»Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult« album out now via Ripple Music
Ripple Music just released »Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult« album worldwide yesterday, January 14th, 2022.
An all-star Blue Öyster Cult tribute album features some of the most revered musicians in the heavy rock world: Mark Lanegan, Billy Anderson, Steve Hanford, Mondo Generator, Zeke, Mos Generator, Great Electric Quest, War Cloud, Howling Giant, Spindrift, Ape Machine, Year Of The Cobra, Fetish, as well as members of High On Fire, Quasi, Fu Manchu, Holy Grove, Witch Mountain, and Wild Eyes.
Side 1:
01. Mondo Machine – ME 262
02. Great Electric Quest – Flaming Telepaths
03. Cosmo-Daemonic Telegraph Company feat. Mark Lanegan, Nick Oliveri and Sam Coomes – Dominance And Submission
04. Howling Giant feat. Bob Balch – Godzilla
Side 2:
01. Tony Reed (Mos Generator) with Thee Slayer Hippy – Transmaniacon MC
02. IT feat. Andrea Vidal – Wings Wetted Down
03. Mondo Generator with Thee Slayer Hippy – Tattoo Vampire
04. Ape Machine – Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
05. Zeke – Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
Side 3:
01. War Cloud feat. Janiece Gonzalez – Stairway To The Stars
02. Year Of The Cobra with Thee Slayer Hippy – Fireworks
03. Fetish – 7 Screaming Diz-Busters
04. Spindrift – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
Ripple Music’s ambitious all-star tribute album »Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult« is premiering in full exclusively on Brooklyn Vegan, ahead of its worldwide release this Friday.
Founded in 1967, Blue Öyster Cult are considered pioneers of occult hard rock, marking generations with timeless anthems such as »(Don’t Fear) The Reaper«, »Burnin’ For You«, »Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll« or »Godzilla«. The New York outfit has since then remained a reference act of the 70s US rock scene.
The »Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult« project was initiated by Poison Idea’s departed drummer Steve Hanford aka Thee Slayer Hippy, in conjunction with Ian Watts of Ape Machine. The album highlights some of the finest work from the legendary band, thanks to unique contributions from Mark Lanegan, Billy Anderson, Mondo Generator, Great Electric Quest, War Cloud, Zeke, Year Of The Cobra, Ape Machine, Tony Reed (Mos Generator), Howling Giant, Quasi, Bob Balch (Fu Manchu), Jeff Matz (High On Fire), Fetish, Holy Grove and many more greats of the heavy rock world. It will be released in a special edition 2xLP (limited colored and classic black edition), CD and digital.
»Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult« out January 14th, 2022 on Ripple Music.
As Poison Idea’s drummer and producer, Hanford lived the hard road of the rock veteran. He played on two highly influential hardcore records: »War All The Time« and »Feel The Darkness«, and worked as a producer on indie rock projects such as Heatmiser (with Elliot Smith) and punk albums for notable names like The Hard-Ons. Following struggles with addiction and a seven-year prison sentence, he turned his life around, starting work in a music program and playing drums first in The Skull and then joining Ape Machine as drummer and producer. While on the road with Ape Machine, Steve decided to produce a tribute record to one of his favorite bands, Blue Öyster Cult.
Hanford was an accomplished and respected musician, able to round up a star-studded cast of bands for the tribute. Passing away in May of 2020, he didn’t see the project’s completion, but he completed most of the recordings, leaving Watts to gather the final pieces. All proceeds will go to Hanford’s widowed partner, Kitty Diggins.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well