BOC-L Digest - 4 Mar 1997 to 5 Mar 1997

[John A Swartz]

>OK Lets agree to disagree.  True they do not now have the noteriety of
say Kiss or Aerosmith when you think of bands from the 70-80's, but
isn't most of that due to the financial sucess of those respective
bands?  Many years from now when rock music has completed another lap
back towards its roots, young muscians might find themselves influenced
by Bucks charasmatic style, Al's sinister yet funny lyrics and Allens
understated keyboard fills.  At some point history goes deeper than the
surface.  How else could Columbus go from hero to ass-hole? By further
examination is how.  Again we disagree and if you are right I'll feel no
shame. I just don't think we will know for another 30 years or so.

Adrian, I hope you're right.  But, as it stands now in the 90's it would
appear that history is not being terribly kind to BOC.  As I mentioned,
from what I understand, they were one of the top acts of the mid-70s,
but if I look in rock history books being printed in the 90s, BOC si
(that should be "is") often overlooked completely.  Perhaps once BOC is
no more (not a day I'm looking forward to) the historians will dig
deeper and give credit where it's due.

John