Ozzy Ozbourne

[c0nd0rd4myt]

has recently been quoted saying that he "F'ing Hates" the term Heavy Metal, because it has no musical context whatsoever.

[AxlVanHagar]

Ozzy has been a babbling idiot for several years now.

[Indigo_Dingo]

I've suspected that he lost control of his mouth about the time he was saying that Iron Maiden were "out of control". This is a man who has pissed on the Alamo in a dress, criticising a band whose lead singer is an airline pilot, as being "Out of control".

[Shredder87]

I've suspected that he lost control of his mouth about the time he was saying that Iron Maiden were "out of control". This is a man who has pissed on the Alamo in a dress, criticising a band whose lead singer is an airline pilot, as being "Out of control".
Well he does have a right to bash on Dickenson, he started it.

[Indigo_Dingo]

Well he does have a right to bash on Dickenson, he started it.....How, exactly, did Dickinson start it?

[Shredder87]

He started running his mouth on how Ozzy needs flash cards in order to remember what to sing at gigs, and that his show sucked.

[AxlVanHagar]

He started running his mouth on how Ozzy needs flash cards in order to remember what to sing at gigs, and that his show sucked.

Hmmm...I'm trying to figure out exactly what's wrong with that statement. ;)

[Indigo_Dingo]

Hmmm...I'm trying to figure out exactly what's wrong with that statement. ;)Exactly. While Ozzy has become a major media whore, and shown himself to be a burn-out with close to zero mental activity, those statements are pretty fair. Whereas Ozzy's seems to show almost pre-schooler level of wit.

[Shredder87]

Exactly. While Ozzy has become a major media whore, and shown himself to be a burn-out with close to zero mental activity, those statements are pretty fair. Whereas Ozzy's seems to show almost pre-schooler level of wit.
I found the article online somewhere, it was a while back. It was all during that gig where they got kicked off the stage by Sharron.

[Indigo_Dingo]

I found the article online somewhere, it was a while back. It was all during that gig where they got kicked off the stage by Sharron.As I recall the story, they weren't exactly kicked off. They stood tall, looked her square in the eye, and yelled "These Colours don't ****ing run."

[AxlVanHagar]

Yup, while they got pelted with eggs courtesy of Sharon, Kelly and friends. :D

Dickinson ran his suck, Ozzy allowed his shrew of a wife to once again act completely unprofessional and continue to tarnish his image and reputation. All three acted stupidly. Bruce should have been on better behavior and choose not to make thinly veiled insults towards his host. Ozzy and Sharon should have expected some "rants" from Bruce and told him to shut it or leave the tour.

Of the three Sharon is the absolute worst. You dont; cut the power to the stage during sets. You don't arrange to have eggs thrown at the band. Nor do you allow members of The Black Label Society inner circle to run on stage and disrupt things. She just reeks of unprofessionalism at its worst. Sadly none of this is new for her and Ozzy allows it to happen. Just look at her track record.

1. Not the first time she's pulled similair stunts at Ozzfest with bands.

2. Refuses to pay outstanding royalties to former band members Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, and Phil Soussan. She went so far as to not only remove their names from the album credits and/or purposly mis-spell them ie: Bob Daisy, Phil Susan but had Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman re-recorded for the 2002 remasters. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced by Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin.

3. Due to the above and her dislike of and aviod royalties to Jake E. Lee as well as the other three Speak of the Devil, The Ultimate Sin, Just Say Ozzy, and Live and Loud have all been deleted from Ozzy's catalog and are not being pressed anymore. There was a version of Live and Loud without the track Shot In The Dark for a short while.

4. She walked up and kicked Phil at Randy Castillo's funeral.

5. Continues to treat Ozzy like a piece of meat.

God I hate this *****. Cancer really let me down on that one.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/axlvanhagar/sharonhi.jpg

[Indigo_Dingo]

Yup, while they got pelted with eggs courtesy of Sharon, Kelly and friends. :D

Dickinson ran his suck, Ozzy allowed his shrew of a wife to once again act completely unprofessional and continue to tarnish his image and reputation. All three acted stupidly. Bruce should have been on better behavior and choose not to make thinly veiled insults towards his host. Ozzy and Sharon should have expected some "rants" from Bruce and told him to shut it or leave the tour.

Of the three Sharon is the absolute worst. You dont; cut the power to the stage during sets. You don't arrange to have eggs thrown at the band. Nor do you allow members of The Black Label Society inner circle to run on stage and disrupt things. She just reeks of unprofessionalism at its worst. Sadly none of this is new for her and Ozzy allows it to happen. Just look at her track record.

1. Not the first time she's pulled similair stunts at Ozzfest with bands.

2. Refuses to pay outstanding royalties to former band members Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, and Phil Soussan. She went so far as to not only remove their names from the album credits and/or purposly mis-spell them ie: Bob Daisy, Phil Susan but had Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman re-recorded for the 2002 remasters. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced by Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin.

3. Due to the above and her dislike of and aviod royalties to Jake E. Lee as well as the other three Speak of the Devil, The Ultimate Sin, Just Say Ozzy, and Live and Loud have all been deleted from Ozzy's catalog and are not being pressed anymore. There was a version of Live and Loud without the track Shot In The Dark for a short while.

4. She walked up and kicked Phil at Randy Castillo's funeral.

5. Continues to treat Ozzy like a piece of meat.

God I hate this *****. Cancer really let me down on that one.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/axlvanhagar/sharonhi.jpg
Nice picture, although I'm having trouble seeing exactly what Bruce did wrong. Iron Maiden was drawing more people to Ozfest than Ozzy Osbourne, and what exactly doesw "ran his suck" mean?

[Shredder87]

That picture rules!!!!

[Indigo_Dingo]

Sharon Osbourne has always had terrible Judgement. She supported Harold Saxon, for gods sake

[JukeBoxHero]

Yup, while they got pelted with eggs courtesy of Sharon, Kelly and friends. :D

Dickinson ran his suck, Ozzy allowed his shrew of a wife to once again act completely unprofessional and continue to tarnish his image and reputation. All three acted stupidly. Bruce should have been on better behavior and choose not to make thinly veiled insults towards his host. Ozzy and Sharon should have expected some "rants" from Bruce and told him to shut it or leave the tour.

Of the three Sharon is the absolute worst. You dont; cut the power to the stage during sets. You don't arrange to have eggs thrown at the band. Nor do you allow members of The Black Label Society inner circle to run on stage and disrupt things. She just reeks of unprofessionalism at its worst. Sadly none of this is new for her and Ozzy allows it to happen. Just look at her track record.

1. Not the first time she's pulled similair stunts at Ozzfest with bands.

2. Refuses to pay outstanding royalties to former band members Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, and Phil Soussan. She went so far as to not only remove their names from the album credits and/or purposly mis-spell them ie: Bob Daisy, Phil Susan but had Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman re-recorded for the 2002 remasters. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced by Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin.

3. Due to the above and her dislike of and aviod royalties to Jake E. Lee as well as the other three Speak of the Devil, The Ultimate Sin, Just Say Ozzy, and Live and Loud have all been deleted from Ozzy's catalog and are not being pressed anymore. There was a version of Live and Loud without the track Shot In The Dark for a short while.

4. She walked up and kicked Phil at Randy Castillo's funeral.

5. Continues to treat Ozzy like a piece of meat.

God I hate this *****. Cancer really let me down on that one.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/axlvanhagar/sharonhi.jpg

That picture is bloody awesome!

[AxlVanHagar]

Nice picture, although I'm having trouble seeing exactly what Bruce did wrong. Iron Maiden was drawing more people to Ozfest than Ozzy Osbourne, and what exactly doesw "ran his suck" mean?


Running one's suck = having a big mouth and nothing really to say.

Bruce was being Bruce and making several thinly veiled insults and derogatory comments towards Ozzy. In theory I have no problem with Bruce voicing his opinions but doing it from the concert stage as an invited guest of Ozzy is just bad judgement. If he really wanted to voice his opinions he should have waited until the tour was finished up. Incidently I agree with what Bruce had to say I just think he chose an inappropiate place to do it.

At any rate Maiden came off smelling like roses for the most part after the incident. Sharon was booed off the stage and many reported up to half the venue left following the incident. Sharon then proceeded to run her suck in the press for days after word while Maiden took a higher rode and band manager Rod Smallwood issued the following.

"In 30 years in this business and after attending hundreds of gigs l have never seen anything anywhere near as disgusting and unprofessional as what went on that night. The scale, viciousness and concentration of the throwing made it obvious that this was a premeditated and coordinated attack. Assaulting musicians while performing by throwing bottle tops, lighters and eggs at them from just a few yards away is vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly. ... And to spit at a band on stage is unforgivable.

"It is well documented on the web who was responsible for planning and participating in this attack and for musicians to join in this assault on other musicians is a shocking disgrace akin to treachery. You should all be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.

[AxlVanHagar]

And there was this report on the incident as well

The manager of a well-known heavy metal band (*NOT* IRON MAIDEN) who attended this past weekend's Ozzfest show at the Hyundai Pavillion in Devore, California has submitted the following first-hand account of the evening that will surely go down as one of the most shameful moments in recent rock history (NOTE: at his request, the author's identity is being protected by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):

"Saturday night's Ozzfest at the Hyundai Pavillion near Los Angeles was a debacle on so many levels, I am still in shock as I write this. As a fan of many of the bands [Saturday] night, one can only hope this was an isolated incident, but sadly, it most likely wasn't. As many of you have heard already, co-headliners and metal legends IRON MAIDEN were pelted with eggs, bottle caps, beer cups, spit on, had people from the Ozzfest camp talking over the PA during their set, had 'Eddie' delayed from his onstage entrance, had members of the [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] entourage rush the stage with American flags, and had the PA intentionally turned off over 6 times, all by the OSBOURNE CAMP.

"While it's still unclear as to the exact reasons why the terrorizing started (rumors abounded as to why, with everything from Bruce calling out Ozzy in the U.K. rock magazine Kerrang! on the widely known fact that Ozzy uses a teleprompter, to various vague references said on stage about a 'reality show' at an Ozzfest stop in Detroit), one thing was very clear: The whole thing stunk, and left me, and nearly all of the 40,000+ heavy metal fans in attendance angered and disappointed. Not that behind the scenes bickering or magazine trash talking is anything new to rock fans, but the shocking lack of professionalism at one of the largest stops in North America in front of 40,000 + spectators, at the hand of the Osbournes was nothing short of disgusting.

"It all began early in the afternoon, when many side stage bands were openly approached in clear view of everyone backstage by Sharon and Kelly Osbourne to 'join them in throwing eggs at IRON MAIDEN this evening.' All the bands were encouraged to rally the other side stage bands to do so. Members and/or friends of the hardcore band BURY YOUR DEAD were seen actively trying to encourage other side stage bands to 'join in the fun.' Thankfully, many side stage bands angrily declined.

"Later that evening, as IRON MAIDEN came on stage, their intro was interrupted by [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] hanger-on and biker wannabe Big Dave, who was at the soundboard loudly chanting 'Ozzy, Ozzy' over the PA. MAIDEN opened their set and the entire band was pelted from the front row with eggs, beer, beer cups, spit, and various other objects by an Ozzfest-credentialed, bandana-wearing, Osbourne entourage. IRON MAIDEN, ever the professionals, continued through their set, and by the time they launched into their second song, 'The Trooper', Bruce changed into a civil war-era, red coat and began waving a Union Jack — British flag. Then, someone in, or associated with, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY tried to rush the stage waving and American Flag with the words 'Don't **** with Ozzy' scrawled across his bare chest. He was tackled and beaten by MAIDEN crew and promptly thrown off stage.

"As 'The Trooper' ended, frontman Bruce Dickinson, with characteristic spunk, launched into a scathing attack on the people terrorizing his band, calling them 'a sorry excuse for an Ozzy Osbourne fan,' and wondering aloud how, 'three dozen eggs could get snuck into the front row of Ozzfest by people with Ozzfest laminates?' Though he never named names, all in attendance could understand who he was referring to. Nicko McBrain ran up to the front asking Bruce to hold on while he cleaned egg off his drums. He then stated the the next song wouldn't be heard on 'Your local cocksucking corporate radio station, wouldn't be seen on MTV anymore, and sure as hell wouldn't be played on a ****ing reality TV show,' met by a huge roar from the crowd.

"During the song 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', Bruce, after only the first two lines, stopped singing and ran to the front row, firing back at his terrorizers, saying 'That asswipe right there, with the curly hair, the ****ing glasses, and Ozzfest laminate throw his ****ing ass out of here right now. It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, and if it wasn't for a lawsuit, I'd rip your ****ing head off right now, you piece of ****!!!!' He had the various attackers ejected and continued with a blistering version of the song until right before the big sing long at the end, the PA was INTENTIONALLY cut off. When it came back, Bruce launched into another scathing attack saying that they were supposed to play a shorter set than normal today, and only play 55 minutes, but IRON MAIDEN can't drive 55, or play 55, and were going to play our whole ****ing set tonight.

"The band endured six more 'PA cuts,' including having the power to their amps turned off at one point. When the PA would come back on, they would simply launch into the next IRON MAIDEN classic, never missing a beat. Frankly, with every PA cut, the band just got meaner and meaner, playing each new song with an anger and a fire that was at times, simply astonishing to watch. Bruce began the introduction to IRON MAIDEN with a speech about 'Your constitution has something about 'We The People.' Well let me tell you, the only reason we are up here tolerating this bull****, is because of you people. You have been amazing Glen Helen, and there are A LOT of IRON MAIDEN fans here tonight,' eliciting a huge roar from the crowd. He continued, 'It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, NOTHING is going to come between us and our fans, and it will be death before dishonor, this is 'Iron ****ing Maiden',' which was greeted by a thunderous applause. During 'Iron Maiden', longtime MAIDEN mascot Eddie was purposely delayed from making his entrance, making a brief appearance at the end, and one could only wonder as to how. As the band closed there set with a furious version of 'Sanctuary', the PA was again cut only to have Big Dave repeatedly chant 'Ozzy' over the PA, while the band tried to say goodbye to their fans. The now-furious crowd angrily drowned him out with chants of 'MAIDEN, MAIDEN.'

"Then, not 10 seconds after MAIDEN left the stage, Sharon Osbourne walked on stage and predictably, tried to give MAIDEN some fake, half-hearted praise about how they'd like to 'thank IRON MAIDEN,' and what a wonderful band IRON MAIDEN are, and how their crew were 'fantastic,' then sneering, 'But Bruce Dickinson is a *****.' The entire crowd, now fed up with the entire affair, began loudly booing her, pelting her with beer cups, and yelling '*****.' She tried to carry on, adding that 'Bruce had disrespected Ozzfest,' only to be drowned out by an ocean of boos, and soaked with beer. She slammed the microphone down and stormed off stage. Many in the crowd, fed up with what they had just witnessed, especially considering that many had come solely for MAIDEN, and paid upwards of $150 to do so, left in droves. SABBATH played to maybe half the audience that was there prior, and seemed stagnate compared to the band preceding them. As a huge fan of SABBATH, I honestly couldn't stand to watch them.

"I've seen IRON MAIDEN probably 10 times in my life, and frankly this was the very best IRON MAIDEN show I've had the pleasure of witnessing. You DON'T want to **** with IRON MAIDEN. The more the Osbournes tried to **** with them, the better they got! IRON MAIDEN was on ****ing overdrive! Considering the amount of terrorizing and intimidation that IRON MAIDEN had to deal with at the hands of the Osbournes and the other side stage and main stage bands participating, they were the consummate professionals. They had the crowd in the palms of their hands, and IRON MAIDEN and Bruce Dickinson proved beyond a shadow of a doubt why they are the greatest metal band on earth right now, and quite possibly, the classiest, too.

"The Osbournes are drunk with power. Shame on them, and shame on ANY of the bands that participated in the terrorizing and intimidation. It was disgusting display, that NO BAND should have had to endure, but especially a legend like IRON MAIDEN. That fact that it happened in front of 40,000+ people, at a Clear Channel-sponsored event, while Hyundai Pavilion Security turned a blind eye and let the Osbourne camp pelt one of the main headlining bands with eggs, beer, and spit, was simply inexcusable.

"I will proudly be attending next year's MAIDEN fest, and as much as I hate to say it, I can't bring myself to spend another dime on the Osbournes.

"Ozzfest, hang your head in shame."

[c0nd0rd4myt]

you know, with all this said, i'm actually a little surprised, with as big and Important as Iron Maiden has been to its perspective genre, that they dont have their own "fest", or if they do, that I've never heard of it.

[Indigo_Dingo]

I'm similarly perplexed as to why Maiden took 15 years to come back to Sydeny, when I, personally, put around a petition that netted 4000 signatures (I think) in 2 months to get them here on the Matter Of Life And Death tour.

[Indigo_Dingo]

Or even the Axl Slash debate. I side with Axl, as he was sexually abused by his birth father and physically abused by his adoptive father. Considering that, the fact that he didn't end up like Micheal Jackson is a real miracle.

In my mind, there are major problems between Bruce and Ozzy because, while Bruce is really one of the more remarkable individuals of the modern age, people focus more on Ozzy, who continues to give a bad name to Metal, whether its his thug roots, his drug addiction, his public scandals (I mean the second bat and the dove, and pissing in publi, in texas, in a dress) or The Osbournes.

But then, thats just unfounded fan speculation.

[Shredder87]

Well that wasn't the article that I found Axel, but it was along the same lines. A friend of mine was also at attendence that day and he told me everything. I agree with the fact that Sharron shouldn't have pulled the plug on them several times, that's just totally disrespectfull and classless. On the other hand Bruce had something comming, but something to be pulled like that on Maiden....it just baffles me. I'd understand the two of them taking blows on the press, but live?!

Stupid kemotherapy, cancer was almost there.

[Strich9]

Wow, after reading that whole story about Iron Maiden being treated like that it really baffles me. I am not a fan of Ozzy or Iron maiden, In fact, the only Iron maiden songs I have listen to in full are the ones on GH2-3 and RB. Same goes for ozzy, he's always been kind of overrated to me and for the last 10 years he's been a burnout. It's kind of sad when you look at him today and see a vegetable riding on nothing but his former glory. It's really sad to see grown ass men acting like this when you would think the mutual respect between groups would bring out some sort of professionalism.

Props to Iron Maiden for being pros. IMO.

Ozzy should throw in the towel once and for all and go back to his miserable existence.

[Indigo_Dingo]

Youy should rectify this immediately. Go grab $10 and buy Powerslave