Agents of Fortune: The Blue Oyster Cult Story

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Forty years within the business…six gold & platinum U.S. albums…classic songs like (Don’tFear) The Reaper, Godzilla, Burnin’ For You, Astronomy and E.T.I. Donald “BuckDharma” Roeser, Eric Bloom, Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard & Joe Bouchard comprised one of the crucial great stadium acts of the ’70s & ’80s. BOC were heavy enough to duke it out with Kiss, Rush, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent & Black Sabbath, yet smart, funny, ironic & jaded enough to please the tough New York critics.Agents of Fortune examines the complicated early days of the band, graphically demonstrating the showbiz sweat that goes into making a successful act. The book is centred across the peerless intellectual quality of the songs – made entertaining by the band’s psychotropic & ghoulish humour; its interest in all manner of conspiracy theories, cults, monsters, vampires, UFOs, foul play, arcane spiritualism, alchemy, love lost & love buried, science fiction & friction.Popoff draws on his personal interviews with Roeser, Bloom, Albert & Joe Bouchard, together with drummer Bobby Rondinelli, legendary band producer Murray Krugman & BOC expert Bolle Gregmar. For insight into the band’s implausible lyrical world, Popoff went right to the source, the writers of the BOC classics highlighting their creativity during the writer’s countless interviews with Sandy Pearlman (manager all through the golden years), Richard Meltzer, John Shirley, cover artists Greg Scott and Ioannis, in addition to the late Helen Wheels and David Roter. An very important read for Blue Oyster Cult devotees.

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