Soft White Underbelly

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Soft White Underbelly was the initial name of the American band that would become Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC). BÖC would later occasionally use this name in the 1970s and 1980s to play small club gigs around the US and the UK. Formed in 1967 in the vicinity of Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, at the prompting of critic and manager Sandy Pearlman, the inital line-up comprised guitarist Buck Dharma, drummer Albert Bouchard, keyboardist Allen Lanier, singer Les Braunstein, and bassist Andrew Winters. Pearlman wanted the group to be the American answer to Black Sabbath. Pearlman was important to the band – he was able to get them gigs and recording contracts with Elektra and Columbia, and he provided them with his poetry for use as lyrics for many of their songs, including "Astronomy". Writer Richard Meltzer also provided the band with lyrics from their early days up through their most recent studio album. Pearlman also gave stagenames to each of the band members but Buck Dharma kept his. The band recorded an album's worth of material for Elektra Records in 1968. When Braunstein departed in early 1969, Elektra shelved the album. Eric Bloom (formerly the band's acoustic engineer) replaced Braunstein, and the band continued to perform as Soft White Underbelly. However, a bad review of a 1969 Fillmore East show caused Pearlman to change the name of the band – first to Oaxaca, then to Stalk-Forrest Group. The band recorded yet another album's worth of

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Blue Öyster Cult

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Blue Öyster Cult [Bonus Tracks]

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Ex Porn Actress interview - Crissy

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Mafia Mob Hit Man - Frank Cullotta

Ku Klux Klan Member interview - JD

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Blue Öyster Cult [The Columbia Albums Collection - Remastered + Bonus Tracks]

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Heroin and Crack Addict Interview - Cassandra

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Ku Klux Klan Member interview - Steven

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Coal Miner interview - McKenzie

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Transgender Prostitute interview - Rose

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Soft White Underbelly

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Pimp interview - Mack Sheldon

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