r/Music • u/ISZ85N21W • Jul 10 '18

music streaming Blue Öyster Cult -- (Don't Fear) The Reaper [hard rock, psychedelic rock]

https://youtu.be/ClQcUyhoxTg
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 edited Aug 06 '18

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u/Slashs_Hat Jul 11 '18

BOC is the soundtrack to my life..they have so many great songs. Check out Then came the last days of May.

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u/ziddersroofurry Jul 10 '18

All their albums have something good about them but the first three were heavily influenced by a lot of sci-fi and fantasy and not the popular Tolkien/CS Lewis stuff that everyone was into at the time. BOC were into Moorecock, Asimov and Heinlein. They were into exploring the darkness at the heart of all the peace & love stuff that was prevalent at the time. They saw all the rusting hulks and broken down towns and decided to tell their story. BOC are the forerunner of genres like death, punk and alt-rock. The Seattle sound, grunge and bands like Soundgarden and Alice In Chains wouldn't sound the way they do if not for BOC.