BOC and the X-Files

[john paine]

On Mon, 6 May 1996, Shawn Quinn wrote:

> The following text is a post I put on the BOC folder on AOL a few weeks ago.
> Not many people followed up on this - in fact no one.  Anyway, I was
> standing in the Atlanta airport yesterday and noticed the latest Rolling
> Stone with a cover article about the X-files and a side aticle on how the
> show's produces are looking for some musical input from various bands...so I
> thought I would give it spin on BOC-L...
>
> BOC on the X-files
>
> I've brought this idea up to the band a few times over the last couple of
> years - It would be an excellent platform for building a new fan base - and
> could be a justification to get the boys on Jay Leno/SNL etc...and a record
> contract.
>
> Several complete episodes could be derived from a number of songs - Take Me
> Away and ETI are obvious.  The story line in the Subhuman would be make a
> great episode -- people disappearing from a small Long Island town just to
> join the oyster boys...maybe have a section with the band playing the song
> in a local bar describing the 'legend' of the Blue Oyster Cult.   etc.,
> etc., etc.,  I don't know who is managing the band these days - but I sure
> as hell would be making a few phone calls to the right to people to pull
> this off.  I've heard  X-file writers take ideas from various X-file i-net
> groups and use them in the show occasionally.  A two pronged attack in this
> case would be effective - the fan base email-ing the X-file i-net groups and
> the BOC management (or the band ! - I've heard Eric a couple of times over
> the years express an interest in getting into sci-fi movies) making the
> 'high level' contacts.
>
> This is not impossible - just may take some persistence.  Besides, I've
> noticed the writing in some of the more recent shows has been a little weak.
> They could an infusion of creativity - and BOC and all of the band stands
> for fits the need perfectly.  If this idea works - it could lead to a
> multi-episode deal - where the same thread appears periodically.
>
> Just a few thoughts.
>
> Shawn
>
> PS - The Brain Surgeons should try to jump on this opportunity as well -
> especially since Albert wrote a majority of the X-file-ish songs.
>
Isn't there an x-files website called (strangely enough - stranedays.com?)