BOC

Thu Sep 16 13:22:42 EDT 2010

Well, Imaginos was really an Al solo project on which Sony slapped some Eric and Buck overdubs and released as BOC -- which is not to say that it is not awesome, but "band" is a nebulous concept in relation to its creation.  (Al worked on it for years, with various contributors, from what I understand.)

But, yeah, it is probably as good or better than the sum of the best of BÖC's Al-less output. :)  Of course, Pearlman's and Meltzer's associations with BÖC also faded away around the same time as, or shortly after, Al left.  That didn't really help BÖC's songwriter fund either.  I think Al himself has observed that Buck, for example, has great ideas -- but they come or develop rather slowly. So it would seem that there is simply not enough of a "critical mass" in the post-Fire BÖC to sustain continued songwriting.

Meanwhile, skimming through the Brain Surgeons' back catalog -- OK, maybe its not all blindingly brilliant :) but certainly enough of it is damned rockin' to clarify (as if there had been any doubt) that you need songwriters to produce new material.  (Denial of Death continues to kick my arse whenever I give it a spin!)

But, hey, Buck and Eric seem happy enough doing what they're doing -- otherwise one supposes they wouldn't bother to do it, so who are we to demand new albums? I haven't seen 2ÖC, but I saw 3ÖC a few times, and I enjoyed the shows.

Cheers,
Carl

On 16 Sep 2010, at 12:03 , gary shindler wrote:

> Yeah, I think they've reissued "Club Ninja" with extras and it's one of my least 
> favorites, hell probably the worst, in my opinion. "Imaginos" is the best, since 
> Albert was in the band. Hmm...coincidence?
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> ________________________________
> From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:53:04 AM
> Subject: Re: BOC
> 
> Indeed, they did not.  Which is a shame.
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> Of course ... the holy grail would be ... an Imaginos upgrade! :)
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> Shortly after the devil straps on his ice skates ..... ;)
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> Cheers,
> Carl
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> On 15 Sep 2010, at 09:26 , gary shindler wrote:
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>> If I'm right they never reissued "Fire of Unknown Origin," "Mirrors" or 
>> "Cultosaurus Erectus" with extra tracks, did they? That"Some Enchanted Evening" 
>> 
>> reissue is a goodie. 
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>> ________________________________
>> From: "Swartz, John A." <jswartz at MITRE.ORG>
>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>> Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 7:44:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: BOC
>> 
>> Right.  BOC only has Buck and Eric from the original line-up.  The "other guys" 
>> 
>> (Jules Radono on drums, Richie Castellano on guitar/keys and formerly on bass, 
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>> and the awesome Rudy Sarzo on bass) are great in their own right and do breathe 
>> 
>> some life into the live BOC act, but they're just a touring band these days 
>> (not 
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>> that there's anything wrong with that).  Allen Lanier...well, I can't say I 
>> know 
>> 
>> what's up with the guy, but by the time he left the band now over 5 years ago, 
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>> he looked and played as shell of his former self - I don't mean to knock the 
>> guy, but it was no secret that he physically couldn't handle touring anymore.  
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>> The Bouchards may not tour quite as much as BOC, but they are still putting out 
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>> new music - my guess is that if/when a day comes that they can't tour, they'll 
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>> still be putting out music.
>> 
>> The more harsh reality though, is that at this point, any sort of "reunion" 
>> project would be excitely welcomed by a few hundred fans (maybe a few 
>> thousand?), and that's it.  And I don't assume you could add lasers in any way 
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>> for a club-sized gig.  I mean, look at the BOC remasters.  Those of us that 
>> bought them I think were very happy to have them, but commercially it appears 
>> they were a bust - so much that Sony appears to have pulled the plug on 
>> completing the project.  A real shame - I was just listening to the first 3 BOC 
>> 
>> albums the other day and love the bonus tracks.  And a bonus DVD of the laser 
>> era show included with *Some Enchanted Evening* (my first BOC album)?  Well how 
>> 
>> COOL is that?  And yet, sales were lackluster.  
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>> 
>> Here's a comparison for you - when KISS did their big reunion thing in 1996, 
>> Peter Criss had been out of the band for 15 years.  Albert has been out of BOC 
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>> for nearly 30...
>> 
>> Now, go check out some new BOC-related music at:  http://www.bluecoupeband.com
>> 
>> 
>> John
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Carl Edlund Anderson [mailto:cea at CARLAZ.COM]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:23 PM
>>> Subject: Re: BOC
>>> 
>>> While once upon a time it might have been cool to see a reconciliation
>>> between Albert and the band, now ...
>>> 
>>> ... well, there's barely any band with which to reconcile!  It's basically
>>> Buck and Bloom and "some guys" (marvelous those those guys might be in
>>> their way). You only need a songwriter if you're gonna ... well ... write
>>> songs!  And is there much sign that Buck and Bloom really want to go that
>>> way? If they do, they're hiding it well!
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carl
>>> 
>>> On 14 Sep 2010, at 13:54 , gary shindler wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Doubt Albert would go back and I guess they don't play TX because the
>>> state lacks casinos or cheesy barbecue festivals?! Or am I wrong?
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:26:50 pm
>>>> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>>>> From: "mike coleman" <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
>>>> Subject: BOC
>>>> 
>>>> It's no secret that I am BOC challenged, though my youth certianly
>>> contained
>>>> some exposure-
>>>> I was wandering, if maybe, just maybe, one could get a glimpse of the
>>>> sinister forces at play by looking at T.O.T episode 19 from season
>>>> one.......
>>>> and further, is getting their prolific pen and drummer back in the ranks
>>>> absolutely impossible??
>>>> squeezing into the old getup??
>>>> has laser technology improved and become more mobile??
>>>> wouldn't this bring them to Dallas and Houston (and the others) as
>>> opposed
>>>> to the cities that seem to make no sense??
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Carl Edlund Anderson
>>> http://www.carlaz.com/
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