Ozzfest 2010

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-18-2010, 01:37 AM

Ozzfest, Day One -- And a Smell of Burning

Did something a bit unusual for me 15 August. I don't hit hardly any concerts, let alone a multi-band heavy-metal bash.

But hey, it was Ozzy.

Two stages, one running a bunch of small local-ish guys, each with their website of course, such as Black Label and California Wildebeest. Couldn't understand a bloody word, of course. A couple got married onstage before Black Label's set.

Back to the main stage for the headliners: Non Point, Devil Driver, Halford, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy. Didn't, of course, recognize or much understand anything before MC did "Girls Girls Girls" for their finale. Which they would hardly dare not to do, of course. So there was plenty of ear-tearing volume, regular whiffs of marijuana come down the breeze, bonfire to the left, another bonfire to the right, so sometimes there was an odor like firecrackers and sometimes one of burning plastic. Moshers while it was still light out, a couple of fights too -- looked like weenie wagging to me. A little blood. A combatant escorted out wiggling a sore jaw. When it got dark and the bonfires stayed lit, the moshery settled down to just capering around the fires in a circle, no slamming.

Multigenerational crowd, too. The youngest one I saw was a girl who looked to be maybe seven or eight. At the other end, graybeards, with their wives, looking, well, establishment, and their twentysomething children with them too. Been a lot of water over the dam since those people had younger folk's clothes. Punk-metal devotees all over the place also, no distinction between the metalheads and the punkers whatsoever. Ozzfests apparently are ecumenical this way.

So, Ozzy Osborne comes on. Most of the crowd is on its feet except the ones too tired or too stoned. Standing or sitting you can hear just fine anyway. Some funny quickie-music-videos with a comedian who can do an OzzFace. A goof on Twilight: Vampire? Vampire?! I'm the fuckin' Prince of fuckin' Darkness! Everybody laughed at the Iron Man one -- predictable, maybe, but quite inevitable. Felt right. Then Ozzy came out in his long Prince of Darkness skinny coat and led off with "Fairies Wear Boots." I sang along. He skipped back and forth across the stage from one side to the other all set long, mixed with a few of his arm-spreads like a cult leader glorying in his cultic adoration... though it quite looked like it was all in fun. He shucked the skinny-coat about two songs in, then hit for the blue bucket upstage left and soaked his head; I guess for Ozzy the Wet-head is Not Dead. Then he soaked the crowd too. He did some post-Sabbath material, then a few Sabbath pieces capped with "Iron Man," featuring what I suppose is the 21st-century concert-mix of the song now, where every verse is rehashed with crowd and Ozzy all singing the melody to "Oo-woo-ooh ooh ooh" all the way through. Carrying on like Everyone's Evil Uncle Ozzy, and this too is in fun. He finished this with "Paranoid," then brought out a Japanese kid whose name I did not catch. Literally, a kid, about nine years old, very successfully wielding a guitar every bit as tall as he was, behind which he could have hidden, with a bit of determination. Much applause for the kid at the end. Lots of rabble-rousing "I can't hear you! I'm not gonna continue until I hear you!!" between songs. Pyro for all of the last three acts. Ozzy squirting the front rows with his special tripod-mounted Really Super Soaker, alternating with more sloshes with a big bucket of water, though the heat of the day was by now long past.

Getting out of the parking lot at the San Manuel Amphitheater was a lot more tedious than going in.

Gravdigr · 08-18-2010, 02:04 AM

Sounds fuckin' AWESOME...I remember the Ultimate Sin tour...Saw Ozzman and Metallica (pre-Newstead, Cliff Burton was totally raping that bass guitar, playing in an arm cast that went almost to his armpit) at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville. I'm so glad I got to see Ozzy.

Metallica, too, as I'm all but positive I've attended my last concert.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2010, 04:24 AM

But no bat biteing...

Griff · 08-18-2010, 08:06 AM

No bat biting. They're endangered now.

This was a most unexpected peek into the UG world.

Shawnee123 · 08-18-2010, 08:12 AM

I saw Ozzy back in the day, the bat-biting days. Unfortunately, he didn't bite any bats at the concert I attended.

classicman · 08-18-2010, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

This was a most unexpected peek into the UG world.

seconded.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2010, 03:50 PM

He was trying to sell knives at the mosh pit.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-19-2010, 03:27 AM

No I was not. No kniffies allowed!

Hell, I saw a kid have to dispense with his heavy wallet chain at the entrance, and the security patters-down were stopping all the lighters they could too.

But there were a lot of lighter flames in the audience anyway. Twenty-first century style, there were also as many greenish lights of phone screens glowing steadily.

A determined smuggler can get the contraband in -- without having to hide in the portapotty to retrieve it either.

08-18-2010, 01:37 AM	#1
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Ozzfest 2010 Ozzfest, Day One -- And a Smell of Burning Did something a bit unusual for me 15 August. I don't hit hardly any concerts, let alone a multi-band heavy-metal bash. But hey, it was Ozzy. Two stages, one running a bunch of small local-ish guys, each with their website of course, such as Black Label and California Wildebeest. Couldn't understand a bloody word, of course. A couple got married onstage before Black Label's set. Back to the main stage for the headliners: Non Point, Devil Driver, Halford, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy. Didn't, of course, recognize or much understand anything before MC did "Girls Girls Girls" for their finale. Which they would hardly dare not to do, of course. So there was plenty of ear-tearing volume, regular whiffs of marijuana come down the breeze, bonfire to the left, another bonfire to the right, so sometimes there was an odor like firecrackers and sometimes one of burning plastic. Moshers while it was still light out, a couple of fights too -- looked like weenie wagging to me. A little blood. A combatant escorted out wiggling a sore jaw. When it got dark and the bonfires stayed lit, the moshery settled down to just capering around the fires in a circle, no slamming. Multigenerational crowd, too. The youngest one I saw was a girl who looked to be maybe seven or eight. At the other end, graybeards, with their wives, looking, well, establishment, and their twentysomething children with them too. Been a lot of water over the dam since those people had younger folk's clothes. Punk-metal devotees all over the place also, no distinction between the metalheads and the punkers whatsoever. Ozzfests apparently are ecumenical this way. So, Ozzy Osborne comes on. Most of the crowd is on its feet except the ones too tired or too stoned. Standing or sitting you can hear just fine anyway. Some funny quickie-music-videos with a comedian who can do an OzzFace. A goof on Twilight: Vampire? Vampire?! I'm the fuckin' Prince of fuckin' Darkness! Everybody laughed at the Iron Man one -- predictable, maybe, but quite inevitable. Felt right. Then Ozzy came out in his long Prince of Darkness skinny coat and led off with "Fairies Wear Boots." I sang along. He skipped back and forth across the stage from one side to the other all set long, mixed with a few of his arm-spreads like a cult leader glorying in his cultic adoration... though it quite looked like it was all in fun. He shucked the skinny-coat about two songs in, then hit for the blue bucket upstage left and soaked his head; I guess for Ozzy the Wet-head is Not Dead. Then he soaked the crowd too. He did some post-Sabbath material, then a few Sabbath pieces capped with "Iron Man," featuring what I suppose is the 21st-century concert-mix of the song now, where every verse is rehashed with crowd and Ozzy all singing the melody to "Oo-woo-ooh ooh ooh" all the way through. Carrying on like Everyone's Evil Uncle Ozzy, and this too is in fun. He finished this with "Paranoid," then brought out a Japanese kid whose name I did not catch. Literally, a kid, about nine years old, very successfully wielding a guitar every bit as tall as he was, behind which he could have hidden, with a bit of determination. Much applause for the kid at the end. Lots of rabble-rousing "I can't hear you! I'm not gonna continue until I hear you!!" between songs. Pyro for all of the last three acts. Ozzy squirting the front rows with his special tripod-mounted Really Super Soaker, alternating with more sloshes with a big bucket of water, though the heat of the day was by now long past. Getting out of the parking lot at the San Manuel Amphitheater was a lot more tedious than going in. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 08-18-2010 at 01:56 AM.

08-18-2010, 02:04 AM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Sounds fuckin' AWESOME...I remember the Ultimate Sin tour...Saw Ozzman and Metallica (pre-Newstead, Cliff Burton was totally raping that bass guitar, playing in an arm cast that went almost to his armpit) at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville. I'm so glad I got to see Ozzy. Metallica, too, as I'm all but positive I've attended my last concert. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-18-2010, 04:24 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But no bat biteing... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-18-2010, 08:06 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	No bat biting. They're endangered now. This was a most unexpected peek into the UG world. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-18-2010, 08:12 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I saw Ozzy back in the day, the bat-biting days. Unfortunately, he didn't bite any bats at the concert I attended. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-18-2010, 03:50 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He was trying to sell knives at the mosh pit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2010, 03:27 AM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	No I was not. No kniffies allowed! Hell, I saw a kid have to dispense with his heavy wallet chain at the entrance, and the security patters-down were stopping all the lighters they could too. But there were a lot of lighter flames in the audience anyway. Twenty-first century style, there were also as many greenish lights of phone screens glowing steadily. A determined smuggler can get the contraband in -- without having to hide in the portapotty to retrieve it either. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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