Blue Oyster Cult thread (blues, metal, rock, albums, metallica)

[boo boo]

I wouldn't consider them prog though they did have some proggy material, i certainly wouldn't consider them glam though i can hear a little Bowie influence in some of their work... I'd say overall they were just a rock n roll band, plain and simple.... Some however would go as far as to call them metal or proto metal, and i see that as a possibility.... Their influence on a lot of metal bands is pretty overlooked.

A lot of people label them AOR or Album Oriented Rock... Which is also what Journey, Foreigner and REO Speedwagon are considered to be... Which is a big insult to BoC.

I don't consider them AOR though, AOR bands aren't badass enough to have Patti Smith write songs for them.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I wouldn't consider them prog though they did have some proggy material, i certainly wouldn't consider them glam though i can hear a little Bowie influence in some of their work... I'd say overall they were just a rock n roll band, plain and simple.... Some however would go as far as to call them metal or proto metal, and i see that as a possibility.... Their influence on a lot of metal bands is pretty overlooked.

Well they were originally put together to be Americas answer to Black Sabbath

[shiftael]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Well they were originally put together to be Americas answer to Black Sabbath

actaully ths I did not know, that makes it quite interesting....

i thougth it was cleer hwo they had that crooked cross logo thing incorporated into every album cover..