RIP Ozzy Osbourne

Sad to hear about the passing of Ozzy. Lots of fun songs to learn on guitar. The level of complexity was quite striking really. Lot of great hooks and energy throughout his long career.

verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I'm simply gutted....such a massive presence on stage. I only saw him once as solo, never with Sabbath. Saw him at US Festival '83.... RIP Ozzy A milestone of a festival, let alone festival day. Alas, I'm only able to experience it in playback.

It's ingrained in my memory banks, that day that horridly HOT day in the desert will go down as one of my most beloved musical memories.

Me and two of my HS buddies went. We spent the night in the parking lot in my VW Rabbit car night before. One of my buds moms made a tray of brownies for us and that's all we ate that night.
We partook in a bit of weed and walked around and enjoyed the sights and sounds as we could hear the music that night. After that I remember not much. We woke up about 7am and went to get in line gates opened at 8am and we managed to be about 100 people deep from the stage a bit to the right.

We never left that spot all day and night. We ran out of water by noon before Motley Crue came on, never got any food all day. We relied on the water being sprayed on us from the stage. It was easily 98-110 during midday, felt like 400 degrees. We were pretty much elbow to elbow most of the time in the crowd, as you can see from the film.

Scorpions stole the day with Triumph right behind them, Judas Priest was insane and I would say Ozzy was right behind them. It took Ozzy a few songs to sound good, you can notice in the film his voice gets really good by the end.

VH was like an hour late, by the time they came on we were ready to leave. They started the set and you could tell DLR was so wasted it was terrible, we listened to a couple songs and bailed....We were so dehydrated we were loopy, I don't even remember driving out of the place. Made it to one of my buddies house and we crashed in his room till the next day. My ears were ringing all night, probably lost some hearing that day.

I have no clue how I did not lose my car key, now that I think about it I think I left it under one of the tires (good call on my end LOL). I still have my ticket stub and parking stub, how I did not lose these I don't know, I need to frame them.

Like I said it was the greatest musical day of my life....US Festival '83 - Heavy Metal Sunday!

Catcher10 wrote: verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I'm simply gutted....such a massive presence on stage. I only saw him once as solo, never with Sabbath. Saw him at US Festival '83.... RIP Ozzy A milestone of a festival, let alone festival day. Alas, I'm only able to experience it in playback. It's ingrained in my memory banks, that day that horridly HOT day in the desert will go down as one of my most beloved musical memories. Me and two of my HS buddies went. We spent the night in the parking lot in my VW Rabbit car night before. One of my buds moms made a tray of brownies for us and that's all we ate that night. We partook in a bit of weed and walked around and enjoyed the sights and sounds as we could hear the music that night. After that I remember not much. We woke up about 7am and went to get in line gates opened at 8am and we managed to be about 100 people deep from the stage a bit to the right. We never left that spot all day and night. We ran out of water by noon before Motley Crue came on, never got any food all day. We relied on the water being sprayed on us from the stage. It was easily 98-110 during midday, felt like 400 degrees. We were pretty much elbow to elbow most of the time in the crowd, as you can see from the film. Scorpions stole the day with Triumph right behind them, Judas Priest was insane and I would say Ozzy was right behind them. It took Ozzy a few songs to sound good, you can notice in the film his voice gets really good by the end. VH was like an hour late, by the time they came on we were ready to leave. They started the set and you could tell DLR was so wasted it was terrible, we listened to a couple songs and bailed....We were so dehydrated we were loopy, I don't even remember driving out of the place. Made it to one of my buddies house and we crashed in his room till the next day. My ears were ringing all night, probably lost some hearing that day. I have no clue how I did not lose my car key, now that I think about it I think I left it under one of the tires (good call on my end LOL). I still have my ticket stub and parking stub, how I did not lose these I don't know, I need to frame them. Like I said it was the greatest musical day of my life....US Festival '83 - Heavy Metal Sunday!

Great recollection, Catcher! I was not yet a teen at the time, so there was a snowball's chance I'd have attended an event on that scale. I remember the TV commercial. As one who's overly familiar with the SoCal heat, I've no doubt being there was a preternatural balance of misery and bliss.

Many years ago, a friend told me he'd heard Triumph was the loudest band there, but somehow, I doubt that (and it doesn't matter). I so would've loved to have seen Triumph circa 1983-84! Well, I've got their Live at the US Festival DVD. (I did get to talk to Mike Levine when they were promoting it.)

You're ancient.

You already know, so why are you asking again?

I'm a Scorpio.

verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I'm simply gutted....such a massive presence on stage. I only saw him once as solo, never with Sabbath. Saw him at US Festival '83.... RIP Ozzy A milestone of a festival, let alone festival day. Alas, I'm only able to experience it in playback. It's ingrained in my memory banks, that day that horridly HOT day in the desert will go down as one of my most beloved musical memories. Me and two of my HS buddies went. We spent the night in the parking lot in my VW Rabbit car night before. One of my buds moms made a tray of brownies for us and that's all we ate that night. We partook in a bit of weed and walked around and enjoyed the sights and sounds as we could hear the music that night. After that I remember not much. We woke up about 7am and went to get in line gates opened at 8am and we managed to be about 100 people deep from the stage a bit to the right. We never left that spot all day and night. We ran out of water by noon before Motley Crue came on, never got any food all day. We relied on the water being sprayed on us from the stage. It was easily 98-110 during midday, felt like 400 degrees. We were pretty much elbow to elbow most of the time in the crowd, as you can see from the film. Scorpions stole the day with Triumph right behind them, Judas Priest was insane and I would say Ozzy was right behind them. It took Ozzy a few songs to sound good, you can notice in the film his voice gets really good by the end. VH was like an hour late, by the time they came on we were ready to leave. They started the set and you could tell DLR was so wasted it was terrible, we listened to a couple songs and bailed....We were so dehydrated we were loopy, I don't even remember driving out of the place. Made it to one of my buddies house and we crashed in his room till the next day. My ears were ringing all night, probably lost some hearing that day. I have no clue how I did not lose my car key, now that I think about it I think I left it under one of the tires (good call on my end LOL). I still have my ticket stub and parking stub, how I did not lose these I don't know, I need to frame them. Like I said it was the greatest musical day of my life....US Festival '83 - Heavy Metal Sunday! Great recollection, Catcher! I was not yet a teen at the time, so there was a snowball's chance I'd have attended an event on that scale. I remember the TV commercial. As one who's overly familiar with the SoCal heat, I've no doubt being there was a preternatural balance of misery and bliss. Many years ago, a friend told me he'd heard Triumph was the loudest band there, but somehow, I doubt that (and it doesn't matter). I so would've loved to have seen Triumph circa 1983-84! Well, I've got their Live at the US Festival DVD. (I did get to talk to Mike Levine when they were promoting it.)

I have the Triumph VHS, IIRC that was the only released footage of the event in any pro manner. I do also have the DVD. That set was awesome, I'm a big Triumph fan...
Still boggles my mind that a proper video release of US 83 has never been issued. I've read all sorts of copy right issues and who owns what and so on as the reasons, but there were cameras everywhere.
I think there used to be an US Fest website and people had uploaded tons of personal pics....not sure it still lives in WWW world.

Scorpions were pretty loud but it was the audience that was literally losing their sh*t when they were playing, people were screaming the whole time. Scorpions pretty much owned the US during that time, I saw them 4 times from 82-83 summers in the LA area. Orange County arena was insane one show. Girlschool opened for them and it was bad, people were actually spitting at the girls.
It was so hot in that arena that this big dude standing by me actually collapsed and fainted....We were upfront at that show and it was loud.

Great times!!! LOL

BTW----I'm 8 yrs old if anybody is asking.


Edited by Catcher10 - 5 hours 1 minutes ago at 14:02

Catcher10 wrote: I have the Triumph VHS, IIRC that was the only released footage of the event in any pro manner. I do also have the DVD. That set was awesome, I'm a big Triumph fan... Still boggles my mind that a proper video release of US 83 has never been issued. I've read all sorts of copy right issues and who owns what and so on as the reasons, but there were cameras everywhere.

The only official videos of performances from the US Festival are Triumph's and Santana's — and Santana's barely came out last year! Everything else is unofficial. For both bands, I love those eras, especially Santana's lineup.

Catcher10 wrote: Scorpions were pretty loud but it was the audience that was literally losing their sh*t when they were playing, people were screaming the whole time. Scorpions pretty much owned the US during that time, I saw them 4 times from 82-83 summers in the LA area. Orange County arena was insane one show. Girlschool opened for them and it was bad, people were actually spitting at the girls.

The Scorps were on top of the world at that time. They were no longer writing songs like "Sails of Charon" or "Pictured Life," but they had melodies and hooks to spare.

Catcher10 wrote: BTW----I'm 8 yrs old if anybody is asking.

Mike wants to know if you're a Gemini?

The Prince of Darkness have left the stage. Ozzy will never die.