BLUE ÖYSTER CULT's Eric Bloom - "I Don't Think Of Us As A Metal Band"
May 27, 2010, 14 years ago
Legendary BLUE ÖYSTER CULT frontman Eric Bloom spoke with Dave Edick from Pressconnects.com recently about a number of topics including where they fit in the grand scheme of hard rock and heavy metal.
"I don't think of us as a metal band," Bloom said. "I think there's some material that might qualify, but we never really thought of ourselves as a really heavy band. Certainly, '(Don't Fear The) Reaper,' which is our biggest hit, is far from being a metal tune. Neither is 'Burning For You.' I've always thought of us more in the genre of hard rock rather than heavy metal. I think the lyrical content lent itself early on maybe to that genre, writing about dark subject matter, monster movies, science fiction, the comic book genre. But we were never that leaden."Blue Öyster Cult are still committed to the road. "A hundred gigs is plenty for me," Bloom said. "The travel blows ... airports are not the place to be these days. But I just try to enjoy the busy times, and enjoy the quiet times. I think Bobby (Rondinelli, former drummer) hit it when he said, 'I would play for free, but you gotta pay for my travel.'"
With BÖC on the road, though, there are no imminent studio trips for a new album.
"But you never know," Bloom said. "Everyone's always working on material ... For the time being, we'll just keep it on the road."Read the entire interview here.
