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Blue Öyster Cult is an American hard rock band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 1967, the group originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, bassist Andrew Winters, drummer Albert Bouchard, keyboardist and later rhythm guitarist and vocalist Allen Lanier, and rhythm guitarist John Wiesenthal.
Blue Öyster Cult (/ ˈ ɔɪ. s t ər / OY-stər; sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American hard 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.
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Aug 31, 2023 · Richard Meltzer and Sandy Pearlman both wrote for the seminal 60s rock magazine Crawdaddy, and both went on to long and varied careers in journalism and music production, but they will forever be remembered as the architects of Blue Öyster Cult’s ride on the hot rails to Hell.
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Jul 1, 2022 · How did one of the early heavy-metal bands end up with the name Blue Öyster Cult? Let's find out. Read here for the story behind the band name.
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Spanning three decades, Blue Öyster Cult has a long and storied history. The band got its start in the late ’60s on Long Island, New York, as the Soft White Underbelly, but each member had been involved in bands previously in high school and college, before ending up in the “right place at the right time” to create the beginnings of Blue ...
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Dec 16, 2020 · Three-and-a-half years down the line, Bloom and his guitarist-singer counterpart Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser both attribute their group’s revitalisation as a creative force to signing a contract with the Italian label Frontiers Records that began with a slew of reissues and archival live releases.
Jan 17, 2022 · The pre-history of Blue Öyster Cult began in 1967 at Long Island’s Stony Brook University. Writer Sandy Pearlman heard a band playing and discovered that one of the members was a fellow student, singer and guitarist Donald Roeser.
