Posts Tagged ‘Ozzy Osbourne’

No. 40: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and the Wu-Tang Clan, “For Heaven’s Sake 2000”

frontAt least when Limp Bizkit made rap-metal, they had a vague understanding of what “rap” was. MORE »


F2K: Idolator Counts Down The 50 Worst Songs Of The ’00s, One By Ear-Splitting One

pod_250It’s super-cute to peruse decade-end lists and pretend to be enthusiastic about true artists like Arcade Fire, timeless music like the Strokes, and inescapable culturlol trends like dubstep or “hypnagogic” pop.

We remember the decade a little differently—not with poptimist lenses or with whatever beer goggles make you think Kid A isn’t boring, but with cold, hard, honest eyes that see the last 10 years as an irredeemable shitpile that makes disco’s final cokefarts look like Woodstock.

Here’s a quick rundown, in case you forgot: MORE »


Ozzy Osbourne’s Latest Shot In The Endorsement Dark: Oh, Honey

picture-12It’s time for another round of “What endorsement is more damaging to the already somewhat tarnished image of an aging rocker!” Your candidates today: The fake microblogs from Ozzy Osbourne that allege that dude still wears leather pants and the Gene Simmons urinal cakes! MORE »


Shins Shakeup Provides A Convenient Opening For “Change Your Life” Jokes

jamesToday’s lunchtime headlines: New faces in the Shins, auditions for underground musicians in New York City, a BitTorrent tracker starts getting antsy about its place in the whole “copyright infringement” cycle, and Ozzy Osbourne gets honored on the Sunset Strip, I guess for canceling Ozzfest this year? MORE »


Florida TV Station Overcome By Paroxysm Of Good Taste

A TV station in Panama City, Fla., is refusing… MORE »

Interesting that a station which aired a Family Guy episode in which Stewie drinks retarded horse semen a couple weeks ago would get weird about the Osbornes dropping a few f-bombs.

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Three-Quarters Of Osbourne Family Already Sure That Variety Show Is Going To Tank

ozzfrog.jpgThe Fox trainwreck Osbournes: Reloaded hasn’t even had its chance to experience a 75% dropoff in ratings from American Idol yet, but already Family Of Darkness patriarch Ozzy Osbourne is disavowing a segment of the show in which the family “hilariously” works the drive-through window at a burger joint: “Not to my liking, to be honest with you. I didn’t get involved in the entertainment business to do fast food restaurants. These people really work… I come from a working-class background. I’ve never forgotten that. I’ve done my share of destroying hotel rooms and all of that stuff. It makes me realize they’re still out there and they’re still doing them jobs.” And paying for Ozzfest tickets! Oh, wait. But Ozzy isn’t the only member of the family whose grin-and-bear-it publicity-tour routine is slipping. After the jump, Kelly and Jack grit their teeth through an interview segment on the always hard-hitting TV Guide Channel. See how long you can make it through without cringing! MORE »

@How do I say this ... THROWDINI!: Yeah, I enjoyed that John Mayer comedy thingie. If he can pull off a whole hour of what he did for VH1, on a regular basis, it could work. Big "if", tho.

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It’s Happening

The Osbournes’ variety hour—you know, the… MORE »

If Sharon brings Megan on the show so she can beat her up again, there will be ratings gold.

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Ozzfest Goes Dark For 2009

ozzfrog.jpgThe official spin regarding Ozzy Osbourne’s summer festival taking a hiatus this summer: Ozzy was struck with the inspiration to record the follow-up to his 2007 album Black Rain so hard, he simply had to postpone the package tour this summer so he could get something on whatever store shelves are standing come Black Friday 2009. And he can’t do it this spring, because he has a not very anticipated family variety hour to attend to! MORE »

@Invisible Circus: I went to Ozzfest waaaaay back in 2001 -- nearly got trampled during "Drowning Pool's" set -- and Ozzie was a laughable performer, just kind of puttering around, yowling and spraying a hose into the crowd. But there's a certain mystique or something to seeing him stagger around mumbling Crazy Train that I think people dig about this.

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Will Variety Shows Save The Music Industry?

Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped CBS from giving John Mayer the green light to have one later this season, nor has it prevented Fox from allowing the Osbournes to take over part of its schedule later this spring. Even in the wake of the bomb that was Rosie Live, television programmers are turning to the Cher-tested formula in these hard times, knowing that, hey, at least it won’t be as embarrassing as airing an infomercial during the 8 p.m. hour. (It won’t, right?) Some questions about the shows answered, after the jump. MORE »

@Dickdogfood: Or is that four? Still!

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Seven Potential Heirs To Ozzy Osbourne’s “Prince Of Darkness” Throne

When Ozzy Osbourne declared himself “the prince of fucking darkness” on a 2002 episode of The Osbournes, he may as well have simultaneously relinquished the title. The MTV hit quickly dissolved 30 years’ worth of mystique and danger as it revealed him to be in reality a doddering old family man. But when Ozzy rose to fame in the ’70s, every other rock star had an interest in the occult (or at least Hobbits), and heavy metal was still genuinely thought of as the province of Satanists, not nerdy gearheads. But who could be pop music’s reigning prince of darkness in the era of rock star transparency, when every famous musician has a whiny MySpace blog? Since it’s Halloween, we decided to think of a few options: MORE »

Nick Cave is a good call.

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.

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