Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC) is a hard rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1967, whose most successful work includes the rock songs “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Godzilla” and “Burnin’ for You.”

BÖC has sold over 24 million records worldwide and their most commercially successful album’s Agents of Fortune, that received platinum in the US and gold in Canada. The band’s music videos, especially “Burnin' for You,” received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, cementing the band’s contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern popular culture.

Their longest lasting and most commercially successful lineup included:

Eric Bloom: lead vocals, ‘stun guitar’.
Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser: lead guitar, vocals.
Allen Lanier: keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals.
Joe Bouchard: bass, vocals.
Albert Bouchard: drums, vocals.

The band’s current lineup includes Roeser and Bloom, as well as Danny Miranda (bass, backing vocals), Jules Radino (drums, percussion), and Richie Castellano (keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals).