Joe Bouchard - Blue Oyster Cult

Sep 13

Episode Summary

Joe Bouchard was a founding member of the band Blue Oyster Cult, which had a huge hit with “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”. That song later had a second life after it was featured in the iconic ‘More Cowbell’ skit on Saturday Night Live in 2000 featuring Will Ferrill and Christopher Walken. In the second half of the show Joe and Robert do a Songfest featuring three of BOC’s most famous songs.

Episode Notes

Blue Oyster Cult hit the charts in the 1970s with some great songs including "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Joe Bouchard was a founding member of BOC and tells the story of the band's formation and evolution.

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Life can be full of surprises. Think about how SNL - out of the blue - did a skit featuring “The Reaper” which sent Blue Oyster Cult into orbit, and then Metallica covered Joe’s song “Astronomy” and sold 5 million copies. You could never have predicted these life changing events. So keep doing what you love and do it well. You never know what’s going to happen in life.

Robert’s featured song in this episode is “New York City Groove” from Project Grand Slam’s album Made In New York. Robert chose this song because Joe and his brother Albert - two of the founders of BOC - were from upstate New York and the band got its start at Stony Brook, NY, and the song is about NYC -- which Robert felt was close enough!

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In this episode, Joe and Robert discuss:

The Soft White Underbelly - the original group name
How they got the name Blue Oyster Cult
Developing The Reaper
The SNL ‘More Cowbell” skit
“Astronomy” cover by Metallica
Joe’s current projects

The Songfest features:

“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
“Burnin’ For You”
“Astronomy”
Ticket To Ride
Where Is My Mind

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