Mr. Heartbreak Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Blue Oyster Cult founder and guitar playerhttp://ultimateclassicrock.com/allen-lanier-dies/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 totally sucks, but not too surprising. BOC is one of those bands who are really and truly underrated...people know "Reaper," "Burnin' For You" and the cowbell skit on SNL. the run of records from the debut through Spectres (and one could make an argument for Fire Of Unknown Origin) was really quite excellent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yeah, who else has a totally creepy song about Joan Crawford? That was one of those deep cuts I always liked hearing on AOR radio back in the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I read elsewhere that he contributed his guitar work to The Clash, but I can't find which songs... Does anyone here know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 not sure...i think he was dating Ellen Foley at one point, who also did some singing w/ The Clash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Found it. Worked on Give Em Enough Rope - did uncredited piano for Judy's Been Working For the Drug Squad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 oh yeah, Sandy Pearlman produced that LP, and he did a lot of work w/ BOC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 BOC is criminally underrated, as TP said. I love those guys. I saw them a few times in the late '70s/early 80s. Black and Blue Tour was THE best metal tour I ever saw. And "On your Feet Or On Your Knees" is one of my favorite live LPs. RIP Mr. Lanier. \m/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 btw, i think there are a couple of people here who also post or lurk on the DBT board...one of the cool things there is a user-sourced Artist of the Week feature, and BOC was tackled in a most excellent manner a few weeks ago...check it out if you want to: http://www.threedimesdown.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5576 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I don't know all that much about this band, but I have a couple of their records (On Your Feet..., Tyranny and Mutation). I remember hearing 7 Screaming Diz-Busters on the radio a lot in the '80s, back when rock radio was a successful format and there was no such thing as classic rock radio. Something about the Diz-Busters riff has proven to have more staying power in my brain than any of their better known songs. Was Lanier the lead guitarist, or was that Buck Dharma? BOC did good work. I should listen to them more often. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Buck Dharma is their lead. IMO, the best guitar soloist ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Buck Dharma is their lead. IMO, the best guitar soloist ever. Sorta off topic. I was at a bar after work with some friends in the '90s and there was a flyer on the wall for a charity concert featuring Buck Dharma. Apparently there was a kid with a brain tumor and he loved Godzilla (the monster, not the song...or maybe the song, too). His hope was for Godzilla to come around and kill his brain tumor, and Buck Dharma got involved to play "Godzilla" in concert for him. We got a good laugh out of the bizarreness of that, in spite of how heartbreaking it was. I sure hope that kid survived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 that's cool. i hope he did too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Whoa, just found some info about that Buck Dharma brain tumor benefit: http://www.blueoystercult.com/Band/BDB.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Unfortunately the boy passed away on August 16, 1998. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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