“School’s Out”: What If Dali (And Other Surrealists) Made The Art For The Fifth Alice Cooper Album In 1972?

by Patrick Penrose Published Nov 16, 2025

Me and my wife are die-hard Alice Cooper fans.

We love the music and the artistic record packaging.

So much so that in 2016 we wrote, produced, and performed a play about the original Alice Cooper Group and performed it in Portland and Seattle over three years just before Covid.

Alice Cooper band founders, Vincent Furnier and Dennis Dunaway, were die-hard surrealists and Salvador Dali fans.

I always wondered… if they had the money, could they have hired Dali to make album art for their fourth psychedelic stab at rock and roll history?

It might have looked like this.

The following images were inspired by all of the songs on “School’s Out”!

I added the songs below each image, just in case you want to know more!

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Remember the Coop!

-Dylan Hillerman

Dylan has foundations in graphics, theater, and film– having directed, written and performed in over 100 productions, live and recorded, for 25+ years. Since his childhood in the 1970’s, Dylan has been involved with theater as a performer and crew. His long career involves working in all stages of operations for theater companies and promotional art. Currently he is writing, directing, acting, filming and editing GuignolFest’s horror series, “The Night Attacks.” Collaborating with other performance groups, he is an actor for many unique spaces in Portland. For more than 14 years, he has brought together hundreds of people annually for Portland’s Original 72-HR Horror Movie Contest to highlight local film makers, from novice to expert.

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School’s Out

℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.

Lead Vocals: Alice Cooper

Producer: Bob Ezrin

Unknown: Danny Turbeville

Bass Guitar: Dennis Dunaway

Background Vocals: Dennis Dunaway

Unknown: Dennis Ferrante

Unknown: Frank Hubach

Guitar: Glen Buxton