"Ballad of Dwight Fry"—which have each seen over a thousand performances. "Hallowed Be My Name" has never been played live, whilst "Black Juju" and "Second Coming" have never been performed since the release of Killer. Even "Caught in a Dream" and "Long Way to Go" disappeared from Cooper's setlist after Killer was released and were revived only for individual tours after 1999. The album garnered mixed reviews. Billboard called the album "artfully absurd third-generation rock" and the group "the first stars of future rock". John Mendelsohn gave the album a favorable review in Rolling Stone, writing that it "represents at least a modest oasis in the desert of dreary blue-jeaned aloofness served up in concert by most American rock-and-rollers". However, referring to "Black Juju" he also said that "the one bummer on this album is so loud a bummer that it may threaten to neutralize the ingratiating effect" of the other tracks. Robert Christgau wrote in The Village Voice, "The singles ('Caught in a Dream' and 'I'm Eighteen') are fantastic, but the album is freighted with post-psychedelic garbage, the kind of thing that's done better by the heavy metal kids down the block." The band saw its popularity rise over the next several albums. Killer followed in November 1971 and reached on the US charts, and the band finally topped those charts in 1973 with its sixth album, Billion Dollar Babies. Unreleased demos of Love It to Death have circulated among fans; highlights include outtakes of "Ballad of Dwight Fry" with alternative lyrics, and early versions of "You Drive Me Nervous", which did not have an official release until it appeared on Killer. Certifications Legacy Love It to Death is seen as one of the foundational albums of the heavy metal sound, along with contemporary releases by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and others. A review in British magazine Melody Maker called it "an album for the punk and pimply crowd" a few years before punk rock became a phenomenon. Pioneer punk band the Ramones found inspiration in Alice Cooper's music and Love It to Death in particular. Vocalist Joey Ramone based the group's first song, "I Don't Care", on the chords of the main riff to "I'm Eighteen". John Lydon wrote the song "Seventeen" on the Sex Pistols only studio album Never Mind the Bollocks (1977) in response to "I'm Eighteen", and is said to have auditioned for