http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4075&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rssHeavy friggin' rock from one of the weirdest bands in history. Blue Oyster Cult are all about the early days of heavy metal, before blurry tempos and dog-whistle vocals. You always get the feeling that the joke is on you with BOC, since these are college-educated smart-asses and fringe members of the Patti Smith literary scene singing about truly dumb stuff: Joan Crawford, Japanese monster movies, UFO's and the Grim Reaper. Getting their start in 1972, BOC were among the first bands on the American Metal bandwagon. They've always been tough to nail down, walking a fine line between big guitar indulgence and pure sarcasm. Guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser's cocky, mullet-headed leads (especially in the live version of "Godzilla" on <I>Some Enchanted Evening</I>) squawk and squiggle with a protean rock power coupled with an uncharacteristic (for Metal) economy. Their best songs always take that Metal cliché to an unbelievable extreme. The final, mock-classical minutes of "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" may have lost their pasquinade punch in the subsequent years of the song's perpetual rotation, but the joke is there in the bombast of those diagonal basslines and the trilling, frantic lead -- the song can go no further at that point, the band having taken it as far as good (or bad, really) taste will allow, and they put on the brakes in the infinitesimal moment before they rock themselves right off the cliff. That's a great moment in rock history and almost nobody got it. - Mike McGuirkHard Rocken720Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:25:47 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4075&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss Heavy friggin' rock from one of the weirdest bands in history. Blue Oyster Cult are all about the early days of heavy metal, before blurry tempos and dog-whistle vocals. You always get the feeling that the joke is on you with BOC, since these are college-educated smart-asses and fringe members of the Patti Smith literary scene singing about truly dumb stuff: Joan Crawford, Japanese monster movies, UFO's and the Grim Reaper. Getting their start in 1972, BOC were among the first bands on the American Metal bandwagon. They've always been tough to nail down, walking a fine line between big guitar indulgence and pure sarcasm. Guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser's cocky, mullet-headed leads (especially in the live version of "Godzilla" on <I>Some Enchanted Evening</I>) squawk and squiggle with a protean rock power coupled with an uncharacteristic (for Metal) economy. Their best songs always take that Metal cliché to an unbelievable extreme. The final, mock-classical minutes of "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" may have lost their pasquinade punch in the subsequent years of the song's perpetual rotation, but the joke is there in the bombast of those diagonal basslines and the trilling, frantic lead -- the song can go no further at that point, the band having taken it as far as good (or bad, really) taste will allow, and they put on the brakes in the infinitesimal moment before they rock themselves right off the cliff. 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Rock Tue, 13 Feb 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.87369 alb.87369 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 9.99 Career Of Evil: The Metal Years alb.87369 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/5/3/1303531_170x170.jpg 1990-02-13 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.87369&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.87369&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.236689&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss Hard Rock Tue, 13 Oct 1987 00:00:00 -0700 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.236689 alb.236689 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 8.99 The Revolution By Night alb.236689 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/8/1/1311869_170x170.jpg 1987-10-13 00:00:00.0 1983-10-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.236689&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss 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2 Aug 1987 00:00:00 -0700 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.197644 alb.197644 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 9.99 Mirrors alb.197644 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/5/2/1302539_170x170.jpg 1987-08-02 00:00:00.0 1979-06-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.197644&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.197644&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13522782&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss Hard Rock Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.13522782 alb.13522782 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 9.99 Some Enchanted Evening alb.13522782 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/6/7/7/1657761_170x170.jpg 1997-07-30 00:00:00.0 1978-09-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13522782&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss 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Rock Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.261128 alb.261128 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 9.99 Secret Treaties alb.261128 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/7/9/4/1264975_170x170.jpg 2001-06-26 00:00:00.0 1974-04-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.261128&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.261128&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.125381&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss Hard Rock Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Blue Oyster Cult Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.125381 alb.125381 Blue Oyster Cult art.4075 10.99 Tyranny And Mutation alb.125381 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/7/9/4/1264971_170x170.jpg 2001-06-26 00:00:00.0 1973-02-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.125381&rws=%2Fblue-oyster-cult%2Fdiscography.rss 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