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Just Say Ozzy
''Just Say Ozzy'' is a live Extended play, EP by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 5 March 1990 and entered the UK charts on 17 March, reaching number 69. The EP was remastered and reissued on 22 August 1995. Overview The sleeve states that ''Just Say Ozzy'' was recorded at London's Brixton Academy in November 1989. However, no known dates correspond (No Rest for the Wicked Tour, the tour ended in August 1989 in Moscow), and the music appears to have been re-recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York with engineer Adam Yellin, with the audience noise and some tracks kept from the original live recording. ''Just Say Ozzy'' was remastered in 1995, along with the rest of the singer’s catalogue. However, the EP —along with ''Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album), Speak Of The Devil'', ''The Ultimate Sin'' and ''Live & Loud'' —has since been deleted from Ozzy's catalogue and was not remastered and reissued with the rest of Ozzy's catalogue in 2002. This is mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the '' album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live & Loud
''Live & Loud'' is a live album recorded by the former Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 7 June 1993. At the time, it was to be Osbourne's final album following Osbourne's final tour before retiring, aptly titled "No More Tours". The track "Black Sabbath" featured the original line-up of Black Sabbath, the members of which were invited to join Ozzy as guest stars for the Costa Mesa Reunion shows. In addition to the standard release in a 'fat-boy' 2CD case, the album was released as a digipak with a metal ' speaker grille' cover and included tattoos, as well as the booklet; the official release was preceded by a single CD sampler issued as a promotional item. A DVD of ''Live & Loud'' was also issued, one of the first music compilations released in that format. The DVD is a compilation of live footage from several shows rather than a single concert: this is evident as Osbourne can be seen both shirtless and wearing different clothes during the same song, while gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Iommi
Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over five decades. He is considered one of the pioneers of heavy metal music and is responsible for inspiring numerous subgenres of metal, most notably doom metal. Iommi was ranked number 13 on ''Rolling Stone'''s 2023 list of the “250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time. On his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. In 2000, he released his first solo album ''Iommi (album), Iommi'', followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sinclair (musician)
John Sinclair (born 12 April 1952) is an English keyboardist who has played for bands such as The Babys, Heavy Metal Kids, Savoy Brown, The Cult, but is probably best known for his time in Uriah Heep and playing for Ozzy Osbourne's band. He also is credited with styling keyboard parts for '' This Is Spinal Tap''. Sinclair is now a qualified hypnotherapist. Discography With Babys *'' Head First'' (1978) With Black Sabbath *'' Under Wheels of Confusion 1970–1987'' With The Cult *'' Pure Cult'' With Dunmore *''Dunmore'' With Richard Grieco *''Waiting for the Sky To Fall'' With Lion *''Running All Night'' (1980) With Heavy Metal Kids *''Kitsch'' *''Chelsea Kids'' With Uriah Heep * '' Abominog'' (1982) Tour Instruments - Prophet 5 Polyphonic Synthesizer, Mellotron M400, Hammond B3 with modified 122 Leslie cabinet (Crown DC 300 Amp and JBL 15" speaker) * '' Head First'' (1983) * ''Equator'' (1985) With Ozzy Osbourne *'' No Rest for the Wicked'' (1988) *''Just Say Ozzy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Castillo
Randolpho Francisco Castillo (December 18, 1950 – March 26, 2002) was an American musician. He was Ozzy Osbourne's drummer during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and later as drummer for Mötley Crüe, from 1999 to 2000. Early life Castillo was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was inspired to take up the drums after seeing The Beatles perform on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in 1964. Randy's first rock band in Albuquerque was a hard rock cover band, "The Wumblies," which later moved to Denver, Colorado before breaking up in 1980. Randy Castillo was a mixed-race Apache Native American, and had four sisters. Career In 1984, Castillo was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her '' Dancin' on the Edge'' album. Ford introduced Castillo to her boyfriend, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and Nikki's bandmate Tommy Lee. Shortly after the "Dancin' on the Edge" tour, Lee called Castillo from a party he was at with Ozzy Osbourne and told him Ozzy was looking for a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Daisley
Robert John Daisley (born 13 February 1950) is an Australian musician and songwriter. A bassist, he is perhaps best known for his intermittent relationship with vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, for whom he contributed bass, co-production and songwriting throughout the 1980s. Daisley has also worked with prominent rock acts including Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Chicken Shack and Uriah Heep, among others. In 2013, he published his autobiography entitled ''For Facts Sake'' which has received outstanding reviews. Biography Early career Daisley began playing guitar at age 13 and went on to bass at 14. His rapid progress won him local acclaim, especially through his work with guitarist Dennis Wilson with The Powerpact and Mecca; Mecca's only single release "Black Sally" became an underground hit and was covered by Human Instinct on their '' Stoned Guitar'' album. Daisley and Wilson then formed Kahvas Jute with Tamam Shud members Tim Gaze and Dannie Davidson. They released one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakk Wylde
Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967) is an American rock musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. Wylde's signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. He was also the lead guitarist and vocalist of Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist, he released the albums '' Book of Shadows'' and '' Book of Shadows II''. Wylde joined the reunited Pantera in 2022 as a touring guitarist. Early life Zachary Phillip Wylde was born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt in Bayonne, New Jersey, on January 14, 1967. He is of Irish descent. He started playing guitar at the age of eight, but did not become serious about it until his early teenage years. At the age of 14, he worked at Silverton Music in Silverton, New Jersey. He grew up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band were previously named Earth, and before that the Polka Tulk Blues Band), they distinguished themselves through Occult, occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, ''Black Sabbath (album), Black Sabbath'', ''Paranoid (album), Paranoid'' (both 1970), and ''Master of Reality'' (1971), were commercially successful, and are now cited as pioneering albums in the development of heavy metal music. Subsequent albums ''Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath album), Vol. 4'' (1972), ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' (1973), ''Sabotage (Black Sabbath album), Sabotage'' (1975), ''Technical Ecstasy'' (1976), and ''Never Say Die!'' (1978) saw the band explore more Experimental music, experimental and Progressive rock, progressive s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Pigs (song)
"War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970. It is the opening track from the band's second studio album ''Paranoid'' (1970). Overview The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", dealing with the witches' sabbath. "Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan", said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. "It wasn't about politics or government or anything. It was Evil itself. So I was saying 'generals gathered in the masses / just like witches at black masses' to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought 'Walpurgis' sounded too Satanic. And that's when we turned it into 'War Pigs'. But we didn't change the lyrics, because they were already finished." During this time period, national service had recently ended in the United Kingdom but with the Vietnam War still ongoing, many young men feared they'd be conscripted to fight in it. "That's what sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Leaf
"Sweet Leaf" is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their third studio album ''Master of Reality'', released in August, 1971. A single of the song was released in the Philippines. It is considered one of the band's best songs. It was later included on their 1976 greatest hits compilation '' We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll''. Background and recording The song begins with a tape loop of guitarist Tony Iommi coughing from a joint he was smoking with bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, which ''Revolver'' called "maybe the most epic smoke sesh in the history of epic metal smoke seshes." The song's subject is cannabis, which the band was using frequently at that time. The title of the song was taken from a packet of Amber Leaf rolling tobacco. The band was actually stoned on marijuana while recording the track. Significance "Sweet Leaf", and the ''Master of Reality'' album as a whole, arguably represents the earliest example of the music that would influence the emergenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Recording Sales Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ..., platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
