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Eric Bloom
Eric Bloom
American musician
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Allen Lanier
Allen Lanier
American musician
2
Albert Bouchard
Albert Bouchard
American musician
3
Sandy Pearlman
Sandy Pearlman
American music producer
4
Joe Bouchard
Joe Bouchard
American musician
5
Blind Illusion
Blind Illusion
band
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The Dictators
The Dictators
American punk rock band
7
Neal Smith
Neal Smith
American rock drummer
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Blotto
Blotto
American rock band
9
Brain Surgeons
Brain Surgeons
band that plays hard rock
10
Kasim Sulton
Kasim Sulton
American musician
11
Living Colour
Living Colour
American rock band
12
Charlie Huhn
Charlie Huhn
American musician
13
Dokken
Dokken
American heavy metal band
14
Dennis Dunaway
Dennis Dunaway
American rock musician, bass guitarist
15
Andy Shernoff
Andy Shernoff
American musician and journalist
16
Billy Duffy
Billy Duffy
Rock guitarist; member of The Cult
17
Electric Boys
Electric Boys
Swedish rock band
18
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo
Cuban American musician
19
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Canadian musician
20
Boris
Boris
Japanese experimental rock band
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Urge Overkill
Urge Overkill
band
22
Blue Murder
Blue Murder
band
23
Paul Crook
Paul Crook
American rock guitarist
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Caligula's Horse
Caligula's Horse
Australian progressive metal band
25
Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'nuff
American rock band
26
Robby Krieger
Robby Krieger
American rock guitarist and songwriter
27
Nonpoint
Nonpoint
American rock band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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VOM
VOM
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Girlschool
Girlschool
British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
American grunge band
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Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell
American rock musician and singer-songwriter
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Carcass
Carcass
British extreme metal band
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Audio Adrenaline
Audio Adrenaline
American Christian rock band
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Tesla
Tesla
American rock band
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Vixen
Vixen
American all-female hard rock band

Blue Öyster Cult (/ˈɔɪ.stər/ OY-stər; often abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967, best known for the singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Burnin' for You", and "Godzilla". They have sold 25 million records worldwide, including seven million in the United States alone. The band's music videos, especially "Burnin' for You", received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, cementing the band's contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern popular culture.

Blue Öyster Cult's longest-lasting and most commercially successful lineup included Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (lead guitar, vocals), Eric Bloom (lead vocals, "stun guitar"), Allen Lanier (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Joe Bouchard (bass, vocals), and Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion, vocals). The band's current lineup still includes Bloom and Roeser, in addition to Danny Miranda (bass, backing vocals), Richie Castellano (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Jules Radino (drums, percussion). The duo of the band's manager Sandy Pearlman and rock critic Richard Meltzer, who also met at Stony Brook University, played a key role in writing many of the band's lyrics.