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Joe Bouchard is a very successful recording artist best known as a founding member of the band Blue Öyster Cult. The original band recorded for Columbia Records in the 1970s and 1980s, and Joe has nine gold and two platinum records to his credit. He is a multi-instrumentalist who is also a composer, producer, engineer, and author.
Joe Bouchard explains the meaning of Renaissance Man - "Yeah, Renaissance is a classic. Sandy was a brilliant genius who invented the concept of Blue Öyster Cult, gave us our name, convinced this wide range of fairly intelligent personalities that we needed to go in that direction, that is hard rock and proto-metal. As a manager he kept us moving forward when we could have easily slipped off the rails on the way to our heights of popularity. If he had a flaw it seemed he lacked the drive to keep us on top when we got there. But overall if it weren’t for Sandy Blue Öyster Cult would never have existed. Sandy came up with the lyrics to Astronomy, my most popular song, and gave me the title for Hot Rails to Hell. He was a pretty smart fellow. He stopped managing the band after I left in 1986 and worked as a college professor in Montreal. He passed away from a brain aneurysm at the age of 72."

Joe was an active member of Blue Öyster Cult for 16 years and recorded 14 albums for Columbia Records. BÖC, as they were called, toured tirelessly all 50 states and internationally in Canada, Europe, the UK, and Japan throughout the 70s and 80s. While best known as their bass player, he also played piano, keyboards, and guitar. As a songwriter, he wrote many BOC songs including the very popular Astronomy which was covered by Metallica. His song Hot Rails to Hell was the second BÖC single released by Columbia Records. It remains a very popular song today. Their song Don't Fear the Reaper was a top 20 song and has been played in many movies and TV shows. They followed up that song with the ever-popular Godzilla, and then the all-time classic Burnin' for You. The Reaper took on another dimension when it was used on Saturday Night Live in the “More Cowbell” sketch. It was reintroduced to a whole new generation through the power of TV, and the entire catalog of Blue Öyster Cult songs is constantly being reissued by Columbia/Sony.

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