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Blue Oyster Cult: California Club Caprice, Redondo Beach, CA

Dave DiMartino, MOJO, March 1998

WHEN ONE plopped down the appropriate coinage for the self-titled debut of the Blue Oyster Cult in 1972, one prepared to enjoy the hard-edged glory of ‘Transmaniacon MC’ and ‘Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll’, the lyrical wit of ‘She's As Beautiful As A Foot’ and ‘I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep’, and perhaps even the occasional quaalude or two.

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