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Genre : Rock
Latest Release : Do Not Fear the Reaper
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Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Oyster Cult evolved from a group called Soft White Underbelly, which was formed in 1967 by up-and-coming rock scribes Sandy Perlman and Richard Meltzer. What began as a psychedelic lark first became a very hip, somewhat ironic hard-rock band and then later a platinum-selling mainstream '70s act.
Blue Öyster Cult is a psychedelic/heavy metal band probably best known for their 1976 single "Don't Fear The Reaper" from Agents Of Fortune, 1981 single "Burning For You" from Fire of Unknown Origin, and appearing on the "Heavy Metal" movie soundtrack with "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" which also had lyrics penned by Michael Moorcock. The members of the band began to come together in the mid 1960s on Long Island, New York as a band called "Soft White Underbelly", at the prompting of critic Sandy Pearlman. The band changed its name to the Stalk Forrest Group in 1968, then to the Blue Oyster Cult in 1970 (the umlaut was added later). They became a successful heavy metal band during the 1970s. They are still playing in the 21st century.
Blue Öyster Cult was parodied in a 2000 episode of the NBC's famed Saturday Night Live. Actor Christopher Walken portrayed 1970's mega-rock producer "Bruce Dickenson" who oversaw the fictional recording of "Don't Fear The Reaper." A dissatisfied, somewhat psychotic Dickenson admonished the band and that they 'gotta get more cowbell." As with many SNL skits, lines from the skit became catch phrases, even going so far as to spawn merchandise based on the skit.
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Artist Biography - Blue Oyster Cult
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 Although Blue Oyster Cult is an experimental band, psychedelic may not be a correct descriptive term.
After a few years as a mega-act, BOC settled into the '80s as once again something of a cult band, though the cult had become sizable indeed. Punk had usurped both their ironic streak and their stabs at immediacy, and their continued dabbling with sci-fi and incipient Goth imagery made them seem all the more behind the curve. Through several personnel changes they survived into the '90s, a once hip idea having become a barely viable franchise.
The members of the band are:
Eric Bloom
Buck Dharma (stage name of Donald Roeser)
Allen Lanier
Danny Miranda (has left the band for Queen tribute show in Vegas, awaiting permanent replacement)
Bobby Rondinelli (has given notice and will be performing final show on Sept. 26, 2004)
The umlaut on the "O" in their name started the trend for using the "heavy metal umlaut" in band names. It was suggested to Pearlman by rock critic Richard Meltzer.
Discography
(no singles, no samplers, US release dates)
Blue Öyster Cult - May 1972
Tyranny & Mutation - March 1973
Secret Treaties - April 1974
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (live) - March 1975
Agents Of Fortune - June 1976
Spectres - November 1977
Some Enchanted Evening (live) - September 1978
Mirrors - July 1979
Cultösaurus Erectus - July 1980
Fire Of Unknown Origin - July 1981
Extraterrestrial Live (live) - May 1982
The Revölution By Night - November 1983
Club Ninja - December 1985
Imaginos - August 1988
Heaven Forbid - March 1998
Curse Of The Hidden Mirror - June 2001
A Long Day's Night (live) - September 2002 (also on DVD, released October 2002)
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