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Encore – Blue Öyster Cult’s Agents of Fortune
Patrick Berkery
On 23rd Feb 2017
On the one hand, “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” has kept B.Ö.C.—a hard rock band that bikers, rock critics, and record-store nerds can all seem to agree on—and drummer Albert Bouchard’s percussive prowess alive in the public’s consciousness. At the same time, since the much-beloved “More Cowbell!” sketch debuted on
SNL in 2000, it’s impossible to hear the eerie “Reaper” without thinking of Will Ferrell banging out that part in his two-sizes-too-small shirt as Christopher Walken pleads for more.
February 2017 Issue