11 Facts About Glen Buxton

Glen Edward Buxton was an American guitarist who played lead guitar for the rock band Alice Cooper.

In 2011, Buxton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the original Alice Cooper band.

Alongside Dennis Dunaway and Vince Furnier, Glen Buxton contributed to the school paper.

At the onset, Glen Buxton was the only member who could play an instrument, and thus taught some of the other members to play after the group decided to take a shot at becoming a real band.

Glen Buxton is credited as lead guitarist on seven albums by Alice Cooper, including the chart-topping Billion Dollar Babies.

Glen Buxton had co-written four songs for Muscle of Love but does not play on any of them.

In 1994 Glen Buxton founded the band Glen Buxton-Flynn with his long time friend, Michael Flynn.

Glen Buxton died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in Mason City, Iowa, on October 19,1997, aged 49.

Glen Buxton had recently spent time visiting and playing music with two of his Alice Cooper bandmates and longtime friends, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith.

Glen Buxton mentioned having some pain at the nightclub and his friends urged him to see a doctor, but Glen Buxton replied he would wait until he got home.

Glen Buxton is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion, Iowa.