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The British Metal band Venom, led by the vocalist and bassist Cronos covered Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave", "Symptom of the Universe" and "Paranoid" to honor the singer Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last July at the age of 76. They played the songs during their show at the Helsinki Metal Festival in Finland this week. Watch Venom covering Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave" and "Symptom of the Universe" https://youtu.be/TX6u2FK_17A Setlist Black Metal Bloodlust Welcome to Hell Long Haired Punks Pedal to the Metal Buried Alive In Nomine Satanas One Thousand Days in Sodom 100 Miles to Hell Don't Burn the Witch Leave Me in Hell Countess Bathory Warhead Children of the Grave/Symptom of the Universe/Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover) Suffering Dictates Rip Ride Witching Hour In League With Satan First known as Guillotine and Dwarfstar, Venom was formed in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and gained notoriety being part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Their first two records "Welcome to Hell" (1981) and "Black Metal" (1982) are considered extremely important for the development of other Metal genres like Black Metal, Thrash Metal and Extreme Metal. The only original member of the group that is still in the line-up is Conrado "Cronos" Lant (Bass and vocals), who is accompanied by the longtime bandmates Stuart "Rage" Dixon (Guitar) and Danny "Dante" Needham (Drums).The post Venom covers Black Sabbath to honor Ozzy Osbourne appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy talked about the passing of the Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne at the age of 76, saying that the impact is as big as John Lennon's death. The musician told Eddie Trunk that he hadn't felt a loss like this one since The Beatles member was murdered in 1980. According to him when artists like Dio, Lemmy and Eddie Van Halen died the impact was "massive" but Ozzy's death is another level of "mainstream", because it's more than Heavy Metal and music, he is a Pop culture figure. Mike Portnoy says the impact of Ozzy Osbourne's death is as big as John Lennon's passing "The impact has been huge. I don't know if I've felt a loss like this… This is as big as John Lennon or whatever. Obviously, in our world, in the metal world, you have losses like [Ronnie James] Dio or Lemmy or Eddie Van Halen, and those are massive. But this has been a whole other level of mainstream. Because he transcends metal, he transcends rock even, he transcends music. He's a pop culture figure. So this has been a huge one." "After he passed, I've been going back through the solo catalog. And it's been a great, great musical trip to be revisiting all this stuff. It's amazing. What a career. But, yeah, what a loss. What a blessing that (The final show) happened, that he got to say goodbye to the fans, do a final show surrounded by every band that loves him and grew up with him and he influenced. What a blessing to have done that. Now, I don't wanna be like a conspiracy theorist, but I wonder if some of that contributed. 'Cause it had to have been so stressful, it had to have been so exhausting. It probably took a lot out of him to go through rehearsals and everything like that." "So I can only imagine. But thank God he got to do that show and to have that goodbye. He threw the greatest farewell concert of all time. Incredible… It was a gift for him and a gift for the fans and his loved ones. What a way to say goodbye, really. I mean, you've seen these tribute concerts, like the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert, which was amazing, and the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. But this was a rare case where you had a tribute concert when he actually got to be there and attend it and be part of it. So, really, it was the ultimate farewell. Incredible," Mike Portnoy said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). https://youtu.be/HD3jeUq7sm0 Ozzy's funeral service was held on July 31, right after Ozzy’s procession, which was livestreamed to the entire world. During the procession, the family stopped at the Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham to thank fans for their support and to give them a chance to say one final goodbye to the Sabbath frontman. The hearse also passed by his childhood home, where fans had left many messages and flowers. According to The Sun, about 110 people attended Ozzy’s private funeral and among those were Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, James Hetfield, Elton John, Zakk Wylde, Rob Zombie, Marylin Manson, Yungblud.The post Mike Portnoy says the impact of Ozzy’s death is as big as John Lennon’s passing appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981), set the tone and paved the way for his solo career. Without the impact of those records, things could have turned out quite differently. Besides the vocalist, the other crucial contributors to the albums’ success were bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley, drummer Lee Kerslake and guitarist Randy Rhoads. Although those records were successful and praised, Sharon Osbourne, according to Bob Daisley, made the wrong move deciding to replace the drummer Lee Kerslake by Tommy Aldrige, which according to him was the start of the end of the chemistry between that first line-up, which was later tragically changed again with the loss of Randy Rhoads. He explained in an interview with Johnny Beane (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar) why it was not the right thing to do at the time. Bob Daisley explains why Sharon was wrong to change Ozzy Osbourne’s original band line-up "I think, really destined, fated, that the four of us get together and do those (things). It was no accident, and it was the perfect combination of people and chemistry, and it all worked, that's for sure. I don't think they understood about chemistry and creativity and the vibrations between the four of us. You know, you can't really replace one of those ingredients, and not affect everything, not have the same thing. Which was why I would never agree to getting rid of Lee. That was how it all started." "You know, 'Let's get rid of Lee. Let's get Tommy Aldridge.' And I said, 'Why are you trying to fix something that's not broken?' And it wasn't out of blind loyalty to Lee or anything. I just couldn't agree to something that I thought was wrong, a mistake, and a bad move, so I would never agree to it." He continued: "I was asked many times, pulled aside. I was taken to a Gary Moore Show where Tommy Aldridge was playing, because he was playing with Gary at that point. And at the end of the night, they were saying to me, 'Oh, isn't Tommy a great drummer?', And I said, 'Yeah, he is. He's a great drummer, and so is ours,' meaning Lee. But I would never agree. So, in the end, they got rid of both of us, and then asked me back about six weeks later." Despite the legal battles over the years, the longtime Ozzy Osbourne bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley recently lamented the death of his former boss and bandmate. Daisley was part of Ozzy’s band from 1979 to 1981, 1983 to 1985, 1988 (As a session musician), 1990 to 1991 (As a session musician) and from 1994 to 1995. After leaving Ozzy’s band there were legal battles against Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon to claim songwriting credits and royalties over the successful lyrics he wrote for most of Ozzy’s successful records. In 2002, Sharon called Rob Trujillo and Mike Bordin to re-record the bass and drum tracks on “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman” to avoid paying Daisley and the drummer Lee Kerslake royalties. Eventually, the original versions were restored in later reissues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVUGp-qoi2EThe post Bob Daisley on why Sharon was wrong to change Ozzy’s original band line-up appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.