The Subhuman by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.

Album: Cruelty to Blues

The Subhuman is a cover song.

Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1974 Secret Treaties album.

Music: E. Bloom

Lyrics: S. Pearlman

Copyright © 1974 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

Inspiration drawn from the versions on the 1974 Secret Treaties studio album, and the 1975 live BOC album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.

The Subhuman was one of The Bastard Sons of Dennis's most progressive songs. Chuck would tune his guitar to a drop-D for the interpretation.

This particular version owes much to the wonderful live On Your Feet Or On Your Knees recording, where guitarist Donald Roeser demonstrates his absolute mastery of the melodic minor.

Within this cover there is a lot of guitar soloing. It is all highly definitive and would be performed more-or-less identically by The Bastard Sons of Dennis every time. Both Chuck and Derek take solos.

Performers:

Derek Broom - vocals, guitar

Chuck Palmer - guitar

Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.

Bass recorded in north devon, November 2023.

Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties

https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-subhuman-lyrics

https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle

https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis

https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

There is a live video of The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing The Subhuman. Due to some disruption when an audience member fell against the camera person, it comes in two parts.

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg3CUkfi_pI

Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf_WC3DAdTw