Father of Heavy Metal Ozzy Osbourne Dies at Age 76

More of you guys are fans than I would have guessed. So here's a short-duration thread.

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary Prince of Darkness and one of heavy metal's most iconic stars, has died. He was 76.
He died "surrounded by love," his family said in a statement to The Post Tuesday. "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis."
News of Osbourne's death comes more than five years after he announced his Parkinson's disease diagnosis in January 2020.

Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, England, on Dec. 3, 1948, he was nicknamed "Ozzy" in primary school.
He had a challenging childhood, but music provided him with an outlet.
Learning was difficult for him due to dyslexia, and the future Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee claimed to have been sexually abused by bullies when he was 11. He also recalled attempting suicide as a teen.

"Cecil" on YouTube pointed out last year that, actuarially speaking, all the big rock stars of the 70s era are going to start dying in big numbers. Especially since those guys definitely lived hard and seemed eager to die.

I never listened to Black Sabbath, except for the three or four radio hits they played on classic rock stations. You know, "Iron Man," "Paranoid," "War Pigs," etc. Really only a small handful got a lot of radio play.

A few years ago I heard the comedian Jim Norton raging that Black Sabbath never got their due, and, apart from those three or four songs, are never played on rock radio. He was so absolutely enraged by this slight that I thought, "Man, I really have to listen to all of Paranoid> if someone is this infuriated that they're not getting the respect they're owed."

I never did. I'll work on that soon.

Here's an Ozzy Osbourne solo-album Yule Log.

Posted by: Ace at 03:57 PM

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1 Huh?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2025 03:57 PM (HL/Ld)

2 RIP Dude

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 22, 2025 03:57 PM (/HDaX)

3 New post!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 22, 2025 03:57 PM (N1DT3)

4 Not really surprising.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 22, 2025 03:58 PM (N1DT3)

5
Columbia post disappeared. Oh well. RIP Ozzie. Sharon and that idiot daughter Kelley now have to live off his memory.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2025 03:58 PM (HL/Ld)

6 @TheBabylonBee 7m
Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing https://buff.ly/1d20csC

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (mlg/3)

7 A wild ride on a crazy train.

"Mama ... he's comin' home."

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Alligator Alcatraz the Gulf of Gator Gitmo! at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (0k+w8)

8 The shocking thing is that he lived as long as he did.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (Vfq+S)

9 If memory serves, Ozzie grew up in post war England in an area which made an actual slum look palatial.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (tT6L1)

10 I can't believe he was still alive, much less now dead.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (gDhA9)

11 Biting the heads off of bats is fatal.

Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (gRHI0)

12 " all the big rock stars of the 70s era are going to start dying in big numbers."

as mentioned earlier, all the drugs don't help their longevity.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (vbXSk)

13 11 Biting the heads off of bats is fatal.
Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (gRHI0)

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More than breathing oxygen?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

14 I never heard Ozzy's music but I did watch the reality show.

Ozzy was a very loving father. And Sharon is a very smart businesswoman.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 14.3 % at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (jvJvP)

15 @TheBabylonBee 7m
Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing https://buff.ly/1d20csC
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (mlg/3)

Ah, Babylon Bee, saying what I'm thinking but with far more humor.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 22, 2025 04:00 PM (N1DT3)

16 as mentioned earlier, all the drugs don't help their longevity.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (vbXSk)

Fuck off, mate.

Posted by: Keith Richards at July 22, 2025 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

17 @TheBabylonBee 7m
Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing https://buff.ly/1d20csC

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (mlg/3)

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The actual Prince of Darkness hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Alligator Alcatraz the Gulf of Gator Gitmo! at July 22, 2025 04:00 PM (0k+w8)

18 Ozzy's last public performance of "Mama, I'm coming home."

http://tiny.cc/bn1q001

Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2025 04:01 PM (lIio7)

19 More than breathing oxygen?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
**********
Or exhaling CO2?

Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 04:01 PM (gRHI0)

20 Biting the heads off of bats is fatal.
Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (gRHI0)

No shit, Robespierre.

Posted by: Bats at July 22, 2025 04:01 PM (RlmPm)

21 He certainly was a showman in his prime.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2025 04:02 PM (Q4IgG)

22 Listening to SiriusXM's Ozzy's Boneyard channel is going to be odd for the foreseeable future.

RIP

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 22, 2025 04:02 PM (5yDGQ)

23 Ozzie killed my friend.

Posted by: A disgruntled Bat at July 22, 2025 04:02 PM (dIske)

24 John Michael Osbourne 76, left six kids behind.

Posted by: wth at July 22, 2025 04:02 PM (v0R5T)

25 Didn't he just do a concert?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (0eaVi)

26 RIP Ozzy.

First time I heard Sabbath
I was 13 years old.
A large keg party out at the river
In the depths of Octobers cold.

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (sNI6D)

27 RIP Ozzy(dumbshit)-Just missed first seeing Ozzy with Randy Rhoads. Caught him with Brad Gillis who did an excellent job. Last seen him in Sacramento a few years ago only because I'd stay to see Zakk Wylde play.

Sure wish I'd seen Randy play.

Posted by: JROD at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (IlL6s)

28 Ozzy later claimed the best thing was an accident. He thought it was a prop.

Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (gRHI0)

29 Florida Man Charged for DUI While Riding Lawn Mower on Parkway

Florida man, what can't he do?

PS: Not a fan of Osbourne. Demonic dbag.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (/U5Yz)

30 If I had been some kinda hot shit rockstar in my youth, i wouldn't want fans talking about my decrepit ass when i passed away. My press release on my death would read:

"If you're reading this, then you're a journalist. I hated you in life, and I have nothing to lose, now. I've placed millions in a trust for someone who only gets the money when every scribbler who reports my death is killed. Your move."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (4Iqzz)

31 Question:

If the Breaking Celebrity News of Rachel Zoe divorcing her husband Rodger Berman ahead of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills debut is correct, doesn't that render her ineligible as a housewife?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (0sNs1)

32 It’s wild he survived into his 70s.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (Vvm2m)

33 Ozzie killed my friend.
Posted by: A disgruntled Bat

You know in a way Ozzie was a failure for not stopping Covid.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (mlg/3)

34 > 9 If memory serves, Ozzie grew up in post war England in an area which made an actual slum look palatial.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (tT6L1)

Yeah, Birmingham was (and I believe, still is) pretty grim -- got the piss bombed out of it in WWII, then the communists (excuse me, "Labor") set off a UK-wide industrial decline. B'ham was a major factory town -- like the UK version of Detroit (which, of course, was destroyed by our own home-grown communists).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (qpyNK)

35 i'll post the Columbia thread in a bit.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (KRtlO)

36 Never saw Black Sabbath in concert but I did see Ozzy w/Randy Rhodes. Great show. Played War Pigs, Paranoid, Ironman as well as his own stuff including Crazy Train . The stadium was shaking during Crazy Train.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (Cdp18)

37 Bat thing. F autocorrect.

Posted by: Cosda at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (gRHI0)

38 I'm sorry, but I just don't give a sh*t.

He was a dancing monkey, just like all of the entertainers in our midst who have a massively inflated sense of self.

I paid him money...he made music I enjoyed. (Not really. I disliked Black Sabbath).

It was a transaction...nothing more.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (SuQXo)

39 Black Sabbath was a great band and Ozzy was a talented vocalist and an enduring rock legend. I also would like to remind everyone that Keith Richards is still living and will most likely bury us all.

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (xP8uf)

40 He said they he would die if he stoped touring. His farewell concert was July 5. RIP

Posted by: brak at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (jGJov)

41 It took me a while, but I got my revenge.

Posted by: Batman at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (0eaVi)

42 Ozzy was blessed to have such magnificent musicians in his lineup. Those boys always cranked out some topnotch rock & roll.

RIP Ozzy.

youtube.com/watch?v=qGoQ6AZYfMc&list= RDqGoQ6AZYfMc&start_radio=1

extra space included

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (/gTjv)

43 Didn't he just do a concert?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (0eaVi)

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Farewell concert. Interestingly, Ozzie and Black Sabbath pulled in a great crowd, meanwhile, Steve Miller had to cancel due to climate change and poor ticket sales, mostly ticket sales.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (tT6L1)

44 RIP Ozzy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (dKEEs)

45 Crazy Train was the song that was everywhere but I always thought Mr Crowley was the superior song.

Children of the Grave with Ozzy on vocals will always be a timeless jam too.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (lCHt6)

46 Speaking of rock legends, there is a doc on Netflix about the early days of LED Zeppelin. Very well done.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (Vvm2m)

47 He was so absolutely enraged by this slight that I thought, "Man, I really have to listen to all of War Pigs if someone is this infuriated that they're not getting the respect they're owed."

I never did. I'll work on that soon.

Posted by: Ace
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Michael Wilton isn't going to live forever Ace. You really should consider giving a good listen to "Operation Mindcrime" (the album, not the song) in one sitting. Its truly the "Dark Side of The Moon" of hard rock concept albums. Very compelling (if dark) story with amazing musicianship.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (TN0g+)

48 >>> If memory serves, Ozzie grew up in post war England in an area which made an actual slum look palatial

he said his only potential future was working in a factory, or rock n roll, so he thought he'd try rock

Posted by: brak at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (jGJov)

49 >>>Sure wish I'd seen Randy play.

there's a doc about him on Netflix, I think. Good doc.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (KRtlO)

50 Jim Norton needs to take a chill pill in the chill pool.

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (fV+MH)

51 Notice that no performer has *ever* bitten the head off of a penguin on stage. Why?

Noone can abide the smell.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (0sNs1)

52 > Ozzy later claimed the best thing was an accident. He thought it was a prop.

He reportedly did the same thing with a dove during a meeting at a recording studio.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (lIio7)

53 Ozzy later claimed the best thing was an accident. He thought it was a prop.
Posted by: Cosda

Well, I suppose a coffee carafe could be considered a prop.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (mlg/3)

54 Not very many artists get to do a farewell show soon before their passing.

Posted by: 144 at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (Mc/47)

55 >>>Michael Wilton isn't going to live forever Ace. You really should consider giving a good listen to "Operation Mindcrime" (the album, not the song) in one sitting. Its truly the "Dark Side of The Moon" of hard rock concept albums. Very compelling (if dark) story with amazing musicianship.

i'll put it on the list. thanks.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (KRtlO)

56 Speaking of rock legends, there is a doc on Netflix about the early days of LED Zeppelin. Very well done.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM

Pre-Edgewater Inn?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (0sNs1)

57 52 > Ozzy later claimed the best thing was an accident. He thought it was a prop.

He reportedly did the same thing with a dove during a meeting at a recording studio.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2025 04:05 PM (lIio7)

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"You've made your point, Mr. Osbourne. At our next meeting we'll serve chicken instead of beef. We apologize."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (GBKbO)

58 War Pigs Paris 70. That's the one to listen to.
Bill Ward's Drum Set sounds like artillery dropping bombs all over the place. Unbelievable performance.

So sad. You can have the Beatles, Stones, Who and Zeppelin.

Only ONE Band mattered. And that was Black Sabbath.

RIP Ozzy.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (oSEaw)

59 A piece of human debris. May have made decent music for some audiences, but also an alleged woman beater, a proven animal abuser, proven drug addict. Be careful whom you worship or virtue signal for….

Posted by: Me at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (YobFY)

60 I still have the first Sabbath album. I only owned one. I would have never imagined that 50 years later he would still be a thing. I liked the guy but I only bought one of his albums.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (W3T6M)

61 55 >>>Michael Wilton isn't going to live forever Ace. You really should consider giving a good listen to "Operation Mindcrime" (the album, not the song) in one sitting. Its truly the "Dark Side of The Moon" of hard rock concept albums. Very compelling (if dark) story with amazing musicianship.

i'll put it on the list. thanks.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (KRtlO)

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*wonders if it's a kill list*

*laughs off the idea*

*can't quite shake the idea, though*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

62 HELL YEAH

Posted by: Some Bat at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (t0Rmr)

63 I got to see Ozzy in concert in 1992. I was fourth row, center, so close! I remember that Ozzy had a sore throat that night, so he didn't sing long, but I will always remember his clapping, his smile, his mooning of us, and most important, what I call our "baptism," when he did his signature dunking of his head in a bucket of cold water and threw it on us, his loving audience. We'll always have his music, but the man will be missed.

Posted by: Victoria at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (8pav7)

64 As I said in the willowed thread, Ozzy's death now means that Sharon will have to screw the other musicians out of their royalties and other earnings all by herself.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (TN0g+)

65 The "Paranoid" album cover always cracked me up. A pigman dressed in God knows what wielding a sword and wearing some Brit motorcycle helmet. I could never take Ozzy seriously after that nonsense. They also must have laughed all the way to the bank.

Posted by: War Pigs Rule! at July 22, 2025 04:07 PM (rqga2)

66 Jim Norton is beyond obsessed with Black Sabbath.

There's a tremendous clip of him clowning Henry Rollins after Rollins said that he'd forgotten more about Sabbath than Jimmie could ever know.

Norton legit named off almost an entire tour's locations and happenings, and Rollins had no clue what was going on. Someone had to tell him that Norton was dunking all over him.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (KbCG3)

67 > Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing https://buff.ly/1d20csC

It was, in fact, just part of the act.

As far as I know, all the members of Black Sabbath are Christians (and yeah, they have their sins, as we all do).

Same deal with Alice Cooper. I remember an interview with Alice where he said something like "That's just a character I play on stage. I don't understand why people don't get it."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (qpyNK)

68 Farewell concert. Interestingly, Ozzie and Black Sabbath pulled in a great crowd, meanwhile, Steve Miller had to cancel due to climate change and poor ticket sales, mostly ticket sales.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (tT6L1)

I thought so. Just this month. That's probably what did him in.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (0eaVi)

69 >>>I'll work on that soon.

heh.

If you really want to get a good take on their Ozzy era stuff, then the We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll greatest hits LP is a good one.

https://youtu.be/FyOEAOp8X20

Posted by: No Name Today at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (vlXMQ)

70 Black Sabbath has an amazing catalog of music you'll never hear on the radio.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (PSEDc)

71
Only ONE Band mattered. And that was Black Sabbath.

RIP Ozzy.
Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:06 PM (oSEaw)

Were your ears burning?

Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (fGmWu)

72 The darkest, most brutal front men in metal always seem to turn out to be the kindest, warm hearted people off stage. I don't know why that is. Maybe the stage helps them let the demons out and come to terms with the not-so-bad-after-all brutality of life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (RlmPm)

73 I think "Crazy Train" should be played every time AOC or Pelosi starts speaking.

Posted by: Ghoulposts at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (qUkBO)

74 The story of his guitar player Randi Rhodes death is freaky.

The tour bus driver also a pilot got someone to lend a plane while they were stopped and they convinced Rhodes to do a short flight with them. The bus driver apparently tried to buzz his ex’s house or crash into it and crashed into a barn instead.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (VofaG)

75 NYers loathe middle America. Multiple that hatred by 1000 and that’s how Lononders see Birmingham and Liverpool. It’s why the left decimated those areas post ww2 in favor of London. They’ve never recovered.

Today only about 1/4 of Birmingham is British white.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (Vvm2m)

76 That's really crazy - I was just thinking this morning about what he wanted, or rather didn't want, on his tombstone. And now he's dead.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (y9ksN)

77 Sabbath is lot like Kubrick, once you've listened to Symptoms of The Universe once, only a nihilist would listen again.

An interesting true fact:

Van Halen opened for Black Sabbath when they started out.

After Van Halen got done tearing the roof off the house, the crowd booed Sabbath when the started playing their downer, buzzkill dronery.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (XV/Pl)

78 Who knew biting the head off a bat could make you almost immortal? I mean, besides Dracula?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (gLikB)

79 Sorry that he had Parkinson's . What an awful disease . I couldn't name a Black Sabbath song if you paid me, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (2GCMq)

80 Tool did a pretty good Hand of Doom cover at that last show...

but, SLAYER killed it with Wicked World.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (oSEaw)

81
He was a dancing monkey, just like all of the entertainers in our midst who have a massively inflated sense of self.

___________

In my own neck of the woods, I've seen comments that no artiste should be booed. If you shouldn't boo, neither should you applaud. You have my money, you have my quiet attention; what more do you want?

Musicians used to be sent off to eat with the servants. That seems like a useful practice to return to.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (tY/jf)

82 Apparently it was two doves during the meeting and a third after the meeting. It was March 27, 1981 at CBS Records. There are several reliable sources who attest to this including biographer Mick Wall, Rudy Sarzo, and Ozzy himself.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (lIio7)

83 I never cared for Black Sabbath. It insists upon itself.

I love Saxon. That is my response.

Posted by: Peter Griffin at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (KRtlO)

84 > We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll greatest hits LP

Speaking of... the record company came up with that title with zero input from the band. They were quite upset by it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (qpyNK)

85 Seriously, I never watched his TV shows but I was always confused because in the snippets I saw he was portrayed as extremely drug addled and/or stupid.

Was that drugs, NGAF attitude, Parkinson's, or just his brummie accent?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (DXW74)

86 Question:

If the Breaking Celebrity News of Rachel Zoe divorcing her husband Rodger Berman ahead of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills debut is correct, doesn't that render her ineligible as a housewife?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (0sNs1)

Answer: Absolutely nobody other than AWFLs and fags gives one shit. Andy Cohen hardest hit (hopefully)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (Hx0tZ)

87 Same deal with Alice Cooper. I remember an interview with Alice where he said something like "That's just a character I play on stage. I don't understand why people don't get it."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Huge difference, from what little I know. Alice wasn't a degenerate drunk and he counselled a number of musicians/actors when they came to him for help.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (mlg/3)

88 >>Were your ears burning?

Just rolled in from a 30 mile Gravel Ride.

So much sadness.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (oSEaw)

89 That's really crazy - I was just thinking this morning about what he wanted, or rather didn't want, on his tombstone. And now he's dead.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (y9ksN

Do me a favor, and don't waste a thought on *my* epitaph, pal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (4Iqzz)

90 These musicians we grew up with started out playing rock and roll cuz it blew their minds.

Then they discovered it allowed them have worldwide fame, never had to wait to get a table, that they could make a lot of money, avoid having to work a regular job, and all the girls they once thought impossible.. These are all penultimate reasons to be an artist, probably the only reasons that matter.

Where they ended up is creating modern classical music that has stood the test at time (some of this music is over 60 years old), has become favorites of multiple generations, and will continue to do so long into the future.

These bands literally changed the course of 1000 years of Western music permanently. That kind of amounts to something important and partially explains why you might be feeling a bit of a loss right now.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (NXz8h)

91 Musicians used to be sent off to eat with the servants. That seems like a useful practice to return to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2025 04:10 PM (tY/jf)
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Then you get the likes of Eddie Vedder who thinks free speech allows him to harangue an audience who paid money to hear a concert, not his inane rantings.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (tT6L1)

92 >>I never did. I'll work on that soon.

Sit down with the first 5 Sabbath LPs. They are all worth hearing from Cover to Cover.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:12 PM (oSEaw)

93 > Alice wasn't a degenerate drunk

Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:12 PM (qpyNK)

94 >>>Michael Wilton isn't going to live forever Ace. You really should consider giving a good listen to "Operation Mindcrime" (the album, not the song) in one sitting. Its truly the "Dark Side of The Moon" of hard rock concept albums. Very compelling (if dark) story with amazing musicianship.

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I'm going to see Geoff Tate perform Mindcrime later this year.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:12 PM (y9ksN)

95 Yeah, Birmingham was (and I believe, still is) pretty grim -- got the piss bombed out of it in WWII, then the communists (excuse me, "Labor") set off a UK-wide industrial decline. B'ham was a major factory town -- like the UK version of Detroit (which, of course, was destroyed by our own home-grown communists).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (qpyNK)

Birmingham now is a dynamic city due to its rich history and Cultural Diversity.

You know what that means:

https://is.gd/YJJz9m

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 22, 2025 04:12 PM (PiwSw)

96 Sit down with the first 5 Sabbath LPs. They are all worth hearing from Cover to Cover.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:12 PM (oSEaw)
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is the "or else" implied or explicit?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (tT6L1)

97 That's really crazy - I was just thinking this morning about what he wanted, or rather didn't want, on his tombstone. And now he's dead.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (y9ksN)

Gotta restock the pizza now. Put it back in the freezer, Mabel.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (0eaVi)

98 Queensryche peaked with The Warning.

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (CNl8/)

99
LED Zeppelin.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

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Autocorrect did that, right? It's funny.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (HL/Ld)

100 >> Sit down with the first 5 Sabbath LPs. They are all worth hearing from Cover to Cover.

yeah that was Norton's point, not to just listen to War Pigs, which he said was the only album that even gets touched by classic rock radio.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (KRtlO)

101 Then you get the likes of Eddie Vedder who thinks free speech allows him to harangue an audience who paid money to hear a concert, not his inane rantings.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (tT6L1)

Well yeah that’s exactly what free speech is. Are you suggesting he should have the right to do that?

Everyone knows who he is and what he stands for. If you buy a ticket and then are upset with him for being himself, that’s on you not Eddie.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (Vvm2m)

102 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I'll defer to Razorfist on this one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (mlg/3)

103 Gone up to that big bat buffet in the sky.

Posted by: LizLem at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (Jod6e)

104 Unfortunately that semi satanism act screwed up more than a few kids. My cousin 10 years younger than me was a huge Black Sabbath fan and took their ‘act’ seriously.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (VofaG)

105 I think Vol. 4 is their best.

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (CNl8/)

106 The stadium was shaking during Crazy Train.

As well it should. Great song.

I’d add Bark at the Moon and So Tired to the list of classics.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (EXyHK)

107
Ozzy looks more alive right now than Keith Richards.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (OgWfa)

108 Ace: "More of you guys are fans than I would have guessed."

I hated "Crazy Train". Unfortunately, it's probably his most played. Ergo, not a fan. I did see him at the Cotton Bowl in the 80's in one of those multi-band stadium concerts. He was well-received. But not by me. Show was fine but I was simply unfamiliar with his "solo" work.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (gLikB)

109 Black Sabbath had its moments, especially for the up and coming goth crowd, but it was no Rush.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (uWKK8)

110 Autocorrect did that, right? It's funny.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (HL/Ld)

Haha. Yep.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 22, 2025 04:15 PM (Vvm2m)

111 >>Norton's point, not to just listen to War Pigs, which he said was the only album that even gets touched by classic rock radio.

Well...War Pigs wasn't an album. But, he's only wrong that nobody appreciated the downstream effect Sabbath had from the day their 1st LP dropped.

Nobody ever sounded like that before.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:15 PM (oSEaw)

112
25 Didn't he just do a concert?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (0eaVi)

Yes, it was his goodbye. I mentioned in the previous thread he joked he was worried he would make it through, he thought he might die on stage.

Like him or hate him, he was a true rock star. This doesn’t make him a hero, or virtuous. It makes him talented and a legend in rock music.

Posted by: Piper at July 22, 2025 04:15 PM (pZEOD)

113 Only ever bought Blizzard of Oz...mostly for Crazy Train, but it had other catchy tunes.

It's on my iPhone, so I'll have to listen later.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 22, 2025 04:15 PM (A0ECY)

114 Whether or not it turns out to be true, I want my epitaph to read "He died as he lived... in the gutter."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (4Iqzz)

115 >>>Well...War Pigs wasn't an album. But, he's only wrong that nobody appreciated the downstream effect Sabbath had from the day their 1st LP dropped.

I guess I'm misremembering, he probably meant whatever album War Pigs is on. Paranoid? I dunno.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (KRtlO)

116 "Heavy metal" as a genre is completely lost on me. Robert B. Parker once had his detective Spenser tell us that most rock 'n' roll sounded to him like glass being ground (remember, Spenser was a young man during the Korean War, so he was born between 1930-35). Heavy metal is like that to me, except less pleasing.

That said, apparently Ozzy had a good deal of success (I won't say a "happy life") and leaves behind a family, so I'm sorry for their loss.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (omVj0)

117 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Yeah, he says that. And he doesn’t blame stardom either. It wasn’t Alice who was the degenerate drunk. It was Vince.

“Alice never did anything that was destructive to me. If you make a comparison of, say, Vince and Alice, and Dr. Frankenstein and the Monster, the Dr. Frankenstein character, my Vince thing, was doing all the destruction. Alice never drank on stage. When Alice was alive, the character for the hour and twenty-five minutes, an hour and a half, he never drank once, he never drank a drop. He didn’t have time. He was busy doing the show. He wasn’t the sinner at all. He was just doing what he did. The only time I didn’t drink during the day was when I played my character. So he was the one that was actually doing the right thing. The other character spent all the rest of the day, twenty-two and a half hours, blaming the Monster for everything.”—Alice Cooper, Snakes and Dead Babies

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

118 That's really crazy - I was just thinking this morning about what he wanted, or rather didn't want, on his tombstone. And now he's dead.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:09 PM (y9ksN

Do me a favor, and don't waste a thought on *my* epitaph, pal.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:11 PM (4Iqzz)

No lie, the same thing happened with Leonard Nimoy. I was watching the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and wondered how long he was going to be with us, and he died the next day.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (y9ksN)

119
as mentioned earlier, all the drugs don't help their longevity.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (vbXSk)

Fuck off, mate.
Posted by: Keith Richards at July 22, 2025 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

Yeah, whatever.

*makes six-armed wanking jesture*

Posted by: The Cockroaches at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (y9nCu)

120 What's interesting is that all these stars succumbed to alcohol. The drugs were just an appetizer.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (W3T6M)

121 Black Sabbath's first album was perfection. It's like they through in the kitchen sink for a two day recording session figuring there'd be no second chance. Not a throwaway track on it.

Other albums that a similarly filler free:

Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
Beatles Rubber Soul
The Who Who's Next
Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power
CSNY Deja Vu
Elvis Costello This Years Girl
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zepplin II
The Doors

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (wBaIH)

122 >> I think Vol. 4 is their best.

Master of Reality is probably mine...but, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Vol 4, Paranoid and the Eponymous LP are ALL tied for a close 2nd.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (oSEaw)

123 I grew up as an Ozzy fan, and still am to this day. Had the pleasure of seeing him live on several occasions (unfortunately all post-Randy Rhoads), and it was always a great show.

Today I shall live up to the old saying, "I don't always listen to Black Sabbath, but when I do, so do the neighbors."

Ride that Crazy Train, Ozzy. And thanks.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (UAzxw)

124 as mentioned earlier, all the drugs don't help their longevity.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 22, 2025 03:59 PM (vbXSk)

Fuck off, mate.
Posted by: Keith Richards at July 22, 2025 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

Says who?

Posted by: Iggy Pop! at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (xTIDn)

125 107
Ozzy looks more alive right now than Keith Richards.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (OgWfa)

Something that just occurred to me:

Black Sabbath had more enduring hits than The Rolling Stones.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (KbCG3)

126 Eric and Buck from Blue Oyster Cult look great for 80 and 76 respectively.

www.grammy.com/news/blue-oyster-cult-interview-ghost
stories-new-album-buck-dharma-eric-bloom

(remove space)

Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (KAi1n)

127 I liked him, thought he was a funny and weird guy, they had some good memorable songs. Rest in Peace.

But I like Metallica.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (rvwwT)

128 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

He cleaned up his act in the early 80’s IIRC. I used to run the same indoor track facility he did when he was in the area (Woodstock area). Was a nice guy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (VofaG)

129 No lie, the same thing happened with Leonard Nimoy. I was watching the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and wondered how long he was going to be with us, and he died the next day.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (y9ksN)
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Maybe think about the epitaph for Schumer? Biden? Schiff?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (tT6L1)

130 128 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

He cleaned up his act in the early 80’s IIRC. I used to run the same indoor track facility he did when he was in the area (Woodstock area). Was a nice guy.
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (VofaG)

=======

And his knowledge of the local Milwaukee history makes me feel unworthy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

131 > I'll defer to Razorfist on this one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (mlg/3)

The entire "From the Inside" album is about him getting sober while he was in an asylum.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (qpyNK)

132 Saw Ozzy in Biloxi summer of 86 on Ultimate Sin tour. Someone threw a lighter at him. It hit him, he said “fuck you, I’m out” and walked off after half a set.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (hlNLQ)

133
He cleaned up his act in the early 80’s IIRC. I used to run the same indoor track facility he did when he was in the area (Woodstock area). Was a nice guy.
Posted by: polynikes

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All right, since this is a sort of art thread, tell us what you think of Thomas Kincade.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (HL/Ld)

134 How is it the owner of a Smart Military Blog has never listened to War Pigs?

Shake my head.

Posted by: As Seen On TV at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (d5rYN)

135 Also. Ozzy pissed on the Alamo.

Always loved him for that.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (oSEaw)

136 I want my tombstone to have only the coordinates of a random location on earth and then have someone bury a fancy box exactly there with an easily picked lock and nothing in it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (RlmPm)

137 Objectively, their second album, Paranoid, was their best as it has all of the "radio friendly" hits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (XV/Pl)

138 What's interesting is that all these stars succumbed to alcohol. The drugs were just an appetizer.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 22, 2025 04:

Coke and heroin kill you faster. If you don't quit those at some point, they get you first.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (4Iqzz)

139 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 22, 2025 04:16 PM (wBaIH)

Minor correction: Elvis Costello, This Year's Model

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (PiwSw)

140 Queensrÿche.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (0sNs1)

141 >>>Was a nice guy.

Yes, that's what I heard.

Though I hear the emphasis is on the "Was." He is no longer Mr. Nice Guy.

(That's the extent of my Alice Cooper knowlege)

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (KRtlO)

142 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I'll defer to Razorfist on this one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (mlg/3)

Alice Cooper needed rehab so bad he crashed his car into the rehab joint stoned out of his gourd.
They didn't think he was a danger to himself or others until that moment.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (Hx0tZ)

143 WAR PIGS (Paris 1970)

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=K3b6SGoN6dA

Posted by: RIP OZZY at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (oSEaw)

144 I never met Ozzy. He was batty. I did meet Geezer Butler one time. He convinced me to take up bass. True story. Not a joke.

Posted by: Joe Biden- Heavy Mentalist at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (2sMLA)

145 Like him or hate him, he was a true rock star. This doesn’t make him a hero, or virtuous. It makes him talented and a legend in rock music.
Posted by: Piper at July 22, 2025 04:15 PM (pZEOD)

I agree with that. I don't like or dislike him. Never bought his music - don't really buy any music. Watched a few episodes of his show with Jack, and he seemed ok. I know who he was and what he did, but as with most other celebrity deaths, it doesn't really affect me. Sorry for his wife and kids, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:19 PM (0eaVi)

146 I was just reading yesterday about how David Draiman (the singer from Disturbed) got booed at Ozzy's farewell concert because he doesn't like Hamas and the UK does. Kind of wild.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (2ocoG)

147 1970 War Pigs on YT ,,, airpods on the way home from work...absolutely shakes your soul...the chemistry between guitar and drummer was insane,,,,he beat the living crap out of those drums Garrett....they even wore jeans and button shirts LOL!!!

Posted by: qmark at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (+t9Oi)

148 >>>How is it the owner of a Smart Military Blog has never listened to War Pigs?

i've heard War Pigs but I mistakenly thought the album it was on was also called War Pigs. I meant the album Paranoid.

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (KRtlO)

149 Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 22, 2025 04:17 PM (KAi1n)

I just saw BOC live on July 3. I can't say that I couldn't help but notice Eric and Buck's age. That being said, Buck got pretty dialed in when it was his time for a few solos, and I had to remind myself that guitarists a fraction of his age can't even hold a candle to him.

See them when you can because word thru the grapevine is that they're retiring soon.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (gUzGB)

150 I also would like to remind everyone that Keith Richards is still living and will most likely bury us all.
Posted by: UGAdawg at July 22, 2025 04:04 PM (xP8uf)

That youngster?

Posted by: Mike Love at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (wVcYX)

151 Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Keith Richards obit.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (075ei)

152 Queensrÿche.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Is that a slow pitch over the plate?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (mlg/3)

153 We need to start thinking *now* about the kind of world we're going to leave for our grandchildren and Keith Richards.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (0sNs1)

154 Alice's (sort of) new lead guitarist is the HAWT.
Ex Iron Maidens player. Can't remember her name but that's not important.

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (sNI6D)

155 Honestly glad he made it a long as he did. Just a reminder that Ozzy got kicked out of a Metal Band in the 80s for partying to hard. Think about that.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (fgmuN)

156 We need to start thinking *now* about the kind of world we're going to leave for our grandchildren and Keith Richards.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (0sNs1)
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Maybe even great grandchildren and Keith.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:22 PM (tT6L1)

157 Alice Cooper's story about drinking beer and watching old movies with Groucho Marx has to be one of the most bizarre tales in rock history

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2025 04:22 PM (Cdp18)

158 > He cleaned up his act in the early 80’s IIRC.

Definitely. He's been clean and sober for a long time now.

At one time, though, he was in an informal drinking club called "The Hollywood Vampires". Fellow members included Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Micky Dolenz, John Belushi, and Harry Nilsson.

John Lennon, Iggy Pop, and others would join in if they happened to be in town.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:22 PM (qpyNK)

159 151 Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Keith Richards obit.
--------------
Mick is still alive. Same deal with Paul and Ringo.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 22, 2025 04:22 PM (W3T6M)

160 Alice Cooper also replaced his addiction to alcohol with golf.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (VofaG)

161 >>Posted by: qmark at July 22, 2025 04:20 PM (+t9Oi)

Bill Ward was like the 2nd coming of Art Blakey.
He and Geezer drove that band so fucking hard.

Posted by: RIP OZZY at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (oSEaw)

162 >>>We need to start thinking *now* about the kind of world we're going to leave for our grandchildren and Keith Richards.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

lol

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (KRtlO)

163 Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:21 PM (sNI6D)

I think you're thinking of Nita Strauss. Saw her play with Alice once from a few rows back. Total hottie and incredible guitar player.

I don't think she's in Cooper's band at the moment though, at least she wasn't last year when I saw Alice. I think she's trying to build her own thing.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (gUzGB)

164 Didn't Ronnie James Dio used to sing for Black Sabbath?

Neon Knights? Heaven and Hell?

Posted by: dantesed at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (qm5Wv)

165 101 Everyone knows who he is and what he stands for. If you buy a ticket and then are upset with him for being himself, that’s on you not Eddie.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Eddie Vedder is an egotistical jerk, not only on stage, but in person. He has way too much ego for someone with such a small vocal range. But yes, dear Mr. Vedder, you are so edgy. The absolute edgiest. Eyeroll here.

Posted by: Piper at July 22, 2025 04:24 PM (pZEOD)

166 Same deal with Alice Cooper. I remember an interview with Alice where he said something like "That's just a character I play on stage. I don't understand why people don't get it."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:08 PM (qpyNK)

Cooper did that on Phil Donahue, sipping a beer. A great interview.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 22, 2025 04:24 PM (8avO+)

167 side-related:

Nancy Wilson playing the Battle of Evermore on mandolin

https://youtu.be/FMyn1ItURys?si=twma6BRmwu20oDdN

Posted by: ace at July 22, 2025 04:24 PM (KRtlO)

168 I take it ace does not have knuckle tattoos.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (krQz2)

169 Don't you blokes remember that Mick Jagger is 5 months older than me?

Posted by: Keith Richards at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (G5+As)

170 Queensrÿche.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Shüt üp, Wëslëÿ.

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (DgGvY)

171 Anyone remember the days of carnivals and when you could win those mirrors with band logos?

I have one with Ozzy's logo.

It's pretty cool but what was up with those mirrors? I remember Van Halen, Def Leppard, etc.

We should bring those back.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (gUzGB)

172 168 I take it ace does not have knuckle tattoos.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (krQz2)

======

One hand says LOVE. The other hand says ELWO.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

173 Their first album is unbelievable. Whoever recorded it did an amazing job. It's only 5 or 6 songs but most of them are like 3 songs in one, given they were replicating their solid year of touring bars. They basically freestyled it all. But you can hear early on, the talent. It's really unlike every thing else I've ever heard.

Posted by: Jupiter no rings mofo at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (+Exwj)

174 Queensryche peaked with The Warning.
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Rage for Order was pretty dang good! And Operation Mindcrime is just an incredible *project*. Nobody thinks these things up anymore these days, and for that band to deliver that kind of hard-rock performance to back up the concept is frankly still mind-blowing to me.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:26 PM (TN0g+)

175 Someone in the previous thread asked why they don't give Adam Corolla a late show.

He would have been better at it than jimmy Kimmel, even thought they are buds and did the Man Show together. He'd be more of a Carson.

But he proudly has his "pirate ship" he built so he's un-cancel able, and answers to no one. I don't think his ego needs the ego boost from having a late night show. He's not as star effer-y as most comedians, who crave the pretty jock and cheerleaders to like them as more than a funny guy.

Posted by: LizLem at July 22, 2025 04:26 PM (TZONB)

176 Didn't Ronnie James Dio used to sing for Black Sabbath?

Neon Knights? Heaven and Hell?
Posted by: dantesed at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM

Yes, he was Ozzy's replacement. One of the best concerts I ever saw was Dio, Motorhead and Iron Maiden together. My ears are still ringing!

Posted by: Josephistan at July 22, 2025 04:26 PM (y9ksN)

177 @172

>>One hand says LOVE. The other hand says ELWO.

Ah, the other right hand/left hand story.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:27 PM (XV/Pl)

178 Never a fan of the band nor Ozzy but his passing still saddens me. Probably the years catching up.

Posted by: javems at July 22, 2025 04:27 PM (8I4hW)

179 Yeah. Nita Strauss. So hot. And plays killer guitar.
I wonder if she needs someone to sleep on her couch.

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:27 PM (sNI6D)

180 He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Ozzy has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

Posted by: Patrick Bateman at July 22, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)

181 I think you're thinking of Nita Strauss. Saw her play with Alice once from a few rows back. Total hottie and incredible guitar player.

Nita is fantastic. The lyrics for her song "Dead Inside" lean anti-government, too, although that might be David Draiman's doing.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (2ocoG)

182 158 > He cleaned up his act in the early 80’s IIRC.

Definitely. He's been clean and sober for a long time now.

=====

Randy Rhodes passing scared the hell out of him. He went sober and got cleaned up\out real quick.

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (zL/eJ)

183 Didn't Ronnie James Dio used to sing for Black Sabbath?

Neon Knights? Heaven and Hell?
Posted by: dantesed at July 22, 2025 04:23 PM (qm5Wv)
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Absolutely, some of their best songs, IMO.

He wrote a solid portion of the output of Blackmore's Rainbow and he wrote a good portion of his work with Black Sabbath, but he went and did Dio, because he felt burned by the patriarchs of both outfits (Iommi, for BS)

Recently, I saw an interview with Viv Campbell talking about the first two records of Dio. (Of course, Dio screwed the guys working in that band to the same degree, when he was the patriarch--VC blames it on his wife.)

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (krQz2)

184 HAND OF DOOM / RAT SALAD

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=IG1rTikLmQE

Posted by: RIP OZZY at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (oSEaw)

185 Only ‘metal’ concert I’ve gone to was Kiss at the Lake Charles Civic Center right before Christmas in 1979. Free tickets.

Admittedly they put on a pretty good show .

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (VofaG)

186 I liked some of his stuff. But boy his wife seemed...difficult.

I watched some episodes of his reality show. It was like watching small animals in a cage rolling garbage back and forth.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (CHHv1)

187 Shüt üp, Wëslëÿ.
Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (DgGvY)

Impressive umlaut-fu.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (PiwSw)

188 Obama put out a statement about the DNI disclosures.

He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Feels...wane.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

189 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3-hNMqmKK0

Never say die.

Posted by: DaveA at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (FhXTo)

190 One hand says LOVE. The other hand says ELWO.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Which is code for Elmo?

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (krQz2)

191 The lyrics for "After Forever" should clear up any misconception about them being Satanists.

https://tinyurl.com/34we6yey

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (qpyNK)

192 I was walking through Barneys the other day, in the menswear section, when “Peace in Our Time” played overhead. Elvis Costello, 1989.

Not his finest album,but even Costello’s mediocre work has more narrative cohesion than most American novels. Then, an hour later, I’m in my apartment, polishing a bone-handled straight razor, and “Crazy Train” comes on my curated “Precision Mayhem” playlist.

And I realize:
Ozzy Osbourne and Elvis Costello are both icons… but they exist in completely different aesthetic universes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (XV/Pl)

193 188 Obama put out a statement about the DNI disclosures.

He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Riiiiiight...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (VE6XX)

194 Wooly Bully, Ozzy.

Posted by: Sam the Sham, b. Mar 6, 1937 at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (wVcYX)

195 Queensryche peaked with The Warning.
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Rage for Order was pretty dang good! And Operation Mindcrime is just an incredible *project*.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:26 PM (TN0g+)
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*Fistbump*

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (krQz2)

196 Ozzy is chaos bottled and branded.

He’s leather, crucifixes, eyeliner, and clinical mania. The man bit a bat, for Christ’s sake,onstage. That’s not performance art. That’s marketing alchemy. He doesn’t sing so much as warn you over a doom-laden riff.

And it works. Because Ozzy doesn’t pretend.
He is the thing your guidance counselor warned you about.

Elvis Costello, on the other hand, is razor-sharp restraint.
He’s what happens when an English major weaponizes rhythm and sarcasm.
He wears glasses like they’re armor, and sings like he’s settling scores with every ex who ever said he was "too clever." His voice isn’t powerful,it’s surgical. And that makes it more dangerous.

Where Ozzy burns cathedrals, Elvis redesigns the scaffolding.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)

197 Father of Heavy Metal Ozzy Osbourne Dies

Ozzy's father died?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (N1cWR)

198 Didn't Ronnie James Dio used to sing for Black Sabbath?

Neon Knights? Heaven and Hell?

With apologies to TJM, the definitive top 5 rankings of Black Sabbath Albums:

1) Heaven and Hell
2) The Mob Rules
3) Live From Radio City Musical Hall (Performed under the Monicker "Heaven & Hell")
4) The Devil You Know (Performed by Heaven & Hell)
5) Dehumanizer

All with Ronnie James Dio, not Ozzy. You're welcome.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

199 https://tinyurl.com/mrn5mp2k

Favorite Sabbath tune - Children of the Grave

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (UAzxw)

200 Ozzy is Dionysus in platform boots.
Costello is a sniper in a tweed blazer.

Ozzy stumbles across the stage like a haunted marionette, while Costello barely moves, letting the venom ooze through his lyrics instead of his limbs.

But here's the punchline:
Both men, in their own twisted ways, are absolute perfectionists.

Don’t be fooled by the shambling prince of darkness, Ozzy's arrangements are meticulously crafted behind the curtain.

And Costello? He’s rewritten more songs than most people have thoughts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)

201 If it’s true that celebrities die in threes, then we have Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy, and…. ?

Please, God… Yoko is 92. How ‘bout a little mercy on us all?

Posted by: weew at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (B2li8)

202 Obama put out a statement about the DNI disclosures.

He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Riiiiiight...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (VE6XX)

Getting nervous.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (0eaVi)

203 Obama put out a statement about the DNI disclosures.

He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Riiiiiight...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (VE6XX)
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Believe official findings by the government--but not THOSE official findings!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (krQz2)

204 Concur completely on Operation: Mindcrime.

The video Video:Mindcrime is also well worth watching. One of the better entries in the "rock opera" genre, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (qpyNK)

205 Well... duh.. We know it was misinformation Obama! That was the whole point of your conspiracy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (rvwwT)

206 So which do I prefer?

Well...
Ozzy makes you feel like the world’s on fire.
Costello reminds you it always was—but no one sent the memo.

Personally, I queue them both.
Ozzy for the gym.

Costello for dinner parties where I pretend to be emotionally available.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (XV/Pl)

207 188 Obama put out a statement about the DNI disclosures.

He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Riiiiiight...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2025 04:30 PM (VE6XX)

But he can produce his own personal copy of the minutes to destroy the accusations right? Right??

Posted by: Oldcat at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (8avO+)

208 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (qpyNK)

I never bought the BS that Black Sabbath (and many other guys) were Satanists.

I have friends who know a lot of musicians and even the guys who write the most "objectionable" material are really just normal people with wives and dogs and hobbies.

They're actually pretty boring.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (gUzGB)

209 Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)

If you don't have Elvis's Live at the El Mocambo, you should seek it out.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (PiwSw)

210 I always thought Queensryche was Temu Rush.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (2ocoG)

211 Elvis Costello I put in the pop punk genre. Might not be correct but that’s my favorite genre and to my ear that includes Costello’s music.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (VofaG)

212 He calls the documented evidence misinformation.

Feels...wane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 22, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
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Saint Obama of the light in the loafers is about 4 NPC upgrades behind.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (tT6L1)

213 They're actually pretty boring.
Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (gUzGB)

The banality of evil.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (0eaVi)

214 Father of Heavy Metal Ozzy Osbourne Dies at Age 76
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He is survived by his son, Heavy Metal.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (krQz2)

215 >>I have friends who know a lot of musicians and even the guys who write the most "objectionable" material are really just normal people with wives and dogs and hobbies.

Tom Araya lives on a farm. He's about as laid back as any surfer I have ever met.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (oSEaw)

216 RIP Ozzie

But.

Dio Sabbath > Ozzy Sabbath

Posted by: Carl Childers at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (HcoTw)

217 Yoko will live forever on CD's and 8 Tracks.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at July 22, 2025 04:33 PM (yvPm0)

218 My first Sabbath album purchase was Heaven and Hell. Second was Master of Reality. I was 14 when Heaven and Hell was released. Kind of surprised me that Mom and Dad said nothing about them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 22, 2025 04:34 PM (PSEDc)

219
The only Ozzie song that permeated my youth was "Momma I'm coming home" which was quite late in his career.

Good song.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 22, 2025 04:34 PM (IifOV)

220 >>Elvis Costello I put in the pop punk genre.

Yeah - Post Punk. He was no Joe Jackson, though.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:34 PM (oSEaw)

221 Isn't Tom Araya a practicing Catholic?

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 22, 2025 04:34 PM (CNl8/)

222 So which do I prefer?

Well...
Ozzy makes you feel like the world’s on fire.
Costello reminds you it always was—but no one sent the memo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (XV/Pl)

[Radio, Radio Verse 2]
Some of my friends sit around every evening
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
And the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut out
They don't wanna hear about it
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
Tryin' to anaesthetize the way that you feel

Posted by: Oldcat at July 22, 2025 04:34 PM (8avO+)

223 Have to respect that Ozzy reunited with Black Sabbath and did a farewell show on 7/5 just three weeks before he died

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (Cdp18)

224 The most evil people we should be worried about wear suits.

Strok, Schiff, Comey, Brennan, etc. etc.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (gUzGB)

225 @209

>>If you don't have Elvis's Live at the El Mocambo, you should seek it out.

In the immortal words of Michael Bolton, I love Elvis Costello, I celebrate his entire catalog.

I once listened to his entire egg, twice in a row.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (XV/Pl)

226 I have friends who know a lot of musicians and even the guys who write the most "objectionable" material are really just normal people with wives and dogs and hobbies.

They're actually pretty boring.

Right. King Diamond's entire schtick was that he actually was Satanic and all the other bands that were called that weren't.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (2ocoG)

227 >>Dio Sabbath > Ozzy Sabbath

Blasphemy. On any day. But on this day, even more so.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (oSEaw)

228 I see that AI will soon be the order of the day here. I will depart now, on my terms. Don't want to witness the slow, but relentless degradation. Thanks to all who post here.

Posted by: The Great Flouncer at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (G5+As)

229 I never bought the BS that Black Sabbath (and many other guys) were Satanists.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (gUzGB)
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Butler is pretty much a believer. You just have to read their comeback album.

Even Ozzy or Tony some time back said something like "We CALL things Satan" (Like Warpigs), "We don't praise Satan".

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (krQz2)

230 The post punk phase of The Cure > The Goth Phase of The Cure.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

231 > I liked some of his stuff. But boy his wife seemed...difficult.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 22, 2025 04:28 PM (CHHv1)

Sharon is a cast iron bitch.

OTOH, she kept him alive and got him sober. I don't think a nicey-nice Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm type could have pulled it off.

I'm 100% sure he'd be long dead if he hadn't hooked up with Sharon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (qpyNK)

232 I never bought the BS that Black Sabbath (and many other guys) were Satanists.

I have friends who know a lot of musicians and even the guys who write the most "objectionable" material are really just normal people with wives and dogs and hobbies.
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And yet, I sometimes believe that Ghost is the exception that proves the rule--I find it very believable that the intention is "evil" (confounding religion and good vs evil) even if Ghost isn't literally "satanic".

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (TN0g+)

233 The disclaimer on Type O-'s first album is...

Never mistake lack of talent for genius.

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (sNI6D)

234 Um, yeah, well...

@Breaking911 5m
TRAGIC: 3 L.A. Deputies killed while cutting grenade in half reportedly thought the device was inert after a bomb squad x-rayed them

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (mlg/3)

235 RIP Ozzy.

youtu.be/o0RE230PlX4

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (uGaBv)

236 Right. King Diamond's entire schtick was that he actually was Satanic and all the other bands that were called that weren't.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2025 04:35 PM (2ocoG)
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And the screechy high voice.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (krQz2)

237 I'm seeing more negative Trump reels, etc, attempting to cause anxiety in MAGA.
It's like they know the jig is up and they are trying to delay the inevitable.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (yvPm0)

238 "Man, I really have to listen to all of Paranoid> if someone is this infuriated that they're not getting the respect they're owed."

I never did. I'll work on that soon.

Lol. This is an honest description of how this goes down. 'I never did.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

239 Posted by: Thomas Bender

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The one thing I'll give a node to Elvis Costello is that he married Diana Krall.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (5yDGQ)

240 @225 caught Elvis C twice , great shows. He and Paul Weller were the intelligent members of the late seventies early eighties British invasion

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (Cdp18)

241 Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (TN0g+)

Ghost sucks so I don't give a f--- who they pray to in their free time.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (gUzGB)

242 I never bought the BS that Black Sabbath (and many other guys) were Satanists.

I have friends who know a lot of musicians and even the guys who write the most "objectionable" material are really just normal people with wives and dogs and hobbies.

They're actually pretty boring.
Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:32 PM (gUzGB)

I strongly suspect Satan spends little of his time working through musicians, trying to influence stoner teenagers.

There's much richer territory to mine, when you just have the world's most powerful men fly to an island so they can have sex with children.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (YpWtw)

243 >> The post punk phase of The Cure > The Goth Phase of The Cure.

So many great tunes...

but The Walk is the Cure Tune I love the most.

THE WALK
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=gkCYh1x44G8

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (oSEaw)

244 180 He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Ozzy has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Posted by: Patrick Bateman
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You might enjoy listening to John Entwistle's solo stuff then. Smash Your Head Against the Wall came out in 1971. Entwistle's My Wife in Who's Next is from that era as well but lighter in tone.

Posted by: whig at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (ctrM5)

245 Their first four albums are all outstanding. I could listen to any of them on a loop. There isn't a bad song on them. Even the 5th is pretty good, but doesn't have the edge the first four did.

If you like that kind of music, you absolutely owe it to yourself to experience it.

Posted by: deadrody at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (vgB0v)

246 A few performances from our friends who have passed as a reminder that the music of this time not only rocked but it could be profound.

Bowie - Heroes - https://youtu.be/bsYp9q3QNaQ
Floyd- Comfortably Numb - https://youtu.be/6uSeFVGfn9M
Petty - Saving Grace - https://youtu.be/TsmZ9dDPrTw
SRV - Pride and Joy - https://youtu.be/kfjXp4KTTY8

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (NXz8h)

247 It's like they know the jig is up and they are trying to delay the inevitable.
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (yvPm0)

Or they sense a certain amount of acrimony and are trying to capitalize. The epstein thing is a point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (zZu0s)

248 He was no Joe Jackson, though.
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"Right and Wrong" was an amazing song.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (TN0g+)

249 I was looking through Farcebook and I guess it knows my politics so it often gives me posts from right leaning groups.

Today it gave me a link to a left leaning group and the post was that "studies show the covid vaccine leads to healthier hearts".

I looked at the comments expecting to see people making leftwing arguments about how the clot shot is good for you and so on just like in right leaning groups I see people talking about their COVID vax injuries and the injustice of mandates.

But no. Almost every comment, and there were thousands, were about how the article was bullshit and the clot shot was poison.

I do sometimes wonder just how artificial the FNM "consensus" on things are and glimpses like this make me think it is more bullshit then even I believe...

Posted by: Some Bat at July 22, 2025 04:39 PM (t0Rmr)

250 Biting the heads off of bats is fatal.
Posted by: Cosda

Takes a few decades.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 22, 2025 04:39 PM (L/fGl)

251 I was always astounded that Iron Maiden got the "Satanic" label for straight-quoting a passage from REVOLATION in their song "Number of the Beast".

No rocker was more in-your-face pro-life than Dickenson.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:39 PM (krQz2)

252 Funny that one of Costello’s songs that I don’t consider pop punk is one of my favorite driving songs.

Pump it Up

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:39 PM (VofaG)

253 And the screechy high voice.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (krQz2)

And stolen concepts for a concept album.
(Long story)

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (sNI6D)

254 250 Biting the heads off of bats is fatal.
Posted by: Cosda

To the bats

Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (VE6XX)

255 I'll pour one out tonight for Ozzy. These youngsters kick off so soon these days.

Posted by: Herb Alpert at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (wVcYX)

256 He was no Joe Jackson, though.
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He wore shoes?

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (krQz2)

257 garret, you might not have heard of these guys, but I really really like this album. Here is a cover of Joe Jackson's It's Different for Girls:

https://is.gd/VtUfj0

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (PiwSw)

258 240 @225 caught Elvis C twice , great shows. He and Paul Weller were the intelligent members of the late seventies early eighties British invasion
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2025 04:37 PM (Cdp1

Saw Elvis Costello at an open air amphitheater (Mud Island) in Memphis TN way back in the early 80's. Very solid show with a crack band behind him.

Best concert there though was John Fogerty's return to the stage there when Centerfield was released. Lot of celebs at that one.

Posted by: whig at July 22, 2025 04:40 PM (ctrM5)

259 @251

>>No rocker was more in-your-face pro-life than Dickenson.

The correct appellation is, The Bruce Dickenson

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:41 PM (XV/Pl)

260
Eddie Vedder is an egotistical jerk, not only on stage, but in person. He has way too much ego for someone with such a small vocal range. But yes, dear Mr. Vedder, you are so edgy. The absolute edgiest. Eyeroll here.
Posted by: Piper at July 22, 2025 04:24 PM (pZEOD)

It annoys the fuck out of me that there were 5 great voices to come out of the grunge movement (Cornell, Staley, Vedder, Cobain and Weiland), and the only one to survive is the shittiest, least compelling of the lot.

As a side note, as a vocalist, Grohl really wasn't of the grunge era. For his contribution it was drums.

Posted by: The Cockroaches at July 22, 2025 04:41 PM (y9nCu)

261 The post punk phase of The Cure > The Goth Phase of The Cure.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is apex Cure.

Not sure how that fits into the Goth/Not Goth designation.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:41 PM (YpWtw)

262 Never could understand what he said because his accent was so Rotten...

Posted by: Wally at July 22, 2025 04:42 PM (aKoaI)

263 He was no Joe Jackson, though.
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Joe Jackson wrote "Got the Time", a song Anthrax got good airplay for.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:42 PM (TN0g+)

264 Black Sabbath was one of those bands where nothing sounded like them before and a lots of things sounded like them after. It’s a very rare thing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 22, 2025 04:42 PM (FVP5O)

265

Posted by: Oldcat at July 22, 2025 04:42 PM (8avO+)

266 135 Also. Ozzy pissed on the Alamo.

Always loved him for that.
Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (oSEaw)

Can't find anything other than a karaoke video for it on YT, but Asleep at the Wheel wrote a funny song about that called "Don't Go There".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 22, 2025 04:42 PM (vd6bO)

267 The reason Ringo is still with us:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FIzgJyhxbKY

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (075ei)

268 Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:39 PM (krQz2)

Check out to the lyrics to "These Three Things" by Type O Negative

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (gUzGB)

269 A little into the Satanic devil stuff, this was a theme with some of the rock groups, it’s an “act”, but as I grew up into adulthood this thing didn’t sit well with me. I think it is not a good message, Pagey was really into Aleister Crowley as well, going so far as to purchase one his homes and conducting Seances or rituals in attempts to summon up demons.

This seems to be a Bad Idea, even from a secular or atheist perspective.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (3VVY1)

270 Also. Ozzy pissed on the Alamo.

Always loved him for that.
Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:18 PM (oSEaw)
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A lot of people forget the alamo.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (krQz2)

271 More Ozzy Sabbath.

youtu.be/Nvnfi_ZBXxA

I'm almost positive this song was based on a true story.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (uGaBv)

272 My very first band in high school was called Electric Funeral in honor of the Sabs.

My mom didn't like it till I showed her the lyrics to "After Forever":

"Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
That God is the only way to love"

And I pointed out that they all wore crosses. She was OK with it after that.

RIP Oz-man!

Posted by: nobody at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (NhiOW)

273 Sabbath influenced a lot of bands. Maybe not to the same degree as Zeppelin, but they got a lot of kids interested in music. Billy Corgan was one.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (xaNfJ)

274 Fuck Jeremy, Eddie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

275 Being born is fatal, with few exceptions.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (075ei)

276
There's much richer territory to mine, when you just have the world's most powerful men fly to an island so they can have sex with children.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (YpWtw)
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A pastor I knew way back when made the observation Satan is probably at work in churches more than anywhere else. No reason for Satan to hang out in bars, because he already has that person.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (tT6L1)

277 Never heard Farah before.

Nice cover. Not really reimagined but a nice cover.
I like the harmony.
But it's hard not to love that tune. One of Joe's best.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (oSEaw)

278 Iron Maiden's producer Martin Birch told a weird story that happened to him during the recording of The Number Of The Beast. He was in a car accident. He hit a car full of nuns. When he got the repair bill it was exactly 666 pounds. He refused to pay that amount and made them add a little bit to the bill.

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (CNl8/)

279 A little into the Satanic devil stuff, this was a theme with some of the rock groups, it’s an “act”, but as I grew up into adulthood this thing didn’t sit well with me. I think it is not a good message, Pagey was really into Aleister Crowley as well, going so far as to purchase one his homes and conducting Seances or rituals in attempts to summon up demons.

This seems to be a Bad Idea, even from a secular or atheist perspective.
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Quija boards are a bad idea as well, even as "fun".

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (TN0g+)

280 RIP. I remember when he was so lucid and fit doing an interview promoting No More Tears, talking about rehab and being sober. Real inspiring, like a hero story. Then saw him on tour and he definitely back slid... Still, one of the greats.

Posted by: bearski at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (Bhsk7)

281 RIP Ozzy.

If you've never seen Mac Sabbath, search for them on youtoob. They're pretty good, but the costumes are *chef's kiss*

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (KwvKR)

282 I hope the as Reverend Wright had said happens to Commie-Obamie...

"Obama's Chickens are Coming Home to Roost" and take Fat Ass Hillarey with you .........

Posted by: Wally at July 22, 2025 04:45 PM (aKoaI)

283 Ozzy was arguably one of the first rock stars.

Those guys worked their asses of back in the day.

Partied a lot too.

Ozzie walked the walk and lived to tell about it.

Hate to see all these people pass away.

Posted by: pawn at July 22, 2025 04:45 PM (NP0tk)

284 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (tT6L1)

Is a 12 year old boy safer at your local bar or alone with a Catholic priest?

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:45 PM (gUzGB)

285 Elvis Costello is the kind of guy who, when he was an angry little shit, he was able to make good music.

Then when he figured out being an angry little shit was lucrative, he started mimicking his style, making music that sounded like it came from an angry little shit, and it became boring, repetitive, and brought him accolades from douchebag music critics.

It's a living.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:45 PM (YpWtw)

286 Russia is importing a million Indian workers to fill slots in their economy now empty due to their idiotic war in Ukraine. In addition, they're importing cannon fodder by lying to people from Cameroon and Laos. That's some first world military stuff, right there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209SGbvTwAM

Posted by: Archimedes at July 22, 2025 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

287 Quija boards are a bad idea as well, even as "fun".
Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (TN0g+)
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Yeah, marketing those things as "toys" was demonic. I remember them from my youth. Uggh.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:46 PM (tT6L1)

288 @261

>>Not sure how that fits into the Goth/Not Goth designation.

All phases of The Cure were great and Kiss Me... was the demarcation from post punk to Goth as Disintegration was their next album, and is, in the opinion of Stan Marsh, the greatest album ever.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:47 PM (XV/Pl)

289 Is a 12 year old boy safer at your local bar or alone with a Catholic priest?
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That's a loaded question: it depends upon the bar and the priest.

Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)

290 Being born is fatal, with few exceptions.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2025 04:43 PM (075ei)
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Damned di-hydrogen monoxide!

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (krQz2)

291 I see we have someone tarnishing the entire Catholic faith for the actions of a few and who also cannot distinguish between "Pastor" and "Catholic Priest."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (tT6L1)

292 Chris Cornell had a set of pipes, far and away better than the rest. Not even in the same league, really. Somehow, he didn’t seem self-indulgent or a wanker like Ed Vedder. “Spoonman”, “Day I Tried to Live”, etc. Not a fan of doom and gloom, “Just Like Suicide”. - ironically enough

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (3VVY1)

293 This song is on the very first 'Sabbath album I purchased, and as a booger-headed heathen at the time, it was a little confusing to hear, since they were supposed to be eeeeeeeevil. When I got saved, I heard the song in a different Light, of course. This tune is basically an evangelical sermon! I can only hope and pray that he truly believed what he wrote and sang in this song. Requiescat in pace, Ozzy.

https://t.ly/PEj-G

Posted by: goozer at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (V1MWf)

294 287 Quija boards are a bad idea as well, even as "fun".
Posted by: Crusader at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM

Yeah, marketing those things as "toys" was demonic. I remember them from my youth. Uggh.
Posted by: blake - semi

I wasn't allowed to play with those but they came out at slumber parties. I wouldn't touch one now.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (gpah0)

295 a 12 year old boy safer at your local bar or alone with a Catholic priest?
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Is it a gay bar?

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (VofaG)

296 Did Ozzy really piss on The Alamo or did he piss about The Alamo?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (XV/Pl)

297 A pastor I knew way back when made the observation Satan is probably at work in churches more than anywhere else. No reason for Satan to hang out in bars, because he already has that person.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 22, 2025 04:44 PM (tT6L1)

Yeah, I grew up Catholic. There were already rumblings of priests diddling kids before I was old enough to know what diddling was.

God pretty much has one way. Satan has many.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (YpWtw)

298 Armed Forces is a top 5 of mine

Posted by: Accomack on the Sheepscot at July 22, 2025 04:49 PM (Ptnlt)

299 Even as a little kid I thought Pearl Jam was lame AF. That Jeremy song. Those stupid vocals. What a dumb band.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2025 04:49 PM (4Iqzz)

300 >>Chris Cornell had a set of pipes, far and away better than the rest. Not even in the same league, really. Somehow, he didn’t seem self-indulgent or a wanker like Ed Vedder. “Spoonman”, “Day I Tried to Live”, etc. Not a fan of doom and gloom, “Just Like Suicide”. - ironically enough

If you listen to Montrose. You will hear a ton of what Chris Cornell had going on.
As much as I like to mock the Red Rocker, Young Sammy Hagar should have got royalty checks from Chris Cornell, imo.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:49 PM (oSEaw)

301 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 22, 2025 04:49 PM (Zz0t1)

302 @292

>>Not a fan of doom and gloom, “Just Like Suicide”. - ironically enough

Cornell was on anti-depressants, which ironically enough, increase suicidal ideation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2025 04:49 PM (XV/Pl)

303 NOOD traitor thread

Posted by: Iasonas at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (gUzGB)

304 Here ya go, one verse and a chorus:
In the Texas town of San Antonio
Is a little church they call the Alamo
The story tellers say Ozzy Osborne stopped one day
All dressed up in women's lingerie

I don't know if the guy was drinking beer
Jack or beam it's not exactly clear
But when he whipped it out
The ghost of Travis gave a shout
Whose message all good Texans still can hear

Don't go there, don't go there
You really shouldn't go there
It's a source of Texas pride
Hell, John Wayne died inside

Don't go there, don't go there
You really shouldn't go there
You'll really piss us off if you go there

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (vd6bO)

305 They have his original studio reel to reel tapes in Iron Mountain. That says something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (Zz0t1)

306 295 a 12 year old boy safer at your local bar or alone with a Catholic priest?
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Is it a gay bar?

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (VofaG)

Certainly not in a gay bar with Tampon Timmy dressed as a priest...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (ynpvh)

307 Is he still dead? Just asking.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (bDt0k)

308 This seems to be a Bad Idea, even from a secular or atheist perspective.
Posted by: Common Tater
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I think in the end, both Page and the Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil era) got a little scared of the results of their brush with the occult.

Posted by: whig at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (ctrM5)

309 In Solidarity With Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Vows Not To Tell Any Funny Jokes Until 'Late Show' Is Reinstated

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That's one promise he'll keep.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (L/fGl)

310 Sharon killed him
Posted by: Poleaux at July 22, 2025 04:48 PM (EYRKb)

He had information that would lead to the arrest of Hillory Clinton.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (YpWtw)

311 Saw Black Sabbath in 77 or 78 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Another one down...RIP

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (AdbLi)

312 Oh no !!!!!!! Brattleboro's Hero is a Traitor......

Mary C. devastated and on heavy meds according to WSJ today....

Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (q/j2W)

313 I was 8 in 1977 and my brother threw my Kiss Alive II record to the corner and put on War Pigs, et al. I was hooked, partially because I adored my older brother, but I never looked back. Love all Rock and Blues, and country among others, but that album shook me until Mr. Van Halen erupted.

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (mNOhh)

314 RIP Ozzy.

First time I heard Sabbath
I was 13 years old.
A large keg party out at the river
In the depths of Octobers cold.

Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2025 04:03 PM (sNI6D)

Well done! A couple more verses and plug it into an AI Ozzy replicator. That would rock.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (144I4)

315 There’s like 2 good Pearl Jam songs. The rest are self indulgent bullshit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (FVP5O)

316 Always liked 'Let Me Drown' for Chris Cornell's part.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (oSEaw)

317 I suspect assisted suicide or just suicide. He finished his final show and the Parkinsons was getting to be too much.
The Prince of Darkness preferred his drinks stirred and not shaken.

Posted by: TC at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (cHOHf)

318 John killed Ozzy......

Posted by: Wally at July 22, 2025 04:52 PM (q/j2W)

319 292: Chris Cornell did a cover of 'Nothing compares to you' in a studio. It was the best I've ever heard of that song

youtu.be/IuUDRU9-HRk

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 22, 2025 04:52 PM (uGaBv)

320 As I suspected, Butler wrote the lyrics of After Forever.

I still hope that Ozzy believed it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2025 04:52 PM (krQz2)

321 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 22, 2025 04:52 PM (dKEEs)

322 Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Birminghan 2012
https://youtu.be/cen1SvpTsYk

At this concert this song was 42 years old. I am guessing 99% of the people in the audience weren't born yet.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 22, 2025 04:52 PM (NXz8h)

323 Summoning demons.... feh. You want wealth and power and arcane knowledge, you'll get an overwhelming urge to be a dick to people and to let your boring daily affairs all go to shit.

Why the hell would anyone think a Demon would do them any favors? "Oh, you seem fun, living stranger who dragged me here involuntarily. Let me give you cool shit and be your friend, because my eternally damned dead ass ain't got nothin better to do today" Lame.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2025 04:54 PM (RlmPm)

324 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Too soon? at July 22, 2025 04:54 PM (XQo4F)

325
Sharon is a cast iron bitch.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 22, 2025 04:36 PM (qpyNK)

Sharon is a notorious asshole. Digital Bitch from the one Ian Gillan Sabbath album is written about her.

She learned how to be an asshole from her rock promoter father Don Arden. My mom's best friend worked with him in the Ozzy/Dio transition as one of the lawyers involved and she hated his guts, just like everyone else.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 22, 2025 04:55 PM (y9nCu)

326 Is he still dead? Just asking.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 22, 2025 04:50 PM (bDt0k)
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Si.

Posted by: Generalissimo Francisco Franco at July 22, 2025 04:55 PM (krQz2)

327 Parkinsons can make a lot of minor things deadly.

Posted by: DaveA at July 22, 2025 04:57 PM (FhXTo)

328 Ozzy was one Mother F**king Ugly Dude......

Posted by: Prune face at July 22, 2025 04:59 PM (BltCC)

329 I was 8 in 1977 and my brother threw my Kiss Alive II record to the corner and put on War Pigs, et al.

but that album shook me until Mr. Van Halen erupted.
Posted by: Danimal28 at July 22, 2025 04:51 PM (mNOhh)

Gene Simmons' greatest contribution to rock music is that he paid for Van Halen's first demo and tried to get them signed

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 22, 2025 04:59 PM (y9nCu)

330 Sorry that he had Parkinson's . What an awful disease . I couldn't name a Black Sabbath song if you paid me, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Not even Iron Man?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 22, 2025 04:59 PM (Vfq+S)

331 Alice absolutely was a degenerate drunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I'll defer to Razorfist on this one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 22, 2025 04:14 PM (mlg/3)

Rodrigo is correct. Alice was in a bad way until he found Jesus. He now has helped a lot of acts kick the drugs and alcohol. He is now a very nice, humble person that is totally disconnected from his stage persona.

Desert Spouse and I had a twenty minute conversation with him once at a post concert meet-and-greet. The difference between the guy on stage and the guy back stage is night and day.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 22, 2025 05:00 PM (+B0xk)

332 I always thought Sharon Osbourne was pretty. I saw her on TV recently. I know she had some face stuff done before, but now it looks like Ozempic on top of that or something. I don't think that's a good combo. I'm sure it's hard for famous people to just age gracefully/naturally.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 22, 2025 05:04 PM (144I4)

333 Just heard this one for the first time last night.
War Pigs by Judas Priest.
I think it's better.

Also, only really like 2 of Ozzy's solo songs...
No More Tears and Shot in the Dark. The best he had to offer, I think...

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 22, 2025 05:09 PM (R2gO3)

334 He was a nice enough guy for a druggie.

Shame he could not sing, but that never seemed to hold him back from a career on the rock an' roll bollocks. He had an impressive drone that made him money, strangely.

Bless him.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at July 22, 2025 05:10 PM (bgJ0E)

335 OZZY helped write the most important and memorable tracks in the Soundtrack of my youth! RIP

Posted by: Trip at July 22, 2025 05:17 PM (FPauc)

336 This was over too soon, just like Ozzy's life.

But like Ozzy's life, grateful for what we did get.

Now....for a bat thread.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 22, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)

337 RIP Ozzy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2025 05:33 PM (Pce4l)

338 Rest in metal.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 22, 2025 05:33 PM (gDhA9)

339 Birmingham garbage collection has been strike for months and they have literally tons of trash lining the streets.

Shame about Ozzie, was a big fan listening to Blizzard of Oz, Tribute, Shot in the Dark and Bark at the Moon albums through my teenage years. Saw him live on the no more tears tour with Zak Wylde.
Shame about how they treated some of their musicians, especially Jake E Lee, having him write, record the songs and then not giving him any writing credits/royalties. Sharon was an absolute bitch, and I do hold it against Ozzy letting her get away with some of that nonsense.

Posted by: PoliticalMcguffin at July 22, 2025 05:41 PM (bRUF+)

340 Loved Ozzy and Loved Black Sabbath. Together they were the founding Father of Heavy Metal, the greatest music aside from classical music. R.I.P. Ozzy. You will be missed.

Posted by: Joel at July 22, 2025 05:45 PM (8yruJ)

341 I am still not over Randy Rhoads dying and now this!

One thing I learned about Ozzy today is that he was a big supporter of Israel and the terrorists are all out celebrating his death. A man cannot have a finer eulogy than that.

Not being able to stand but still giving one last goodbye concert for his fans and raising $140-190 million for charity with all of the most famous musicians of his genre sharing a stage with him is as metal a way to go out as there is.

RIP Oz!

Posted by: Thatch at July 22, 2025 05:53 PM (Tvija)

342 All good things come to and end. Even bad things. Even good and bad things. Burn in peace Ozzy.

Posted by: WhitePunk at July 22, 2025 06:01 PM (nslIN)

343 With a Bird to bite off his Head

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 22, 2025 06:11 PM (wGqjj)

344 Thank you Ozzy for much enjoyment thru your music which will many will hold dearly for many years. Ace please do listen to paranoid and get back to us. Many hard rock bands of this time did not receive air time. Fairies wear boots - my favorite on paranoid. RIP

Posted by: Tangokilo at July 22, 2025 06:17 PM (Q1M4Y)

345 Back in the day around '78 I called the radio station to play a tune from Paranoid... The jock laughed.

Posted by: WhitePunk at July 22, 2025 06:22 PM (nslIN)

346 Conservative columnist and commentator Robert Novak was the original Prince of Darkness. Well, not THE original but, anyway, that's how others referred to him.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at July 22, 2025 06:37 PM (uNwvV)

347 I strongly suspect Satan spends little of his time working through musicians, trying to influence stoner teenagers.

There's much richer territory to mine, when you just have the world's most powerful men fly to an island so they can have sex with children.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 22, 2025 04:38 PM (YpWtw)

“I think Satan is more into new wave.” - liner notes from Attack of the Killer Bs, by Anthrax

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2025 06:54 PM (vm8sq)

348 98 Queensryche peaked with The Warning.
Posted by: Mark1971 at July 22, 2025 04:13 PM (CNl8/)

Q2K was the beginning of the end.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2025 08:13 PM (vm8sq)

349 I attempted to see Ozzy at Monsters of Rock in Germany in 1985. Sadly, I passed out during him and Warlock. May be more, no one would tell me.

Posted by: Coldwarvet at July 22, 2025 08:52 PM (7t0kC)

350 I'm late to this party but:

I was a big fan of Sabbath -- right up there with Zeppelin and Cream for me.

I was lucky enough to see them in concert; it was late in their careers, about 9 years ago, but they were still great. I was only 5 rows back, right in front of Tony Iommi. That, and my brief meeting with Pavel Datsyuk, were my two brushes with greatness in my life.

Posted by: Pastafarian at July 22, 2025 09:36 PM (sifs3)

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