We’re going to go through a little history here.

When I was a kid, I accidentally bought an Alice Cooper Greatest Hits album. Then an older cousin turned me on to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. I was in heaven, but those were still records that belonged to another generation.

The first creepy band I found that really felt like mine was Blue Oyster Cult.

Even then, I was a little late to the party, jumping in like a lot of people with Agents of Fortune and “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” The band was magical and mysterious, mixing darker themes with occasional sci-fi weirdness.

They also ended up being my first concert experience, with my other favorite band at the time, U.F.O., on the bill. Yeah, a lot of great bands came out of that era.

Blue Oyster Cult made quite a few stops in Lubbock over the years. They played the Lubbock Coliseum three times before eventually moving into club and fair shows.

One of those club shows happened April 19, 1994, at Midnight Rodeo, near University and the Loop.

I remember that show specifically because I was doing a remote in the station van and interviewing people as they headed inside.

One guy stepped up wearing thick glasses, and I asked him how long he’d been a fan.

His response was something along the lines of, “I’m the singer.”

Yep. Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult was just walking around among us mortals, and nobody recognized him without his trademark mirrored glasses. Glass he always wore to add to the bands mystique.

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I’m not sure why Blue Oyster Cult doesn’t have an even bigger place in rock history.

You would think “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and “Burnin’ for You” alone would be enough to cement them as legends. Then you can add “Godzilla,” along with songs like “Cities on Flame,” “Shooting Shark,” and “Astronomy.”

That night at Midnight Rodeo turned into another epic Blue Oyster Cult show, and for me, one of the more memorable moments in Lubbock rock history.

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