Joe Bouchard is a 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. His first solo recording, Jukebox in My Head, was released in 2009. Since then he has released four more solo albums including Tales from the Island, New Solid Black, and The Power of Music. They all are solid collections of songs. His fourth solo album The Power of Music was released in 2016, and many comments were raves. It contains 7 brand new songs and two covers. The 5th and newest solo album is the aptly titled Playin’ History. It includes a song called Renaissance Man which is dedicated to his late manager Sandy Pearlman. Sandy was the conceptualizer and producer of much of the BOC’s strongest albums. Other songs take on concepts such as insomnia, space travel, promoting creativity and dealing with the price of fame. Joe continues to record new music. His latest solo album is called Strange Legends and will be formally released on July 31, 2020.