Add to this the swirling quizzicality of "Workshop of the Telescopes" that lent the band some of its image cred. From its knotty, overdriven riff to its rhythm guitar vamp, Vox organ shimmer, its crash cymbal ride and plodding bass and drum slog through the changes - not to mention its title - it is the ultimate in early metal anthems. But it is on "Cities on Flame With Rock & Roll," that the Cult's sinister plan for world domination is best displayed. Other standouts include the cosmic "Stairway to the Stars," the boogie rave-up "Before the Kiss, a Redcap," that sounded like a mutant Savoy Brown meeting Canned Heat at Altamont. From the next track on "I'm on the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep," elliptical lyrics talked about "the red and the black," while darkening themselves with stunning riffs and crescendos that were as theatrical as they were musical, and insured the Cult notice among the other acts bursting out of the seams of post-'60's rock. This is dark, amphetamine-fueled occult music that relied on not one, but three guitars - Bloom and keyboardist Allen Lanier added their own parts to Roeser's incessant riffing: a barely audible upright piano keeping the changes rooted in early rock and the blues, and a rhythm attack by Bouchard and his brother Joe on bass that was barely contained inside the tune's time signature. You can tell because at the end of the Society's Ills EP you hear a slow-speed take of 'I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep'. From the opener, "Transmaniacon MC," the listener knew something very different was afoot. This was on purpose - to draw the listener into the songs cryptically and ambiguously. Its lyrics tell the story of a man fleeing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the icy northern part of Canada. The band's debut relied heavily on the lyrics of Pearlman and rock critic Richard Meltzer, as well as Pearlman's pioneering production that layered guitars in staggered sheets of sound over a muddy mix that kept Eric Bloom's delivery in the middle of the mix and made it tough to decipher. ' I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep ' is the second track from Blue yster Cult 's first studio album, Blue yster Cult. ![]() Managed and produced by the astronomically minded and conspiratorially haunted Sandy Pearlman, BÖC rode the hot, hellbound rails of blistering hard rock as pioneered by Steppenwolf, fierce mutated biker blues, and a kind of dark psychedelia that could have only come out New York. “Workshop of the Telescopes” Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Donald Roeser, Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom 4:01ĥ.Two years before Kiss roared out of Long Island with its self-titled debut, Blue Öyster Cult, the latest incarnation of a band assembled by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser and drummer Albert Bouchard in 1967, issued its dark, eponymously-titled heavy rock monolith. “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll” Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Sandy Pearlman Albert Bouchard 4:03Ĥ. “She’s as Beautiful as a Foot” Albert Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom 2:58ģ. “Before the Kiss, a Redcap” Allen Lanier, Murray Krugman, Donald Roeser, Sandy Pearlman Donald Roeser 4:59Ģ. “Stairway to the Stars” Bouchard, Roeser, Richard Meltzer Bloom 3:43ĥ. Track listing: 1) Transmaniacon MC 2) Im On The Lamb But I Aint No Sheep 3) Then Came The Last Days Of May. Play with guitar, piano, ukulele, or any instrument you choose. “Then Came the Last Days of May” Roeser Roeser 3:31Ĥ. A C F Am D Chords for Blue Oyster Cult: Im on the Lamb, But I Aint No Sheep with Key, BPM, and easy-to-follow letter notes in sheet. “I’m on the Lamb but I Ain’t No Sheep” Bloom, Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom 3:10ģ. ![]() “Transmaniacon MC” Bloom, Bouchard, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, Pearlman Bloom 3:21Ģ. A friend from high school suggested I include something from BOC on my playlist. ![]() Nearly 50 years and at least 14 studio albums and countless live albums since their debut, the band is still playing with two original members and has performances scheduled in the US this year. They were very loud but actually pretty good. ![]() Twenty years later, we saw BOC at a Lexington strip club out on Athens-Boonesboro Road. My older brother had this album when I was a sophomore in high school.
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