![]() “Of course, it was nice to get the exposure.” “I think it turned the band on to a lot more people, especially young people,” Dharma adds in a talk during a 2013 NAMM event. 12 on the Billboard charts - was hot again. In the Apepisode of Saturday Night Live, guest host Christopher Walken portrays producer Bruce Dickinson, who encourages fictional Blue Oyster Cult member Gene Frenkle (played with typical nerdy obliviousness by former cast member Will Ferrell) toward ever wilder gesticulations with a cowbell during the sessions for “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”Īll of a sudden, a song that hadn’t been a hit since way back in 1976 - when it went to No. Now, we have to make sure we have the cowbell!” “We never really thought much about the cowbell, until then. “It’s funny, that cowbell sketch,” Dharma tells Vintage Rock. Now, co-founder Buck Dharma says, Blue Oyster Cult doesn’t go anywhere without one. That legendary “more cowbell” sketch on Saturday Night Live didn’t just introduce Blue Oyster Cult to a new generation, it changed the band’s touring requirements. ![]()
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