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Blue Oyster Cult
In an era where most pop and rock music is genetically engineered to fit into specific, air-tight niches, it's hard to imagine that a band as uncategorizable as Blue Oyster Cult was ever signed to a major label, much less that they sold millions of records during the peak of their "career of evil." Formed on Long Island in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly (future rock critic Richard Meltzer was briefly a member), the band went through several lineup and name changes before signing to Columbia in 1971 as Blue Oyster Cult. Though generally lumped in with such heavy contemporaries as Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep, B.O.C. incorporated a wide range of musical influences; their two biggest hits, 1976 "Don't Fear The Reaper" and 1981's "Burnin' For You", were as poppy as they were powerful. In addition, their skewed lyrical perspective (and their various connections to such esteemed wordsmiths as Michael Moorcock and Patti Smith) marked B.O.C. as a sort of "thinking man's" hard rock act. B.O.C. experienced their greatest success during the mid- and late-1970s, but the slow disintegration of their "classic" lineup (vocalist/guitarist Eric Bloom, lead guitarist Buck Dharma, guitarist/keyboardist Allen Lanier, bassist Joe Bouchard, and drummer Albert Bouchard) kept them from making a lasting mark during the following decade. The band reunited several times in the 1990s for various tours, and even recorded a reunion album (Heaven Forbid) in 1998. Don't Fear The Reaper, a 16-track Best Of compilation, was released in early 2000.


Blue Oyster Cult	Don't Fear The Reaper (Live)	WinMedia	Rock
Is this the real Blue Oyster Cult, captured live on stage at the Orlando House of Blues, or an inept weekend cover band stumbling its way through one of the greatest rock songs of all time? You be the judge!