Not exactly true. Page professed to admire Buck's riffs though. Praise indeed. He's also a cleaner player than Jimmy. And yes IFuture, that outfit is not one for the Fashion Hall Of Fame. And as for Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists, I could not believe Buck was not in there. Before there was Eddie, Dimebag and Steve Vai, there was Buck Dharma, one of his generations greatest. He STILL wails it out to this day.
I used to play the entire "Agents of Fortune" album at every kegger held at my house during the 70's. There might have been a riot otherwise since we all loved BÖC. This is one of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums.
yes,bobobread,the drummer was also awsome.Everytime I watch this video,I pick out another musician in the band to key on. What a good bunch of musicians they are !!!
This was the first tour of theirs i missed going back to New Years Eve 1973. Out of all the replacements for Albert, Rick Downey was truest to his playing. Great show. Long Islands finest are on top of their game shooting out blasts of rock and roll nirvana that rivals any band on any given night.
"All praise , he's found the awful truth , Balthezar , he's found the saucer news " ! The King in yellow and the Queen in red ! Been listening and following BOC for 35 years now. Going to see them in Webster , Mass. This is a great recording ! Thanks for posting !
@makwabid69 Look up BOC lyrics . It says "He found the Saucer News" and the Webster , Ma concert was great . Rudy Sazzo played bass. But i'll tell you that Buck and Eric Bloom have aged but are still on top of their game !
Catchin them tonight at Boomtown Casino. BOC forever - lost count of how many times I've seen em but I'll keep going as long as they will. ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNESS - HERE THEY ARE THE AMAZING BLUE OYTSTER CULT!!!!
Buck Dharma is one the greatest rock/metal guitarists in the industry. His playing isn't always about "show," but does demonstrate a technical know-how that most musicians lack. Eric Bloom is a vocal genius. Joe Bouchard (a.k.a. Dr. Music) is a maestro in his own right. After all these years, BOC still has the goods that sissy bands can only HOPE for.
this song , and this live album is what started it all for me to being a life long fan of BOC. THIS WAS THE HOOK IN MY MOUTH!!! thank you for sharing.
The first concert I ever went to was BOC on this tour!!! I remember it like it was yesterday!!! Springfield, Mo. 1981 at Hammons Center!!! I've been to alot of concerts since then, but nothing has ever topped that one!!! Buck was wearing the gold suit too!! Good times :)
That was SO GOOD.I have never seen that vid before.The very first BOC song I ever heard was this exact song off the ETL album.I was twelve.Thank the Gods above and below it was the great Blue Oyster Cult and not some commercially oriented scheisse that introduced me to great Rock & Roll!
is this entire concert available? Where can I get it? I remember this being shown on MTV back in the 80s. I've looked for it everywhere and can't find it.
Is that the Hollywood Sportatorium? It has to be. Damn I miss that hell hole. Nothing good about it but the acts that played there once upon a time. Before the days of commercialism when it was all about the music and having a great time. I bet the tickets to see BOC in 1981 were 8 bucks!
the frames from 1:45 to 1:55 are priceless!! Classic. Singer in front, drummer playing at the back, guitarist playing off the drummer, the crowd waving up front... I love it. I gotta go see these guys again.
A funny thing to see: at the Ronnie James Dio's "Stars" record session, with all those flashy and virtuosos guitarists soloing their asses off and showing off, the most melodic of them all was Buck Dharma, who is the last one to play lead in the song.
@xuxis2008 - Feeling and melody is always the most important while playing guitar. A little shredding, wahwah-pedal and stuff like that can be nice but without feeling or melody it gets old quite fast. Buck Dharma is one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He has gotten recognition.. but not nearly enough :)
terribile la sigletta metal-borghesuccia dei primi 17 secondi, ma vale la pena. il più potente hard rock di sempre, assHolutamente sottovalutato e sconosciuto
I've only seen BOC twice, but both shows were among the very best concerts I've ever had the privilege to attend. Both shows in Charlotte, NC ... Kidnappers circa 1986 and Jeremiahs circa 1992(?). They don't make it like this anymore, what a shame.
Just phenomenal, it's all been said before but BOC are a truly underrated band who managed to capture magic on vinyl - the whole being more than the sum of the parts (Pearlman, Meltzer etc included).
I remember a friend in York telling me a completely made up story about playing the album version of ETI at full volume in his bedroom and watching an old lady in next door's garden drop her teacup in shock horror as those first voicebox chords rang out.
Solid BOC. Bloom and Dharma at their best. Made me buy a Gibson (Buck plays an SG most of the time) One of the best CULT songs ever, and an amazing live performance.
The Oyster Boys, once again, at their best. Eric at the big mike, Buck on lead guitar and Allen leaving the keys to second axe, Joe on bass and Rick drumming with a vengeance.
Do you have a link to where we can hear their version or did you just hear them play it live once after too many PBR's and thought you heard the voice of God?
E frigginTI. Has to nudge out astronomy and Godzilla for my all time fav! This was off Don't Fear The Reaper and was my first concert in 1977. Didn't they have like lazer rings they dueled with projected on the back of the arena wall. Either that or that gold bud was pretty kick-ass. Black Oak Arkansas opened for "The Cult"
How true your words are. BOC was my first concert in March 1980. Nassau Coliseum. It was so Long Island. But, it was the standard by which I judged all future shows. Most of the stuff I see live today is simply underwhelming.
My God! I've been watching videos of this band that I've listened to over the years but never realized how good the guitar playing is untill now. I have tickets and I am going to love it!!!!!!!!!
The 1st time I saw them was in October of 1980. I was a junior in hgh school then. It was an awesome show! I am 46 now and still love the music. Never will stop lovin it!
1st saw them in July, 1968...an older cousin snuck me into the club they were playing...Soft White Underbelly days...almost 42 years and they still sound fresh.
Was this @ " the Sporto" ? I'm sure. Saw them in '76 I think first time at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Fla with the first ever laser light show. Un fn believable & Triumph opened up the show, they warned us big time...."don't look into the lasers.....with all the smokin goin on, purple, green , blue lasers were outrageous at the time.....so I'm old....but I was livin it young...still am! Rock on Buck!
@cuttlefisch Hey what about Adam and the ants. he he just kiddin naw these guys are the shiite no doubt. Saw em with RUSH in Duluth MN. Awesome show.Only the Who is abve em.
@mrdrray They are too good for the R&R HOF, I mean cmon we are talking about the Cult here.... this IS rock n roll, nothing ever makes sense right, so why have the Best rock n roll band in the rock n roll Hall of fame!!!
@mrdrray The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke... For BÖC's sake and for their fans' sake (and for my own sake), I hope they are never inducted... They are so much better than that...
Me too - first time seeing them was 1980 or '81 on the Balck and Blue tour with Sabbath (Dio's first run). That's no Thunderbird, though. It's a Vulcan. Can't remember who made them now, but they were a sort of mutated Flying V/Explorer hybrid.
I always thought that Buck was a Gibson man back then. I get the T-Bird mixed up with the Explorer. I seen them in 74, when they opened for Sabbath and then again in 79 when Head East opened for them. 2 great shows.
Yeah, I think he was a Gibson player... that Vulcan may have been a Gibson-licensed thing, I just don't remember anymore. I did a Google photo search and one came up as "vegas vulcan". Anyway, Buck sure could (and can) play with the best of them!
@quehannaband Giuliano Balestra, a NYC luthier created this (and a back-up copy) -one in '78 and the other in '79. It's a little bit Firebird, a little bit Explorer and a little bit Flying V. Currently Buck is using Steinbergers.
Seriously, how has this song not been included on Guitar Hero or Rock Band yet. I bet they're afraid people will break their fingers and/or the game guitars trying to keep up with Buck
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Yep they really earned their pay back then. Very manly type bancds and if the chick needed a pop in the mouth once in awhile so be it. Of course all before Eddie Veder and tree huggers he he.
Always love hearing this song. Bought the Agents of Fortune album when it came out in 76. Was in the army at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA. The middle of nowhere with no radio. Thought this was the best song on the album. When I talked on the phone with my brother he said Don't Fear the Reaper was a hit. I thought the Reaper was too soft. I guess you have to go down a bit to get a hit.
Anyway I saw BOC in 74 N.O., 81 Baton Rouge, 87 Dinkelsbuhl, Germany, 97 and 2000 El Paso.
Not a heavy metal fan at all hate aerosmith and Metallica. LOVE THE WHO AND ZEP,BUT THESE GUYS ROCK--SAW EM TWICE. ONCE OPENING FOR RUSH. BTW SAW STEPPENWOLF IN 1971, jealous he he. OPEN MINDED THOUGH, SAW THREE DOG NIGHT IN 1972. Givin away my age.
Nice work, PB. Can you PLEASE tell me where this is available? It's obviously the same as the cut on ETLive. I listened to that record(s) and OYFOOYK more than I can recall at the time, saw them soon after, at my very first gig in London UK, both nights. Incredible times.
F'ING GREAT. I remember being SO into this band back when Agents of Fortune came out. Just recently I sort of rediscovered them, and always LOVED this song. Had never heard a live version, and this was simply awesome. Thanks for posting it!!
Brings back good memories. Saw BOC live in 1977. That was a great show.
Thanks for sharing this music video.
jpogues1 1 week ago
GO BUCK!
stratwz 1 month ago
A hell of a lot of ambition that led to kick ass success.................
bocno1fan 1 month ago
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beastiefan67 2 months ago
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beastiefan67 2 months ago
Buck Dharma Is No God!!! But he shure is a good guitar Player!
rebb61 2 months ago
@rebb61 Jimmy Page said his favorite guitarist is Buck Dharma.
mswaking 2 months ago
Not exactly true. Page professed to admire Buck's riffs though. Praise indeed. He's also a cleaner player than Jimmy. And yes IFuture, that outfit is not one for the Fashion Hall Of Fame. And as for Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists, I could not believe Buck was not in there. Before there was Eddie, Dimebag and Steve Vai, there was Buck Dharma, one of his generations greatest. He STILL wails it out to this day.
NYVoice 1 month ago 2
Buck Dharma is a legend, for sure ... but man that outfit is hideous
ifutureman 2 months ago
I used to play the entire "Agents of Fortune" album at every kegger held at my house during the 70's. There might have been a riot otherwise since we all loved BÖC. This is one of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums.
Kyb0sh 3 months ago
This song ROCKS!
VideoWatchingVoyeur 3 months ago
3 men in black said this is fucking good shit
deemdoubleu 3 months ago 5
LOOK HERE, NOW:
If you can make sense of these lyrics…
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
(it's a sekrit !-)
bonzeblayk 4 months ago
ÜBER FANTASTIK.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LosAlamite 4 months ago
whats that song playing at the begginig?
Thepinkfloydmaster 5 months ago
BOC at their top form...!!! don't report this...
SonOfCheepThrill 5 months ago
I hear music daylight disk(s) balthazar men in black suits .. dont report this;
bocno1fan 5 months ago
yes,bobobread,the drummer was also awsome.Everytime I watch this video,I pick out another musician in the band to key on. What a good bunch of musicians they are !!!
castle431 6 months ago
Certainly one of the best live bands I have ever seen, and I saw them multiple times back in the 1980's.
egcroan 6 months ago in playlist BOC
This was the first tour of theirs i missed going back to New Years Eve 1973. Out of all the replacements for Albert, Rick Downey was truest to his playing. Great show. Long Islands finest are on top of their game shooting out blasts of rock and roll nirvana that rivals any band on any given night.
CageyRocker 7 months ago
The drummer was great too
bobobread 7 months ago
"All praise , he's found the awful truth , Balthezar , he's found the saucer news " ! The King in yellow and the Queen in red ! Been listening and following BOC for 35 years now. Going to see them in Webster , Mass. This is a great recording ! Thanks for posting !
jrushmen 7 months ago
@jrushmen I always thought it was, "he's found the saucer's USE"
makwabid69 5 months ago
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jrushmen 5 months ago
@makwabid69 Look up BOC lyrics . It says "He found the Saucer News" and the Webster , Ma concert was great . Rudy Sazzo played bass. But i'll tell you that Buck and Eric Bloom have aged but are still on top of their game !
jrushmen 5 months ago
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jrushmen 7 months ago
Awsome version of this song.Buck's guitar solos are great.
castle431 7 months ago
"ascension," and that's all they said
rush2112pete 7 months ago
Thanks for posting. A supremely great video!
TheWelsh1001 8 months ago
Thanks for posting. Supremely great video!
TheWelsh1001 8 months ago
┌П┐(◣_◢)┌П┐• All praise┼♠┼♥┼♣┼♦┼
PAULLONDEN 9 months ago
Gotta love that opening riff: two skull-crushing power chords, and then a 1940s boogie-woogie lick!
TheSanityInspector 9 months ago
WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!
supergolfdude 9 months ago
Awesome video! - the Hollywood Sportatorium - I grew up just on the other side of Perry Airport.
cattnipp 9 months ago
i thought hollywood is in california... not florida?
ChronicPiam 9 months ago
@ChronicPiam california AND Florida
MusicDude86 8 months ago
@ChronicPiam There's a Hollywood, FL as well. :)
tall32guy 1 month ago
BOC in the day! Bouchard bros and check out Buck plying the Vulcan!
DickLodge68 10 months ago
@DickLodge68 : It's Rick on drums. I asked Al and he confirmed.
Enevan1968 8 months ago
@Enevan1968 Okay, my mistake....Downey did fine on drums as well.
DickLodge68 8 months ago
The coolest guitar I have ever seen!
myway43 11 months ago
Catchin them tonight at Boomtown Casino. BOC forever - lost count of how many times I've seen em but I'll keep going as long as they will. ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNESS - HERE THEY ARE THE AMAZING BLUE OYTSTER CULT!!!!
usaredfish 11 months ago
@usaredfish So how was the show?
skok58 11 months ago
@usaredfish i saw em at the hard rock, biloxi ms. a few years ago an did they play at boomtown biloxi? i would have loved 2 see them again boc 4eva
joseph47711 10 months ago
Them boys can play!!!!!!
qthelost 11 months ago
Love this.Saw them about 13 years ago in a little bar .Really awesome
bassinjules 11 months ago
Is this the best rock n roll video of all time? This is rock n roll..this is the mighty Blue Oyster Cult!
SkaterDude652 11 months ago
Oh,hell yeah!!-One of the best rock riffs ever wriiten....along with "Cities on Flame" ....
2bluefor1 11 months ago
bands with less than four guitarists are amateurs.
macvesku 11 months ago
Great band wish I had seen them in their hay day.I listen to them still today and appreciate their rock and roll!!!
MrJByrne3 11 months ago
Buck Dharma is one the greatest rock/metal guitarists in the industry. His playing isn't always about "show," but does demonstrate a technical know-how that most musicians lack. Eric Bloom is a vocal genius. Joe Bouchard (a.k.a. Dr. Music) is a maestro in his own right. After all these years, BOC still has the goods that sissy bands can only HOPE for.
SuperChristianMetal 1 year ago
buck dahrma is a genius!
ripro33 1 year ago
people who the f cares about the RnR hall of fame? to even mention it's name gives them credence.
LPcustom76 1 year ago
this song , and this live album is what started it all for me to being a life long fan of BOC. THIS WAS THE HOOK IN MY MOUTH!!! thank you for sharing.
kosh1968 1 year ago
The first concert I ever went to was BOC on this tour!!! I remember it like it was yesterday!!! Springfield, Mo. 1981 at Hammons Center!!! I've been to alot of concerts since then, but nothing has ever topped that one!!! Buck was wearing the gold suit too!! Good times :)
billdean123 1 year ago
@RealVeracity - I also saw their first tour. It was 1972. They warmed up for Alice Cooper during his "Killer" tour.
JonM11100 1 year ago
That was SO GOOD.I have never seen that vid before.The very first BOC song I ever heard was this exact song off the ETL album.I was twelve.Thank the Gods above and below it was the great Blue Oyster Cult and not some commercially oriented scheisse that introduced me to great Rock & Roll!
Thanx PintoBilly!
hyspeses 1 year ago
is this entire concert available? Where can I get it? I remember this being shown on MTV back in the 80s. I've looked for it everywhere and can't find it.
JonM11100 1 year ago
@JonM11100 Yeah I remember seeing it on Night Flight.
Our ages are showing! LOL
demonhoopa 1 year ago
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JonM11100 1 year ago
Is that the Hollywood Sportatorium? It has to be. Damn I miss that hell hole. Nothing good about it but the acts that played there once upon a time. Before the days of commercialism when it was all about the music and having a great time. I bet the tickets to see BOC in 1981 were 8 bucks!
ceflem72 1 year ago
the frames from 1:45 to 1:55 are priceless!! Classic. Singer in front, drummer playing at the back, guitarist playing off the drummer, the crowd waving up front... I love it. I gotta go see these guys again.
castorriver 1 year ago 3
@castorriver
I did last Saturday. Do it!
oknod7363 4 months ago
WHAT A GREAT BAND...ONE OF FAVS!!!!
They are great live...even today!!
akrocuba 1 year ago
A funny thing to see: at the Ronnie James Dio's "Stars" record session, with all those flashy and virtuosos guitarists soloing their asses off and showing off, the most melodic of them all was Buck Dharma, who is the last one to play lead in the song.
xuxis2008 1 year ago
@xuxis2008 - Feeling and melody is always the most important while playing guitar. A little shredding, wahwah-pedal and stuff like that can be nice but without feeling or melody it gets old quite fast. Buck Dharma is one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He has gotten recognition.. but not nearly enough :)
GeorgVanHalen 1 year ago
Amazing. I've been a fan for years, but had no idea how talented Buck Dharma was until I just saw that video.
jimbo8deuce 1 year ago
Guilliano Ballestra, Man I wish I could find one of those now
myway43 1 year ago
oooo sii este video es real
es tan perro q amo al tipo q lo subio
felthefighterofdead 1 year ago
They always kicked ass when in Chi Town.i saw them blow Sabbath and Van halen off the Chicago Satium stage.And they opened
reprat 1 year ago
Oh hell yes! Always a excellent show when BOC came to town.
1277xprs 1 year ago
Buck Dharma was/is Jimmy Page's favorite guitarist: read it in Circus Magazine back in the day.
pbmax 1 year ago
THIS F*CKIN' ROCKS!!!!!!!
davesblueguitar 1 year ago
Buck Dharma, bitches!
alexdroogie100 1 year ago 16
dosnt get much better than this!
MAGNUM2F 1 year ago
er, not the best performance of one of my fav BOC tunes...sorry.
teebol 1 year ago
@teebol Please link me to what which you think because if the worst performance blew my mind the best will rip my universe apart.
TwillightMoon 1 year ago
saw these guys six times and love them to this day. They play at the tangiers in akron, ohio and put on a fantastic show.
stargazer2756 1 year ago
terribile la sigletta metal-borghesuccia dei primi 17 secondi, ma vale la pena. il più potente hard rock di sempre, assHolutamente sottovalutato e sconosciuto
mmmikeloyd 1 year ago
I've only seen BOC twice, but both shows were among the very best concerts I've ever had the privilege to attend. Both shows in Charlotte, NC ... Kidnappers circa 1986 and Jeremiahs circa 1992(?). They don't make it like this anymore, what a shame.
Silaxian 1 year ago
a masterpiece!
thanx 4 posting!
punkrockefeller 1 year ago
That's gotta be the best live video of any BOC song. These guys really put it out there.
Johnhoulgate 1 year ago
Is it just me or does Buck look like Mario?
ledzeppelinbojo 1 year ago
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ih8tbush 1 year ago
Woof !
Just phenomenal, it's all been said before but BOC are a truly underrated band who managed to capture magic on vinyl - the whole being more than the sum of the parts (Pearlman, Meltzer etc included).
I remember a friend in York telling me a completely made up story about playing the album version of ETI at full volume in his bedroom and watching an old lady in next door's garden drop her teacup in shock horror as those first voicebox chords rang out.
Marvelous
Poppolvue 1 year ago
Damn sparkley!
Korban3 1 year ago
Classic footage of Buck's space suit
RamBozo3 1 year ago
Nice to see Allen actually move ;-)
Efrasnel 1 year ago
@Efrasnel He's John Holmes in disguise
ih8tbush 1 year ago
@ih8tbush : Damn, he's secret's out :-D
Efrasnel 1 year ago
@ih8tbush : Damn, his secret's out :-D
Efrasnel 1 year ago
All praise!
Ilumiknight 1 year ago
THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!!
womaninhardrock 1 year ago
Nice breakdown at the end! Buck Dharma for prez!
Vexed34 1 year ago
Buck Dharma, Gred Norton and Tony Iommi should have formed a supergroup of moustaches.
joynthis 1 year ago
amazing guitar work, just fricken amazing
nucleardude11 1 year ago
balthazaar found the saucer news? weird
splardybutt23 1 year ago
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ih8tbush 1 year ago
@splardybutt23
"he's found the source of youth!" m' man!
If the song was better known that could be eligible for great misheard lyrics
(scuse me while I kiss this guy, gorified version of a pelican"
ih8tbush 1 year ago
B.O.C. getting it done every time and in the right way. This is rock people!
rush2112pete 1 year ago
Single most under-rated song in the history of Rock and Roll!!!!
ih8tbush 1 year ago
@ih8tbush I Whole heartedly agree, it gives me chills......and still kicks ass and represents!
MrTraceMan 1 year ago 2
Solid BOC. Bloom and Dharma at their best. Made me buy a Gibson (Buck plays an SG most of the time) One of the best CULT songs ever, and an amazing live performance.
1277express2 1 year ago
Is there anyway you can get the rest of this show up?
Desdinova1428 1 year ago
sii porfin lo encontre yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa
felthefighterofdead 1 year ago
I HAVE THE RECORD!!!
ThePakoSpakoTako 1 year ago
This song is highly underrated and should be on the damn radio!!
jimdunmire 1 year ago
The Oyster Boys, once again, at their best. Eric at the big mike, Buck on lead guitar and Allen leaving the keys to second axe, Joe on bass and Rick drumming with a vengeance.
nalc892 1 year ago
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Too bad prog rock monsters from Chicago, Umphrey's McGee plays this song better than BOC ever did.
lastmansloppy 2 years ago
Do you have a link to where we can hear their version or did you just hear them play it live once after too many PBR's and thought you heard the voice of God?
ErkKnuckle 1 year ago 5
Fuck! ,that tag solo at the end is awesome,Buck at his fluid best.,The most underated guitarist of all time!....
2bluefor1 2 years ago
Blue Oyster Cult....
bryanhardaway1 2 years ago
Buck Dharma rules!
cjlandry 2 years ago
E frigginTI. Has to nudge out astronomy and Godzilla for my all time fav! This was off Don't Fear The Reaper and was my first concert in 1977. Didn't they have like lazer rings they dueled with projected on the back of the arena wall. Either that or that gold bud was pretty kick-ass. Black Oak Arkansas opened for "The Cult"
whytesox1 2 years ago
This is the tour that I saw them. It must be from the early '80s, as I remember the clothes....
tek1systems 2 years ago
Love this video! Seen them as Soft White Underbelly in Santa Rosa in 1984. Todays music isn't worth a crap compared to this.
zanewatts 2 years ago
Great Video,... I still have Faith in man,,,,,
bombie1138 2 years ago
That was back in the day when a rock and roll show was a rock and roll show. Not so anymore.
roharatube 2 years ago
How true your words are. BOC was my first concert in March 1980. Nassau Coliseum. It was so Long Island. But, it was the standard by which I judged all future shows. Most of the stuff I see live today is simply underwhelming.
tommyrock69 2 years ago
The thinking mans Heavy Metal.
t795 2 years ago
My God! I've been watching videos of this band that I've listened to over the years but never realized how good the guitar playing is untill now. I have tickets and I am going to love it!!!!!!!!!
MrCKallas 2 years ago 2
buck dharma is the best guitar player ever
nucleardude11 2 years ago 2
best band in the world-yeah you heard me AC/DC and Metallica!!! LOL
outlawwolf621 2 years ago 3
buck rules
nucleardude11 2 years ago
One of the All Time Greats of Rock and Roll. There stuff never gets old.
PaBasser 2 years ago 3
excellent version of alltime classic
route37c 2 years ago
The 1st time I saw them was in October of 1980. I was a junior in hgh school then. It was an awesome show! I am 46 now and still love the music. Never will stop lovin it!
abacus1963 2 years ago
1st saw them in July, 1968...an older cousin snuck me into the club they were playing...Soft White Underbelly days...almost 42 years and they still sound fresh.
Ullarsskald1989 2 years ago 3
cutt putt ur rock in check.
rocinjon 2 years ago
eric is a complete bad ass
nucleardude11 2 years ago
Was this @ " the Sporto" ? I'm sure. Saw them in '76 I think first time at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Fla with the first ever laser light show. Un fn believable & Triumph opened up the show, they warned us big time...."don't look into the lasers.....with all the smokin goin on, purple, green , blue lasers were outrageous at the time.....so I'm old....but I was livin it young...still am! Rock on Buck!
WishboneAshman 2 years ago
These guys were my idols growing up. Hands down best rock and roll band of all time!!!
hutchboy10 2 years ago 2
Bloody amazing!! Led Zeppelin who? Black Sabbath who? Anyone else you might care to mention who???
cuttlefisch 2 years ago
@cuttlefisch Hey what about Adam and the ants. he he just kiddin naw these guys are the shiite no doubt. Saw em with RUSH in Duluth MN. Awesome show.Only the Who is abve em.
stuckinwhopast 2 years ago
should be in r n r hall of fame! the best from back in the day. how could ABBA be nominated for induction. WHAT A FARCE.
mrdrray 2 years ago 21
@mrdrray They are too good for the R&R HOF, I mean cmon we are talking about the Cult here.... this IS rock n roll, nothing ever makes sense right, so why have the Best rock n roll band in the rock n roll Hall of fame!!!
Bojoe777NaBl 1 year ago
@Bojoe777NaBl its like trying to put God in heaven... see my point, startin to get me people??
Bojoe777NaBl 1 year ago
@mrdrray The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke... For BÖC's sake and for their fans' sake (and for my own sake), I hope they are never inducted... They are so much better than that...
Irish0400 1 year ago 2
@mrdrray the so-called rock and roll hall of fame is a joke....no blue oyster cult, no grand funk railroad....
dnstap 1 year ago
If only there was a way to rip this audio, i would totally do it!
I LOVE THIS SONG! ^.^
yoocoofoo 2 years ago
Who's the meathead on the drums?
mja2035 2 years ago
Rick Downing..he was their lighting prop guy who joined overnight when Albert Bouchard quit in the middle of a tour. Not bad really..
grgoldner 2 years ago
Thanks for the info. He's not a meathead, kinda miss Albert.
mja2035 2 years ago
I love this song, if only they put this exact one onto Mp3
yoocoofoo 2 years ago
Love this Band. Buck is the shit. He's rockin' the Thunderbird, for sure.
PaBasser 2 years ago
Me too - first time seeing them was 1980 or '81 on the Balck and Blue tour with Sabbath (Dio's first run). That's no Thunderbird, though. It's a Vulcan. Can't remember who made them now, but they were a sort of mutated Flying V/Explorer hybrid.
quehannaband 2 years ago
I always thought that Buck was a Gibson man back then. I get the T-Bird mixed up with the Explorer. I seen them in 74, when they opened for Sabbath and then again in 79 when Head East opened for them. 2 great shows.
PaBasser 2 years ago
Yeah, I think he was a Gibson player... that Vulcan may have been a Gibson-licensed thing, I just don't remember anymore. I did a Google photo search and one came up as "vegas vulcan". Anyway, Buck sure could (and can) play with the best of them!
quehannaband 2 years ago
@quehannaband Giuliano Balestra, a NYC luthier created this (and a back-up copy) -one in '78 and the other in '79. It's a little bit Firebird, a little bit Explorer and a little bit Flying V. Currently Buck is using Steinbergers.
slant40 1 year ago
Damn thats good stuff.
Ilumiknight 2 years ago
Seriously, how has this song not been included on Guitar Hero or Rock Band yet. I bet they're afraid people will break their fingers and/or the game guitars trying to keep up with Buck
Trilaan 2 years ago
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Yep they really earned their pay back then. Very manly type bancds and if the chick needed a pop in the mouth once in awhile so be it. Of course all before Eddie Veder and tree huggers he he.
stuckinwhopast 2 years ago
go drag your knuckles somewhere else caveman
PintoBilly 2 years ago 10
@PintoBilly so kool
dragon21247 1 year ago
@stuckinwhopast , if a chick neded a pop in mouth once in a while,so be it,okay caveman He He
inagod 1 year ago
To the guy who asked about how to contact Rick Downey. Lol he's my moms uncle no lie
fijimonkee 2 years ago
Fuckin Brill !!!!
chrisbass48 2 years ago
such an underated band
nick1137 2 years ago
Three men in black said dont report this. "Ascension", and thats all they said/
bparker111665 2 years ago
The King in yellow and the Queen in red!!
cuttlefisch 2 years ago 2
"The Gods Protect the King"
rattinox 2 years ago
One of the greatest riffs ever written. Period.
grrrrrrreeeeat 2 years ago 10
once again. SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY kicks ass!
mrdrray 2 years ago
Buck Dharma is indeed a god!
CaffieneMan 2 years ago
correct
evanwilcox82 2 years ago
great riff ,luv it!
aloeveraqueen 2 years ago
Always love hearing this song. Bought the Agents of Fortune album when it came out in 76. Was in the army at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA. The middle of nowhere with no radio. Thought this was the best song on the album. When I talked on the phone with my brother he said Don't Fear the Reaper was a hit. I thought the Reaper was too soft. I guess you have to go down a bit to get a hit.
Anyway I saw BOC in 74 N.O., 81 Baton Rouge, 87 Dinkelsbuhl, Germany, 97 and 2000 El Paso.
Best Band.
FB1BB1BB1 2 years ago
Yeah man what the hell happened. Its all wussies chick flicks and reality show, what the hell happened!!!!
stuckinwhopast 2 years ago 2
Not a heavy metal fan at all hate aerosmith and Metallica. LOVE THE WHO AND ZEP,BUT THESE GUYS ROCK--SAW EM TWICE. ONCE OPENING FOR RUSH. BTW SAW STEPPENWOLF IN 1971, jealous he he. OPEN MINDED THOUGH, SAW THREE DOG NIGHT IN 1972. Givin away my age.
stuckinwhopast 2 years ago
i wish i could play half as awesom as buck, hes just the man
DoodleSpank 2 years ago
Anybody know where I can contact Rick Downey, who was the drummer during this era?
JohnnyangelNIU 2 years ago
Nice work, PB. Can you PLEASE tell me where this is available? It's obviously the same as the cut on ETLive. I listened to that record(s) and OYFOOYK more than I can recall at the time, saw them soon after, at my very first gig in London UK, both nights. Incredible times.
flametop93 2 years ago
F'ING GREAT. I remember being SO into this band back when Agents of Fortune came out. Just recently I sort of rediscovered them, and always LOVED this song. Had never heard a live version, and this was simply awesome. Thanks for posting it!!
Castile100 2 years ago
" Buck Dharma is God ".... basically.
DavidSontz 2 years ago