BOC: Vocals (EB, BD, AB), Imaginos, et al

[Peter Sondergeld]

At 02:51 PM 5/12/96 +1000, you wrote:
<snip>
>  Great Question!
> I remember reading an album review many moons ago, for Mirrors, where they
>said that Allen was the "true genius of the band" , mainly because of the
>"hits", "lonely teardrops" and "In thee".
> I like his work, and until I saw a live vid, I didn't realise he played
>some of the cool guitar work.  I always thought it was EB who played
>those bits.  Now I realise that the guitar of Eric is almost purely
>ornamental.  :)
>
>  The only other equally as whacky album review about BOC that I read was
>for CE, in the mag "Record Review",(?) back in the Stone age.  It said that
>the album was fine up until the vocals of (and I quote) "Eric
>"Buffoon" Bloom", and that "the band should get rid of him, and explore
>their Yes-meets-Black Sabbath sound".  What a jerk!
>  No wonder they ain't popular any more.  (The mag I mean).
>
>   Troy

There's a band history at
http://www.roughguides.com/RG_WWW/rock/final_rock_entries/BLUE_OYSTER_CULT.html
that puzzled me when I read the bit about BOC refuting "allegations of
neo-nazism" around the time of *Secret Treaties*. Have I missed something?

Pete.


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