Follow-up stories
I have several interesting news pieces as well as some other information regarding Ozzfest '05. I sure everyone will agree. Some of this news is quite disturbing and upsetting, while other snippets will just be funny... and then piss you off. Anyway:
On Iron Maiden's last show of the tour, various shit went down. Several people were apparently planted in the front rows with dozens of eggs used to throw at Maiden. During The Trooper somebody ran out on stage with a big American flag, clearly in an attempt of opposition to the British one Bruce Dickinson was holding. The sound was cut several times. Sharon Osbourne came on stage after the Iron Maiden left and said that Iron Maiden is really cool but Bruce Dickinson is a prick.
Rumors abound, the situation seems pretty clear. Read all of the accounts of the incident here. Apparently Bruce was heavily criticizing the whole Sharon Osbourne empire. You know, like the show on MTV, and her running of Ozzy's poor burned out ass, and the way Ozzfest has sucked terribly in past years. He also may have criticized the US of A, motherfucker. Freedom isn't free. One of the accounts, as you may read, said that Kelly Osbourne was actually one of the egg throwers. The show was in southern California, so this is possible. I guess that loser "Big Dave" was also behind the various shenanigans. Mainly it sounds like people didn't go for this, as a large majority of the crowd was there soley to see Maiden. Mrs. O was shut down by the crowd. This is just more evidence that indicates where the metal scene has gone. Bruce Dickinson was correct in all of his criticisms. Sharon Osbourne has become a war pig of sorts, in a strange twist of fate. Apparently no uprisings will be allowed. She's exploited everything she possibly could thus far, including her pseudo power. The theorem proposed over the centuries has once again been proven - those with status/power will do all they can to remain in that position. The question is, did Bruce have to be so outspoken? Probably not, but then again not enough people are. Never again will I attend Ozzfest for these reasons. Actually it's mainly because Maiden won't be there again...
The other news: the band "Wicked Wisdom" which I spoke of in the review, is actually headed by Will Smith's wife. Here's a little more info., that makes this band suck even more than I thought they did:
Wicked Wisdom is an Evanescense-esque act that Pinkett Smith, the band's frontperson and the wife of actor/rapper Will Smith, has said is influenced by Ani DiFranco, Prince, Tori Amos and Sevendust. The group also includes a guy named Pocket on guitar, another fellow named Rio on bass, keyboardist Cameron Graves and drummer Satnam Ramgotra. This summer's Ozzfest stint will mark Wicked Wisdom's first North American tour: The group primarily performs club gigs in and around Los Angeles, although it has opened for Papa Roach and was the support act for Britney Spears' 2004 European tour.
Wow, enough said. Might as well bring back "Crazy Town" to the tour.
My last comment will urge boycott. NW mechanics are looking at a 25% pay cut. Support them by picketing, writing letters, etc., or your wage will be next. Precedents like this (that make it okay to take back) are set daily.
On Iron Maiden's last show of the tour, various shit went down. Several people were apparently planted in the front rows with dozens of eggs used to throw at Maiden. During The Trooper somebody ran out on stage with a big American flag, clearly in an attempt of opposition to the British one Bruce Dickinson was holding. The sound was cut several times. Sharon Osbourne came on stage after the Iron Maiden left and said that Iron Maiden is really cool but Bruce Dickinson is a prick.
Rumors abound, the situation seems pretty clear. Read all of the accounts of the incident here. Apparently Bruce was heavily criticizing the whole Sharon Osbourne empire. You know, like the show on MTV, and her running of Ozzy's poor burned out ass, and the way Ozzfest has sucked terribly in past years. He also may have criticized the US of A, motherfucker. Freedom isn't free. One of the accounts, as you may read, said that Kelly Osbourne was actually one of the egg throwers. The show was in southern California, so this is possible. I guess that loser "Big Dave" was also behind the various shenanigans. Mainly it sounds like people didn't go for this, as a large majority of the crowd was there soley to see Maiden. Mrs. O was shut down by the crowd. This is just more evidence that indicates where the metal scene has gone. Bruce Dickinson was correct in all of his criticisms. Sharon Osbourne has become a war pig of sorts, in a strange twist of fate. Apparently no uprisings will be allowed. She's exploited everything she possibly could thus far, including her pseudo power. The theorem proposed over the centuries has once again been proven - those with status/power will do all they can to remain in that position. The question is, did Bruce have to be so outspoken? Probably not, but then again not enough people are. Never again will I attend Ozzfest for these reasons. Actually it's mainly because Maiden won't be there again...
The other news: the band "Wicked Wisdom" which I spoke of in the review, is actually headed by Will Smith's wife. Here's a little more info., that makes this band suck even more than I thought they did:
Wicked Wisdom is an Evanescense-esque act that Pinkett Smith, the band's frontperson and the wife of actor/rapper Will Smith, has said is influenced by Ani DiFranco, Prince, Tori Amos and Sevendust. The group also includes a guy named Pocket on guitar, another fellow named Rio on bass, keyboardist Cameron Graves and drummer Satnam Ramgotra. This summer's Ozzfest stint will mark Wicked Wisdom's first North American tour: The group primarily performs club gigs in and around Los Angeles, although it has opened for Papa Roach and was the support act for Britney Spears' 2004 European tour.
Wow, enough said. Might as well bring back "Crazy Town" to the tour.
My last comment will urge boycott. NW mechanics are looking at a 25% pay cut. Support them by picketing, writing letters, etc., or your wage will be next. Precedents like this (that make it okay to take back) are set daily.
posted by fiestawizard at 11:31 AM
1 Comments:
Wow, that's awesome! It's like those hip-hop feuds, only slightly less idiotic. Is Sharon Osborne the Yoko Ono of heavy metal? Yes, except less artsy... and less dedicated to global peace being brought about by imploring us all to start wishing really hard.
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Regarding Will Smith's wife's band, boy, why don't I every get to see these gigs? Maybe next year.
All I know is, being in band with members named:
1) Jada
2) Pocket
3) Rio
4) Satnam Ramgotra
is basically like being a member of the Dreadnocks, the much-feared mercenary group led by Zartan and his siblings. Yes, they drove the Thunder Machine, which would be an awesome name for a band by the way.
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And yes, indeed: boycott NWA if you still can. I must say, the little lady and I are flying America West for the post-Big Day action, which is probably gonna make for a rough time at the port of air, considering that our airport here is pretty much owned by NWA, meaning they're probably making it hard for *anyone* to fly anywhere.
Note their excellent spin campaign, by the way. This is the way media wars are won when the major media is consolidated in the current manner. Even the fucking New York Times got it wrong on Monday, saying that things are running A-OK for NWA!
Well, they're not! For example, NWA flights to Boston the other day were delayed 15 of 19 times, canceled 3 times, with only one of 19 on-time. Holy shit! Just one example that you won't read about in the paper (until next week, because you can only spin so long, as evidenced by Bush's current 38% approval rating, the lowest since Jimmy Carter! Americans get pissed when gas costs a lot, mainly.)
Speaking of spinning, I hope that all those amputee-lovers find what they're looking for. It's sad, really, isn't it? Ever think about how lucky you are to not have an obscure and highly specific fetish? If you haven't thought of that, then maybe you actually DO have such a fetish and just haven't realized it yet. Or maybe you have. Either way... mind if I tie your dirty sock really tight around my neck for a few minutes?
... ahhh... much better...
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