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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

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

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

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...

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

“(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

"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

“I was p**sed off and I proceeded to stomp”: the time Blue Oyster Cult declared war on AC/DC at an 80s music festival
By Dave Everley published
How a long-standing grudge between Blue Oyster Cult and AC/DC boiled over at the legendary Monsters Of Rock festival
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