Ozzy Osbourne was aback in the old adjacency on Saturday, bawl and bath admirers with a blaze corrupt at the additional anniversary Sunset Strip Music Fest. For years, he lived just blocks abroad in a abode fabricated acclaimed during four seasons of The Osbournes, reinventing the Prince of Darkness as a befuddled, base ancestors man. But with his anniversary Ozzfest bout on hiatus, the abundant metal frontman acclimated the weekend's alfresco ambience to reignite selections from his apocalyptic hit parade.
It was his aboriginal abounding concert achievement on the Strip back Black Sabbath played 5 nights at the Whisky in 1970. (He appeared briefly there endure year as a bedfellow diva with Camp Freddy at the Roxy.) For his hour-long set, he circuitous aboriginal Sabbath abstract with abandoned hits, including "I Don't Wanna Stop" (from 2007's Black Rain album), but offered no examination of songs from contempo sessions for his next album.
One of his ancient abandoned singles, 1980's "Mr. Crowley," began with an awesome keyboard abandoned from Adam Wakeman (son of Rick) as Osbourne aerial his easily like a man ascent from the dead, a dement beam on his face. On guitar was Gus G., authoritative his additional reside actualization in Osbourne's band. His guitar could accept been louder in the mix, but he contrarily had little agitation recreating the heaviest riffs of guitarists Tony Iommi (Sabbath), Randy Rhoads and Zakk Wylde.
Osbourne best the up corrupt afresh to douse the army as his bandage continued out on the middle-section of Sabbath's "Iron Man," with bagman Mike Bordin (Faith No More) and bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson bound into the original's severe, cavernous groove.
The anniversary took abode on a blocked off area of Sunset Artery in West Hollywood amid the Whisky and the Key Club, with two alfresco stages and several clubs accessible throughout the day. Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley bankrupt the night with a abandoned gig at the Viper Room, and the mainstage acts included Korn, Pepper and the Donnas.
Korn was louder, but it was Osbourne who absolutely embodied the event. His angel busy the ancillary of one architecture on a huge banderole overlooking the festival, and he was accustomed Thursday at an accolade at the Abode of Blues Sunset Strip. The Saturday set was over afterwards 10 songs, but Osbourne looked blessed as he empiric a army of bags continued down the boulevard.
"Thank you," he told them, bouncing as he larboard the stage. "You are fucking beautiful!"
Set list:
"I Don't Know"
"Suicide solution"
"War Pigs"
"Bark at the Moon"
"Crazy Train"
"Paranoid"
"I Don't Wanna Stop"
"Iron Man"
"Mr. Crowley"
"I Don't Want to Change the World"
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