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"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. [4] Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself.
Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on May 21, 1976 by Columbia Records. [4] [5]The Platinum-selling album peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard chart, [6] while the cryptic single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, [7] making it BÖC's biggest hit.
Richie Castellano, member of Blue Öyster Cult, at a live performance in Baytown, Texas, July 3, 2010. In December 2003, Castellano served as sound engineer on Blue Öyster Cult's 13 city tour of Germany. He first performed with Blue Öyster Cult as bass guitarist in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 18, 2004, [7] shortly after Danny Miranda left ...
By Blue Öyster Cult's fifth album Agents of Fortune in 1976, Roeser proved himself as a songwriter and vocalist with the band's signature song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". As a result, Roeser's songwriting and vocals were more prevalent on the follow-up albums Spectres, Mirrors, Cultosaurus Erectus and Fire of Unknown Origin.
Blue Öyster Cult was formed in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly (a name the group would occasionally use in the 1970s and 1980s to play small club gigs around the United States and UK) [8] in a communal house at Stony Brook University on Long Island when rock critic Sandy Pearlman overheard a jam session consisting of fellow Stony Brook classmate Donald Roeser and his friends. [9]
The following is the discography of the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. Blue Öyster Cult has released 16 studio albums, the most recent being released in 2024, entitled Ghost Stories. In 2012, the Blue Öyster Cult albums released by Columbia were re-released in a box set of 16 CDs and one DVD.
Both Creem readers [5] and Rolling Stone critics [6] voted "Don't Fear the Reaper" as the top single of the year. Bloom bought his own house in Great Neck in 1976. [3] Bloom performing with Blue Öyster Cult. Bloom has been one of the longtime members of the band throughout the decades, along with original member Buck Dharma.
On Your Feet or on Your Knees is the first live album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on Feb. 27, 1975 by Columbia Records.The album features three songs from each of the band's first three studio albums, two covers ("I Ain't Got You", albeit with modified lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") original instrumental that remains a staple of the band's live ...