Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Blue Oyster Cult albums, Blue Oyster Cult members, Blue Oyster Cult songs, Eric Bloom, Richie Castellano, (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Imaginos, Rudy Sarzo, Kasim Sulton, Secret Treaties, St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings, Tyranny and Mutation, Spectres, Astronomy, Bobby Rondinelli, Godzilla, Agents of Fortune, Fire of Unknown Origin, Club Ninja, Burnin' for You, Heaven Forbid, Buck Dharma, Mirrors, The Revolution by Night, Cultosaurus Erectus, Curse of the Hidden Mirror, Joe Bouchard, Bad Channels, Albert Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Black Blade, Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll, Danny Miranda, This Ain't the Summer of Love, Summerdaze. Excerpt: Blue Oyster Cult, often abbreviated BOC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in New York in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly. The group is well known for songs including "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," "Burnin' for You," "Godzilla," "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll," "Veteran of the Psychic Wars," "Astronomy" and "This Ain't the Summer of Love." They have sold over 24 million albums worldwide - including 7 million in the US. The band originated as a group called Soft White Underbelly (a name the band would later occasionally use in the 1970s and 80s to play small club gigs around the U.S.) in 1967 in the vicinity of Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, at the prompting of critic and manager Sandy Pearlman. Pearlman wanted the group to be the American answer to Black Sabbath. Pearlman was very important to the band-he was able to get them gigs, recording contracts with Elektra and Columbia, and he provided them with his poetry for use as lyrics for many of their songs, including "Astronomy." Writer Richard Meltzer also provided the band with lyrics from their early days up through their most...