6/12 B.O.C. Concert Review

Well, I along with many other BOC fans was anxiously awaiting the Summer Daze Tour, which consisted of Steppenwolf, Foghat, Pat Travers, and of course, the one and only, Blue Oyster Cult. And also I was disappointed to learn that BOC would not be the main act. Their setlist, time on stage and order of appearence seems to have varied from city to city. In Columbia, Maryland, They we're the third act (after Pat Travers and Foghat but before Steppenwolf.) BOC should've definatly been the headliner since a majority of the fans were there to see them.

Many of the concerns over Eric's voice can be laid to rest. He sang lead on every single song except "Buck's Boogie" (for obvious reasons) and "Burnin' For You". How did his voice sound? Good question. I must say that the technical crew did a horrible job. Their lyrics were rather low. I think BOC needs to hire a new tech crew. I just recently saw Pat Benetar and Styx in concert and was quite impressed with their sound quality, the music, and vocals were at the perfect level. Neither one overpowered the other. So why can't BOC do this? This is not a one time thing. This has been a constant problem for BOC over the past couple years.

Technical problems aside, they had a pretty good performance. Their setlist consisted of:

Stairway To The Stars
E.T.I.
Buck's Boogie
O.D.'d On LIfe Itself
Cities On Flame
Burnin' For You
Godzilla
Don't Fear The Reaper

I was a bit disappointed that they did not perfeorm any songs off their upcoming album (if it ever comes out.)

Buck, as always, was superb. Eric did a decent job considering the technical limitations. Allen pretty much remained in the background. Danny Miranda and their new drummer (whose name I forget) did a great job. They really showed their abilities during thier solos in Godzilla.

All in all, not a bad performance for BOC, but I much rather seem them at Jaxx where they always headline.

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