Allen Lanier

Allen Glover Lanier (June 25, 1946 August 14, 2013)

was an original member of Blue yster Cult. Lanier
played keyboards and rhythm guitar. He resided in
Manhattan.[1]

1 Discography

Lanier wrote several songs for Blue yster Cult albums,

including True Confessions, Tenderloin, Searchin' 1.1 Blue Oyster Cult
for Celine, In Thee, and Lonely Teardrops. In addition to his work with Blue yster Cult, he also con- Studio albums
tributed to music by Patti Smith, Jim Carroll, The Dicta Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
tors and The Clash, among others. He dated Patti Smith
for several years during the 1970s.[2]
Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Lanier rst performed with the band (then known as Soft
Secret Treaties (1974)
White Underbelly) in 1967. He left the group in 1985,
Agents of Fortune (1976)
and was replaced by Tommy Zvoncheck (of Clarence
Clemons and Public Image Ltd fame).[3] He returned in
Spectres (1977)
1987. He retired from performing with them after the
autumn of 2006.
Mirrors (1979)
Cultsaurus Erectus (1980)

Without any ocial announcement from Blue yster

Cult, the bands line-up photograph was updated to remove Allen, and a brief mention on the page for Richie
Castellano has the following to say: Since the retirement of Allen Lanier, Richie has switched over to the
guitars/keyboards position, both of which hes quite the
master!",[4] which would seem to indicate that Allen
Lanier retired from both Blue yster Cult and music, in
2007, having played his last concert with them in late
2006. He would rejoin them for their 40th anniversary
concert in New York in November 2012, which proved
to be his last ever appearance with the band.

Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)

The Revlution by Night (1983)
Imaginos (1988)
Bad Channels (1992)
Heaven Forbid (1998)
Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)

2 References

Allens death was announced by Blue yster Cult on August 14, 2013. According to their ocial Facebook page,
Allen succumbed to complications from C.O.P.D."
Lead singer Eric Bloom posted the following:[5]

[1] Almanac of Famous People: Biographies - Jennifer Mossman - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2001. ISBN
9780787647933. Retrieved 2013-09-03.

My great friend Allen Lanier has passed.

I'll miss the guy even though we hadn't spoken
in awhile. He was so talented as a musician
and a thinker. He read voraciously, all kinds
of things, especially comparative religion. We
drove for years together, shared rooms in the
early days. We partied, laughed, played. All
BOC fans and band members will mourn his
death. Ultimately smoking nally got to him.
He had been hospitalized with C.O.P.D. It
was Allen who heard some old college band
tapes of mine and suggested I get a shot as the
singer in 1968. A lot of great memories, over
40 years worth. Maybe hes playing a tune
with Jim Carroll right now.

[2] patti smith: _acid_rock_ 11/77. Oceanstar.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03.

[3] Tommy Zvoncheck. Blueoystercult.com. Retrieved
2013-09-03.
[4] "Blue Oyster Cult Ocial Site - Richie Castellano".
Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved
2009-01-24.
[5] Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 2013-09-03.

3 External links
Allen Lanier at the Internet Movie Database
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