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Cult Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 81

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Cult Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 81

Bill Fay, the British cult folk singer-songwriter, has passed away at the age of 81. On Saturday (Feb. 23), Fay’s label Dead Oceans confirmed his death in a statement on Instagram, noting that the musician “peacefully” passed away that morning in London. A cause of death was not specified, but Fay had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. “Bill was a gentle man and a gentleman, wise beyond our times,” Dead […]

todayFebruary 23, 2025 1

Blue Oyster Cult Had to Ban Cowbells From Shows After ‘SNL’ Skit

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Blue Oyster Cult Had to Ban Cowbells From Shows After ‘SNL’ Skit

Blue Oyster Cult's Buck Dharma reflected again on the immortal Saturday Night Live "More Cowbell" sketch that lampooned their hit song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," saying the results were ultimately positive — even if it forced the band to take preventative measures in concert.The sketch, which aired on April 8, 2000, starred Will Ferrell as fictional band member Gene Frenkle and Christopher Walken as producer Bruce Dickinson. Ferrell, dressed in a ridiculously tight and […]

todayNovember 27, 2024 3

Kehlani Responds To Claim She Exposed Child To Dangerous Cult

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Kehlani Responds To Claim She Exposed Child To Dangerous Cult

Kehlani has broken her silence after being accused of exposing her daughter to a dangerous religious cult led by an alleged sex predator.The allegations were reportedly made in a custody filing by her ex-boyfriend Javaughn Young-White earlier this week, but both parties have now disputed the portrayal of their parental disagreement.In a statement shared on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (August 6), Kehlani wrote: “What has been published in the […]

todayAugust 7, 2024 4

How ‘SNL’ Made Blue Oyster Cult Bring Back Cowbell on ‘Reaper’

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How ‘SNL’ Made Blue Oyster Cult Bring Back Cowbell on ‘Reaper’

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 famous "More Cowbell" sketch.Written and aired 24 years after "Reaper" became a hit, the 2000 scene features Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell in a recording studio. Walken plays fictional producer Bruce Dickinson, who repeatedly insists that Ferrell, playing fictional percussionist Gene Frenkle, increase […]

todayJuly 26, 2024 3

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Blue Oyster Cult to Release New Album, ‘Ghost Stories’

Blue Oyster Cult will release a new album, Ghost Stories, on April 12, their first new release in over three years.The LP features various songs recorded between 1978 and 1983, with the exception of one track from 2016, "If I Fell." Included is the only known recording of their concert cover of "Kick Out the Jams" by MC5.All of the album's songs were originally recorded on reel-to-reel analog tape, and have now been transferred […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024 4

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Jake Gyllenhaal Remakes the Cult Classic

I cannot conceive of a movie that is more ’80s than Road House. Patrick Swayze at his most magnetic and muscly playing a “cooler” — basically a very fancy, very elite bouncer, who arrives in a little town in Missouri to clean up a rowdy bar called the Double Deuce, and gets mixed up with a local evil businessman. (Ben Gazzara!)As silly as it sounds on paper, it’s even more baffling in execution.Although largely […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024 1

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