Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway founded Alice Cooper while at Cortez High School along with Vince Furnier and Glen Buxton. Often refered to as the quiet member of the group, in fact the band was considered Dennis' band during the early years. A highly influential musician with a style of his own, Dennis' influence is all over the original group albums. Since they disbanded in 1974 he has played constantly in a variety of bands, the latest of which is his first solo project, The Dennis Dunaway Project.
In 2005 Dennis finally launched his own website which you can find at www.dennisdunaway.com

Birthday

Dennis Dale Dunaway was born on December 9th, 1946 (not 1948 as is normally quoted. He`s just never bothered to correct anyone) in Cottage Grive, Oregon but moved to Phoenix at a young age.

Marriage

Dennis is married to Neal Smith's sister, Cindy, who in the early days of the band, designed the on-stage costumes. They have two children, Chelsea and Renee.

The Present

Dennis is the ACG member that the least is known about. He apparently had a video business but has been in the antique business in CT for many years with his wife Cindy. In recent years, mention has been made that Dennis is not in the best of health. He attended Glen Buxton`s funeral but did not attend the reunion a couple of weeks earlier. Short notice was one reason but his health was also a contributing factor. Intestinal problems had been mentioned.

In April/May of 1998, Dennis was admitted to hospital suffering from Crone`s disease. An operation was believed to be successful. He regained his health and weight, and was well enough to attended the second Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend on 23rd/24th October 1999. He now seems to be fully recovered and regularly plays shows again with BDS, Joe Bouchard solo shows and the Dennis Dunaway Project.

Bouchard, Dunaway And Smith

Dennis has continued to work with Neal Smith, along with Joe Bouchard, in a new band called Bouchard, Dunaway and Smith. In 2001 they released the album 'Back From Hell' and followed it up with selected shows around New York/Connecticut area as well as four shows in Europe during October/November 2002 including Sickcon1. A second album is in the works and a live album from the Paris show has been released.

Dennis has also been working on a book, chronicling his years with Alice Cooper and beyond which is finished and looking for a publisher that will present it in the way he wishes.

Solo Discography

1977 Billion Dollar Babies - Battle Axe (feat. Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith) (Buy)

1979 The Flying Tigers - Live at the Baranby's Club(bootleg) feat. Dunaway & Neal Smith

1982 Buck Dharma "Flat out" LP feat.Dennis Dunaway & Neal Smith

1989 Deadringer - Electrocution of the heart LP (feat. Dunaway & Neal Smith)

1997 Antbee - Lunar Musik (feat. Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith) (Buy)

2001 B.D.S. - Back From Hell

2003 B.D.S. - Live In Paris

2006 The Dennis Dunaway Project - Bones From The Yard

The Dennis Dunaway Project

Along with doing shows with BDS, Dennis also has another band called the Dennis Dunaway Project featuring Rick Tedesco on guitar, drummer Russ Wilson, keyboard & lead vocalist Ed Burns, with Dennis on bass and vocals of course. An album, 'Bones From The Yard', was released in September 2006 via the bands website. Ian Hunter plays piano and sings on it and a couple of songs feature horn players that have worked with Donald Fagan. It is being mixed by Pete Moshay, who has worked with Hall & Oats, Mariah Carey, and Barbara Streisand. More info on 'Bones From The Yard' here.

The Dennis Dunaway Project

Ed Burns

Russ Wilson

Rick Tedesco

Dennis Dunaway

In October 2005 Dennis launched his own website. Check it out at www.dennisdunaway.com