Blue Oyster Cult: Secret Treaties Columbia KC 32858
Bud Scoppa, Rolling Stone, 20 June 1974
THE BLUE Oyster Cult shares certain traits with that other New York cult band, the Dolls: an appropriate image for the outpouring of urban (and seemingly bottomless) frustration, an offbeat sense of humor and an ability to rock with grandeur. Although they've been together as the Soft White Underbelly and then the Stalk Forrest group since the late Sixties, commercial success has come only with the adoption of a new name and a modified stance: from straight rock & roll to a heavy-metal band. The change in direction and subsequent success can be attributed in large part to non-member Sandy Pearlman, the group's lyricist, stylistic consultant, co-producer and longtime manager.
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