Slayer

I need me some mad hos, yo

On a side note, I just heard for the first time Ozzy's cover of "Mississippi Queen"... so awful I had to change the channel

I'd still like to know if Rant and Lushus are going to hook up in any way

I don't know "Third base!"

Ian Gillan... ...no, wait! Glenn Hughes! ...no, wait! Fuck!

While last year's drama among members of the band, as well as Timo Tolkki's apparent mental breakdown, was fairly entertaining, most of their music still isn't great

I've never denied the original Black Sabbath lineups' influence on metal. I just can't listen to Ozzy-era Black Sabbath for shit. And I don't even like Stratovarius, jerk!

It takes a forum of millions to hold you back

nah, I don't do the CWS... He didn't say that's why he's there, though

I never said I didn't find it campy. I freely admit a good portion of it is campy and/or cheesy (ex: Rhapsody or Manowar's posing "in uniform"). I just don't care because I still think it's good music. Don't act like death metals' shit doesn't stink either, because there's a fair bit of equally laughable stuff in that in genre, and this is coming from someone who is a big fan of the Florida and Gothenburg groups. Yeah, well (insert name of death metal band you like) is gay! ...so there [/argument] I will give Ozzy credit for two things. 1) Hooking up with excellent guitarists, and 2) Good self-marketing, even as far as his horrible TV show Just so you don't think I'm picking entirely on you (not that you care, I imagine, but still), I don't care for a good number of bands in Crimson Idol's list

Whatever you do, don't run into Lushus

He was mine before he was yours!

What he said As for "camp" or, as I imagine you were trying to say, "cheese"... that's just a matter of taste. Hell, I'll admit that I love a good portion of 80's mainstream ("hair" is not the all-encompassing term people use it as) metal, as well as the modern trinity of Euro fantasy power metal (Blind Guardian, Hammerfall and Rhapsody), but as far as most people are concerned, "cheese" is a tired old bias attempting to pass for an argument.

It's good to know such things aren't confined here

Vanhalen is mine! You can't have him

Rant's been lost since the CE exodus

Although SJK's King Missile reference was pretty sweet The rest of it can still burn though

My post earlier in this thread was my last from last night before going to bed. I woke up this morning and saw this thread had blown up to 6 pages and was under the impression I missed something big... ...then I actually read the thread

The ghost in the machine has taken control

CLIFFHANGER'D

I have Live Evil, which is Sabbath live in '81 with Dio singing a mix of both his BS songs and Ozzy era songs. Regarding the Ozzy songs, I didn't like his versions of "Iron Man" and "Paranoid", but I thought he did a damn good job on "NIB", "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs" and "Children of the Grave".

Big wheel keeps on rollin'

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I didn't because I (mostly) agree with him While I will recognize what Sabbath (more specifically Iommi) has done for metal, I have never been able to listen to Ozzy Sabbath at all simply for the fact I don't like Ozzy as vocalist at all. The fact Ozzy is notable at all I think is more a testament to the awesome guitarists (Iommi, Rhodes, Wylde and even Lee) behind him than his "singing ability".

Yeah, what Godzilla said!