BOC in Mojo

[Christian]

Mojo magazine have tossed together a "top 100 singles of all time" article
in their August isse... BOC made # 80 with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"! Each
single has a little bio piece around the band/song, and this is the BOC
entry....:

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"Extremely poetic. A sad ballad about a man who wants to die with his true
love before their love is spoiled by earthly things."
                - Chris Collingwood, Fountains Of Wayne

According to producer/manager/theorist Sandy Pearlman, the Blue Oyster Cult
was conjured from equal parts Doors, Byrds and Black Sabbath. Early BOC
incarnations had majored on the West Coast flavourings; it was the secret
Sab ingredient that helped the familiar BOC identity coalesce, although
their biggest hit brought The Byrds back into the fore. "Guys, this is it,"
engineer Shelly Yakus announced at the end of the first take. "The
legendary once-in-a-lifetime-groove!" Lead guitarist Donald 'Buck Dharma'
Roeser had delivered the song with its arrangement virtually complete. What
evolved in the studio was the extended solo section; it took them nearly as
long to edit the five-minute track down to manageable length as it did to
record it. But Reaper survived the knife to become a hit, the theme of
classic horror flick Halloween, and a recurring favourite in the works of
Stephen King. Buck Dharma's little ditty about the undead has become his
band's undying accomplishment.

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No Hawkwind entry tho!!


Christian