Battle for Ozzfest

[Anarky]

Hey there,

you might remember the show, I suppose it was on sometimes last year at your place.

For all those who don't know what it's all about, here's TVTome's description of the show:

It's the heavy metal opportunity of a lifetime--the king and queen of darkness, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, are looking for the next great band to rock the Ozzfest stage. MTV's giving you a VIP pass to watch it all go down. We held nationwide auditions to find 8 bands who will vie for one lucky shot at the grand prize: a highly coveted tour spot on Ozzfest 2005, plus band gear and enough money to cover all their expenses. But there's a secret twist or two that even the bands don't know about...

Every episode delivers more road tests and eliminations by Ozzy and Sharon. The contestants are constantly faced with various tasks intended to test their strength, be it physical, mental, moral or musical, because in the end, only one band will be crowned champion and receive the Grand Prize package...if they're hardcore enough to handle it.

The show itself is quite fun to watch, although I'm not a big fan of casting-like shows. But what I like about the show is the fact that you get to see behind the scenes of something like Ozzfest. Plus: you get to hear good music.

And this is what this thread is all about. You know, the contestants in this show are all band members of more or less unknown bands. But, do they kick ass! Really. It's really good stuff. I hope those bands will make it big, they're really good.

And to add to my fun watching the show, I can sort of identify with the kids there, I mean, I know I would do a lot to get a contract if I was able to play an instrument/sing. Especially, if you're doing music that is not dominating the charts. And I like the fact that they show the mess ups of the group, like the "autograph-incident".

The bands are (along with the representants on the show):

• Cynder aka C.Y.N. Represented by: Ryan
• Beyond All Reason Represented by: Ahmad
• Final Drive Represented by: Chelsea
• Guilt By Association Represented by: Brittany
• Trauma Concept Represented by: Jesse
• Manntis Represented by: Adair
• Sicks Deep Represented by: Kelly
• A Dozen Furies Represented by: Marc

From these links you'll find your way to the music and the sites of the bands. Enjoy.

[verminator_x]

if i only lived in america this summer. well it doesent look bad this years event. i got some old tapes with tool on the ozzfest that was sick just plain crazy rockn roll i think it was in 2001 at the ozz festival.
well we scandinavians can trust us with the facts that foo fighters are hitting the quart and roskilde festival this summer.

[Spitfire]

Ozzfest pisses me off now. There's only going to be 2 good bands there. Arch Enemy and Iron Maiden. The rest suck. Espcially Black Sabbath. Im soooooo sick of Ozzy

[verminator_x]

the tv show destroyed many peoples sight of ozzy as an evil tough guy who worship the devil and all that, but in the tv show you can see this old rock n roll god pick up dog **** swearing again again and again spoiled brats children the only good thing about the show is that ozzys wife takes care of him shes the reason hes still around. i hate those brats for making that show.
black sabbath was truly amzing in the early 70s but for noones surprise ozzy get fired and the sabbath hired a lot of new singers but none of the was as god as ozzy not even dio. to be honest i think ozzy was never meant to be old he was going to join the 27 club now hes walking like a zombie cant even talk without listing like some old stubbering man og women. well ozzy is a good example to the youth that dont mess around with drugs or you are gonna end up like me. im big ozzy fan but today its not ozzy its a ****ing media clown mtv has made a big joke and a lot of money of.
its a ghost a commercial ozz ghost.

[Anarky]

Well, yeah, Ozzy is a mediaclown. I guess, many were very disappointed when they saw "the Osbournes" for the first time, but does that make Ozzy's music worse? I don't think so. It's the same thing with Michael Jackson. I mean, does his bad music make him a pedophile?

And I tell you what, you can be happy that you people have the Ozzfest. All we have is the "OpenAir St. Gallen" and last year's main act was Muse which rendered you suicidal after seeing them. At least you have some decent rock bands there.

[verminator_x]

i didnt say his music is any worse in fact some of his new songs is really good ones.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Ozzfest pisses me off now. There's only going to be 2 good bands there. Arch Enemy and Iron Maiden. The rest suck. Espcially Black Sabbath. Im soooooo sick of Ozzy

Jada Pinkett Smith is on the bill, too, and she's just AWESOME!

Seriously, I dunno what they were thinking...

[verminator_x]

jada pinkett? auch whats next will smith and eddie murphy does a old school rap

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Voltron

Jada Pinkett Smith is on the bill, too, and she's just AWESOME!

Seriously, I dunno what they were thinking...

Yeah shes going to have Will Smith come out on stage and sing with her. Im not even jokeing....

And I hate Ozzy because his stupid wife tells a bunch of lies to the media to make her family more money. She told the media that it was Ozzy who did everything in Sabbath when in truth he did nothing but get high and drunk. Further more he wrote nothing no songs, no lyrics, and hes so useless he cant remember the lyrics and has to sing to a teleprompter. You've been singing the same songs since the 60's and you cant even remember the lyrics. How damn sad is that?

[Anarky]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Yeah shes going to have Will Smith come out on stage and sing with her. Im not even jokeing....

And I hate Ozzy because his stupid wife tells a bunch of lies to the media to make her family more money. She told the media that it was Ozzy who did everything in Sabbath when in truth he did nothing but get high and drunk. Further more he wrote nothing no songs, no lyrics, and hes so useless he cant remember the lyrics and has to sing to a teleprompter. You've been singing the same songs since the 60's and you cant even remember the lyrics. How damn sad is that?

Okay, Rock - Jada Pinkett Smith is like Rap - Atari Teenage Riot. Man, they weren't thinking too much, were they?

And Spitfire, if you had a brain that resembles a trifle, then you wouldn't be able to remember lyrics either. And I couldn't care less for Sabbath's history. Fact is, that they made good music, and in the end, that's all that counts.

EDIT: And I added the last band, I forgot "A dozen furies".

EDIT 2: I have now been listening to the bands for quite some time and I must say, I like Final Drive best, because they are way better than the others when it comes to the instrumentals. And "2000 miles" really is a kickass song.

[SWAT_KAT_RAZOR]

Ozzy's Drugs and Drinking made Ozzy famous and not his music. I like his music, well some of it. I preffer Black Label Society over Sabbath, well for Today I do. I don't watch Battle For Ozzfest but have seen clips from the show it kicks sit. Iron Maiden and Antrhax? I liked the re-formed Motley Crue on last years Ozzfest Bill.
But yeah, until the day I die I will be a Black Sabbath Freak!
But yeah, I don't really care about Black Sabbath's history I feel in love with there music. And that dosen't mean just the Ozzy Era Of Black Sabbath. I liked The DIO era too. Geezer and Ozzy did most of the lyrics and by Volume 4 they we're high on everything. Between There orignal release "Black Sabbath" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" they made some decent music, I heard one of Sabbath's new songs, it didn't go over well with me, but I really did like "Psycho Man."
And Iron Maiden's version of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is something to be desired.

[Spitfire]

Fun Ozzfest tip: Bands dont get selected to be on Ozzfest they pay money to get a spot and in return they get exposure and Merch sale rights. Sad

[Anarky]

You all probably guessed that I was a big fan of this show, right? Well, not exactly big, but I enjoyed it, because I just happened to zap in before the first episode started. So, according to MTV's schedule, there was every night at midnitght two episodes of Ozzfest. I checked the schedule until I had all the episodes together, so plan was: "Start monday/tuesday - end saturday/sunday".

But no, what the f*** are they doing? Rescheduling it. So it was four episodes yesterday and none today. F*** you MTV, I just might have wanted to watch that. Can't they just keep the schedule the way it was up to Wednesday? I mean, that's when I checked last and it said "Sat - Battle for Ozzfest" and today is a lame rerun of a Jackass-episode I have seen hundreds of times. Bastards.

Another TV station does that too with the Power Rangers reruns. Whenever I want to watch on, I have a gap of like three episodes, because the f***ers at RTL decided to broadcast some episodes at another time. What are they thinking? Power Rangers isn't on at like 7pm, it's on at blasted 5am, so either I just came home and enjoy the PR before I go to sleep or I catch them on tape and watch them the day after. But no, German TV won't give me what I want to watch.

You stupid TV-people just wait until I have unlimited bandwidth, then you'll see who's not watching. ( I don't mind if they care, but I'll feel a whole lot better then)

[tmnt84]

This show was so bad its funny,thats why I liked it,as for Ozzy, he made some great music in his solo-career,pure jamming metal,nowdays Ozzy's metal-cred is dead.

[Spitfire]

Okay I saw A Dozen Furies and they were horrble. Mainly because they were not metal...but eh what ever. I didn't expect much anyways. As for Wicked Wisdom gah. She cannot sing....she just did hip hop vocals in that kinda growling death metal voice it sounded god awful.