![]() ![]() More recently, Sony has been releasing expanded reissues of several classic BÖC albums, the latest being 1977’s Spectres and 1978’s Some Enchanted Evening. Just Google “more cowbell” and you’ll see what I mean. In 2000, BÖC was parodied on Saturday Night Live in a skit in which Will Ferrell plays fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle and Christopher Walken portrays producer Bruce Dickinson overseeing the 1976 studio recording of “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” Despite its distortion of the facts, the sketch has gone on to become one of the most memorable and popular bits in SNL’s storied history. ![]() Since the turn of the new millennium, interest in the group has surged on a variety of fronts. ![]() Consider the following: BÖC, despite an absence from the current hit parade, is still beating down the path, playing upwards of 100 shows in the US and abroad every year. When talk of rock and who’s still around laying it down works its way into a conversation, the topic of Blue Öyster Cult will inevitably come up. ![]()
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