Albums That Changed Music: Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
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What albums do you think changed music? share below!
Nevermind
The Cars' 1st record. Total masterpiece from end to end. Brilliant production and recording of a brilliant band and collection of songs.
Could you do a episode on wendy o Williams
@Produce Like A Pro, this is the album that convinced me that guitar is what I wanted to do. I had already played a little drums and failed miserably learning the saxophone.
I requested Blizzard of Oz so many times I honestly don’t no what to do now. Ahhhhhhhhh
Rhoads was the reason I got a degree in classical music. HUUUUGE influence on my life. I play nothing like him but he was one of the ones who took rock music to a totally different and (for lack of a better word) intellectual level, while avoiding being stuffy and pompous about it. He rocked. Great, great album, as was "Diary of a Madman". Never a fan of the production of those records though. Compared to other albums of the era, I found them to be kind of thin sounding. I always wonder what it would have been like if capturing that band with the same care and approach as early Van Halen was done. Subjective I know.
Thanks ever so much Cory for sharing! Your story will be very familiar to so many people I'm sure!
I also play nothing like him but I wouldn't be me without him xxx to RR not you..... *chuckle
Diary of A Madman the song is probably the first time I heard a song tell such an emotional story with guitar.
I totally agree about how this sounds a bit thin my thought exactly. I have this album ona usb drive and it comes on after an album I did that sounds PHAT and you can really hear the difference.
You are spot on on the engineering. The sound is very thin, VH had 10X better sound
Ozzy and Randy where probably the most important people in shaping my drive to play music. I was keyboard / vocalist when I saw them in 81 at the Poughkeepsie Civic Center. The next day I bought a guitar !!!!! Later I saw them at Music Mountain in NY and Randy did a sound check before the show. As I listened in the parking lot he launched into a solo that wove key changes and modes in a tapestry that defy description. If I had a time machine I would go back to those concerts in a loop till I died .
Thanks ever so much Gilbert!
Brother. you know that loop, anybody who saw you , they'd see a smile on your face! Randy was born to be a Rock and Roll god, even though he probably didn't even think about that!
Great video. Thanks for recognising Lee's contribution too.
Thanks ever so much Freddie
I never thought this would happen! Ozzy, Randy, and Zakk are why I begged for my first guitar. Dad took me to an Ozzy concert when I was 3. He wore these bib overhauls so I could hold onto the straps and stand in his back pockets. I think the second half of the show I was on his shoulders. I begged for a guitar after that. It's all I wanted. It's all I could think about. My 4th birthday was a few months after the concert, and they got me my 1st guitar. I played it it non-stop, fell asleep with it, and eventually made a career with it.
Brilliant....good foundation.
Thanks ever so much for sharing MAN Network!
Agreed Dam!
Blizzard and Diary are rare examples of what I would consider PERFECT albums from start to finish. I should also mention that Dio's work with Sabbath on Heaven and Hell can also be considered just as perfect.
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much!
There are a lot of forgettable tracks on Diary of a Madman if you ask me.
@@hobbified To each their own. IMO neither Blizzard nor Diary have any "filler" - I would never skip a single track on either album.. I would say Bark at the Moon also qualifies. Once we get to Ultimate Sin it all starts to go downhill from there.
@@hobbified no one did.
@@hobbified Nobody asked and every song on those albums are pure classics regardless of what you or I find forgettable.
Thank for calling attention to Bob and Lee's contributions. I know there were a lot of issues behind the scenes, but their contributions along with Randy were vital to Ozzy's career.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
' I know there were a lot of issues behind the scenes,' - Yea, the issues were called Sharon, as usual
This is SUCH an iconic album and, you are right, what Randy did raised the benchmark for metal and guitar productions
Agreed 100%! Thanks ever so much!
I always loved that Randy's solos often became their own song. I was 13 when Blizzard of Oz came out and I couldn't even comprehend what I was hearing.
I'm 49 years old. I have 2 posters that I still hang on my wall in my home. One is of Randy Rhoads playing his polka dot V guitar, and the other is of Ozzy from the Diary of a Madman tour. The two records that Ozzy and Rhoads did together in the span of just 2 years are 2 of the most amazing records ever.
It's amazing how fizzy Randy's tone sounds in isolation but sounds perfect in the mix along with Bob's bass
54 years old and it's been 41 years since I was first introduced to Ozzy and Randy's music and today is the first time in my life I heard Randy's voice. He sounds exactly as you would expect.
Thanks JT! He was such a huge influence
Man, the timing on that isolated bass (with the bass and drum isolation) is all over the place...
Loved this one Warren -- I remember buying this record when it came out -- I was 15. I still have that original piece of vinyl. I could feel your level of passion through the computer screen. Thanks again.
Amazing Billy! Thanks ever so much!
There's no average song in this album! Love it so much!
Agreed 100%!
This album changed the world!
Thanks ever so much Dan!
I saw the Blizzard of Oz tour in Montreal at the St. Denis Theatre. Admittedly, I knew of Black Sabbath but knew little of Ozzy Osbourne. I had heard he released a solo album but that was about it. I was visiting at the time, and heard the concert ads on the rock radio station. I liked what I was hearing so I told my grandmother I was going to go to this concert. I was around 16 years old. While standing in the line to buy a ticket, the people in front of me sparked up a hash joint. They were French, could speak little English, but I understood what they were offering when they passed it to me. After a couple of puffs, I thanked them and we went in. The band rocked my world!!! And I was flying high!! Ozzy wore his top with the frills, and along with the band, put on an incredible performance. I knew that what I was experiencing that night was special. Randy’s solos were mind blowing. I bought the CD the next day. I still have the tour shirt that I bought at the concert. Later that night I tried to explain to my grandmother how amazing the concert was. She was pleased I went.
you dont know how lucky you were to have seen this show....this was the show that REALLY put Randy Rhoads on the map. The Montreal show was recorded and replayed 2 weeks later on the KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR program. I had seen the band in May in Detroit..2 and half months earlier, and the difference in how Randy played in just those few months was astonishing. While the Detroit show was great, the Monteal show is much heavier and flashy..Randy just thundered...heaviest guitar playing i ever heard. After this, everybody knew just how special a player he was. Man, how i wish they had video taped this show....
One of my absolute favorite albums of all time. It came out the year I was born and I got it for a graduation gift I graduated high school.
Thanks ever so much Joseph!
@@Producelikeapro I love your channel. Your video on The Cure got me to subscribe and I look forward to every video by you.
This album forever changed how I looked at music. Can't wait to dig into this video when I get time here but just wanted to say thanks for this one! I know it's going to be great.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Awesome record. No matter what, all these decades later, Mr Crowley still gives me goosebumps
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
The music Randy, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake created was absolutely brilliant. Bob Daisley never gets the credit he deserves from the Ozzy camp for writing the lyrics we all know and sing along to. I would’ve loved to see what that 3rd album would’ve been like had Randy and Bob been able to work on it. RIP Randy. My favorite musician.
Wonderful analysis. To hear Randy parts soloed, well..I understand the emotion
.tidal joy and and an aching sadness forever
I just dug out my vinyl its very scratched because I played it to death but the crackles seem to fit with the intro to Crazytrain and if I close my eyes and I'm back headbanging in the Marquee. "ALL ABOARD HA HA HA"
Haha I hear you! Thanks ever so much!
Thank you Warren! Randy was a HUGE guitar influence on my life. He been my number one musician for decades as I am still amazed by his incredible playing. Appreciate this video! Marvelous work! 🙂👍🏻
Thanks ever so much Scott!
The Blizzard of Ozz tour was the first concert I attended, have seen many shows & Ozzy many times since! All of them were fantastic in their own way but: You Never Forget Your First!!!
TY for the trip down memory lane, great topic Great Channel.
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Ace made me want to pickup the guitar as a child in the 70s, Randy and Blizzard of Ozz made me want to practice and play things I never considered...
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
great music great memories awesome guitar work !!
It sure did, Epic
Thanks ever so much
Maxxxxxxx! Love the insight and history of this!
Fantastic
Another excellent video!! Thank you!! It's been too long since I listened to that album. I'm going to listen to it tonight.
Marvellous
Love this album, and lover this presentation too.
Thank you.
Thanks ever so much
Brilliant! Great job by Max too.
Thanks ever so much
Great video, I bought this album when i was 13 and learned every part of it that I could play at the time. Changed everything for me.
Inspirational people, who made great music and helped to kick off heavy metal. Brilliant. Cheers for the great video and insight
Thanks ever so much Joey!!
Fantastic, Warren & co. So great to hear the isolated tracks, and how non-perfect they are, but how they as a whole, create the perfect.
Thanks ever so much Lasse!
@@Producelikeapro I would say "Keep up the good work", but I know you are busy with new episodes all the time. :-)
For me it was Randy, Eddie and Alex Lifeson back when I was first learning gtr. Those were the parts I spent countless hours trying to learn. In college I once put my boogie outside of my 3rd floor on campus apartment and played Crazy Train at ear splitting volume during a mini riot that was going on because they stopped serving beer at the on campus tavern in our dorm area. Long Live Randy Rhoads!!!
Fantastic! Throw in Brian May, Tony Iommi and Jeff Beck and that's me too! Thanks ever so much!
Lifeson was doing the neo-classical hard rock thing before Randy... Because Alex was inspired by players from prog bands like Yes and Genesis who were doing it before him. Randy was a brilliant player and writer but there's been a lot of historical revisionism surrounding his influence on music.
@@termsofusepolice For me, Randy wrote really cool parts that were a mix of blues playing with classical influence that were challenging and fun to play. I just thought they were all really great guitarists and song writers and I wanted to emulate that. Now that I am into recording I dissect the tone a lot more and find Randy's tone on records pretty horrible (which is really unfortunate for his legacy) but I still think the parts he wrote are as fun to play today as they were when those records came out.
really love your work you really bring a joy to us with your passion and seeing behind the albums and songs that changed the world is so entertaining and get so much out of your work
Cheers man
Thanks ever so much!
Ooh love it, thanks for this😊
I was lucky enough to see Ozzy and Randy play their first gig together Glasgow Apollo !980 !!
That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing
Randy is such a huge influence! Listening to classical guitar and metal as a youngling, hearing this was incredible! His use of melody along with feeling the music flow is amazing! Thanks Warren!
Gotta Love Ozzy
Agreed 100%! Thanks ever so much
great video, thanks Warren!
Thanks ever so much Willem!
I love it Warren! Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So very well said! Randy will always be my favorite. He was playing some really mature stuff musically for being such a young man. Incredible!
Thanks for this Warren, I was so lucky I saw Blizzard Of Ozz in Oxford UK, Randy Rhoads was amazing, it was a fantastic gig.
Wow Amazing Kevin!
Rhoads , the best guitar player ever, I would pay a lot to hear or see more of him
Thanks ever so much for sharing
fantastic that you went over the intended name of the band and how it happened to Ozzy's namme.
The laywer who negotiated Ozzy's deal with CBS, Steve Machat, wrote a book called Creating of Ozzy Osbourne from the altars of Black Sabbath, He will attest that the band was called Blizzard of ozz until he got Ozzy signed to CBS and because the other 3 guys had lawyers, he decided Ozzy was the only guy he could deliver.
Those first two albums were legally recorded as Blizzard of ozz. Ozzy's solo career started March 19, 1982
And Black Sabbath made "Heaven and Hell". An album as good as Blizzard of Ozz. This was a special time in music. It meant something back then. All that great rock music of the 70's was still fresh. I was 18 and so into music. I miss that.
Amazing time in music! Thanks ever so much!
Heaven & Hell was probably the most "important" hard rock/metal record ever and ill tell you why. The so called first wave of hard rock/metal was over...Sabbath had fired Ozzy, Zeppelin had broken up and Deep Purple also. That kind of music was considered "over", Van Halen's first record in 1978 was very good, yet by 1980, they really went to more of a "pop" sound...they were by no means "metal". Bands like REO, STYX, JOURNEY were the big bands by then...and disco and new wave were also topping the charts. When Sabbath came out with H&H, and it did so well, it proved that metal was NOT over and was kind of like a bridge to the early 80's when Ozzy and Randy just tore it up and the rest in history.
@@randallrhoads3271 From the American band perspective all that is true. The Europeans were on a metal march by 1980. The Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, and others led the way with New Wave of Brittish Heavy Metal. Hard rock was being reformed and Sabbath was in the thick of it for sure.
If Ozzy doesn't send you a kick back for this episode then you got gypped. Good job Warren!
Haha I'm a huge fan!
I love the resonance on the tom hits at the beginning of the track
Thanks! Definitely showing this to my students!
Awesome! Thank you!
That bass tone is amaaazing.
Agreed! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Grew up learning all these tunes on guitar. I learned so much much about music theory from RR's guitar work.
Amazing album and analysis! I recall the exact moment I first heard this album. I stumbled upon a cassette tape in my grandfathers stereo system…hit play…jaw dropped and I instantly began head banging. Grandpa was into polka music and I was shocked, turns out it wasn’t grandpas tape and till this day I don’t know how it got into his collection but what I do know is that it instantly changed my guitar playing style moving forward.
Great episode as usual!
Tot Ziens from Nederland my friend!
Thanks ever so much
Warren- you're just knocking them out of the park lately!! LOOOOOOVED the Daniel Lanois interview btw! Also the Elvis Costello episode, etc. Always look forward and never disappointed 😊👏
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
I bought the 'Randy Rhoads Tribute' when it came out in 1987 and it's one of my favorite albums ever...
I was looking for something like this and it just came out yesterday! Awesome video. The song writing of Randy and Bob, with Ozzy’s melodies was phenomenal. I wish they could have done more than record 2 albums. When it came to the Sabbath stuff Randy use to play (and hate) he took it to a whole nother level. One of the greatest guitarists and his influence on metal can not be understated. Had Ozzy not found him, he would not be where he is today (maybe not even here at all).
From hearing Randy Rhoads in 1980/81 It's taken me till April 2021to finally purchase a Jackson RR Js32 LH 🎸
It’s ok! You finally did!
This Riffs on that Album changed truly the world and inspired so many musicians to go the heavy road and really practice the guitar! Love it!
Yes, very important album for guitarists everywhere
Another utterly enjoyable and informative episode. I love how Randy Rhoads was much more a classical guitarist than the typical blues-influenced rockers of the day up to that point. It reminds me of the days when so many of the girls in my school were crazy about Randy Rhoads.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
I never thought of this as an album that changed music, but the way you frame it here, I have to agree. Excellent work. It created the language that was used later in speed metal. Rhodes was, to me, the perfection of the style debuted by Eddie Van Halen, taken to a new level. Ozzy and Randy were building on Eddie's style, but they made the sound unique-- and Randy's fills were a signature of that turn. Maybe this was the first of the 80's metal sound.
Thanks ever so much! It was is huge amongst all of my musician friends!
Great, great video. And agree with both albums mentioned, 1st Black Sabbath album and Blizzard of Ozz. Loved RR, always will. Love his playing, have been listening to the 1st and 2nd albums for 35 plus years. Really like the Tribute album as well. But Randy, Tony Iommi, EVH, and probably a surprising guitar player to many, Neal Schon. These guys are what made me pick up my Grandfather's Gibson SG and start taking lessons. This was really a great review video, really enjoyed, thanks.
Neal Schon is a wonderful player! I’m not surprised at all!
Thank you for this video Warren! Bloody love Ozzy and Sabbath, and with that said, of course my personal favourite is the Iron Man: Tony Iommi, but Randy is surely an inspiration and i love the songs they made together. And yes, Crazy Train was one of the first riffs I learned to play, such a classic for guitarists. Also, such a treat to hear the isolated tracks from those songs!
Brilliant album, changed my life and perspective as a guitar player also.
Thank you for doing this one, Warren. Blizzard was my first cassette tape when I was in elementary school (mom obviously had no idea what the record store dude was recommending LOL). And by high school, I was spending hours every day with the songbook for Tribute which featured most of those songs from Blizzard. Randy was a force to be reckoned with, and Ozzy is a one-of-a-kind frontman. Randy really became a foundational part of how I play the guitar, even if I'm not exactly banging out classic metal tunes in my mid 40s. He taught me a lot, directly and indirectly. Cheers, and thanks again!
Randy was amazing. He changed my life, when I was 15 I heard the so,o from over the mountain and it blew me away. I’m now 49 and been a guitar player since that day. He inspired me to be a musician and get a music degree. I never got the chance to see him live as he past away before I ever new who he was. Both blizzard and diary are amazing albums. The chemistry’s been the whole. And is just amazing. Albums like these are a combination for multiple talented individuals who all need to be given credit for there success including max Norman. There will never be another blizzard of ozzy. God bless Randy rhoads.
Great job, Warren! Huge Randy Rhoads fan here.
Thanks Milan!
Great video Warren! It was the solo on Over The Mountain that I first heard Randy play. Then a few weeks later I read that he died. You are right though...it was Randy and Eddie for me (with a little Jeff Beck thrown in as well).
Thanks ever so much for sharing Paul!
Wow another great Video from the one and only Warren Huart! So good my friend. I discovered Randy Rhoads on the Ozzy Tribute album and still feel that album captured Randy at his absolute best, his playing is so musical and loose on that album, like the wheels are just about to come off the train, barely hanging on! . The live version of crazy train is still the best IMO, the way he makes that guitar scream those notes in the beginning is unreal. Gives me chills up my back!
And I agree with you Warren, Black Sabbath’s first album is a beast, what a record! Their best for sure
SO SWEET MAN!!! THANK YOU
Thanks ever so much
Stellar video per usual Warren. I actually never learned the Crazy Train line but watching this I felt like playing along and now I think I got it down haha. One thing I like is during the Mr Crowley solo you can here the acoustic strumming of Randy's guitar. I love when things like that bleed into the microphone. You never notice it usually but always something cool
Great video Warren!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much!
Great vid as always Warren. Just one thing plse - Sharon was not around for Blizzard of Ozz recording and she did NOT recruit the band and Randy. Sharon's brother was actually managing the band at that stage. Sharon came into the picture while Diary was being recorded when her brother said he could no longer manage the band. Slaughter bassist Dana Strum was the one who found Randy for Ozzy and first introduced them when Ozzy went to LA with a list of guitar players to check out. Also, during the first 'meeting' they did not actually see each other. Ozzy listened to Randy behind dark glass window at a rehearsal room while he was very drunk and almost asleep, the two did not meet. He met Randy in person the next day at his hotel. Sharon was instrumental in sacking Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake after Diary (while they were both away on a short vacation) and just before the North America tour. Rudy Sarzo had about 10 days to learn the set before the tour. We can thank Dana for Randy, not Sharon. Cheers and thank you :-)
13:31 I never recognized just how absolutely filthy the bass tone is on this song! I guess I've never heard it isolated before, but it sits so perfectly into the mix that the actual tone of the bass never really jumped out at me before now. It's absurdly dirty and brilliant!
Ozzy was everything! Cheers Warren!!
Thanks ever so much
I got into my first band in 1982, because I claimed to be able to play Randy's parts.
Haha many people did I’m sure! Ha
Excellent video!!!!!
When I was a kid, my family and I flew to Los Angeles for vacation. It was night when we got there and as we were taking a taxi to the hotel, there was a huge billboard of the Blizzard Of Oz cover on the way. I had no idea what it meant, but I knew it must be awesome. When I finally heard the album years later, I was glad to confirm my belief.
Thank you for another great video!
Thx for a fun video🔥🔥🔥
Thanks ever so much
At the intro, i have to say thank you !
From an old guy's POV, have to say i bought the ST Black Sabbath album in '70 when i was 13.
Bought everything with Ozzy to Vol IV. A friend bought later titles but i'd pass.
Sorta gave up but as a subscriber to Rolling Stone magazine, an issue shows up with a review for Blizzard Of Ozz.
It was so good, i jumped into my car after just getting home from work to go buy it. I remember this like it was yesterday.
The album did not disappoint. Stellar !!
I sing in an Ozzy Tribute band Crazy train is the last song we perform and the crowd waits for it. along with Mr. Crowley and we mix in Sabbath songs like NIB and war pigs, I can tell you how much fun it is to do this great music behind some really talented musicians. thanks for the detailed look into this amazing record . Randy RIP
Great episode! Randy is the missing link...!
Thanks ever so much David!
I started playing guitar because of that album. Randy Rhoads! That guy played I dont know ...wrong. And Mister Crowley
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Thanks ever so much for sharing
One of my all time favourites for sure! Very happy to see you give credit to the unsung Lee Kerslake & Bob Daisley. Sharon gets deserved credit here as well.
However, it should be noted that she made the decision to pull Kerslake and Daisley off the re-release 20 years ago. The replacing them with the Faith No More drummer, and the Suicidal Tendencies bassist. Dirty move, in my estimation, just because these guys wanted their due credit. Unfortunately that is part of this fantastic album's legacy.
Great presentation as always. Thanks for sharing
Please note, Sharon did Not recruit that band. She was not around for the Blizzard album. Her brother was managing them then. She came in during Diary (and so could Not have recruited the band), and sacked Bob and Lee before the Diary North America tour. And Dana Strum found Randy for Ozzy and introduced the two.
@@brookt3497 Thank you Brook. Sharon does everything she can to deny Lee and Bob of their full credit. Sharon works tirelessly at minimizing their contribution because of the extensive lawsuits that had been going on for years. If Sharon made any mention of their contributions to the music, she knew that it would compromise her position in court saying that their involvement was minimal. She has been and always will be a snake. Sharon is a good example of someone who possesses no talent, yet wants to be seen as special. Sharon was not special, those guys that wrote that music together were special. I've read parts of her "biography" and it is laughable! She is so desperate to been seen as a creative force, yet possesses none of the talent or skill needed to be viewed as legitimate. It's sad, cause Lee is dead.
One of Ozzy‘s best
Thanks ever so much
Randy Rhoads (Tribute album) was what got me into guitar and liking music, instead of the dull piano that I couldn't get into at the time. It was also the first tab book I bought, seeing how complex it was and how he just rolled it off so easily. Dunno about anyone else, but hearing the solo on its own brought tears to my eyes (or ears!). Thanks, Warren :)
Love this album..diary of a madman and bark at the moon are awesome too…
Agreed! All masterpieces
Amazing Album!
Agreed 100%!
My favorite song on the record is "Revelation Mother Earth." I remember being 12 or 13 and just getting into Ozzy's music and loving it. Then Randy died, VERY tragically. As much as I love Van Halen, it's fair to say that if Randy was still alive today, absolutely NOBODY would be able to touch him. We'd ALL need to find a different line of work. You know that most of the times when Randy would go for classical lessons, he'd end up GIVING the lesson instead of getting one. Then he'd tell Ozzy, "And I PAID for it." You probably also know that Randy was NOT a Black Sabbath fan, which to this day I think is really weird that he would end up playing with Ozzy. Ozzy was very fortunate to team up with heavy metal's most pioneering guitarists ever. Prune the tree of heavy metal and Black Sabbath would be the last branch left. Yeah, you should DEFINITELY do a segment on the first Black Sabbath record, if you haven't.
I’d love to see Stain by Living Colour on this. Cheers Warren for all of your excellent hard work!
HUGE Living Colour fan!!
Excellent!!
Thanks ever so much
I remember this too.
We would all congregate at a friends house, cause he had the only album amongst our group, get high on some shake and listen to this loud over and over. The good old days
Haha thanks for sharing
Got the vinyl when I was 16 and I still have it !
Marvellous
I'm glad we got expanded editions of this and Diary of a Madman. I remember in 2002 being so upset Bob and Lee were re-recorded over and the album had a bizarre remix. I held onto my 95 remasters for a long time.
ya that is a very unfortunate incident in music hstory, Darth Hideous trying to stab Lee and Bob in the back
Brother! This blew me away when I saw this video in my list! This is why I figured out how to play guitar! Thanks Warren!
P.S. The Blizzard of Oz was one of those magical moments in time that came together and made one of the most beautiful and hugest moments in our lives!
Thanks ever so much
Ozzy and Sabbath changed my life, What a voice and what a album
The chorus of all right now and 4 years later main hook of Cold Gin. Always remind me of what became hooks like I don't know and crazy train ,flying high again chorus etc,an open A with the moving triads chords underneath
Thanx Hew, saw Ozzy on this tour out at the Cow Palace ! ( I think Ratt may have opened )
Thanks ever so much
Such a bad ass guitar sound… that cat got the righteous setup…
What a coincidence: I've been having a Sabbath revival and re-listening to everything with Ozzy including reading his bio. Do I have to say how much I enjoyed your feature?