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BIOGRAPHY Pearlman graduated from the State University Of New York At Stony Brook in 1966, where he had been Student President. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in the History of Ideas, and his graduate work was at Brandeis University . He was also a New School Fellow in Sociology and Anthropology. During this time he wrote a series of poems called ''Imaginos'', whose characters and lyrics would feature in his later career. In 1967 he was one of the original Rock Music Critics for '' Crawdaddy! '' magazine, along with Paul Williams , Jon Landau and Richard Meltzer . According to ''The Seattle Times'', one of his articles there originated the term " Heavy Metal Music " Pearlman is also hailed (or blamed) by The Village Voice for creating "the ''Triumph of the Will'' guitar sound." He came up with the name for the band "Blue Oyster Cult", based on a group in one of his Imaginos poems. He also originated the name of the pre-BOC band "Soft White Underbelly", taking the phrase from a speech by Winston Churchill in World War II . Pearlman is presently a public speaker, working on the legitimate delivery of music online. AWARDS
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