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Long Island, New York, United States (1967 – present)

Blue Öyster Cult is a renowned hard rock/heavy metal band which formed in 1967 in Long Island, New York, United States. The band is led by founding members Eric Bloom (vocals, guitar) and Buck Dharma (guitar, vocals). They are best known for their hit singles “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and “Burnin’ For You”.

The members of the band began to come together in the late 1960s, as a band called Soft White Underbelly, in the vicinity of Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, at the prompting of critic Sandy Pearlman. Pearlman was very influential for the band, getting them gigs, their first record with Columbia, and using his poetry as the basis of many of their songs, including “Astronomy”. The band changed its name to the Stalk-Forrest Group in 1968. One single was released on Elektra Records under this name in 1969, though over one album of material was recorded. The name changed once more, to Blue Oyster Cult, in 1970. The umlaut was added later that year. They became a successful heavy metal band during the 1970s, and unlike many of their colleagues are still active today.

They are best known for three songs: their 1976 single “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” from the album Agents of Fortune (also featured in the cult movie Halloween, and in Stephen King’s novel The Stand), “Godzilla” (1977) from the album Spectres and their 1981 single “Burnin’ for You” from the album Fire of Unknown Origin.

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1		(Don't Fear) The Reaper			5,250
2		Burnin' For You			1,856
3		Godzilla			1,293
4		Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll			695
5		Astronomy			679
6		This Ain't the Summer of Love			402
7		Veteran of the Psychic Wars			381
8		Flaming Telepaths			363
9		Fire of Unknown Origin			355
10		Joan Crawford			290
11		I Love the Night			284
12		Then Came the Last Days of May			278
13		E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)			262
14		Stairway to the Stars			249
15		Take Me Away			247

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