In celebration of the 40th anniversary of their widely celebrated album ‘Agents of Fortune’,
Blue Öyster Cult performed the seminal album in its glorious entirety at an exclusive concert for the Audience Music Network on 18th April 2016 at Red Studios in Hollywood in front of an intimate audience of invited guests. The performance was recorded by a small army of cameramen for a TV special that is now being released on LP, CD/DVD and Blu-Ray by Frontiers Music.
The intense creative vision of BÖC’s original core duo of vocalist/lead guitarist Donald ‘Buck
Dharma’ Roeser and vocalist/rhythm guitarist Eric Bloom were complemented by Richie
Castellano on guitar and keyboards plus the longtime rhythm section comprised of bassist
Kasim Sulton and drummer Jules Radino. Founding member Albert Bouchard also appeared
as a special guest on guitar, percussion and vocals on selected tracks.
BÖC’s fourth album, ‘Agents Of Fortune’ was originally released in 1976 and went on to
achieve platinum status on the strength of songs such as ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,’ the band’s biggest hit. Tinged with a more commercial sound that preserved the band’s heavy metal base while exploring new and varied musical forms, the album proved to be their breakthrough record. Nothing they had produced previously prepared listeners for its level of sophistication and it is not only now considered an essential document of the band, but an iconic 1970’s rock music release.
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