"No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a song by American

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, released in 1973 as a single off their sixth studio album ''

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'' (1973). The single reached No. 25 on the US charts and No. 10 on the UK charts, and helped ''Billion Dollar Babies'' to reach No. 1 in both the UK and the US. The song was written by Michael Bruce and

. Cooper wrote the song lyrics about the reactions of his mother's church group to his stage performances, saying that there were worse things that he could do with his life, and that the "gloves were off now." The song was re-recorded and featured in the video game '' Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'', ''

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'' episode " Love Is a Many Strangled Thing", and the '' Family Guy'' episode " Mom's the Word". The song was used in the TV show ''

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'' and in the film '' Dazed and Confused''. The scene featuring the song in the latter film was later parodied on '' Family Guy'' in the episode " Jungle Love". Cooper made a cameo appearance while performing the song in the film adaptation of the TV series ''

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''. The song has since remained a live staple and one of the band's most popular songs and a

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radio staple.

Track listing

#"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - 3:06 #"Raped and Freezin'" - 3:19

Album appearances

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'' *'' A Fistful of Alice'' *'' Alice Cooper: Brutally Live'' *''

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'' *''

Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits ''Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits'' is the only greatest hits album by United States, American rock band Alice Cooper (band), Alice Cooper, and their last release as a band. Released in 1974, it features hit songs from five of the band's seven studio ...

'' *'' The Beast of Alice Cooper'' *''

Classicks ''Classicks'' is a compilation album by Alice Cooper, released by Epic Records in September, 1995. This release was to mark the end of Cooper's record contract with Epic Records, which had spanned three studio albums. Alice suggested its title. ...

'' (Live Version) *''

The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper ''The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper'' (1999) is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper. It includes select tracks from every studio album released until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities. It also includes Alice Cooper's auth ...

'' *'' Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper'' *'' The Definitive Alice Cooper'' *'' The Essentials: Alice Cooper'' *'' School's Out and Other Hits''

Charts

Personnel

- vocals *

Glen Buxton Glen Edward Buxton (November 10, 1947 – October 19, 1997) was an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guita ...

- lead guitar * Michael Bruce - rhythm guitar *

Dennis Dunaway Dennis Dunaway (born December 9, 1946, in Cottage Grove, Oregon) is an American musician, best known as the original bass guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper (1962–1975, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021). He co-wrote some of the ...

- bass * Neal Smith - drums

Megadeth version

American

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band Megadeth covered the song in 1989 for the horror film '' Shocker''. The cover was released as a single in January 1990, charting in both Ireland and the U.K. The cover was later featured on the band's 1995 B-sides compilation, '' Hidden Treasures'', and the 2007 box set ''

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''.

Track listing

Chart positions

Personnel

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– guitars, lead vocals *

David Ellefson David Warren Ellefson (born November 12, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist for thrash metal band Megadeth. Ellefson initially became an accomplished bassist and honed his songwriting skills while leadi ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Nick Menza Nicholas Menza (July 23, 1964 – May 21, 2016) was an American musician best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1989 to 1998. He recorded drums on four of Megadeth's albums: ''Rust in Peace'' (1990), ''Countdown to Extin ...

– drums Production *Production: Desmond Child and Dave Mustaine

Other cover versions

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performed it on the cover album '' In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy''.

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include " My Generation", " Pinball Wizard", " Won't Get Fooled ...

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, Bob Kulick, Mike Inez,

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and

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covered it on the 1999 tribute album ''Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper''.

Uses in popular culture

In 1976, professional wrestler Chris Colt used the song as his entrance theme for his short-lived character The Chris Colt Experience, which was one of the first uses of rock music for a wrestler's theme song. Professional wrestling icon

Jim Cornette James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional prof ...

used the song as the intro and outro for his two podcasts (The Jim Cornette Experience and Drive Thru) until late 2019. On the fourth episode of the seventh season of the television show ''

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'' named "

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", the song's chorus is played as the characters try to figure out what year they traveled to.

References

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