#Ozzy Osbourne & Lemmy from Motörhead

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔒𝔷𝔷𝔶 𝔒𝔰𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢 & 𝔏𝔢𝔪𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔐𝔬𝔱ö𝔯𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡 - ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔯

[saucy-mesothelioma]

If you'd like, u can talk about any other songs you like too, since the 5 song limit seems to have wounded you

:3

*cracks knuckles* Alright bitches (affectionate) let's fuckin go. To keep things simple I'll try to stick with artists, but I do have a few stand alone songs that I think deserve attention. This is gonna be a long one, so apologies in advance.

The Spy and the Liar/ Cog in the Machine from I Expect You To Die 2 and 3 respectively. The game series itself is highly underrated and I couldn't suggest watching a playthrough more, but these two songs perfectly encompass the vibe of the game. I even included a link to the opening credits for both games because hearing the song is one thing, but seeing it with the video is a goddamn experience. Puddles Pity Party is responsible for the vocals in The Spy and the Liar and Haley Reinhart for Cog in the Machine, and their voices are fucking incredible. I could not possibly do any explanation on how good they are proper justice.

Ronnie James Dio. Probably my favorite voice in metal music. He was the lead vocalist of Black Sabbath for a bit after Ozzy Osbourne left as well as a vocalist in the band Rainbow for a while, and although his performances in both bands are stellar I think he really comes into his own in Dio. Some songs of his I would recommend are Holy Diver (my favorite of his), Caught in the Middle, Rainbow in the Dark, and The Last in Line. I feel like the best way to describe his music is "epic ballad", and that's very much reflected in the music video for Holy Diver.

Motörhead. This band was a prominent influence for Metallica, and at it's head is Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer and bassist. His gravelly voice is incredibly distinct and is absolutely fantastic, and he was also close friends with Ozzy Osbourne. My favorite song of Motörhead's is by far Hellraiser, but some other highlights of theirs are Ace of Spades, Motörhead , and Heroes (a cover of David Bowie's Heroes which is just as good as the original).

Living Colour. If Motörhead is The Father and Dio is The Son, then Living Colour is the Holy Spirit of metal to me. As I said in a different ask, everybody seems to forget about Living Colour or dismiss them because they tend to lean into the funk metal genre, but I think that’s one of the many things that makes them such a strong metal band. Their lyrics have touched on so many social and racial issues that I’m in no way qualified to talk about, but for a genre that at the time was dominated by white men (with a few important exceptions such as Jimi Hendrix, Lita Ford, Ann and Nancy Wilson, etc) it wasn’t something you heard very often. Their music is phenomenal and definitely deserves more attention. Some songs of theirs that I would recommend are Cult of Personality (my favorite of theirs), Open Letter to a Landlord, Song Without Sin, and Sacred Ground.

Jim Nabors. This man was a huge part of my childhood and was actually born close to where I lived most of my life. As a queer Southerner himself, he means a lot to me personally. He is well known for his role as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, as well as for his incredible baritone singing voice. And holy fuck that singing voice. My two favorite songs sung by him are The Impossible Dream and Blowin' in the Wind, the latter unfortunately only on the show Goner Pyle USMC. I actually own one of his records from the 60s and it's one of my most prized possessions.

Tom Lehrer. Lehrer is one of the greatest satirical songwriters ever. This man walked so Weird Al could run, and he was actually a math teacher at MIT and Harvard of all fuckin things. It's hard to just choose two or three songs of his to recommend, but some of my favorites are We Will All Go Together When We Go, So Long Mom (A Song For WWIII), The Vatican Rag, and Wernher von Braun. Two of his most popular songs however are The Masochism Tango and The Elements. I also own one of his records from the 60s, and it's another prized possession of mine.

The Aquabats!. Probably my favorite ska punk band ever. They've got everything: funky outfits, a tv show, Jimmy the Robot. I used to watch the show when I was younger, and I've been a fan of theirs ever since. Their music is just plain fun, and let's be honest "I ride an otter like a motorcycle" is probably one of the greatest lyrics ever known to mankind. Some of my favorite songs of their are Super Rad! (my beloved), The Shark Fighter!, Cat with 2 Heads!, and Fashion Zombies!. I'm also just now realizing how many of their songs have an exclamation point in them

Now I was originally going to add some country and bluegrass artists to this list, but I think I'm going to make that into a separate post because I can't talk about bluegrass without talking about my personal journey with both the genre and my Southern culture. Again, my apologies for the long post, but I had fun with it and hopefully maybe gave some interest to some underrated songs and artists.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

LEMMY THROWS SHADE AT SABBATH IN '81 -- ESSENTIALLY CALLS 'EM "HAS-BEENS" FOR CANCELLING A GIG.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on 1981-era MOTÖRHEAD, during their "Ace of Spades" Tour date somewhere in Germany, plus concert tour shots of "Mob Rules" era BLACK SABBATH, also from 1981.

"The bill was to have been topped by the Ronnie James Dio-fronted BLACK SABBATH, with MOTÖRHEAD appearing as special guests, though an 11th-hour cancellation saw Lemmy and company promoted to headliners, with Ozzy Osbourne’s BLIZZARD OF OZZ added to the roster.

Though the latter represented a welcome if slightly ironic bonus, Sabbath’s non-appearance ruffled a few feathers. Talking during his band’s first American tour (supporting Ozzy), Lemmy offered an explanation of his own, telling "Record Mirror":

"Well, look at it… we have an album that went straight to No.1 ["No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith"] and all they have left is a name. Obviously, they’re afraid of us blowing them offstage – I’d feel the same in their position.""

-- LOUDER SOUND, "Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust," by David Ling, published December 8, 2023

Sources: www.loudersound.com/features/motorhead-ozzy-port-vale-heavy-metal-holocaust, www.pinterest.com/kirksisneros/motorhead, Gold Mine Magazine, various, etc...

[only-johnny-deppp]

33 years ago, on this day (June 1) Johnny attended the premiere of “Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 - The Metal Years” at Cinerama Dome, in Los Angeles, California.

 “Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 - The Metal Years” is a 1988 documentary that follows the late 80's heavy metal scene in Los Angeles. Featuring a mix of live concert footage and interviews with heavy metal performers such as Lemmy (from the British rock band Motörhead), Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, W.A.S.P. and several unsigned club bands, the documentary is also known for showing what happens on the daily lives of a rock star, such as drug usage, heavily drink, intoxications and fights.

On that day, Johnny attended the premiere with Nicolas Cage, who introduced him to the Hollywood movies world.

> Curiosity: Johnny’s t-shirt. 

For some unknown reason, Johnny was wearing his shirt inside out.  😂 Originally, he was wearing a 1988 t-shirt with the logo of the American motorcycle manufacturer, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles...

[yyh4ever]

YYH and Togashi's musical references

I always find new references every time I read the manga, so I’ll probably edit this post in the future with new ones. If anyone knows more refs, please leave a comment or a message and I’ll add in the post giving the credits.

1. International artists: most of the bands and artists are from the rock/metal scene.

Keiko reading UDO in her English Class (v.2, p.98)

UDO is a German heavy metal band founded by the lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider (ex-Accept) in 1987.

Keiko is reading an adapted version of the lyrics of “Unspoken Words”:

My thoughts are going back - back to the time When I was young to live a life A life of lies - full of lies

Then you came into my life And you've changed so many things That I've done before - that I've done before...

Togashi commented on the Table of Contents in 1991 that he was listening to UDO and Led Zeppelin as BGM. (WSJ issue 6, 1991)

Kuwabara’s “Moter-head” T-shirt (v.3-4, Genkai’s Tournament)

A reference to “Motörhead”, English rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer, and songwriter Lemmy (RIP, 2015). We can also see the names of two famous Motörhead‘s albums on his shirt: “Bomber”, 3th studio album (1979), and “Iron Fist”, 5th studio album (1982).

“Sodom” is probably from the German metal band formed in 1981 and “Sabbat” is probably a reference to “Black Sabbath”, English rock band formed in 1968 whose vocalist Ozzy Osbourne is very famous.

Michael Jackson in The Dark Tournament (v.6, p.132)

A man who needs no introduction. Michael Jackson wearing his famous white gloves and 'Smooth Criminal' hat, bringing a thriller night into the Tournament ;-)

The Scalper of the Dark Tournament and AC ϟ DC (v.6, pp. 172-173)

The suit, necktie and newsboy cap have everything to do with Angus Young’s famous costume. He is the co-founder, lead guitarist and songwriter of AC/DC.

So, most of us believe that the ticket seller was modeled after him. “I’m on a Highway to Hell”!

Imajin from Team Rokuyukai and John Lennon (v.6, p.170)

The name “Imajin” is a reference to the song “Imagine”. His character’s design also had some inspiration from John Lennon, such as John's famous round glasses.

Chapter 62 Opening and The Clash (v.7, p.132)

The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976. Yu Yu Hakusho 62nd Opening Act. "The Second Round Begins!!" was inspired by the cover of The Clash’s self-titled debut studio album (1977).

Paul Simonon (bass): Kuwabara;

Mick Jones (guitars): Yusuke; 

In Joe Strummer’s place (RIP) there’s a suspicious couple in the background ⬇ XD

Kuwabara and Megallica (v.14, chapter 124. "Fierce Rain...!!)

This is a classic and everyone knows it, but it definitely deserves a mention. The day Kuwabara threw everything away to attend a Megallica’s concert.

A tribute to Metallica or both bands - Megadeth and Metallica - as Dave Mustaine's exit from Metallica and the founding of Megadeth in 1983 was a pivotal moment in the metal scene.

We can also spot a Metallica’s poster on the wall of Kuwabara’s bedroom in volume 6, chapter 46. "Springtime for Kuwabara!!" (p.14)

And another poster above the TV with the letters “ETH” written on it. Probably, a poster of “Megadeth”. It’s hard to tell, because the image is small, but it looks like the skeleton hand of Megadeth’s mascot Vic Rattlehead. (v.6, p.9)

2. Japanese artists: I included some actors as well, as most of them are also singers.

Daisuke Motomoto and Youki Kudoh (v.1, p.197)

Daisuke's type of woman is the famous actress and singer Youki Kudoh.

Shizuru: Bunta Sugawara & Ken Takakura (v.2, p.131)

Shizuru’s favorite type of man was two elder and renowned actors. Both were born in the '30s and appeared in almost 200 Japanese feature films.

Born in 1931, Ken Takakura, known as Ken-san, was an actor and singer. He died of lymphoma on November 10, 2014. Born in 1933, Sugawara was also the model for the design of the One Piece character Sakazuki “Akainu.” He died from liver cancer on November 28, 2014 . Isn’t it a huge coincidence they both passed away of cancer on November 2014?

REBECCA [レベッカ] (v.1, p.192; v.3, p.163)

REBECCA are a Japanese rock band that had a great success in the 80′s, fronted by singer Nokko. Natsuko, Keiko’s friend, says a curiosity about REBECCA’s song “MOON”:

“It's true, there is a voice saying "SENPAI" at the beginning of the bridge” (note: bridge from the song structure).

It is said in the middle of this song, there is a mysterious woman voice calling "senpai" (veteran, senior). Honestly, I’m not sure if I can hear it lol.

There’s also a rumor that the three guys and girl who appear in volume 3 (upper left of page 163) during the lottery of Genkai’s Tournament are REBECCA. What do you think?

Eisaku Yoshida, actor and singer (v.4, p.46)

Kuwabara and Yusuke arrived in front of the Maze Castle in Makai in only 2 hours. Togashi made a joke about it and wrote a small text below the scene:

“Fast as the development of Eisaku Yoshida’s doramas.”

Akiko Matsumoto (v.6, p.152)

The actress and singer Akiko Matsumoto is a Japanese 80's idol. When Yusuke is sleeping in the ship, Kuwabara says Yusuke is so tired that he won’t get up even if Akiko Matsumoto was next to him.

Eriko Tamura in the Dark Tournament (v.6, p.158)

The super famous singer and actress Eriko Tamura appears in a panel during The Dark Tournament in the Hanging Neck Island’s Hotel. It was probably a reference to her manga/anime version of “Idol Densetsu Eriko” (1989).

Kuwabara’s Energy Drink and Pierre Taki (v.6, p.160)

The name of the front man for Japanese synth-pop group “Denki Groove” appears on Kuwabara’s energy drink. I’ve already made a detailed post about it and the polemic involving his name.

Space Battleship Yamato Opening Theme (v.13, p.62)

When the guys are about to leave the Hanging Neck Island, Yusuke starts to sing: “Saaaraaabaa” (Farewell) which is the beginning of the opening theme of the super famous anime “Space Battleship Yamato” (Uchuu Senkan Yamato, 1974), sung by Isao Sasaki.

Sensui, Itsuki and Jun Togawa’s performance on Hit Studio (v.16, p.17)

Sensui spares Itsuki’s life after he confessed he wanted to live one more day to watch the singer Jun Togawa on Hit Studio. Sensui also watches the show. In the anime, the line was changed to “the last episode of the dorama”.

Fun fact: Jun Togawa actually performed a few times on Hit Studio and Togashi said in an interview this was a moment he really experienced.

This performance is from 1984 and Togawa was promoting her debut album as a solo artist “Tamahime-sama”:

Trivia: to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Jun Togawa’s musical career in 2016, an album alongside the metal band Vampillia entitled "Watashi ga Nakou Hototogizu" ("I Will Sing Like a Cuckoo") was released. Togashi created black & white illustrations for their collaboration:

I know Togashi said in “Yoshirin de Pon!” (1994) that Mukuro was modeled after Kushana (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) but Jun Togawa’s famous robotic arm from the 80′s reminds me Mukuro’s. She also performed the song “Radar Man” on Hit Studio wearing the cybernetic arm.

Akiko Wada and the earthquake (v.16, p.119)

When Sensui releases his sacred energy and the ground starts to tremble, a female citizen makes a comment: "Isn’t this Akiko Wada tapping her foot?". Akiko Wada is the famous singer, known as The Queen of the Japanese R&B. If you watch her performances, specially the from the 80s-90s, you’ll notice the peculiar way she shakes her legs and taps her foot while singing. When she debuted, she was also known for her tall stature, large physique and high tone voice.

“Otoko Nara” (v.17. p.171)

After saying goodbye and being dumped by Keiko, Yusuke starts to sing the famous military and wartime song “Otoko Nara” (男なら - “If you are a man”) from 1937. Translation to English

Yusuke: “Otoko nara, larilarila....”

3. Other mentions and references

WSJ issue 25, 1992; v. 6 opening illustration and v.8 cover

According to Togashi’s comments from the Artbook, these guys next to Yusuke were inspired by two black guys Togashi saw on a music video or magazine. But as he doesn’t remember where the inspiration comes from, it’s hard to tell the origin.

Anime: I’m only taking the manga and Togashi’s refs into consideration here. But you can always have fun searching in the animation for other references, like the Oingo Boingo poster in Kuwabara’s bedroom and Roger Dean’s artwork in the Makai landscape.

Other celebrities: 

↪ Downtown (v.19, p.114-115): is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada. Formed in 1982, they are one of the most influential comedy duos in Japan and famous for hosting variety shows, such as Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Togashi has stated he’s a fan and even the name “Hunter × Hunter” came about while he was watching their TV show, in which the hosts often repeat what they say to make the audience laugh. People believe the TV program Juri, Koto and Ruka were attending in the last volume is a reference to the variety show. Juri calls one of the hosts Yamazaki-san which is probably a reference to Hosei Yamasaki one of the five members of Downtown Gaki no Tsukai's regular cast. The man watching the TV while smoking is Togashi.

↪ Kurama comparing himself to Kazaguruma no Yashichi from the dorama “Mito Komon” (v.5, p.201). I made a post about it.

↪ The family name “Minamino” was taken from the singer Youko Minamino, but other Japanese celebrities were also considered. I made a post about it.

↪ A mention to the late sumo wrestler Kurama Tatsuya (v.13, p.89). When one of Kurama’s senior overhear Kuwabara calling Minamino as Kurama, instead of using his human name, he says: Kurama? (using the kanji of the fighter’s name), the former sekitori?

↪ Byakko bringing up Carl Lewis (v.5, p.57) was hilarious. Kuwabara needed to jump a distance of 10 meters, 2 meters more than Carl Lewis. Probably a reference to the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo and Lewis' greatest achievements during the competition. These chapters from the Saint Beasts saga were being written during this time.

↪ Kuwabara’s name was inspired by two baseball players as Togashi explained in the comics and the databook. But he also mentions some achievements from other baseball players during the series and incorporates them in his sword techniques:

→ Hiromitsu Ochiai (v.4, p.74): The “Ochiai-ryuu Shui-dasha-ken” (The Leading Hitter Ochiai Style Sword) used by Kuwabara to bat Rando’s fireballs technique (Kashou Happa-ken) is a reference to the baseball player Hiromitsu Ochiai. He is considered one of the most important players in the history of Japanese baseball and was given the title of “shui-dasha” (leading hitter), a player who ends the season with the best batting average score. That’s why Kuwabara mentions “shui-dasha” in the name of the technique.

→ Satoshi Inamoto (v.5, p.55): During the fight with Byakko, Kuwabara wants to use his “Teikyo High School Sayonara Two-Run Homer Sword” to bat the Tiger Scream but he is stopped by Kurama.

There’s a small text written below the panel: “August 17, 1991, 12h45PM, hitter Inamoto”. It’s a reference to a match between Teikyo High School and Ikeda High School in 1991. Teikyo High School turned the game around and won thanks to Inamoto’s home run.

↪ Fubuki Sato and Masato Hagiwara (v.17, p.120): while her brother Kaisei likes to watch TV, Fubuki likes the actor, voice actor and professional mahjong player Hagiwara Masato-kun.

↪ Hiei and Medaka Ikeno (v.19, p.88): a woman on TV describes the ET (Hiei) who abducted her. “His height is about Medaka Ikeno”. He is a  Japanese comedian known for his short stature, about 149cm, and for being the man whose 'size is same as a tie'.

↪ Arnold Schwarzenegger (v.19, p.113): when Kido goes to the movies, there’s a billboard announcing: “The Crying Game” (on the right) and “Schwarzenegger - Last Action Hero” (on the left). Toguro is said to be modeled after Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, but Togashi mentions in the Yu Yu Hakusho Artbook (2015) that "Younger Toguro is Sato", referring to Koji Sato, the main antagonist of 1989 film "Black Rain”, played by the Japanese actor Yuusaku Matsuda.

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

"Hellraiser (30th Anniversary Edition)" by Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy from Motörhead

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Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister Reunite in Animated Video for "Hellraiser" Duet!

Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister Reunite in Animated Video for “Hellraiser” Duet!

Heavy Metal legends Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead are reunited for the ultra-cool animated video for their duet, “Hellraiser!” Watch this wild animated video, with more information about it down below. From The Press Release OZZY OSBOURNE and his longtime friend and colleague Lemmy Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD are reunited one last time in the new animated clip for their mash-up duet…

[howaminotinthestrokesyet]

When Hair Metal Was King: The Sunset Strip in the 1980’s

Guns N’ Roses was a Los Angeles band. They had all met during the 1980’s on the Sunset Strip. An important part of their story involves the Strip during that time. In order to understand the group as a band, I think it is relevant to take a look at the music scene in LA in the early to mid-1980’s. The Sunset Strip had long been a hotbed of rock music in the 1960’s and the 1970’s. In the late 1970’s, the music scene became grittier and dirtier as bands went from glam rock to punk rock. Yet, everything began to change into decadence with the arrival of Motley Crue in 1981.

A new genre of music, glam or hair metal, began to overtake the Strip fully embraced by Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue. As they began to make a name for themselves musically at clubs along the Strip, they moved into an apartment right by the Whiskey A Go-Go. They would hold after hours parties at their place that soon took on the stuff of legends. Vince Neil would later say, “We played the Whisky, half the crowd would come back to our house and drink and do blow, smack, Percodan, quaaludes, and whatever else we could get for free… There would be members of punk-scene remnants like 45 Grave and the Circle Jerks coming to our almost nightly parties while guys in metal newborns like Ratt and W.A.S.P. spilled out into the courtyard and the street. Girls would arrive in shifts. One would be climbing out the window while another was coming in the door.” He would go on to say in his autobiography, “We’d get drunk, do crazy amounts of cocaine and walk the circuit in stiletto heels, stumbling all over the place. The Sunset Strip was a cesspool of depravity.” The group would be discovered by a record company talent scout who saw the hundreds of kids wearing tight leather and big hair waiting in line to see them. Soon enough, more and more bands began to pop up including W.A.S.P. and LA Guns. A little later groups like Faster Pussycat Kill and Poison showed up on the scene. These bands begin to do more and more outrageous things in order to bring attention to their live show. For example, W.A.S.P. would throw raw meat into the crowd. Not to be outdone, Motley Crue would have Nikki Sixx pour gasoline on his leather pants, then at some point Vince Neil would set him on fire during the show.

One of the centers of the metal glam scene on the Strip was Tower Records. The store was for the most part completely employed by local musicians. Some would say that when you walked into the place; everybody that worked there looked like they were in Motley Crue. Axl Rose would become a manager at Tower, even hiring Slash to work there until he was fired. Columnist Alison Martino recalls, “Everybody from Elton John to David Bowie to Van Halen, they were all in Tower Records. I saw all of them there, buying their own records. I remember seeing Valerie Bertinelli with her mother at Tower Records the week that ‘Jump!’ came out. They used to have on the wall all the number one singles. I remember she went up to the cover of the ‘Jump!’ 45 and turned it around to see Eddie’s face and left it that way.”

Headbangers would line up all along the Strip at night, so much so that you could not even walk on the sidewalk. They would all be waiting to get into clubs like the Troubadour, Roxy, Gazzara’s, the Whiskey, and more. More than 75 bands would be competing for headlining slots at these clubs, which would eventually include Guns N’ Roses. For a while, this was merely a local music phenomenon until Quiet Riot released their album, Metal Health, eventually reaching number one on the charts. This event changed everything as record companies began to sign Los Angeles-based hair bands left and right from that moment on. Hair metal represented the most popular kind of music in the country. This led to people migrating from the northwest like Duff McKagan or from the Midwest like Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose to become rich and famous chasing their rock and roll dreams. Another such band was Poison, who came all the way from Pennsylvania sensing that Los Angeles was the only place that they could make their name. As these bands fought for fans along the Strip, advertising on a flyer became ultra competitive. There would be flyers posted everywhere promoting in the most creative of ways usually emphasizing sex and drugs. Each morning, along with the plethora of booze bottles lining the streets, there could be found fliers everywhere making Sunset Boulevard look like New Orleans after Mardi Gras.

Another center for the hair band movement on the Strip was the Rainbow Bar and Grill. This place opened in 1972 to host rock and Hollywood royalty like John Lennon, Ringo Starr, John Belushi, and Elton John. Lemmy Klimster of Motörhead had become a mainstay at the corner of the bar for a very long time playing games on the video machine. Tommy Lee offered up this assessment of the Rainbow. “When the clubs began to close, we’d go to the Rainbow. The place was set up like a circle, with the coolest rockers and richest deviants sitting at the center tables. Guys had to be twenty-one to come into the club, but girls could be eighteen. The guys would sit at their regular spots and the girls would walk around the ring until they were called over to someone’s empty chair... Afterward, everyone would spill out into the parking lot: Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist, would be hanging upside down from a tree screaming while junkies tried to score dope and everyone else tried to scam on girls.” No matter where you went along the strip at that time, you were bound to see some sort of insanity going on. Stephen Pearcy, lead singer of Ratt recalls, “I saw so many people f*** on the lawns behind Gazzarri’s that I actually got bored of watching and started to throw empty beer cans at them.” For its part, the Rainbow usually only saw people having sex in the bathroom stalls, not its lawn, but on occasion the dumpster.

The strange but true thing about all of these bands trying to get discovered on the Strip was that they were seemingly connected in some way. The 6 degrees of separation of all these groups has been noted by writers looking back at that music scene. Slash almost ended up in the band Poison. Tracii Guns of LA Guns helped to form the Guns found in Guns N’ Roses. GNR had a bit of a feud with Motley Crue, who’s founder Nikki Sixx once played in a band with Tracii Guns. The feud would later escalate to national headlines as guitarist Izzy Stradlin began hitting on Vince Neil‘s wife at a party. Axl Rose then got involved, which saw Vince Neil state on MTV News that he wanted to challenge Rose to a fight anytime, anywhere. For this reason, you cannot compare Seattle’s music scene to the Strip because to this day a lot of those bands that are still connected absolutely hate each other. These musicians would actually be members of multiple bands at any one time. In a VH1 documentary, the drummer from Quiet Riot said that before they were signed to a record deal, he had been in at least five bands at one time. One of the reasons for this also emerged in the fact that playing these clubs did not make you any money. All of these groups that would become very famous and very rich in the next few years were also struggling to find enough to eat or a place to sleep. For their part, Guns N’ Roses lived in a tiny apartment infested with cockroaches and squalor. Journalists have referred to their existence before Appetite For Destruction as street urchins. Their only saving grace was the financial assistance of waitresses and strippers, who served these bands as groupies. The females in Los Angeles at that time were completely enamored with any guy in a hair metal band. Half the time, they did not even care if you were any good or not.

With the arrival of Axl Rose on the music scene, one thing stood out at that time. Word began to spread that there was this singer, who gave off this incredibly intense and mesmerizing energy every time that he performed. The other guys in GNR always had to audition for any group, but Rose was wanted by every band on the scene that did not have a singer. Everyone wanted him to front their band. The second that this happened probably was the beginning of the end as far as Axl acting in any way humble towards his other bandmates. The question now becomes as to how the particular members of Guns N’ Roses actually came together. One answer to that was that Rose truly wanted to be in a band with Izzy Stradlin. They had been in one together with Hollywood Rose, but at the time of GNR’s formation, they were still trying for their own band. As for the other members, it represented a situation of the right place at the right time. Slash could have been in Poison by that time, but he still remained a free agent. Tracii Guns could have decided that he wanted to remain in that group with Axl Rose, but he did not. One important thing to remember is that unlike other groups, the guys in Guns N’ Roses really did not know each other too well when they got together. Axl and Izzy had been friends, while Slash, Steven Adler, and Duff knew each other quite well.

As for the scene itself, by the time of the release of Appetite For Destruction hair metal was slowly beginning to wear out its welcome. The death knell would not occur until the arrival of grunge in 1991. Yet, GNR did contribute just a little bit to this backlash as they represented something that was very anti-hair metal. They went out of their way to make sure the media portrayed them as a rock band like the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, instead of any kind of hair metal band. Their behavior and actions followed up on this. Bands of that time like Poison and Motley Crue had gotten more and more outrageous and ridiculous in their blatant attempts to gain the attention of this new MTV generation. GNR changed things a little bit because everything that they did from drugs to sex to fights to snarky interviews was meant to be 100% real. For a time, the band had teased their hair and put on glam makeup, but they quickly stopped doing that for a new image. They made an overt attempt to scare the crap out of people showing fans and writers alike that they did not give a shit about anything or anyone, except themselves. This is not to say that each member was completely selfish, but instead that the only thing that mattered in their lives was the band. By the early 1990’s, this camaraderie between band members was slowly withering away as Rose began to exert more and more control over the group. The arrival of Nirvana and the bands from Seattle signaled the end of this music scene being the epicenter of popular rock in the United States. The death of River Phoenix in 1993 at the Viper Room foreshadowed the end of the strip as party central. Soon enough, more and more hotels began to pop up as that part of Los Angeles soon embraced tourists, rather than local musicians.

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The film is well known for its many scenes featuring rock star excess. The scenes include:

An extremely intoxicated Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P. is interviewed in a swimming pool, with his mother by his side. He stumbles through the interview, proclaiming himself "a full-blown alcoholic" and "a piece of crap" while pouring what appears to be vodka over himself.

In a hot tub surrounded by scantily dressed young women, Odin lead vocalist Randy O insists his band will become millionaires, more famous than The Doors and be "bigger than Zeppelin". He says that the possibility of superstardom eluding him causes him to ponder suicide.

An interview with L.A. club owner Bill Gazzarri, whose "sexy rock and roll" dance contests at Gazzarri's on the Sunset Strip are presented as being sleazy and sexist.

Discussions with various musicians about the way women in general, and groupies in particular, are treated badly in the metal scene.

Riki Rachtman and Taime Downe, owners of the Cathouse club in L.A., discuss how girls get entry to the club faster if they dress "sleazy."

Paul Stanley of Kiss is interviewed in bed, surrounded from head to toe by three half-naked girls.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith talk about spending millions of dollars on drugs.

Ozzy Osbourne, while cooking breakfast in a kitchen, discusses his wild rock and roll lifestyle. In a scene that was later revealed to have been manipulated in post-production, he spills orange juice all over the table, apparently due to uncontrollable shakes.[2] Spheeris also interviews him about sobriety, to which he replies, "It fucking sucks."

An interview with Lemmy from Motörhead. In his autobiography, he claims that Spheeris interviewed him from a distance, possibly in an attempt to make him look stupid.[3]

Candid and sobering interviews from various artists about drug use, abuse, and dying (or nearly dying) from overdoses.

Lastly, Spheeris takes her cameras to Sunset Strip to film the nightlife in 1980s Los Angeles.

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What Classic Tune Combines Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer House Boy and Lemmy Kilmister?|Guitarworld

Zakk Wylde as well as Steve Vai carry out in San Diego throughout the 2016 Creation Axe Tour.

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Back in 1994, Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Vai cowrote a handful of songs. Depending on to some sources, Vai was even slated to perform on Ozzy's next cd, the disk that would certainly come to be 1995's Ozzmosis.

For whatever explanation, nonetheless, that didn't happen. In simple fact, only one song from those composing treatments has ever before observed the lighting of time, a five-minute-long ditty contacted "My Little bit of Guy," which blowing wound up on Ozzmosis. And, most importantly, it features lyrics by Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.

"I wrote a track along with [Lemmy] and Ozzy called 'My Little bit of Guy' that seems on Ozzy's Ozzmosis report," Vai said in December 2015, upon listening to the updates of Lemmy's death at age 70. "Lemmy wrote the verses. If you listen to [them], you can gather an understanding right into deep blue sea softness that was comfortably resting under the outside character. The song is profoundly touching, and when I fulfilled his boy Paul, I discovered just how earnest those verses are actually."

When some delusional fans hear Ozzy's version of "My Little bit of Man," they firmly insist that Vai is actually playing either electricity sitar or even lead guitar-- or each. And also would hold true-- besides the fact that it isn't. Zakk Wylde, Ozzy's guitar player during the time (as well as at the moment of this particular creating), is actually participating in both guitars with-- it must be pointed out-- a large amount of style and also taste.But delay, there

's even more! To complete the remarkable hodgepodge of talent, African-american Sabbath founder Geezer Manservant plays bass on the monitor and Yes/David Bowie legend Rick Wakeman plays keyboards. Ozzmosis is actually the only Ozzy cd to feature House boy, his longtime Sabbath bandmate, on bass. Until now, anyway.Anyway, you can

hear"My Little Male, "which is officially attributed to Osbourne/Kilmister/Vai, below. Appreciate!

This content was originally published here.

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[Part 29 of 30] — Randy Rhoads Induction Speech by Randy's brother and sister, Kelle Rhoads and Kathy Rhoads. 2017 Hall of Heavy Metal History Host Eddie Trunk closing induction ceremony speech. Red carpet interviews, awards ceremony acceptance speeches, & more from our archives will be rolling out regularly! SUBSCRIBE & hit the bell to receive notifications for new HoHMH videos! Follow the Hall of Heavy Metal History: https://ift.tt/2IGnrZz https://ift.tt/2Kxs3Gw https://twitter.com/HeavyMetalHall https://ift.tt/2IGnswB https://ift.tt/2KjQ3xi https://ift.tt/2mDh5RM Share your experiences with #HallofHeavyMetalHistory #HOHMH on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and more. 2017 Hall of Heavy Metal History Host & Inductees: EDDIE TRUNK (host) RONNIE JAMES DIO (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio) (accepted by Wendy Dio) SABIAN CYMBALS (accepted by Andy Zildjian) BRIAN SLAGEL (Metal Blade Records) (introduction by Kerry King of Slayer) RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL, Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California (accepted by Todd Singerman) LEMMY KILMISTER (Motörhead) (accepted by Mikkey Dee of Scorpions) RUDY SARZO (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osboure, Whitesnake) VINNY APPICE (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell) FRANKIE BANALI (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.) ROSS "THE BOSS" FRIEDMAN (Manowar, Ross The Boss, The Dictators) QUIET RIOT (accepted by Rudy Sarzo & Frankie Banali) DON AIREY (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple) RANDY RHOADS (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osboure) (accepted by Kelly & Kathy Rhoads) Filmed by Tod Hilman Edited by M. Mindnich by HALL OF HEAVY METAL HISTORY

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says He 'Couldn't Understand' What LEMMY Was Trying To Tell Him The Morning MOTÖRHEAD Legend Died

OZZY OSBOURNE Says He ‘Couldn’t Understand’ What LEMMY Was Trying To Tell Him The Morning MOTÖRHEAD Legend Died

In a new interview with Classic Rock, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he spoke to Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister on the morning that the legendary MOTÖRHEAD frontman passed away. “He was a good man, Lemmy was,” Ozzy said. “All the guys from MOTÖRHEAD have gone now, from the original band. It’s hard to lose anyone you love. “I was talking to Lemmy on the morning that he died, but I couldn’t understand what…

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MOTÖRMANIA '81 -- LIVE & LOUD IN NYC.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on English rock 'n' roll/metal punk band MOTÖRHEAD, photographed from the stage & pit area during the “Ace of Spades” tour of 1981, performing live at the Palladium Theater, NYC, on February 5, 1981. 📸: Bill O'Leary.

PHOTOGRAPHER'S OVERVIEW: "Although technically not my best work, my photos of MOTÖRHEAD are classic if nothing else. These were shot on the “Ace of Spades” tour while opening for OZZY OSBOURNE at the Palladium Theater in New York City. The “Ace of Spades” album as well as bassist/ vocalist Lemmy have both become iconic in the world of hard rock and heavy metal.

I was fortunate to get to hang out with Lemmy and drummer Phil Taylor when 4 months later they returned to New York City where they played a very small club in midtown Manhattan, I believe called Club 57.

MOTORHEAD were a gigantic influence on the new heavy metal genre called thrash metal, they played fast, they played very loud and they were high energy. I look back on this time and realize how lucky I was to capture the original band at this point in their career."

-- BILL O'LEARY (rock photographer), for "Chasing the Light Art" (Music and Concert Photography magazine)

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Nominiert für die Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Ist ja alle Jahre immer das gleiche Lied. Die Organisation der Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame gibt die Bands bekannt die zur Auswahl stehen aufgenommen zu werden. So auch vorgestern als die 15 Interpreten auf die Liste gesetzt wurden. Ich staune dabei vorallem immer wieder wie viele der Genannten äusserst wenig mit Rock zu tun haben. Bei Jane Jackson geht es ja noch, die trägt dann vielleicht einen Rock, aber was bitte hat LL Cool J auf dieser Liste verloren. Warum nur werden die letztjährig genannten Judas Priest jetzt auf einmal nicht mehr in die Auswahl aufgenommen. Ich bin mir eigentlich ziemlich sicher, dass es in diesem Jahr dafür Def Leppard schaffen werden, die spielen aktuell eine ausverkaufte Show nach dem anderen in den Staaten, da dürfte die Wahl in meinen Augen eigentlich nur noch Formsache sein. Ebenfalls nominiert sind aber noch:

Devo

Janet Jackson

John Prine

Kraftwerk

LL Cool J

MC5

Radiohead

Rage Against The Machine

Roxy Music

Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

Stevie Nicks

The Cure

The Zombies

Todd Rundgren

Wo aber bleiben bitte sehr Bands die den Rock wirklich beeinflusst haben, Bands die den Rock geprägt haben. Bands aus denen Legenden wurden. Bands wie zum Beispiel;

Motörhead, ich glaube keine andere Band hätte diese Aufnahme mehr verdient, ehrlich geht Rock nicht mehr als so wie es Lemmy gemacht hat.

Iron Maiden, mehr als 85 Millionen verkaufte Platten umjubelte Tourneen, wieso tauchen die nicht auf einer Liste auf.

Judas Priest, im letzten Jahr noch standen sie zur Auswahl. Verkauften Millionen von Platten, die letzte Scherbe konnte von vorn bis hinten überzeugen.

Pantera, als der Grunge die Welt eroberte, boten Pantera die Stirn und definierten den Heavy Metal komplett neu. Ohne Cowboys From Hell würde die harte Musik heute in meinen Augen anders klingen.

Es gibt noch extrem viele die es verdient hätten. Einer jedoch ganz bestimmt, den ohne Ozzy Osbourne, wage ich zu behaupten, hätte es noch Jahre gedauert, bis eine Ausprägung des Rock and Roll überhaupt richtig in Fahrt gekommen wäre, der Heavy Metal. Ozzy for President, sag ich da nur.

Nominiert für die Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame was originally published on The Art 2 Rock

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EXODUS Frontman Hasn't Seen Any New Metal Bands Who Have Potential To Become Future Icons

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EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza has bemoaned the lack of new bands who can take over as festival headliners once all of heavy metal and hard rock's current top draws have retired. Speaking to France's Duke TV, Souza said (see video below): "There's no more Ozzy Osbournes anymore; there's no more BLACK SABBATHs anymore — they're gone. Where's the iconic bands that initially came out with the sounds that you love? "A lot of fans come up to me, and since SLAYER has announced that this is their last tour and they won't be continuing on… Glenn Tipton isn't playing with JUDAS PRIEST anymore — he actually does; he plays three songs in the set. And look, we lost Lemmy a couple of years ago, so MOTÖRHEAD's done. A lot of things can happen. "I've never really seen any band that really impresses me that looks like they're gonna be a JUDAS PRIEST or an IRON MAIDEN — that size of band — and be able to carry on for 40 years with that same push and all the same people and building more fans," he added. "[I'll] be curious to see what happens." Souza is now on his third stint with EXODUS, having previously fronted the band from 1986 to 1993 and 2002 to 2004. A decade following his second departure, Souza returned to the fold in 2014, just in time to appear on the group's latest album, "Blood In Blood Out". Souza has said in recent interviews that EXODUS will wait for guitarist Gary Holt to complete his touring activities with SLAYER before they officially begin work on the follow-up to "Blood In Blood Out".

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Where Have They Gone Now: Slash

Slash was born Saul Hudson in London, England in 1965. He was named after the cartoonist Saul Steinberg by his African American fashion designer mother, Olivia Hudson. Her client’s included some very famous rock stars including Ringo Starr, Janis Joplin, and David Bowie, whom she dated. His father, Arthur was a British artist, who designed album covers for artists such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. He would say this later about his unique background.

“As a musician, I've always been amused that I'm both British and black; particularly because so many American musicians seem to aspire to be British while so many British musicians, in the 'Sixties in particular, went to such great pains to be black." Around the age of five, he would move to Los Angeles eventually living off and on with his mother and grandparents after his parents separated in 1974. He was given the nickname Slash by one of his mother’s friends, actor Seymour Cassel, who would say that the young Saul was always darting around from place to place. With classmate, Steven Adler, Slash decided to form a band in 1979. Although the high school band never happened, he did learn an instrument at this time. The future Guns N’ Roses member began to take music lessons to learn bass guitar , but he soon switched to lead guitar after the first lesson. The two friends would finally put together a band with Duff McKagan called Road Crew in 1983. The band’s name originated from a popular song by Motörhead. The band was quickly disbanded by Slash himself due to a variety of reasons including no lead singer and Adler did not want to be there sometimes. One other thing to be noted was the fact that Slash had been a champion BMX rider as a teen, but when music came along he gave it up to concentrate on the guitar. He would sometimes practice his instrument as much as 12 hours a day.

The next band that Slash joined was Hollywood Rose, which featured future GNR members Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose. The band was very short lived, so he moved on to a group called Black Sheep, as well as an audition for Poison. He was not chosen because he did not fit the image, but after the group became well known Slash did not hesitate to disparage the band every chance that he got. In the summer of 1985, Slash formally joined Guns N’ Roses. Before one of the shows in late 1985, he shoplifted a black felt top hat and a silver belt, which became his trademark headwear for the rest of his career. The guitarist wrapped the belt around the brim of the hat as a buckle. In 1993, upon the release of the cover album, The Spaghetti Incident, Slash wrote several songs that he hoped would be part of the follow up album to Use Your Illusion I and II. Both Axl Rose and Duff McKagan rejected all of his songs for any new album. The tensions in the band were at an all time high despite the unbelievable success of the group. By the fall of 1996, things had become obvious to Slash that any collaboration with Axl Rose was going to be pretty much impossible. He officially announced that he was leaving the band that same year. In his statement he would write, “Axl and I have not been capable of seeing eye to eye on Guns N' Roses for some time. We tried to collaborate, but at this point, I'm no longer in the band." Over the next 20 years, he would go into further detail on his reasons for leaving the band, which included the departures of Stradlin and Adler, Axl Rose’s chronic lateness to everything, and his desire to manipulate through legal channels control of the band.

In 1994, the guitarist had created Slash’s Snake Pit, which included Guns N’ Roses future ex-members Matt Sorum and Gilby Clark, as well as Mike Inez from Alice in Chains and Eric Dover from Jellyfish. In 1995, the group released its debut album, It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere, which received positive reviews and sold fairly well. The major quality pointed out was the fact that it did not follow the alternative music trend of the time. In 1996, he disbanded the group after a lengthy tour only to reform the group 3 years later in 1999 with new members. This album did not perform as well in sales nor with critics. The album received very mixed reviews, which led the band to opening for AC/DC during their 2000 tour instead of a bigger headlining tour. The group eventually did a theater tour, but they broke up in 2002. That same year, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, and Slash reunited for a tribute concert to Randy Castillo. This led to the creation of the band Velvet Revolver, which also included singer Scott Weiland. Izzy Stradlin had initially joined as well, but he soon quit because of the inclusion of a lead singer. They would go on to release the album Contraband in 2004, which debuted at number one on the US charts and sold 2 million copies. The song “Slither” would go on to win the band a Grammy for Best Rock Song. In the summer of 2007, they released their second album Libertad, which did not achieve the same kind of success as their debut. A year later the band fired Scott Weiland from the group due to his personal drug issues. The late singer had said that the band was officially broken up, but this was not the case. In 2010, the group began to record new material for a third album as they looked for a new singer. They could not agree upon one, so they went on hiatus again despite recording nine new demos. The band is still on hiatus to this day.

In September 2008, Slash began working on his debut solo album, which may sound strange because he had these other side projects as well. The guitarist would talk about doing his own album and the freedom that provided. It’s nice to “take a little bit of a break from all the politics and the democracy that is a band and just sort of do my own thing for a little bit.” The use of the word democracy might seem strange knowing his history with GNR. The album included a large roster of musical guests as well including Ozzy Osbourne, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and Iggy Pop. Former Guns N’ Roses members Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, and Stephen Adler also collaborated on the album. Their continuing work together throughout the years speaks volumes to the fact that Axl Rose was probably the problem in Guns N’ Roses. The album would go onto reach number three on the Billboard charts in the US, which actually led to a follow up album with his new backing band called the Conspirators and singer, Myles Kennedy. He would release Apocalyptic Love in 2012 followed by a tour in 2014 opening for Aerosmith. In 2018, a third album was released by the band entitled Living the Dream. In 2016, something happened that some fans thought would never happen again. Slash reunited with Axl Rose for Guns N’ Roses. The first show was during the 2016 Coachella music festival in California. The subsequent tour was quite aptly named Not In This Lifetime.