Blue Oyster Cult

Blue Oyster Cult is an American band founded as Soft White Underbelly in Long Island New York in 1967. They are considered pioneers of Heavy Metal and even an actual Metal band, and also were one of the first bands to use the Heavy Metal umlaut. 
They were the subject of an SNL skit in 2000 featuring Will Ferrell where a fictionalized version of the band is playing Don't Fear the Reaper, their biggest hit, and Will Ferrell hits the cowbell and Christopher Walken says he needs more cowbell, which has become a catchphrase possibly more famous than the band itself.
They were managed from the beginning by Sandy Pearlman (1943-2016), who wanted them to be the American answer to Black Sabbath. They're so metal in fact, their very logo is based on the symbol of Greek god Kronos, who's symbol is the alchemical symbol for Lead, a heavy metal.
Category:Bands
Category:1960s