Why The Bouchard Brothers Left Blue Oyster Cult - Interview 

They are so good live also.

Thank you, history is hard for some….. I mean anyone now. I love the BOC with them all. It was epic, but let’s try have some grace.. and truth. Rock and roll . Their catalog is fine as all hell,

lol

Amen, Brother.

Fluent and well melodic for a guitar player, certainly. The best? That title is in the eyes of the beholder.

He's different. On of the first guitar players to use Gothic Licks in his solos.

@@arthurmurfitt7698 Since when is the truth that funny?

I don’t know , yknow ?

Their collab songs were often great! Black Blade with Moorcock, then Golden Age of Leather (Bruce Abbott), the Meltzer songs, Patti Smith, and many of the John Shirley songs are excellent.

I saw BOC, Jan 2, 1976, and Rush opened for them. This was at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago. Great concert.

Always a long set, but the second half was jams and covers. You wish for more songs hearing a BOC boot.

I have seen them soo many times. My group had a rule that you had to see them three times to be an official cult member. Lol. Remember the big Godzilla head with the light up eyes and the fire and smoke breath! One night in Carbondale Ill. Albert tried to bounce his sticks off the snare and stick it in the Godzilla head and he missed every one. They stopped the song and we all counted up to like 20 until he finally hit one and then the whole place went nuts! Man, to be stoned and 16 again!

I saw BOC on the 1986 Club Ninja tour in Philly when they opened for Rush. Crazy how the roles flipped.

i was lucky enough to see them play a free show at south park amphitheater in 2008, i believe. they were the only band and they played for a couple hours. it was awesome! rudy sarzo was playing bass for them.

yeah, YA KNOW... lol It was like a step back in time. I remember in the 70s when my grandpa would pick on interviewees and their you know, you know... yeah wow.

How was their sound different than BOC?

They sound fried! Coming up in the 70’s it’s a very good possibility.

Thank you! I always wanted to know! I read that Sandy is a Sci-Fi writer who wrote a series of stories about aliens living among us and causing much of the war and chaos which many of the early songs are about like Subhuman 12:25 . Later around Agents they tried to distance themselves from that. Albert began a solo album trilogy of the Imaginos stories that Eric and Buck joined in because they felt they owed it to Sandy. But in Eric’s words they ran out of money and the final album became very different than what was planned.

"yinnow" - that's my takeaway, too.

You know, I think you're um, you now, what we would call, you know, correct. You know?

I know, ya know. Like saying “literally “ wears me down too

Don't Fear the Reaper has been in circulation on classic rock radio stations since the 1980's. At least in Ohio. It got to the point that too many people thought BOC just a one hit wonder ... even after a second hit Burnin for You found its way to consistent radio play and MTV in 1982. But, movies like Scream, Stephen King's The Stand, The Frighteners (1997) and Donnie Darko (made about the same time as skit , 2000) had also played noticeable versions of The Reaper by the time of We Need More Cowbell . I obviously agree it's a great song. I'm just pointing out Don't Fear didn't just suddenly reappear from the annals of obscurity because of an arguably overrated SNL skit. I'd say the song and the skit were helpful to the reputations of both Saturday Night Live and Blue Oyster Cult. Christopher Walken, too?. (By the way, I do wonder why people think Will Ferrell is SO funny. Until I remember thinking Bill Murray was hilarious ... at least in a few movies ... in the 80's and What About Bob? and, sometimes, opinions change). Anyways, cheers to all those who appreciate good music and knowing an original rocknroll metal boogie band when they hear it.

Most overrated skit in the history of that show!

Check out ‘The Brain Surgeons’ and ‘Blue Coupe’ both interesting bands.

You know I know

Who remembers the BOC tour with sabbath and uncle ted.?

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And take a shot of tequila for every "you know."

Same at the Cap Center in Largo MD.

Love that song 🎵

Nice call. If you have seen Blue Oyster Cult in concert Eric Bloom has said his favorite song is: I Love the Night. The day is ok/ the sun can be fun/ but I long / to see those rays ... slip away

I know, you know?