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John Carpenter Press 2026
John Carpenter picks the records that changed his life

By Rich Hobson Published

He made Halloween, The Thing and Big Trouble In Little China - but what song got under John Carpenter's skin?

Interviews
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“People didn’t want to admit we had a sense of humour.” How Blue Öyster Cult really feel about More Cowbell

By Malcolm Dome Published

Their 1976 hit (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – inspired by Romeo And Juliet – found a new lease of life on TV 24 years later, and it’s still doing the rounds today. Are they happy with how the world sees them?

Bands & Artists
Soft White Underbelly studio portrait, circa 1970
The acid-dazed adventures of Soft White Underbelly, the band that became Blue Öyster Cult

By Max Bell Published

Blue Öyster Cult were one of the weirdest bands of the early 1970s, but they began even more strangely

Biographies
Will Ferrell hitting the cowbell on SNL's "More Cowbell" sketch
Blue Öyster Cult's Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser on the long-term impact of that SNL sketch

By Fraser Lewry Published

A quarter of a century after its original broadcast on Saturday Night Live, the Cowbell Sketch's ripples are still spreading

Interviews
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What Blue Öyster Cult thought of being called prog – and what they thought of More Cowbell

By Malcolm Dome Published

They may have been called “the thinking man’s metal band” but comparing themselves to ELP, Jethro Tull and King Crimson, they assert there was a lot more progressive thinking going on than many realised

Bands & Artists
Blue Oyster Cult playing in the studio
Blue Öyster Cult release previously unseen homage to The Beatles

By Fraser Lewry Published

BÖC's acoustic, harmony-laden version of the classic If I Fell is a tribute to The Beatles' film A Hard Days Night

Bands & Artists
Prog Tracks
Great new prog music you have to hear this week from Trevor Rabin, Whom Gods Destroy, If These Trees Could Talk and more...

By Jerry Ewing Published

Cool new prog music to check out from Artificial Language, Alber Jupiter, Blue Öyster Cult and more...

Interviews
Eric Bloom and Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser
Blue Öyster Cult's new album is an AI-assisted collection of songs recorded decades ago

By Fraser Lewry Published

BÖC launch video for So Supernatural and detail Ghost Stories album, which includes covers of songs by MC5, The Doors and The Animals

Albums
Blue Oyster Cult inn the mid 1970s
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper is about hope, rather than the finality of death. It’s a song about wishful thinking”: how Blue Oyster Cult’s Agents Of Fortune album became their passport to immortality

By Malcolm Dome Published

Blue Öyster Cult‘s career was stuck in cruise control until their breakthrough album Agents Of Fortune and its haunting lead single elevated them to stardom

Albums
Blue Oyster Cult outside a motel
"We did stuff that cannot be done now because it's illegal": With lyrics by gonzo rock critics and a crazy live show, Blue Öyster Cult were born to break the mould

By Sleazegrinder Published

Kiss kept the kids happy with lunchboxes, but Blue Öyster Cult were the brooding kings of the teenage wasteland

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