Hi Al. Roger would have loved to hear all these greAt stories! He would be 76 today I miss him always. Miss you too. Come to Chicago!❤😅

Albert Bouchard is a national treasure! The fact that he is still active and creating wonderful, exciting, and insightful music inspires me every day!

@michaelfoubister4339

Ай бұрын

You know, I think he might have been teacher of the year and was honored by Barack Obama

My 1st concert was at San Diego Stadium(now torn down)& it featured ZZ Top, Blue Oyster Cult, Johnny & Edgar Winter. Imagine the 1st 3 guitarists I saw live were 1. Johnny Winter. 2. Buck Dharma 3. Billy Gibbons.

@mcbeezee2120

16 күн бұрын

That IS awesome. Right up there with me seeing the Cult for the first time, being on their Secret Treaties tour. What a way to get introduced to them, eh? 🤜🤛

@stevemcnary7963

15 күн бұрын

@mcbeezee2120 Imagine the 1st 3 guitarists I witnessed were 1. Johnny Winter 2. Buck Dharma 3. Billy Gibbons. 4-6 would come soon after and would be 4. Rory Gallagher 5. Robin Trower 6. Martin Barre all 3 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego on the same night.

The best songwriter in B.O.C.

@flexiblestrategist9922

21 күн бұрын

I agree. He and Joe. The band took a nose dive after he was kicked out; and yet Eric thinks they didn't need his help. He was as John Lennon was to The Fan Four to come up with ideas to complete a song.

@mikee2923

11 күн бұрын

Spot on. BÖC was never the same after Albert left. It wasn’t only his song writing and arranging skills. I always felt Albert was most responsible for that unique vibe that set BÖC apart from every other band. Post Albert, they started to sound ordinary like other bands.

All 3 of their first albums were unappreciated. For me I can sit and listen to any of those albums front to back and thoroughly enjoy every song, then the live album which was and still is in my top 3 live albums was just unbelievable. I understand and understood then the noticable change in music style in the 5th album. They couldn't get air time on the radio back then, you had to listen to FM radio and needed to make money. All I know is that I have supported the band several times at the ticket gate.

Albert is a real active guy and his name is on some fantastic songs,BOC was very big in the late 70s.

Astronomy, Cities on Flame, Great Sun Jester, Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Shooting Shark. Honorable Mentions: In Thee, Burning for You, ETI, Mirrors, Black Blade, Joan Crawford, Nightmare Epiphany, Box in My Head, Take Me Away, Last Days of May...too many to mention!

@TheBurning1981

Ай бұрын

Buck shreds up a storm on The Great Sun Jester.

Quicklime Girl! GREAT track!

I know it's uncool but I do enjoy the commercial 80s stuff too, Burning For You is a great song! I agree with Astronomy being one of their very best, great song. Cities on Flame, Stairway to the Stars and Career of Evil would round out my top 5.

Fascinating info. I still have vivid memories of my first Cult concert: October 1974, Long Beach Arena, CA. Secret Treaties tour. Waiting outside to get in. "The Symbol", in red light, lit-up the side of the Arena. Crowd went completely wild. T-Rex was suppose to open for them, but cancelled. I seem to remember the Cult playing an extra long set because of that.😁

I've seen BÖC many times over the decades and they are still doing great stuff! Their last studio album is fantastic! OC, the original band with their cool ass songs and legendary live show made fans of us all! Buck gave literally one of the best solos I've ever heard anyone play -ever! Epic. Astronomy is for sure on my Top 5.Maybe # 1❤❤❤

These types of personal interviews compared to interviews were it is questions and stories they told many times are very compelling. So nice to hear a rock legend talk like he is just some nice guy at a bar or something. Great choices of songs as well. I would rank all of them high !

@DevilsDevices666

2 ай бұрын

There's lots of cool interviews of this Top 5 variety on this channel, you should have a look. One of my favourite channels on KZread for sure

@JohannesYtterstrom

2 ай бұрын

@@DevilsDevices666 Good advice! Have a great start to the new week!

My Top 5 is similar to Albert's. My 1. Astronomy. 2. Then Came The Last Days Of May(live version from On Your Feet Or On Your Knees). 3. Dominance And Submission. 4. Mistress Of The Salmon Salt(Quicklime Girl). 5. I Love The Night. 6. Nosferatu. 7. 7 Screaming Diz Busters. 8. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars(live version from Extraterrestrial Live). 9. Take Me Away. 10. The Vigil or The Revenge Of Vera Gemini. Albert is a cool dude. I'm glad that he & the other members have mended their fences. Life is too short.

@VRPRocks

2 ай бұрын

Great selection 👌

Great anecdotes particularly about Reaper.

1.T Golden Age of Leather and Cities on Flame 2.T Subhuman & Nosferatu (Live...On Your Feet...) 3. Harvest Moon 4. Godzilla (Live...Best of BOC, ar the Waldorf, SF, 1980) 5.T The Vigil & Damaged

I like all of his favorites. Reaper was the only one I needed time warming up to. I got hooked on the band from "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees," so Reaper initially struck me as a rude surprise. But those are the guys who made the music. I like that they end their live Reaper numbers with the ending to "Gil Blanco County" from their Stalk Forrest days. I'd be really interested to know the lyrics to "Check Out Girl," lol.

So many I like, too many to list . But one I feel deserves mentioning is Deadline.

Albert is a musician's musician. What he can do that 99.9999% of other musicians is he understands; rhythm, melody and harmony. All music is comprised of; rhythm, melody, and harmony. Most drummers only have a deep understanding of rhythm and not melody and harmony. Most guitar and keyboard players understand harmony and melody and not rhythm. This cat understands it all.

Between many many great BOC’s songs I would like to add their cover for Roadhouse Blues in the live album of 1981 Don’t fear the reaper..

My favorites from first listening to now are in no particular order. Wings Wetted Down Screams Dominance and Submission Perfect Water Career of Evil

@VRPRocks

2 ай бұрын

Great list! 👍🤘

@stephen1562

23 күн бұрын

Good to see someone else loving Screams

Still fondly recall the "Black & Blue" tour - mid Oct. 1980 - my show was at Capital Centre near D.C. - just a couple of days before the 'Black & Blue concert video' was shot at Nassau Coliseum, just outside NYC - all 5 original members still in BÖC then - they played "Black Blade" - ( one of my all-time favs ) - bad blood between the bands - and you could feel it - both seemed to play with a chip on their shoulder - both VERY loud & aggressive - which made for an awesomely heavy show ..

Notice that none of those 5 songs are Cities On Flame. Which is one of the greatest hard rock anthems ever! His free drumming ideas on the first three albums are top notch!

all of the songs on side one of Agents of Fortune are my favorite

ETI...Cities on Flame... Burnin' For You....

@lynby6231

2 ай бұрын

“Then came the last days of May” and “Harvester of eyes” are two favourites

One thing I don't hear people talking about: the similarities in the intro to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana and "Godzilla" by BOC.

I just started watching.... But will one be "Searching For Celine"???

@Moment-14

2 ай бұрын

OK I was wrong...

Gotta love the SWUB.

Wrong lyrics or not. Thank God that Eric Bloom sang Astronomy!

@mcbeezee2120

16 күн бұрын

💯 Was thinking the EXACT same thing. "Astronomy". Unparalleled.

You know, I saw BOC at Toads Place in CT around 1995. They had a really good drummer! Younger guy- probably 30 or mid 30s. Played the songs well… but the chemistry was off. Just enough :-/

@kevincarey1453

2 ай бұрын

Like Derek St Holmes said (referring to Nugent, late 70s) “you have a near perfect hand in a game of poker, you take away two cards and replace them with two ‘good cards’… not the same hand!”

@billyz5088

2 ай бұрын

~~ also saw them at Toad's - but in May 2001 - mid 90's they were changing drummers often - Chuck Burgi was in BÖC about '94 - but maybe had left by '95 - he was possibly the most highly skilled drummer they ever had - but they had a couple after him who were just fill-ins - at the 2001 show - it was just weeks before release of "Curse of the Hidden Mirror" - Bobby Rondinelli on drums at that time - and Allen Lanier was still there - so 3 out of the 5 originals - R.I.P. Allen ..

@Moment-14

2 ай бұрын

Chuck playing with Billy Joel... since 2005 or so...

@WickedFesterBand

Ай бұрын

Albert is amazing

Sure .... but Nosferatu?

@eddiep2899

22 күн бұрын

Yes, of course! The lyrics of the track, the atmosphere around the song, and the story it tells are fantastic.