OLD AS ROCK: We're still in full-on geezer rock mode in the still- freshly stale wake of the Who's doddering performance at half-time in Sunday's Super Bowl, so we are fully receptive to the fact that Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the release of "Black Sabbath," which was released by the band of the same name (that's Black Sabbath, if your mind has gone the way of the band's front man Ozzy Osbourne) on an eerie Friday the 13th in 1970. Our friend and next-door neighbor bought the album and despite the fact that we were 15 (we'll spare you the math: we're 46 now), which is the best age of them all to be a headbanger because there's nothing else to do, we didn't much care for it.
Thud. Thud again.
BLACK SABBATH REUNITE As had been rumored for months, all four original members of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward, will reunite in 2012 to record their ninth studio album and undertake a tour, reports the Associated Press. The only concert announced during their press conference at the Whiskey A Go-Go was a headlining set at Britain's Download Festival next June. The new album, to be produced by Rick Ruben, is expected to be released next fall. Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Black Sabbath has sold more than 70 million albums worldwide.
LOS ANGELES - Black Sabbath bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler reminisced about his last moments with friend and bandmate Ronnie James Dio in a statement released Tuesday. Also Tuesday, Dio's family announced that a public memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. on May 30 in the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.
This is Oprah America. We love repentant sinners, be they actors, politicians, or musicians. Confess your sins, do penance, write a book and all is forgiven. Remember when Ozzy Osbourne was the self- proclaimed "Prince of Darkness" and his songs were declared responsible for murderous teenage tendencies? Now he's a TV star, a bumbling and loveable codger who can't find the corn flakes without help from his forgiving wife. Our fondness for turning sinners into saints may be one reason why so many album buyers are embracing Velvet Revolver, a new group that's been called "the world's most impaired band." Velvet Revolver is the spiritual descendent of Ozzy's first group, the drug- saturated Black Sabbath, and the ACTUAL descendent of drug-and- alcohol-drenched Guns 'N Roses. In fact, Velve...
Before every doomer, droner and stoner had one goal: ape Black Sabbath's oh-so-solid riffs and lay the Cookie Monster voice on top.
The multi-band rock 'n' roll tribute show was a rare occurrence in Dayton until Louie Wood Jr. revived the concept in January 2009. Since then local bands such as Human Reunion, The Soapy Holes and Thee Pistol Whips have paid homage to groups as diverse as The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails and Talking Heads. Now others are getting in the game and organizing their own tribute shows. Leg-bone bassist Gee Gee Bradley made an offhand comment to South Park Tavern manager Shaine Sullivan about this recent local trend and unwittingly found himself following Woods' lead and booking his own showcase.
There's nothing quite like the soundtrack to the Southland's disaffected youth, played at full volume. Ozzfest -- that annual tribute to unapologetically pissed-off, head-slamming rock; high volume; thrashing chords and, of course, the color black -- came calling at Hyundai Pavilion this weekend. And a whole lot of fans showed up for the visit.
The Orpheum on South Main and the Levitt Shell in Overton Park probably are the city's two most historic functioning performance spaces. In the past, their stages - one alfresco, the other beneath an ornate ceiling and crystal chandeliers - have welcomed such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Cary Grant, Lena Horne, Gregory Peck, Elvis, the Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Arcade Fire. Today, the venues become linked - unofficially - as they inaugurate a pair of monthlong series that will bring even more movie stars and musicians to Memphis, onscreen if not onstage.
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