Guitarist and hobby singer from Poland, Otwock. I'm interested mainly in blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and progressive rock, however I'm open on good tunes of every genere.
This band was easily as heavy as Sabbsth and Zeppelin. Buck's playing, while not particularly flashy or technical, was distinctive and origin al. This band never got the credit it deserves. Thanks BOC for making metal safe for the suburbs.
@@johnotis6764 Buck has better technique than many top players around. His approach seems to me like making actual music rather than looking like rock legend. He is not a poser, and you can hear and see, He's really digin that shit and excersised a lot
Saw them in Albany NY with Tommy Bolin 9/20/76 and literally ran into Buck Dharma close to the stage area as we had 1st row seats, in between bands and shook his hand VERY COOL! 3 Months after this, the GREAT Tommy Bolin would leave us...R.I.P. Thomas Richard Bolin +
@ THE VERY TOP OF THEIR GAME!!!...SAW THEM 5 TIMES IN THE 70'S....AS GOOD AS ANY BAND LIVE!....CAN'T WATCH THIS WITHOUT TELEPORTING BACK INTO THE 70'S...THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE!!!
Un groupe qui résume toute ma jeunesse bien qu'il n'ait pas la reconnaissance qu'il mérite... Un peu comme The Gathering ( avec Anneke) dans un autre style de métal et à une autre époque.
My older sister dated a guy who was into great music like BOC, Jethro Tull and Rush. I was probably 11 the first time I heard She’s as Beautiful as a Foot. I thought it was cool and creepy and very strange. Years later I bought their live album On Your Feet or On Your Knees. Great music!
What a great show. Thanks for posting. Just love ME 262 when the entire band get together all playing guitar. Over the top? Sure but what the hell! Makes for a great show. Thanks again
This is the original band. With the amazing Albert Bouchard on drums. I recently found out after he was kicked out of BOC in the early 80’s, he became a music teacher for the NYC schools. He was there for over 30 yrs and retired with a pension. I read where he taught kids to read/write music and learn how to play together. What a fantastic story.
I didn't realize how many songs Albert sang until I read their book. I always thought Alan Lanier did all those quirky vocals but he sang very little. And I'm just now appreciating what a monster drummer he was.
I saw B O C right around this time in the mid 1970's. When I saw them at Madison Square Garden their drummer was the first person I had ever seen mounting floor toms on and around his Bass Drum.
I was in Paris once. Went to see Les Braunstein, singer with Soft White Underbelly, precursor to BOC. Ironically, I was there with his college girlfriend. And, even more ironically, I brought Buck snd Al Bouchard together in a college band that became BOC. So, there was a bunch going on psychologically, you might say. Sex, no drugs, but rock’n’roll. My life is a wonderful, dizzy amalgamation of coincidental happenstance. I am happy to still be alive!
Buck introduced himself to me our first night in engineering school. We decided to form a band, but we needed a drummer. In English class, I heard that a guy played the drums. I asked him - Albert Bouchard - if he wanted to join Donald and me. Al told me that his drum kit was back home in Clayton, NY, because he thought that it would interfere with his classes in Civil Engineering. But, after Thanksgiving Break the kit appeared and adding a singer and another guitarist, we became the Travesty, a frat and bar band in Potsdam, NY. So, that’s how this all started. Buck and Al did the rest!
I saw BOC when they played the "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" tour in Vancouver BC in 1975 when I was 15. Tickets cost $5 and we stood at the very front of the stage. They were my favorite band and so loud that when the concert was over and we went outside I could barely hear a car horn honk. I was practically deaf for 2 days. They rocked!
