"If my brain was lard, it wouldn't grease a very big pan."

From Sister Janice Buxton

Biography
   

Glen Edward Buxton (10 November 1947 – 19 October 1997) was a U.S. musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. He was born in Akron, Ohio and, throughout his career, was known as the "Blonde Bomber".

In 1964, while attending Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona, Buxton made his debut in a rock band called The Earwigs, comprising of high school students Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier. They were very popular, and changed their name to The Spiders in 1965, and later to The Nazz in 1967. In 1968, to avoid legal entanglements with the Todd Rundgren-led The Nazz, Buxton's band changed their name to Alice Cooper.

Buxton was the co-writer of classic songs like "School's Out", "I'm Eighteen", and "Elected." He is credited as lead guitarist on seven albums by the Alice Cooper band, including the chart-topping Billion Dollar Babies. Most of the lead guitar parts on that album were actually played by Mick Mashbir and Dick Wagner.

Buxton lived, for a time, on a farm near Clarion, Iowa performing with local artists. He died of complications from pneumonia on Sunday, October 19, 1997 at a hospital in Mason City, Iowa. Before his death, the guitarist was able to spend time with his old bandmates; Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, and Neal Smith.

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named Buxton as one of the "100 greatest guitarists of all time".