Blue Oyster Cult.

100 watt · Post by **100 watt** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:09 pm

Say what you want, but those guys had some great guitar based stuff. A little cheesey, but still way cool.

Wife bought a concert DVD of theirs. we watched it last night. Good stuff.

Old dudes still got it. They were using CRATES and STILL sounded stellar. :eek:

Any other have some BOC love?

NaturalBornBoy · Post by **NaturalBornBoy** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:12 pm

benjamin801 · Post by **benjamin801** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:13 pm

Good players. Good singers. Smart lyrics...sometimes. Cool band. I never went totally bananas over them, but I definitely crank "Burnin' For You" whenever it comes on the radio.

100 watt · Post by **100 watt** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:14 pm

NaturalBornBoy wrote:

yeah. Had lots of that lol

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:17 pm

benjamin801 wrote:Good players. Good singers. Smart lyrics...sometimes. Cool band. I never went totally bananas over them, but I definitely crank "Burnin' For You" whenever it comes on the radio.

+1

That Godzilla song is badass too :rawk:

Van_Muddlestein · Post by **Van_Muddlestein** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:24 pm

BoC were/are absolutely amazing. They've got style and quirk and catchy tunes and also can bring the heavy and brought it long before people even knew what heavy really was.

gainfreak · Post by **gainfreak** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:53 pm

Great band !!

Ostinato Rubato · Post by **Ostinato Rubato** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:55 pm

I can dig it too

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:00 pm

i go back & listen to the early stuff (e.g. T&M) every once in a while. the accuracy of the recording, playing & singing really isnt up to modern standards (or even contemporary ones).
but the tunes are there, guitar is really good & the arrangements / riffs are quite unique i think. i also like the nutty lyrics.

Yarbicus · Post by **Yarbicus** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:09 pm

DOMINANCE!
Submission.

Loves me some BOC from pretty much any era. In college, Club Ninga was in constant rotation.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_XorP9Lr0Q[/video]

DoubleBarrel · Post by **DoubleBarrel** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:51 pm

Shadesofcraig wrote:If you look at the Guitar Influences thread I have Buck Dhrama listed... He is the lead guitar player. Saw them 3 or 4 times and one of the shows was the Black and Blue show with Sabbath with Dio... Freaking BOC blew them off the stage... They would do ME262 and the whole band would be playing guitar... Great stuff... I remember the lead singer riding out onto stage with a Harley a couple times... Still love BOC.... On Your Feet Or On Your Knees is one of the great live albums ever... What was the name of the DVD??? Was it legit or bootleg? I have only found a bootleg DVD of theirs on a torrent site... Is it from back in the day or more recent???

Perfect post :bow:

Seen BOC too may times to count (at least 30). Saw the black and blue tour too & BOC pwned Sabbath. OYFOOYK is still epic.

Gotta love buck & the "Cheese" guitar

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4dbvMgJMno[/video]

DoubleBarrel · Post by **DoubleBarrel** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:56 pm

I assume everyone has seen this ????

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrd2xf5DIlU[/video]

Viesczy · Post by **Viesczy** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:42 pm

I love BOC!

I've done both versions of Astronomy in bands... folks never knew it was the same song!

Derek

draelyc · Post by **draelyc** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:47 pm

A *little* cheesy? :cop:

I keed ~ lub some BOC! :rawk:

Viesczy wrote:I love BOC!

I've done both versions of Astronomy in bands... folks never knew it was the same song!

Derek

I suxorz because I didn't know there was more than one version! :shock:

monwobobbo · Post by **monwobobbo** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:33 pm

dunno why this is in the amp forum but ok

BOC is one of my all time fav bands. saw them a bunch of times back in the day and then again in 2005. the first 3 albums are the best but they always managed a few good songs per album afterwards. sad that the last album of new material was way back in 2000. as for Vids their is one from the early 2000s that is pretty good that has been available for a while. their is also a very cool bonus live dvd from 1978 with the expanded Legacy version of Some Enchanted Evening. that set is highly recommended and as a bonus for me has a live version of ME-262 from one of the rochester ny shows i was at.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:41 pm

I love BOC

i386 · Post by **i386** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:11 pm

benjamin801 wrote:Good players. Good singers. Smart lyrics...sometimes. Cool band. I never went totally bananas over them, but I definitely crank "Burnin' For You" whenever it comes on the radio.

This. Love that song.

Viesczy · Post by **Viesczy** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:06 pm

draelyc wrote:A *little* cheesy?

I keed ~ lub some BOC!

Viesczy wrote:I love BOC!

I've done both versions of Astronomy in bands... folks never knew it was the same song!

Derek

I suxorz because I didn't know there was more than one version!

We did the original version (the one that Metallica covered) and then the one that was re-recorded/arranged on Imaginos. At my request too, I was a bit of a fan back in the 80s. They had great singing, playing and cool songs! I actually liked the Imaginos version.

Derek

JimmyPaeg · Post by **JimmyPaeg** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:54 pm

I actually had their longtime producer/collaborator Sandy Pearlman as a professor last term. You want to talk about quirky... The entire 3 month semester he wore the same outfit, week in, week out. It was a class on symphonic music and his co-teacher was telling us that we should dress up a bit for our trip to the Toronto Symphony. He then said, "There's a 100% chance that Pearlman will look like he always does," to which he replied in his Bostonian accent, "I own no other clothing." Incredibly smart guy though. He knows so much about music and production its frightening. He was also the inspiration for the Bruce Dickinson character in the SNL skit.

He also worked with Sabbath on some of the later era Dio stuff. He was telling us about how he used to use Wagner as the pre-concert music to warm up the crowd. The idea of Wagner cranked up to 120 db is really something.

They gave us a lecture on the relationship between classical music--particularly Wagner and Anton Bruckner--and heavy metal (which is available on iTunes University under the name Don McLean) after which I started talking to him about some of the guitar tones on some of the BOC stuff. I think it was off of one of their 80s records and he was telling me that he couldn't remember what amps were used but that the tones on the record were the result of around half a dozen tracks with the same number of different amps.

draelyc · Post by **draelyc** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:01 pm

Viesczy wrote:We did the original version (the one that Metallica covered) and then the one that was re-recorded/arranged on Imaginos. At my request too, I was a bit of a fan back in the 80s. They had great singing, playing and cool songs! I actually liked the Imaginos version.

Derek

Wellsir, now I've got me something cool to look up & check out.

Thanks!

Tortuga · Post by **Tortuga** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:03 pm

Anyone know if the band is still any good? They're playing a small club out near me (Corona, CA) in a few weeks, and I was considering checking them out...

benjamin801 · Post by **benjamin801** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:05 pm

GRIMESPACE wrote:Anyone know if the band is still any good? They're playing a small club out near me (Corona, CA) in a few weeks, and I was considering checking them out...

By every account I've heard, from popular musicians as well as friends, they are still a killer live act. GO.

Tortuga · Post by **Tortuga** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:33 pm

Crap... just realized it's the same night I'm going to see Anthrax at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Have to see if BOC is playing elsewhere that weekend...

hardvalve · Post by **hardvalve** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:38 am

They were great 30 years ago. I enjoyed some BOC back in the day, and Buck Dharma could rip it up. Have not heard about them in years. I assume theyb could still bring it.

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:25 am

a quick simple fact about BOC...

if you don't like them then you are a fucking asshole.

and you can take that to the bank.

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