How many Blue Öyster Cult releases are on Riffiter?

64 releases are catalogued, spanning 1972 to 2024.

When was Blue Öyster Cult formed?

Blue Öyster Cult formed in 1967, in Long Island, New York, USA.

What genre is Blue Öyster Cult?

Blue Öyster Cult is catalogued under Rock.

What is the most recent Blue Öyster Cult release on Riffiter?

Ghost Stories, released in 2024.

Artist

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult is a rock artist from Long Island, New York, USA formed in 1967. 64 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Rock · Long Island, New York, USA · Best rock albums

64
Releases: 1972–2024
Active years: 1967
Formed

Discography

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Spanning three decades, Blue Öyster Cult has a long and interesting history. The band got its start in the late '60s on Long Island, New York, as the Soft White Underbelly, before ending up in the "right place at the right time" to create the beginnings of Blue Öyster Cult. Long Island native Donald Roeser and Albert Bouchard (of Watertown, New York) met at Clarkson College, in Potsdam, NY. The two were introduced by a mutual friend, Bruce Abbott (who later co-authored "Golden Age of Leather" with Donald). With Abbott and two other friends, they formed "The Disciples" and played college parties and local beer halls. The next year, the band reformed and played the same circuits as "Travesty" (named after the Blues Project album). Through all this, their studies fell by the wayside, and both Albert and Donald decided to quit college to concentrate on playing music full-time. Eventually "Travesty" broke up and Donald and Albert paths separated for a while. Donald met Sandy Pearlman, a pioneering voice of rock criticism, who with his friend, Richard Meltzer, were contributors to the seminal magazine "Crawdaddy!," the first magazine dedicated to the analysis of rock music and its cultur…