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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
Long Island, New York, USA
* 1971

Line-Up (2019):

Eric Bloom - voc,g,synths
Buck Dharma - g,voc
Danny Miranda - bg
Richie Castellano
Jules Radino

Former Members:

Joe Bouchard (bg, 1971-86); Jon Rogers (bg, 1986-cca 1992)
Allen Lanier (kb, 1971-85, 1987-2006); Tommy Zvoncheck (kb, 1985-?)
Albert Bouchard (ds, 1971-11/81, cca 1989); Rick Downey (ds, 11/81-84); Thommy Price (ds, 1985); Jimmy Wilcox (ds, 1985-87); Ron Riddle (ds, 1989-92); Chuck Bürgi (ds, 1992); Bob Rondinelli (ds, cca 2001)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Blue Öyster Cult produced by: Sandy Pearlman/Murray Krugman	1/1972	CBS
2.	Tyrrany And Mutation	2/1973	CBS
3.	Secret Treaties	4/1974	CBS			53
4.	On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (2LP) produced by: Murray Krugman/Sandy Pearlman	1/1975	CBS			22
5.	Agents Of Fortune produced by: Murray Krugman/Sandy Pearlman/David Lucas	19.06.1976	CBS		26	29
6.	Spectres produced by: Murray Krugman/Sandy Pearlman/David Lucas/Blue Öyster Cult	10/1977	CBS		60	43
7.	Some Enchanted Evening	6/1978	CBS		18	44
8.	Mirrors produced by: Tom Werman	6/1979	CBS		46	44
9.	Cultosaurus Erectus produced by: Martin Birch	7/1980	CBS		12	34
10.	Fire Of Unknown Origin produced by: Sandy Pearlman	7/1981	CBS		29	24
11.	Extraterrestrial Live (2LP)	5/1982	CBS		39	29
12.	The Revolution By Night produced by: Bruce Fairbairn	10/1983	Columbia		95	93
13.	Club Ninja	11/1985	CBS			63
14.	Imaginos	7/1988	CBS			122
15.	Feel The Thunder	1989	CBS
16.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	1989	CBS
17.	On Flame With Rock And Roll	1990	CBS
18.	Career Of Evil: The Metal Years	4/1990	CBS
19.	Live 1976	1/1992	Castle Communication
20.	Bad Channels (Buck Dharma/Eric Bloom/John Bogosian/Mark Nawara) produced by: Joker	1992	Moonstone
21.	Cult Classic	14.06.1994	Fragile/SPV
22.	Workshop Of The Telescope	26.09.1995	Columbia/Legacy
23.	Revisited	01.11.1996	Gusto
24.	Champions Of Rock	30.06.1998	EMI
25.	Heaven Forbid produced by: Donald Roesner	06.04.1998	Steamhammer
26.	Don't Fear The Reaper	28.04.1998	Sony Music
27.	Super Hits	21.07.1998	CBS
28.	Blue Öyster Cult Vol. 2	23.02.1999	Platinum Disc
29.	King Biscuit Presents	21.09.1999	King Biscuit
30.	Blue Öyster Cult	01.01.2000	Platinum Disc
31.	Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of	08.02.2000	Legacy
32.	Curse Of The Hidden Mirror	05.06.2001	CMC Int'l
33.	Tales of the Psychic Wars	09.10.2001	Pilot
34.	A Long Day's Night	26.09.2002	Sanctuary
35.	Then And Now	18.03.2003	Sanctuary
36.	Tales of the Psychic Wars II	13.05.2003	Fruit Tree
37.	The Essential Blue Oyster Cult	01.04.2003	Columbia/Legacy
38.	Are You Ready To Rock?	31.08.2003	Sony
39.	Shooting Shark: Best Of Blue Öyster Cult	17.05.2004	Sony
40.	Extended Versions: The Encore Collection	05.10.2004	BMG Special Products
41.	Live 1972	08.02.2005	Skydog
42.	Singles Collection	12.07.2005	Columbia
43.	Live & Nazareth	22.11.2005	Direct Source
44.	Best of the Blue Oyster Cult	06.06.2006	Direct Source
45.	Alive in America, Pt. 1	03.10.2006	Renaissance
46.	Live In America	09.07.2007	Rock Classics
47.	Original Album Classics	28.10.2008	Sony BMG
48.	Triple Feature	17.11.2009	Sony BMG
49.	Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Oyster Cult	26.01.2010	Playlist
50.	Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live	13.07.2010	Sony
51.	Music of Blue Öyster Cult	05.10.2010	Sony
52.	The Collection	02.11.2010	Camden International
53.	The Essential Blue Öyster Cult	17.04.2012	Sony Legacy
54.	The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (16CD/DVD box set)	06.11.2012	Sony Legacy
55.	The Box Set Series	28.01.2014	Legacy
56.	The 70s: Blue Öyster Cult	09.09.2014	BMG
57.	Tales Of The Psychic Wars: Live At Bond's International Casino, New York, June 16, 1981	13.03.2015	DOL
58.	Don't Fear the Reaper: New York 1981	21.08.2015	Klondike
59.	Forbidden Delights: Classic Live Radio Broadcast, Los Angeles, 1981	18.09.2015	Rock Classics
60.	I Love the Night: The Ultimate Blue Oyster Cult Collection	16.10.2015	Sony Music
61.	Born to Be Wild	10.06.2016	Zip City
62.	Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014	1/2020
63.	The Symbol Remains	10/2020	Frontiers			192
64.	Ghost Stories	12.04.2024	Frontiers
65.	50th Anniversary - Live In NYC - Second Night	8/2024

Buck Dharma:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Flat Out	12/1982	Portrait/CBS

Joe Bouchard:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Jukebox in My Head	13.09.2011	Spectra

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	In My Mouth Or On The Ground EP (live) (v USA)	1972	Reichstag/Dragonfly
2.	Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll / Before The Kiss, A Redcap (v USA)	6/1972	CBS
3.	Screaming Diz-Busters / Hot Rails To Hell (v USA)	3/1973	CBS
4.	Hot Rails To Hell	7/1973
5.	Career Of Evil / Dominance And Submission (v USA)	1974	CBS
6.	Born To Be Wild (live) / Born To Be Wild (Part 2) (v USA)	11/1975	CBS
7.	Debbie Denise / This Ain't The Summer Of Love (v USA)	1976	CBS
8.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper / Tattoo Vampire	31.07.1976	CBS		12
9.	Going Through The Motions / Searchin' For Celine	23.12.1977	CBS
10.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper / R U Ready 2 Rock produced by: Murray Krugman/Sandy Pearlman/David Lucas	5/1978	CBS	16
11.	Godzilla / Godzilla (live) (v USA)	6/1978	CBS
12.	I Love The Night / Nosferatu (v GB)	8/1978	CBS
13.	We Gotta Get Out Of This Place / E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (v USA)	10/1978	CBS
14.	We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (live) / Stairway To The Stars (v GB)	11/1978	CBS
15.	Mirrors / Lonely Teardrops	17.08.1979	CBS
16.	In Thee / Lonely Teardrops	9/1979	CBS		74
17.	In Thee / The Vigil (v GB)	10/1979	CBS
18.	You're Not The One (I Was Looking For) / Moon Crazy (v USA)	2/1980	CBS
19.	Here's Johnny (The Marshall Plan) / Divine Wind (v USA)	7/1980	CBS
20.	Fallen Angel / Lips In The Hill	7/1980	CBS
21.	Deadlines / Monsters	10/1980	CBS
22.	Burnin' For You / Vengeance (The Pact)	14.08.1981	CBS		40
23.	Burnin' For You / The Black And Silver 12" + Dr. Music / Flaming Telepaths (v GB)	9/1981	CBS
24.	Burnin' For You (live) / (Don't Fear) The Reaper (live) (v USA)	6/1982	CBS
25.	Take Me Away / Feel The Thunder 12" + Burnin' For You / Dr. Music	11/1983	CBS
26.	Shooting Shark / Dragon Lady	2/1984	CBS	97	83
27.	Take Me Away / Let Go (v USA)	5/1984	CBS
28.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper / R U Ready 2 Rock (v GB)	6/1984	Old Gold
29.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper / I Love The Night	1984	CBS
30.	Dancin' In The Ruins / Shadow Warrior (v USA)	10/1985	CBS
31.	White Flags / Rock Not War 12" + Shooting Shark	12/1985	CBS
32.	Perfect Water / Spy In The House Of Night (v USA)	2/1986	CBS
33.	Astronomy / Magna Of Illusion CD + (Don't Fear) The Reaper	10/1988	CBS
34.	(Don't Fear) The Reaper / Burnin' For You	7/1994	Fragile
35.	Reaper & Stirfried	12.02.2007

Videos:

1. Black'n'Blue - 1980, live, 85 min, & Black Sabbath
2. Live 1976 - 10/1991
3. A Long Day's Night - 5/2003, Sanctuary, 120 min, live

Bibliography:

Blue Öyster Cult: A Visual Bigraphy (5/2020)

WWW Links:

http://www.blueoystercult.com

Various:

1967-? Soft White Underbelly
?-1971 Oaxaca

Compilation Appearances:

"Godzilla" on compilation "Mullet Rock" (4.3.03, Epic/Legacy)

Allen Lanier:

appeared on the LP:

The Jim Carroll Band: Dry Dreams (5/82, CBS)
John Cale: Music For A New Society (8/82, Yellow Moon)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	11	20.03.1997	37	Hard & Heavy Masters
1998	23	11.06.1998	27	Forum kritikum	album review
2002	20	20.12.2002	39	Forum kritikum	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1989	2		39	Metalový pravěk
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	31	04.08.1973	56	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	30	27.07.1974	33
1975	10	08.03.1975	35	Any Questions?
1975	11	15.03.1975	44	Albums	album review
1975	19	10.05.1975	36	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	43	25.10.1975	63	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	25	19.06.1976	20	New Albums	album review
1976	30	24.07.1976	8		interview
1976	31	31.07.1976	3	New Singles	single review
1977	45	05.11.1977	20	Albums	album review
1978	2	14.01.1978	16	Singles	single review
1978	38	26.09.1978	18	Albums	album review
1979	28	28.07.1979	19	Albums	album review
1979	31	18.08.1979	22	Singles	single review
1979	36	22.09.1979	4	News
1980	39	08.11.1980	10		interview
1981	28	11.07.1981	13	Albums	album review
1981	33	15.08.1981	14	Singles	single review
1981	35	29.08.1981	9	Monsters Of Rock	gig review
1981	36	05.09.1981	15		interview
1982	21	22.05.1982	18	Albums	album review
1984	8	25.02.1984	8		interview
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	28.07.1973	39	This Is America
1974	0	02.03.1974	28	This Is America
1974	0	16.03.1974	16	Albums	album review
1974	0	04.05.1974	26	Albums	album review
1975	0	22.03.1975	21	Platters	album review
1975	0	27.09.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	18.10.1975	22
1975	0	25.10.1975	40	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	29.05.1976	2	News Desk - Recording News
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	16	16.08.1991	6	Dopisy	discography
1994	4	28.02.1994	7	Galerie
1996	5		91	Recenze	album review
1998	7		55	Zapomenutí	profile
1998	7		101	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	8		111	Recenze - Reedice	album review
2001	10		100	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2007	8		94	Classic Rock	album review
Spark
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2003	6		58	DVD