BLUE OYSTER CULT
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
HOME: Soft White Underbelly, N.Y.
AGE: Teen-age.
PROFESSION: Blinding rock audiences with laser beams.
HOBBIES: Writing songs for Patti Smith, feet to knee transplants and beating up Lester Bangs; also nursing clumsy poets back to health (Lanier only).
LAST BOOK READ: Losing Weight While YouSleepby Leslie West, M.D.
LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Re-learning the chord changes to "Tyranny and Mutation" before going out on tour.
QUOTE: "An epidemic of putrid ophthalmia broke out among the natives. The infection, gonorrheal in origin, spread quickly, causing terrible pain and temporary insanity. And that was beforethe encore."
PROFILE: Formerly wayward sons of symphony orchestra repairmen, this heavy-metal quintet served a fascinating apprenticeship at all night t wist-athons before graduating to the Lower Manhattan Third Reich S&M circuit. Now, reaping the benefits of their death-mask hit single, the furry little creatures are working on a secret new project; "A DOSE From Dante's Inferno: Live at Great Neck High".
BEER: Boy Howdy!