Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band fo… Read Full Bio ↴Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed on the campus of Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, in 1967, whose most successful work includes the hard rock songs "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," "Godzilla," "Black Blade," "Burnin' for You" and "Shooting Shark." Blue Öyster Cult has sold more than 24 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the United States alone. The band's music videos, especially "Burnin' for You," received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, cementing the band's contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern popular culture.
Blue Öyster Cult have been described as heavy metal, light metal, psychedelic rock, occult rock, acid rock, and progressive rock. They have also been recognized for helping pioneer genres such as stoner metal and speed metal.
The band is influenced by artists such as Alice Cooper, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, MC5, The Blues Project, Jimi Hendrix, and Black Sabbath.
While Blue Öyster Cult has been noted for heavy rock, they would often add their own tongue-in-cheek style. Keeping with their image, the band would often include out-of-context fragments of Pearlman’s The Soft Doctrines of Imaginos into their lyrics, giving their songs cryptic meanings. Additionally, the band would keep a folder of Meltzer’s and Pearlman’s word associations to insert into their music.
Blue Öyster Cult's longest-lasting and most commercially successful lineup included Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (lead guitar, vocals), Eric Bloom (lead vocals, "stun guitar," keyboards, synthesizers), Allen Lanier (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Joe Bouchard (bass, backing vocals), Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The band's current lineup includes Roeser and Bloom, as well as Danny Miranda (bass, backing vocals), Jules Radino (drums, percussion) and Richie Castellano (keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals).
Blue Öyster Cult have been described as heavy metal, light metal, psychedelic rock, occult rock, acid rock, and progressive rock. They have also been recognized for helping pioneer genres such as stoner metal and speed metal.
The band is influenced by artists such as Alice Cooper, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, MC5, The Blues Project, Jimi Hendrix, and Black Sabbath.
While Blue Öyster Cult has been noted for heavy rock, they would often add their own tongue-in-cheek style. Keeping with their image, the band would often include out-of-context fragments of Pearlman’s The Soft Doctrines of Imaginos into their lyrics, giving their songs cryptic meanings. Additionally, the band would keep a folder of Meltzer’s and Pearlman’s word associations to insert into their music.
Blue Öyster Cult's longest-lasting and most commercially successful lineup included Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (lead guitar, vocals), Eric Bloom (lead vocals, "stun guitar," keyboards, synthesizers), Allen Lanier (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Joe Bouchard (bass, backing vocals), Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The band's current lineup includes Roeser and Bloom, as well as Danny Miranda (bass, backing vocals), Jules Radino (drums, percussion) and Richie Castellano (keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals).
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Blue Öyster Cult Lyrics
(Don't Fear) The Reaper All our times have come Here but now they're gone Seasons do…
Burnin' for You Home in the valley Home in the city Home isn't pretty Ain't …
Cities on Flame My heart is black, and my lips are cold Cities…
Dance On Stilts On the outside I'm in the high rise Headin' for a…
Dominance and Submission Oh yeah It's been ten years, half my life Just getting ready…
E.T.I. I hear the music, daylight disc Three men in black said,…
Flaming Telepaths Well I've opened up my veins too many times And the…
Godzilla With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the…
Harvest Moon This place has a history The Spaniards settled here They bur…
Harvester of Eyes Harvester of eyes, that's me And I see all there is…
Last Days Of May Parched land no desert sand, sun is just a dot And…
Lips in the Hills I am gripped, by what I cannot tell Have I slipped…
ME 262 Goering's on the phone to Freiburg Says "Willie's done quite…
OD'd on Life Itself How could I fool you, I rest and assure you Take…
Perfect Water Perfect water - the dark wind braids the waves that…
Quicklime Girl In the garden district Where the plants grow strong and tall…
Stairway to the Stars Let's build a stairway to the stars And climb that stairway…
The Red & the Black Canadian mounted baby, a police force that works Red and bla…