I discovered the weird hard rock/heavy metal music of Blue Öyster Cult in the year 1973, when I was 19 years old and in the depths of schizophrenia. I seriously believe that listening to the music of BÖC helped me a little bit in regard to recovering from my psychosis!
I was so fascinated by the BÖC´s weird music that I had an easier time focusing on "reality out there" whenever I had either one of BÖC´s first two albums playing on my sister´s stereo.