But no Jaz Coleman? Really?

He’s still wears the boiler suit and face paint on stage, can both sing and bellow with the best of them, and spouts all kinds of bizarre, offensive things in interviews. And, he really is a member of several occult organizations.

i think i like nick cave for this one. a reality series about his daily grind(-erman…ha) is just close enough to a sign of the apocalypse to seem plausible.

Cool. I’m just doing my part to live up to the sterotype of metal kids taking stuff way too seriously by rattling off articles of the faith at the drop of a hat.

PS – a case could be made for Britney Spears as the Sexy Princess of Darkness. Pride? Check. Sloth? Check. Envy? Check.

I’m being a bit tongue-in-cheek. I have pretty broad tastes, but generally speaking, I live in a bit of a heavy metal ghetto. I don’t have anything against Rihanna, I just don’t listen to radio, nor do I spend a lot of time in clubs. Hence, zero exposure. My pride (or whatever it is) is more a reflection of that fact. Call it laziness or what have you, but I just get more fulfillment by seeking out new music in particular genres.

@Al Shipley:

Ummm, my bad? As I said – heavy metal kid. You post something related to the subject, I’ll probably have something to say. Personal failing and all that.

You know, your boy Nick Cave isn’t exactly the Puritan you are bout such matters, considering the Kylie thing and all.

I try to counterbalance the average American’s ignorance of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds by avoiding all awareness of Rihanna or Disturbed to the extent possible. I couldn’t hum you the hook from “Umbrella” even if someone put a gun to my head, and I take some strange pride in that.

(Of course, if someone did put a gun to my head, all that would come out would be the humming part to “O’Malley’s Bar.” Decidedly Not Helpful.)

Unfortunately, in today’s modern context, the things that set Sabbath apart are pretty commonplace. High-gain amps, down-tuned guitars, and fuzzboxes are available at your local Guitar Megamart. Everyone sings about the end of the world. Everyone, including mainstream hip-hop producers (Bomb Squad!) has embraced dissonance and minor keys as a musical foundation. Thus, as audiences, we’re more jaded, and if Ozzy and Sabbath were just starting out today, we’d think Ozzy’s schtick (and that’s what it is now) was lame and hokey, not evil and disturbed. Throw a rock at a metal show, you’ll hit someone that does what Ozzy did at one point, but taken to the Nth degree. Look at metal today – it’s faster, louder, slower, more terrifyingly, and quite tellingly, more out of the mainstream of modern music as compared to Sabbath.

Now, I say this as a huge Sabbath fan – they found the rich musical vein and tapped the hell out of it. Everything since is just shades and subtleties of the territory they staked out first. Ozzy gave us the devil in all the glory suggested by Heironymous Bosch – the black side of Evil. Out of the 7 deadly sins, Ozzy covered Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, and Greed. If we’re going to get a new musical Prince of Darkness, it’s going to have to be from territory staked out by Milton and Dante – Lucifer, the light-bringer, and Lucifer, the seductive. The Deadly Sins of Pride, Sloth, and Envy.

Also, is that a flashing nametag on his vest? WTF?