Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
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[Edit]Blue Öyster Cult was the thinking man's heavy metal group. Put together on a college campus by a couple of rock critics, it maintained a close relationship with a series of literary figures (often in the fields of science fiction and horror), including Eric Von Lustbader, Patti Smith, Michael Moorcock, and Stephen King, while turning out some of the more listenable metal music of the early and mid-'70s. The band that became Blue Öyster Cult was organized in 1967 at Stony Brook College on Long Island by students (and later rock critics) Sandy Pearlman and Richard Meltzer as Soft White Underbelly and consisted of Andy Winters (bass), Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (guitar), John Wiesenthal — quickly replaced by Allen Lanier — (keyboards), and Albert Bouchard (drums), with Pearlman managing and Pearlman and Meltzer writing songs. Initially without a lead singer, they added Les Bronstein on vocals. This quintet signed to Elektra Records and recorded an album that was never released. They then dropped Bronstein and replaced him with their road manager, Eric Bloom, as the band's name was changed to Oaxaca. A second Elektra album also went unreleased, though a single was issued under the name the Stalk-Forrest Group.
Cut loose by Elektra, they changed their name again, to Blue Öyster Cult, and signed to Columbia Records in late 1971, by which time Winters had been replaced by Albert Bouchard's brother Joe. Blue Öyster Cult, their debut album, was released in January 1972 and made the lower reaches of the charts. Columbia sent a promotional EP, Live Bootleg, to radio stations in October, and followed with BÖC's second album, Tyranny & Mutation, in February 1973. Their third album, Secret Treaties, was released in April 1974 and became their first to break into the Top 100 bestsellers. (It eventually went gold.) BÖC released a live double album, On Your Feet or on Your Knees, in February 1975.
In May 1976 came their fourth studio album, Agents of Fortune, including the Top 40 (Top Ten on some charts) hit single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (featured in the classic John Carpenter horror film Halloween), which became their first gold and then platinum album. (On Your Feet went gold shortly after.) BÖC's sixth overall album, Spectres, was released in October 1977 and went gold in January 1978. In September 1978 came a second live album, Some Enchanted Evening, which eventually would become BÖC's second million-seller, followed by the studio album Mirrors in June 1979. A year later, BÖC released its ninth album, Cultosaurus Erectus, with the gold Fire of Unknown Origin, containing the Top 40 hit "Burnin' for You," following in June 1981.
In the summer of 1981, drummer Albert Bouchard was replaced by the band's tour manager and lighting designer, Rick Downey. BÖC's third live album, Extraterrestrial Live, was released in April 1982, followed by the studio album The Revolution by Night in October 1983. Downey left in 1984 and was replaced in 1985 by Jimmy Wilcox. The same year, Lanier left and was replaced by Tommy Zvonchek. BÖC released its 13th album, Club Ninja, in January 1986. Bassist Joe Bouchard left in 1986 and was replaced by Jon Rogers. In 1987, Lanier returned to the group, and Ron Riddle replaced Wilcox on drums. BÖC's 14th album, the concept recording Imaginos, became their final new album on Columbia Records in July 1988. BÖC scored the movie Bad Channels in 1992, by which time Chuck Burgi had replaced Ron Riddle on drums. In 1994, Blue Öyster Cult released Cult Classic, an album of re-recorded favorites, in connection with the use of their music in the TV miniseries of horror novelist Stephen King's The Stand. Numerous lineup changes ensued throughout the '90s (as the band kept on touring the world), and in 1995, were the subject of a double disc anthology, Workshop of the Telescopes.
By the late '90s, BÖC had signed with the CMC label, resulting in their first album of all-new studio material in ten years, 1998's Heaven Forbid, and three years later The Curse of the Hidden Mirror. The group's music reached a whole new generation of hard rock fans when Metallica covered the BÖC classic "Astronomy" for their best-selling Garage Inc. album in 1998, as a few other best-of collections surfaced around the same time — Super Hits and Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best Of. In 2001, Columbia/Legacy reissued BÖC's first four releases with a newly remastered sound and added bonus tracks. ~ William Ruhlmann & Greg Prato, Rovi
Title: Secret Treaties
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Blue Oyster Cult's Power Station II
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Heaven Forbid
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Live '83
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Bad Channels OST
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Then And Now
Title: Bad Channels
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014
Title: Club Ninja
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Secret Treaties (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts (Live)
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock
Title: Career of Evil - The Metal Years
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: That Was Me (Single)
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: The Symbol Remains
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Title: Live At Rock Of Ages Festival 2016
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Title: Secret Treaties & Fire Of Unknown Origin
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Alive In America, Pt. 2
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Box In My Head (Single)
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Discover Blue Öyster Cult / Discover Blue Oyster Cult
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: The Revolution By Night
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Blue Oyster Cult/Tyranny & Mutation/Secret Treaties
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock
Title: A Long Day's Night
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Workshop Of The Telescopes: The Best Of Blue Oyster Cult
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock
Title: Alive In America, Pt. 1
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Some Enchanted Evening (Live)
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Imaginos
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult, Eric Bloom
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Oyster Cult
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: IHeart Radio Theater N. Y. C. 2012
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: On Flame With Rock And Roll
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Fire of Unknown Origin
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult / Blue Oyster Cult
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Collections
Title: '70s Greatest Hits
Title: Mullets Rock! Too! - Mullets In Love
Genre: Rock
Title: 21 Classic Rock Favorites
Genre: Rock
Title: Heavy Metal (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Rock, Metal, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Halloween Classics: Hellbent for Halloween
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: NOW: Classic Rock Hits (Deluxe Edition)
Genre: Rock
Title: Mullets Rock!
Title: Compact Disc Club CD 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Time Life - Guitar Rock - The '80S Take Two
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Techno, Soul, Rock, Folk Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, New Wave, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, Metal, World Music, Rockabilly, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Ska, Funk
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976 - Take Two
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Reggae, World Music, Latin, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Pure... Drive (CD4)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Greatest Ever! Prog Rock (Disc 1)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Title: Supernatural: Season 1
Genre: Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Monster Halloween Hits - CD ONE
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: First Dance CD3
Title: 500 Classic Rock Songs Vol. 2 CD1
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: 500 Classic Rock Songs Vol. 3 CD2
Genre: Rock
Title: Made In America
Genre: Electronica, Rap, Soul, Metal, Heavy Metal, Club/Dance, Country, Pop
Title: Pure... Rock (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop Rock
Title: Splendidi 40enni
Genre: Pop
Title: Driving Rock Ballads
Title: Essential (The Power Of Rock) (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Hard Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Pop Rock
Title: Pure... Hard Rock (CD2)
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Rock Kills You!
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Absolute Rock Anthems II (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Monsters Of Rock (Disc 2)
Title: The Best Classic Rock - Speed Session (CD3)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Classic Rock- Speed Session (CD10)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Classic Of Rock Volume 3
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Classic Of Rock Volume 10
Genre: Rock
Title: The Heavy Metal Boxset (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: 100 Essential Tracks: Rock Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Made In America II
Title: Best Of Rock'n'Roll (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Best Of Rock N Roll 2013 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Pure... '70s (CD2)
Title: Superhits Of Rock 1965-79 (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: Best Of Classic Rock Kiss FM (CD9)
Genre: Rock
Title: Best Of Classic Rock Kiss FM (CD10)
Genre: Rock
Title: Pure... Guitar Heroes (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Pure... Rock Ballads 2013 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Simply The Best Of Rock (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Halloween Mp3's Vol. 06
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Classics - Masterpieces (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Las 500 Mejores Canciones De La Historia (CD20)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Bacobens Rock Top 500 (CD3)
Genre: Rock
Title: Bacobens Rock Top 500 (CD5)
Genre: Rock
Title: Bacobens Rock Top 500 (CD9)
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 500 Rock And Roll Songs (CD21)
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 500 Rock And Roll Songs (CD12)
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 500 Rock And Roll Songs (CD06)
Genre: Rock
Title: Die Hit Giganten - Best Of Rock (CD 2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock And Roll Enganchados - 60s 70s (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Pure... Rock Ballads (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Rock Album In The World Ever (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: The 70's - 1978 (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: Miracle (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Mark Isham
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Holding the Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Grace Period
Artist: Apologetix
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, Alternative Metal, Christian Country Music
Title: Live At Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, US, May 20, 2014 (AUD)
Artist: Built To Spill
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie
Title: These Boots Are Made for Droppin'
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Breakbeat , Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Ministry Of Sound: Ride Like The Wind (CD3)
Artist: Ministry Of Sound
Title: Files Checker 2CD (CD2 - Redrums Checker)
Artist: Coming Soon
Genre: Electronica, House, Industrial, Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Reggaeton, Club/Dance, Latin, Pop, EBM
Title: Legends: The Ultimate Rock Collection (CD6: For Your Love)
Artist: The Legends, Time Life
Genre: Rock
Title: Thanatos Comes Alive! (Part 1 (The 90s) Live) (CD1)
Artist: Thanatos
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock