Albert Bouchard

Albert Bouchard (born May 24, 1947 in Watertown, New York) and grew up in Clayton, New York. He is a drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult^[1] and a driving force through the band's first decade. He is the brother of former Blue Öyster Cult bassist Joe Bouchard.

In 1981, Albert left Blue Öyster Cult and began work on the music that would become the Imaginos record. In the late 1980s, Albert performed with The Mamas & the Papas, Herman's Hermits with Peter Noone and the Spencer Davis Group with Joe Bouchard.

Albert has also played on records for Mike Watt (Firehose, Minutemen) and Ritchie Stotts (Plasmatics) Gumball and Fabienne Shine. He has also produced records for, amongst others, Maria Excommunikata, Heads Up! and David Roter.

Until 2006, Albert's main musical project had been The Brain Surgeons, with whom he released several CDs 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 with original Soft White Underbelly singer Les Vegas aka Les Braunstein, Brain Surgeons bassist David Hirschberg, and guitarist Adrian Romero. 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 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.

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