If Blue Oyster Cult needs more cowbell this Saturday in Cape Coral, the band can just ask someone in the audience. Singer Eric Bloom hears it all the time in concert crowds: People bring their ...

Blue Oyster Cult's Buck Dharma recalled how a famous 'SNL' sketch forced them to start using cowbell in concert in a July 2024 interview.

Why Blue Oyster Cult Had to Ban Cowbells at Their Shows "It’s funny to think about," Dharma said. "I feel bonded to Will and Christopher in a way, because we’re all at the mercy of the cowbell ...

Twenty-four years after airing, Blue Öyster Cult’s front man is still reckoning with the legacy of SNL’s ‘More Cowbell’ sketch: ‘My first feeling was relief. Relief that it was funny ...

Blue Oyster Cult got through it and we persevered. When we play 'Reaper,' people still mimic playing the cowbell, and we had to ban people from bringing actual cowbells to the concerts. But, again ...

In fact, a kind of cult has sprung up around the Blue Oyster Cult bit and its two magic words. "More cowbell" appears on T-shirts, coffee mugs and buttons, and the spoof is still discussed and ...

There May Not Even Be Any Cowbell In Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper,’ Despite The Iconic ‘SNL’ Sketch Derrick Rossignol Music News Editor Twitter January 20, 2025 ...

Blue Öyster Cult is ready to rock Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on Nov. 19. The DMV has a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell from nearby West Virginia.

Blue Oyster Cult David Lucas, another one of the song's credited producers, disagrees. "I was the producer of Blue Öyster Cult's '(Don't Fear) The Reaper,'" he declares.

PITTSFIELD -- OK, the one question everybody asks Blue Oyster Cult lead singer Eric Bloom is, of course: "How do feel about that infamous ‘Saturday Night Live' sketch that parodied your band?" "It was ...

The hard rock band is best known for the 1976 single “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and the famous “Saturday Night Live” sketch in which Christopher Walken insists on “more cowbell.” ...

Blue Oyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma said the band was forced to start using a cowbell while performing their classic track “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” as a result of Saturday Night Live‘s ...