A story he believed was finished has given one of rock's most recognizable drummers an unexpected reason to return.
Albert Bouchard, a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult, has announced a new album titled Imaginos IV: Rhyme of the Starclock. The 11-track record will be released through Deko Entertainment on Sept. 25.
The news comes 59 years after Bouchard helped form the group that eventually became Blue Öyster Cult in 1967. He had previously played alongside guitarist Donald Roeser, later known as Buck Dharma, in a college band before the musicians left school and began the project that would launch their careers.
As Blue Öyster Cult's original drummer, Bouchard performed on the group's most celebrated records and contributed songwriting and lead vocals to "Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll." He also played on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," whose cowbell later inspired one of Saturday Night Live's most famous sketches.
Bouchard left Blue Öyster Cult in the early 1980s, but the Imaginos concept continued to occupy much of his career. After initially developing the material as a solo project, he revisited it with Re Imaginos in 2020, followed by two more albums that appeared to complete the story.
That changed after roughly 1,000 pages of writings by Blue Öyster Cult manager and producer Sandy Pearlman were discovered when his house was sold. The collection reportedly contained at least 28 unrecorded lyrics, many of which directly connected to the Imaginos story.
"Over the past 12 months, I have recorded more than 20 of those songs," Bouchard explained in a statement shared by Blabbermouth. "I am very excited to bring brand-new material to this epic story."
The first single, "Four Winds Bar," was written by Pearlman and Bouchard's brother Joe. The album also features guest appearances from Lenny Kaye, Ross "The Boss" Friedman and Keith Roth.
What once appeared to be a completed trilogy will now continue through material its creator left behind decades ago.
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