This may be overkill, but one thing I haven't seen contributed to this node yet is the origin of the name "Blue Öyster Cult". According to legend, it's an anagram of "Cully Stout Beer" (or perhaps "Cully Stöut Beer" would be more appropriate), a discovery made by Sandy Pearlman and Richard Meltzer at Blue Oyster Bay on Long Island.
It also anagrams to "Courtesy Bullet" and "Cruelty to Blues".