
RaceU4her
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im here going through the sabbath albums one by one with many party accessories. im at "children of the grave" right now
Into the void as wellLord of this World is the heaviest and grooviest song ever. fuck
(Sharon was probably stage left with a bullwhip.)
Well said.I don’t think for a second that Sharon’s been the one pushing him out on the road all these years. It’s all he’s ever known, dude went from nothing to getting mass dopamine rushes playing onstage and spent a good part of his life trying to maintain that dopamine rush offstage. Seeing how happy that dude is when he’s onstage, even when his body started failing him, said it all for me. You can’t fake that shit, especially when you’ve already got a mountain of Fuck You money to sit on.
One thing has definitely stuck out in the last couple weeks since that farewell show; there’s been dozens and dozens of bands and musicians sharing their experiences with both Ozzy and Sharon and not even Jake E Lee had anything bad to say. While yes, there were absolutely some wrong-doings in the past with album credits and royalties, the fact that Ozzy and Sharon gave so many bands a fighting chance with the Ozzfest tours I believe has gone a long way in making up for that.
Pretty much every metal band that’s able to fill an arena in 2025 got their start on an Ozzfest tour. It doesn’t matter how much people here think Slipknot or Lamb Of God sucks, those guys keep metal alive and inspire kids to pick up instruments…while Linkin Park inspires kids to pick up pillows to cry in or something. System of A Down gets to play one show every 3 years and collect their paycheck, Disturbed gets to grunt all over the world, Godsmack fuckin’ retired before Ozzy did, Metallica is still dominating the metal world….there’s a lot of music we get to enjoy and a fuck load of people that have solid careers as a result of the legwork Sharon and Ozzy did.
I think you can be critical of what Sharon/Ozzy did and at the same time pay respects to what he accomplished in his career. When he passed what I remembered was the fact had it not been for Ozzy, my life as a guitarist would not have been the same because of Randy. From that point we all looked to who Ozzy would bring next. Brad, Jake, Zakk, Joe - all incredible players playing incredible music.I don’t think for a second that Sharon’s been the one pushing him out on the road all these years. It’s all he’s ever known, dude went from nothing to getting mass dopamine rushes playing onstage and spent a good part of his life trying to maintain that dopamine rush offstage. Seeing how happy that dude is when he’s onstage, even when his body started failing him, said it all for me. You can’t fake that shit, especially when you’ve already got a mountain of Fuck You money to sit on.
One thing has definitely stuck out in the last couple weeks since that farewell show; there’s been dozens and dozens of bands and musicians sharing their experiences with both Ozzy and Sharon and not even Jake E Lee had anything bad to say. While yes, there were absolutely some wrong-doings in the past with album credits and royalties, the fact that Ozzy and Sharon gave so many bands a fighting chance with the Ozzfest tours I believe has gone a long way in making up for that.
Pretty much every metal band that’s able to fill an arena in 2025 got their start on an Ozzfest tour. It doesn’t matter how much people here think Slipknot or Lamb Of God sucks, those guys keep metal alive and inspire kids to pick up instruments…while Linkin Park inspires kids to pick up pillows to cry in or something. System of A Down gets to play one show every 3 years and collect their paycheck, Disturbed gets to grunt all over the world, Godsmack fuckin’ retired before Ozzy did, Metallica is still dominating the metal world….there’s a lot of music we get to enjoy and a fuck load of people that have solid careers as a result of the legwork Sharon and Ozzy did.