Re: (TV) Blue Oyster Cult (was 'Rock'sBack pages')

[Mike Ehritz <mikeez@earthlink.net>]

On 11/5/04 10:12 AM, "AndrewMFC@aol.com" <AndrewMFC@aol.com> wrote:

> Now, as I am a child of the late 70s and early 80s, my image of BOC is that
> of the sort of band whose fans drove around the suburbs and smoked pot in a
> purple customized van with a picture of a unicorn on it.  They were the enemy;
> they were the walking embodiment of every musical self-indulgence that I
> turned
> away from, and they wore beards for god's sake.  They were among the reasons
> that the Ramones were even necessary.  They may have indeed been "the thinking
> man's heavy metal band," but to me that's like saying they knew better but
> persisted with the dungeons and dragons crap anyway.  It is nothing short of
> incredible to me that the band that recorded "Godzilla" numbered Richard
> Meltzer
> as one of their number, and traveled in the same circles as Patti Smith and
> Tom
> Verlaine.  What were they thinking?!

Even though it's close to thirty years now, BOC's "On your Feet or On Your
Knees tour from the mid-70's is still a top fiver for me.  When "Don't Fear
the Reaper" came out the following year, the party was over.

Mike  
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