BOC: Me and My Big Mouth!

[John A Swartz]

>Couldn't agree more!  DM's super talented on bass, and his backing
vox are darned good.  He should be given a shot at writing.  I mean,
it's not like BOC is overflowing with songs, right?

Agreed, and from what I hear, Danny does write songs.  However, my
perception is that he didn't write material for Heaven Forbid for the
simple reason that most, if not all the material for Heaven Forbid was
written by the time Danny joined the band in '95.  Remember, BOC was
trying to get an album deal since around '92 or so, and many songs on
HF have been played live since at least '94.  With rumors that CMC will
do another BOC album in the future, I would hope that Danny would have
some writing credits on it.

John

PS:  BTW, the reason I believe Bolle referred to the current lineup as
"Two Oyster Cult", even though Danny's an established member is because
the "2" refers to ORIGINAL members.  I don't believe Danny (or Bobby for
that matter) is treated as a "hired hand" - although Buck and Eric seem
to have been in charge for the last 10 years.  But, I don't interpret
the "Two Oyster Cult" comment as a knock against Danny or Bobby --
besides, the band will be the first one's to say that Danny and Bobby
are full-fledged bandmembers.  "3OC" and "2 Oyster Cult" are names
given to them by us fans, not the band.