BOC: contemporary review of Imaginos CD re-release.

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 11 Jun 2008, at 11:40 , Mike Montfort wrote:
> I believe the term refers to whether they go through the first few
> pressings... so I'm gonna figure that those are probably not back  
> catalog
> yet lol

;)

>
> How long did BOC go the last time?  So considering they are touring  
> almost
> constantly here in the US, and Alan's health issues Id say 7 yrs  
> was not
> that big of a deal. Besides the model of today's small band is live  
> live
> live.. maybe do a studio, but they don't make any money now a days  
> with
> CD's. 2OC cold make a good living the rest of their careers and  
> never make
> another studio.  I would find that personally very disappointing  
> however.

I agree that Buck remains a great guitar player, and that many acts  
-- both big and small -- are increasingly finding that they make more  
money on tour than they make with recordings.  (Hey, I'm an old  
Grateful Dead fan, so it makes sense to me! ;)

But, on the other hand, without even meaning to, I usually find  
myself starting to lose interest when an artist doesn't either have  
new stuff or promise a show that's bound to surprise me (good or  
bad).  It's been probably 2002 or 2003 since I last saw BOC, so I  
might go and see them again if they came my way (not that this is  
likely!), though thereafter it might be a good while before I went  
out to see them again.  There are, after all, lots of good bands and  
some of them might have more material I haven't heard loads of time  
already, or be likely to present old stuff in a way that jerks my  
attention back into the present -- and I'd be more likely to see one  
of those.

Naturally, if whatever incarnation BOC came out with a raging new  
album, I wouldn't care who was in the band -- a raging new album is a  
raging new album, after all.  But I'm not holding my breath on Buck  
and Eric's account. :/

Cheers,
Carl

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