Around 1977 I had the honor to take BOCs Pyrotechnics to the next level. I was a pioneer in the development of indoor fireworks. I was the first to make a firing control box that monitored the status of each effect to assure accurate firing, A company in Alabama incorporated my ideas into their equipment. The Flash Cannon was the biggest innovation to indoor fireworks. With it a small band was able to shoot a ball of fire up and have it explode in a white flash. Indoor aerial effects was unheard of then. We were one of the fisrt to make an indoor water fall effect. Was later to become a trademark for Blue Oyster Cult. We created one of a kind effects such as the laser from Eric's hand exploding the mirror ball over the audience. I also manufactured the 2 componet flash power adding in "stars" that fit the effect we were after.