false 2023-12-27 11:29:55 2020 2020-01-01 2020-01-01 37 Aor Arena Rock Hard Rock Rock 23b63383-d510-4339-ad7a-61527369a1c4 c7423e0c-ab3e-4ab4-be10-cdff5a9d3062 ae9a5cfd-8b6e-40e7-ac6e-842c8751a902 /media/data/media5/Music/Blue Öyster Cult/40th Anniversary · Agents of Fortune · Live 2016 (2020)/folder.jpg Blue Öyster Cult AlbumArtist Blue Öyster Cult Artist Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult 1 02:17 2 02:49 3 05:14 4 03:59 5 04:02 6 03:17 7 02:38 8 04:41 9 03:48 10 04:14 Blue Öyster Cult ( OY-stər; sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed on Long Island in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967. The band has sold 25 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the United States. The band's fusion of hard rock with psychedelia, and penchant for occult, fantastical and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, had a major influence on heavy metal music. They developed a cult following and, while achieving mainstream hits like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976) and "Burnin' for You" (1981), rarely experienced commercial success. Both songs, and others such as "Godzilla" (1977), remain classic rock radio staples. The band were early adopters of the music video format, and their videos received heavy rotation on MTV in its early period. Blue Öyster Cult's longest-lasting and the most commercially successful lineup included Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (lead guitar, vocals), Eric Bloom (lead vocals, "stun guitar", keyboards, synthesizer), Allen Lanier (keyboards, rhythm guitar), Joe Bouchard (bass, vocals, keyboards), and Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion, vocals, miscellaneous instruments). The band's current lineup still includes Bloom and Roeser, in addition to Danny Miranda (bass, backing vocals), Richie Castellano (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Jules Radino (drums, percussion). The duo of the band's manager Sandy Pearlman and rock critic Richard Meltzer, who also met at Stony Brook University, played a key role in writing many of the band’s lyrics. Frontiers Music Srl