Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC) is a hard rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1967, whose most successful work includes the rock songs “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Godzilla” and “Burnin’ for You.”
BÖC has sold over 24 million records worldwide and their most commercially successful album’s Agents of Fortune, that received platinum in the US and gold in Canada. 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.
(Agents of Fortune album art)
Their longest lasting and most commercially successful lineup included:
Eric Bloom: lead vocals, ‘stun guitar’.
Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser: lead guitar, vocals.
Allen Lanier: keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals.
Joe Bouchard: bass, vocals.
Albert Bouchard: drums, 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).
(BÖC most known formation)
Blue Öyster Cult's first album Blue Öyster Cult released on Sun Jan 16 1972.
The most popular album by Blue Öyster Cult's is Agents of Fortune
The most popular song by Blue Öyster Cult's is (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult's first song White Flags released on Tue Dec 10 1985.