Rock legends Blue Öyster Cult have announced a new album, Ghost Stories, and shared the single “So Supernatural” ahead of the April 12th release date.
The album is somewhat unconventional, as it is constructed of “lost gems” from the BÖC archives. It also appears to be their final album, as a press release touts it as “a fitting finale to the recording legacy of one of rock’s most iconic fixtures from the past 50 years.”
Original master tapes were exhumed and digitized, then re-imagined using AI enhancement and new studio tracking by Richie Castellano along with remaining original members Eric Bloom and Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, and drummers Albert Bouchard and Rick Downey (plus additional overdubs recorded by Joe Bouchard).
The melodic and mid-tempo groove of “So Supernatural” certainly reflects the band’s classic era — recalling Spectres in particular — but it’s rendered through shiny modern production and extra coats of sonic paint.
The album is somewhat unconventional, as it is constructed of “lost gems” from the BÖC archives. It also appears to be their final album, as a press release touts it as “a fitting finale to the recording legacy of one of rock’s most iconic fixtures from the past 50 years.”
Original master tapes were exhumed and digitized, then re-imagined using AI enhancement and new studio tracking by Richie Castellano along with remaining original members Eric Bloom and Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, and drummers Albert Bouchard and Rick Downey (plus additional overdubs recorded by Joe Bouchard).
The melodic and mid-tempo groove of “So Supernatural” certainly reflects the band’s classic era — recalling Spectres in particular — but it’s rendered through shiny modern production and extra coats of sonic paint.
- 2/7/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
On Monday, July 26, famed rock producer, manager, and lyricist Sandy Pearlman died at the age of 72. His Wikipedia page says he "was the recipient of 17 gold and platinum records." He managed that despite not actually producing many bands, or even albums -- but he left a big imprint on every one he worked on.
Born in Rockaway (Queens), NY in 1943, he got a college degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island in 1966.
A year later, still in the Stony Brook area, he recruited a band so he could have a series of science-fiction poems he'd written (the Imaginos saga, about a group secretly controlling world history) set to music and performed. He named the band Soft White Underbelly after Winston Churchill's epithet for Italy, but changed its name to Oaxaca after Soft White Underbelly got a negative review at a big concert.
Born in Rockaway (Queens), NY in 1943, he got a college degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island in 1966.
A year later, still in the Stony Brook area, he recruited a band so he could have a series of science-fiction poems he'd written (the Imaginos saga, about a group secretly controlling world history) set to music and performed. He named the band Soft White Underbelly after Winston Churchill's epithet for Italy, but changed its name to Oaxaca after Soft White Underbelly got a negative review at a big concert.
- 7/28/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Let me state for the record that I grew up loving the music of the Blue Öyster Cult, partly because I was the right age and partly because their lead singer, Eric Bloom, is my uncle. Therefore, I am attuned to all things Boc and am amazed I missed the release of Roadie. Now out on home video from Magnolia Entertainment, the film is a small tale about love, life, and yes, rock and roll.
The Boc was among the premiere heavy metal bands of the 1970s, thwarted from super-stardom because New York City Am radio wouldn’t play their music so they peaked. They continue to tour and play around the world with Uncle Eric and guitar wizard Buck Dharma (Donald Roseser) fronting the group. Roadie features the sad life of Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard), who was living his boyhood dream of working with the band but now that they play only occasionally,...
The Boc was among the premiere heavy metal bands of the 1970s, thwarted from super-stardom because New York City Am radio wouldn’t play their music so they peaked. They continue to tour and play around the world with Uncle Eric and guitar wizard Buck Dharma (Donald Roseser) fronting the group. Roadie features the sad life of Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard), who was living his boyhood dream of working with the band but now that they play only occasionally,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
The "American Idol" contestants are taking on 21st Century Songs this week. How do you think they did?
The judges come out and Jennifer appears to be wearing very shiny jammies. Perhaps she and Seacrest are having a slumber party after the show. When the Top 7 Idols enter the stage, Haley looks to have stepped off the set of "Mad Men," which we heartily approve of, though it's a little weird since the theme is current music.
Before the performances, the Top 13 Idols eliminated already are on hand to perform "So What." The girls are dressed like a crazy gang of ninja hookers and Naima is kicking the air so wonderfully that I actually laugh really hard right out loud. She's delightful. Ashthon is unrecognizable with her pincurl hair and Karen looks like Sandy at the end of "Grease." Paul joins them in his black fancy suit - he is their raspy-voiced pimp,...
The judges come out and Jennifer appears to be wearing very shiny jammies. Perhaps she and Seacrest are having a slumber party after the show. When the Top 7 Idols enter the stage, Haley looks to have stepped off the set of "Mad Men," which we heartily approve of, though it's a little weird since the theme is current music.
Before the performances, the Top 13 Idols eliminated already are on hand to perform "So What." The girls are dressed like a crazy gang of ninja hookers and Naima is kicking the air so wonderfully that I actually laugh really hard right out loud. She's delightful. Ashthon is unrecognizable with her pincurl hair and Karen looks like Sandy at the end of "Grease." Paul joins them in his black fancy suit - he is their raspy-voiced pimp,...
- 4/21/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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