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BLUE OYSTER CULT
A RECORD REVIEW
BY VLAADMIR BLUTONOIR
I was asked to review this album
by some guy from THRASHER
MAGAZINE. He said, "Hey, can you
review this album?, and I said
Yeah, I guess so." So here goes no-
thing
The album is called FIRE OF
UNKNOWN ORIGIN: It's by an
ancient ex heavy metal band
called. BLUE OYSTER CULT.I could
never figure out what their name
Implied. Ive never seen a blue
cyster before. I wonder if there is
such a thing? They must be crazy
Quy
The cover of the album is pretty
Interesting. There are a bunch of
wierd looking youthful beings
standing there holding blue oysters.
Oh wow, so that's what they look
like. Anyway, these beings have
symbols on their foreheads; le.
stors, bugs, etc. I'm surprised they
didn't have any peace signs. Well,
let me get to the music. The first
side starts off
off with the title song. I
think it stinks
some
Reminiscent of
cheap, white disco band. Re-
member I mentioned, "ex-heavy
metal band?). The next song is
the hit of the album. I don't see
why it's a hit. Sounds like an imitation
of a garage copy band to me.
Basic cheap top 40 crap. So for
the only thing I find appealing on
this record is the little quiet spots in
between songs, which are fairly
consistent and pleasing to the ear.
The next two songs, VETERAN OF
PSYCHIC WARS and SOLE SURVI-
VOR sound very much alike and
stink as well. But the last track on
this side, HEAVY METAL, is my pick
for this album to make BOC a
couple bucks.
first
I don't see why it is named
HEAVY METAL because it doesn't
sound heavy at all Mediocre rock
OK. Now I'm gonna listen to the
other side. I'm glad I'm half-way
through t
this s garbage. My favorite
band still isn't this band "
The
track on this side is called VEN
GEANCE (THE PACT). It sounds like
cheap carnival music played
through Marshall amps. 'AFTER
DARK
the next song made me
think twice. I thought it was the
KNACK with the vocalist from
STYX. I hate them as well, so I think
you know what I think of this song,
First there was BETTE DAVIS EYES
by that fake female pop star with
strop throat. Now there is JOAN
CRAWFORD Who's next? Kathy
Hepburn? Plastic harmonies about
her rising from the grave plus
dumb special effects that aren't
so special
The final song (Lord it's about
time), is called DONT TURN YOUR
BACK Now this song bites the big
one. A psuedo disco rock fusion
for dancing fools on the make in
trendy preppy clubs. Sounds to
me like this band is a bunch of
old. hasbeen i musicians sin dre
need
quick buck. The only real
reason I can
see anybody buying this record is
I of haircuts, out to make a
for the cover artwork. It's the only
evidence of originality on this
whole thing. In fact (PAUSE) there.
it just smashed on the street, five
stories below. Nobody will ever
play that record again.
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