Albert Bouchard and grew up in Clayton, New York. He is a drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

, guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, singer and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

. He was a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

 and a driving force through the band's first decade. He is the brother of former Blue Öyster Cult bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 Joe Bouchard

Joe Bouchard

Joe Bouchard was the original bassist for Blue Öyster Cult. He grew up in Clayton, New York...

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In 1981, Albert left Blue Öyster Cult and began work on the music that would become the Imaginos

Imaginos

Imaginos is a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult.The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC was even formed. Drummer Albert Bouchard began writing music for it following the release of the band's first album in 1972...

record. In the late 1980s, Albert performed with The Mamas & the Papas

The Mamas & the Papas

The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...

, Herman's Hermits

Herman's Hermits

Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...

 with Peter Noone

Peter Noone

Peter Noone is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits.-Early life:...

 and the Spencer Davis Group with Joe Bouchard

Joe Bouchard

Joe Bouchard was the original bassist for Blue Öyster Cult. He grew up in Clayton, New York...

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Albert has also played on records for Mike Watt

Mike Watt

Michael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; , he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen...

 (Firehose, Minutemen

Minutemen (band)

Minutemen were an American hardcore punk band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980. Composed of guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in December 1985...

) and Ritchie Stotts (Plasmatics

Plasmatics

The Plasmatics were an American heavy metal and punk band formed by Yale University art school graduate Rod Swenson with Wendy O. Williams. The band was a controversial group known for wild live shows that broke countless taboos...

) Gumball

Gumball (band)

Gumball was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1990. The original lineup consisted of Don Fleming , Eric Vermillion , and Jay Spiegel . In 1992, a fourth member was added, Malcolm Riviera who had previously played with Fleming and Spiegel in the Velvet Monkeys.-History:After Fleming...

 and Fabienne Shine

Fabienne Shine

Fabienne Shine is a French model, musician and actor, born in Tunis, North Africa and raised in Paris.Nico first inspired Fabienne to begin singing, playing guitar and composing. She then met Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls in Paris. She jammed with Thunders and followed him to New York City....

. He has also produced records for, amongst others, Maria Excommunikata, Heads Up!

Heads Up!

Heads Up is Toronto duo Death from Above 1979's debut recording, a six song EP released by Vancouver label Ache Records on December 15, 2002. It was later re-issued because of the success of their first full-length album, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine...

 and David Roter.

Until 2006, Albert's main musical project had been The Brain Surgeons

The Brain Surgeons

Brain Surgeons were a rock band featuring Albert Bouchard formerly of Blue Öyster Cult, rock critic and former Flaming Youth drummer Deborah Frost, and guitarist Ross the Boss formerly of The Dictators and Manowar....

, with whom he released several CDs

Compact Disc

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 on his own Cellsum Records label. Cellsum grew to host a number of other artists, including Les Vegas, The X Brothers, David Roter and Helen Wheels. In 2007, Albert formed Ünderbelly

Underbelly

Underbelly Limited is an English company that operates a series of four venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in Scotland. From 2000-2004, Underbelly, Cowgate was the only venue operated by Underbelly. In 2005, Underbelly added the Baby Belly venue. In 2006, these venues were joined by the E4...

 with original Soft White Underbelly singer Les Vegas aka Les Braunstein, Brain Surgeons bassist David Hirschberg, and guitarist Adrian Romero

Adrián Romero

Adrián Marcelo Romero González is an Uruguayan football defender currently playing for Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera Division.-Club career:...

. They were featured on the 2008 Motörhead tribute CD Sheep In Wolves' Clothing, and released the songs Critical Mass, and Astronomy in 2011. In 2008, Albert formed the band Blue Coupe with his brother Joe Bouchard, and original Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

bassist Dennis Dunaway. Originally an Alice Cooper/Blue Öyster Cult cover act, Blue Coupe released a CD of original material called Tornado on the Tracks in 2010.