Blue Oyster Cult History - page 6  Blue Öyster Cult 1976-1979
For the tour that promoted “Agents,” the band decided to
compliment its stage show with a new cutting-edge entertainment
technology: Lasers. This relatively new (for entertainment)
technology offered the ability to enhance the songs with
twirling, twisting shapes made from different colored light, a
high-tech version of the old psychedelic oil and pigment
projections done in the sixties.  One of the first bands to ever
bring lasers along on a tour, the band found that their pitfalls
far outstripped their hefty capital outlay and maintenance
expense. Not only did the band have to buy hundreds of thousands
of dollars of delicate equipment, they also had to lease an
additional tractor-trailer to haul it and a staff including an
engineer to run the thing. To top things off, at many shows the
laser rig refused to function, and many fans feeling unsatisfied
when the advertised “massive laser show” either failed to
materialize or consisted of only one wo