didn't say anything to them, and then laughed about it/told people later. Mine is seeing Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved by the Bell and bringer of a knife to a bar fight) walk by my friends and I in New York City while he was on the phone yelling about what we believed was his starring role in a pornographic film. My parents have a celebrity run-in story too - they saw Alice Cooper, minus his makeup and stage gear, at a mall in LA in the '80s. While their story is less amusing than mine, it's still a tidbit worth sharing, especially when reviewing one of Cooper's best-known albums. School's Out (the song) is definitely the one Alice Cooper song everybody knows; I mean, it was even on Guitar Hero! And when my mom watched us play said song on Guitar Hero, she made sure to mention her mall run-in with him. The rest of School's Out (the album) doesn't sound much like the title track, but that's okay. It takes a little bit of glam rock with a little bit of hard rock and produces radio-ready results that keep Cooper famous to this day. The casual listener may not know much beyond School's Out, but they'll definitely recognize him at the mall.
Favorite Tracks: School's Out; Blue Turk; Alma Mater
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