ALICE COOPER Hit 'School's Out' To Be Played On Continuous Loop For Fundraiser

The Canadian Press is reporting that Indiepolitik, a Toronto-based group of indie musicians who raise money for charity, is planning to play ALICE COOPER's 1972 hit "School's Out" for six hours — non-stop — at a local nightclub Thursday (April 20). Participants can either pay a $5 entrance fee to hear the heavy metal loop in the club or collect pledges based on how long they endure the song.

All the money raised will go to the Regent Park School of Music, which offers subsidized classes to children in a crime-ridden area of the city.

"Essentially what's going to happen is from 8 o'clock (p.m.),we're going to hit play on ALICE COOPER's 'School's Out' and we're not really going to stop until last call rolls around at 2 a.m.," says Indiepolitik founder Matty Blair, 26.

Eight DJs will take 45-minute shifts in order to complete the task.

It's the third such fundraiser from Indiepolitik, a non-profit group which Blair formed about a year ago "to build bridges between (the) local music scene and our communities and between activists and charities."

The first Indiepolitik event in November featured a non-stop loop of MOTÖRHEAD's "Ace of Spades" to benefit the Canadian Red Cross. The second event in February featured a night-long repeat of QUEEN's hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" to benefit the AIDS committee of Toronto. That event raised $1,000.

Blair says both fundraisers were memorable ones.

"I still can't quite put on 'Ace of Spades' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in the comfort of my own home, just for enjoyment. The challenge is there to basically see how much you can endure for a good cause."

Indiepolitik had hoped to make the event a national one, with just "School's Out" fundraisers taking place simultaneously in several cities, but time constraints didn't allow for that so they're aiming for a Canada-wide event near the end of the summer, said Blair.