Wishlist for who's going to be "Ozzy's friends"

[Billy Underdog]

As i said in another post; for that "Sabbath-set" with Geezer, it would be cool if Bill popped up. This will be on very different terms, so maybe this will help them come to an agreement later on. And cool if they'd have Brian May fill Tony's spot. Not that they've got the same style (nobody's got the same style as Tony), but they're very good friends, and i think Tony would've appreciated that.

Others for the rest of the show:

Well, Slash obviously.
Lemmy (would'nt it be cool if they did Hellraiser togther?)
James Hetfield, not for singing, only playing guitar (possibly only rythm even. Actually, put him in the "Sabbath-set" as May's rythm-guitarist)
Ofcourse Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake, but that's ofcourse very unlikely...
Rick Wakeman, so they could do Sabbra Cadabra (Maybe that should be placed in the "Sabbath-set" too)
Kelly, so they could do Changes Sorry, that was a bad joke

Countless amount of late 60's/early70's heroes that would've been a wet dream, like Pete Townsend or Jimmy Page f.ex, but that would ofcourse never happen, and probably would'nt fit very well either.
No, wait. He could join Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Dhani Harrison in doing In My Life. That would've been awsome!!!

No, as you see i've runned out of any serious suggestions.

Any ideas?

[jacksabbath]

As i said in another post; for that "Sabbath-set" with Geezer, it would be cool if Bill popped up. This will be on very different terms, so maybe this will help them come to an agreement later on. And cool if they'd have Brian May fill Tony's spot. Not that they've got the same style (nobody's got the same style as Tony), but they're very good friends, and i think Tony would've appreciated that.

Others for the rest of the show:

Well, Slash obviously.
Lemmy (would'nt it be cool if they did Hellraiser togther?)
James Hetfield, not for singing, only playing guitar (possibly only rythm even. Actually, put him in the "Sabbath-set" as May's rythm-guitarist)
Ofcourse Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake, but that's ofcourse very unlikely...
Rick Wakeman, so they could do Sabbra Cadabra (Maybe that should be placed in the "Sabbath-set" too)
Kelly, so they could do Changes Sorry, that was a bad joke

Countless amount of late 60's/early70's heroes that would've been a wet dream, like Pete Townsend or Jimmy Page f.ex, but that would ofcourse never happen, and probably would'nt fit very well either.
No, wait. He could join Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Dhani Harrison in doing In My Life. That would've been awsome!!!

No, as you see i've runned out of any serious suggestions.

Any ideas?

kirk hammet filling in for tony, geezer on bass, bruce dickinson singing, with dave grohl on drums

[Billy Underdog]

bruce dickinson singing

Isn't this a Ozzy-gig?

bruce dickinson singing

And that was the worst thing you could've said. Sabbath was ruined once by a drama-queen, it don't need to happen again...

[jacksabbath]

if were talking about dream line ups that wont happen. i think its more likely kirk pops along for a jam than lee fucking kerslake

[Billy Underdog]

if were talking about dream line ups that wont happen. i think its more likely kirk pops along for a jam than lee fucking kerslake

I would'nt mind Kirk at all, it's just that damn Dick-in-son.
And it's not dream line-ups that was the point, it was who we hope will appear as "special guests" on the show. I'm sorry that i could'nt pick someone more relevant from the top of my head right now than those i did.
Do you really think Ozzy will invite lots of vocalists to take his spot?

[Sabbathman]

"Ozzy Z needs a gig."

Wow - wishlists, guests artists, new setlist speculations, woohoo...we have a new band: Ozzy Osbourne & Friends!!! Yeah, bring in everyone, make this a new Live Aid rock extravaganza...

They should refund the Sabbath tickets and sell new ones to this tribute tour for those who are interested.

...

[kentuckyfan]

What the fuck is wrong with Bruce Dickinson?!? I can accept someone saying I don't like his style of singing but to just dis him is wrong. Without Bruce, Ozzy, Ronnie, and Rob there would be NO metal as we know it.

[Billy Underdog]

"Ozzy Z needs a gig."

Wow - wishlists, guests artists, new setlist speculations, woohoo...we have a new band: Ozzy Osbourne & Friends!!! Yeah, bring in everyone, make this a new Live Aid rock extravaganza...

They should refund the Sabbath tickets and sell new ones to this tribute tour for those who are interested.

...

You're going around posting your negativity in every thread related to this subject now. Come on... We've seen it, now it's enough.
I started this thread so people could mention who they hope will appear as "the special guest", not so you could have just another thread hating on this situation.
Yes it's messed up, and i don't like it any better than you, but there's no use in keep on hating the Osbourne-camp in every single thread on the forum.

Btw "Ozzy Zig needs a gig" would have been a cool name for these shows.

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What the fuck is wrong with Bruce Dickinson?!? I can accept someone saying I don't like his style of singing but to just dis him is wrong. Without Bruce, Ozzy, Ronnie, and Rob there would be NO metal as we know it.

Everything is wrong with Bruce. He's a twat, and he sings like one. Maiden should never had left Di'Anno behind, he actually sounded like he was singing Rock, not in some Broadway-play...

And don't give him the same cred. in making Metal as Ozzy and Rob, that's blasphemy.

[Josef_K]

Everything is wrong with Bruce. He's a twat, and he sings like one. Maiden should never had left Di'Anno behind, he actually sounded like he was singing Rock, not in some Broadway-play...

And don't give him the same cred. in making Metal as Ozzy and Rob, that's blasphemy.

Dude you gotta start using "I think" in your sentences, you're pissing people off Anyway, imo Bruce did more for metal than Ozzy and Rob, maybe not together but them individually. Without Ozzy, Sabbath could still have created metal. Would they have been as good or as famous as a band? I hardly think so, but it would have been heavy, the heaviness lies in Geezer, Bill & most of all Tony imo, not in Ozzy. Rob Halford vs Bruce Dickinson is even more personal taste I guess... I just think as you say yourself, with Di'Anno Maiden sounded like a Rock band (maybe I misunderstood you here, I probably did) but with Bruce in they got that Power-Metalish touch that made the whole band more metal than rock. I can't decide which Maiden is better, I haven't heard much from Killers but the first album is incredible, and so are most of the Dickinson-era albums.

Judas Priest is not a band I listen to much, but honestly I think Maiden have been slightly more influential in the genre, and that's SO not thanks to Di'Anno ^^. I think Rob is a very typical metal-singer though, so I guess it's just me liking Bruce much much more deciding who had the biggest part in creating metal.

EDIT: I'm terribly sorry, I promised not to do this again but I did. I replied in a thread without even mentioning the topic.... I really don't know who would be nice guests in the Ozzy & Friends tour, I'm still wondering whether it's worth going. Slash is of no interest to me, an ok but quite boring guitar player. Zakk is actually a bit more interesting, he is more brutal and further into metal than I prefer but at least he makes me listen to his solos and riffs from time to time. Bill Ward won't happen, simple as that. If it does, I'll eat my "Paranoid" LP. As long as the guitarist is someone interesting I might go... I have no real wishes since it IS going to be a metal-guitarist, and I just don't like any of them that much. I mean ok, if Adrian Smith joins Ozzy on the stage that's cool, but that's also extremely random. I'll just wait and see.

[Sabbathman]

You're going around posting your negativity in every thread related to this subject now. Come on... We've seen it, now it's enough.
I started this thread so people could mention who they hope will appear as "the special guest", not so you could have just another thread hating on this situation.

There's nothing positive about this. When Tony's recovered and we have the new album in our players, then we have positive vibes again.

I'm truly fucking disappointed, my posts on the different threads (about the very same fucking thing) were just an outburst of frustration. But that's that, you don't need to "moderate" me, I know the deal here.

I'm now waiting for next week as to what the promoter will state about the tickets - will they be refunded or not.

[Billy Underdog]

I just think as you say yourself, with Di'Anno Maiden sounded like a Rock band (maybe I misunderstood you here, I probably did) but with Bruce in they got that Power-Metalish touch that made the whole band more metal than rock. I can't decide which Maiden is better, I haven't heard much from Killers but the first album is incredible, and so are most of the Dickinson-era albums.

Judas Priest is not a band I listen to much, but honestly I think Maiden have been slightly more influential in the genre, and that's SO not thanks to Di'Anno ^^. I think Rob is a very typical metal-singer though, so I guess it's just me liking Bruce much much more deciding who had the biggest part in creating metal.

Yeah, you misunderstood completely. I meant Rock as in Hard Rock/Metal, just an umbrella-term, and as i said, with Dickinson it turned into a Opera/theater-act.
Which ofcourse is very much the same style as Halford, but atleast he sounds like he's got some balls while doing it.

As for Maidens influence, it was with Di'Anno they kicked of NWOBHM, Dickinson came to a ready-made job.

But guys, if i just wanted to discuss Bruce Dickinson i would have started a thread called "Bruce sucks". Would be nice if someone actually posted an answer related to the thread-name.

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There's nothing positive about this. When Tony's recovered and we have the new album in our players, then we have positive vibes again.

I'm truly fucking disappointed, my posts on the different threads (about the very same fucking thing) were just an outburst of frustration. But that's that, you don't need to "moderate" me, I know the deal here.

I'm now waiting for next week as to what the promoter will state about the tickets - will they be refunded or not.

We're all waiting for news on that issue. And i'm not trying to be positive about this, i'm just as disappointed as you, but there's enough of other threads to let that frustration out. This thread was, once again, intended as a place people can name who they hope these "friends" are. Is that really that hard to grasp?

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Ozzy could have Les Claypool (or the whole Primus for that matter) joining him in doing N.I.B.

If they get Bill back onboard, him and Geezer could join Rob Halford and Scott Wino in a Bullring Brummies-reunion (though i don't see Ozzy inviting other vocalists in this ever happening).

[Sabhuman1978]

Friends will be Friends

[ptr]

Seriously? When I thought about the returning the tickets, I realized, that maybe I´d keep them and go to the Prague show, but just in case that the "guests" would be so important to me, that I would like to see them "alone" - so I would go to see them on another gig....

I will wait to the announcing the full list of guests for Prague show and then I will decide. There is one name that would change my decision to returing the money (it was rumoured already) but I dont see it realistic, because I think that Ozzy´s ego would not allow it - Glenn Hughes.

[Sabbathman]

We're all waiting for news on that issue. And i'm not trying to be positive about this, i'm just as disappointed as you, but there's enough of other threads to let that frustration out. This thread was, once again, intended as a place people can name who they hope these "friends" are. Is that really that hard to grasp?

No, it's not hard to grasp that this thread is about quest artists wishes. I just felt that I had to write my rebelling comment on this thread too. Nothing against you and your thread, Billy, you can have your thread about quest artist wishes, by all means, it's alright. I'm just against the whole Ozzy & Friends concept because it's been arranged a) to replace Sabbath and b) to keep the promoters happy. There's still no information whether or not there will be a refund of the Sabbath tickets. I truly hope that by early next week there will be information about this. I paid to see Sabbath - if there's no Sabbath, there should be a refund for those who are not interested of this upcoming Ozzy Z needs a gig/Sabbath tribute tour.

[Billy Underdog]

Seriously? When I thought about the returning the tickets, I realized, that maybe I´d keep them and go to the Prague show, but just in case that the "guests" would be so important to me, that I would like to see them "alone" - so I would go to see them on another gig....

I will wait to the announcing the full list of guests for Prague show and then I will decide.

That's what i'm thinking too. F.ex if it gets confirmed that Slash is appearing on the show i got a ticket for, i MIGHT go... But still there should be an opportunity for a refund, as it's perfectly understandable that someone might not want to go (myself included).

[Sabbathman]

Friends will be Friends

Laughed my ass off...

[mythology]

What the fuck is wrong with Bruce Dickinson?!? I can accept someone saying I don't like his style of singing but to just dis him is wrong. Without Bruce, Ozzy, Ronnie, and Rob there would be NO metal as we know it.

He should stick to flying planes.

Bad singer with a bad band. It's just hilarious metal. It's the sort of stuff that everyone else in the music world laughs at.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

In all honesty, I don't have any interest on this "Ozzy & Friends" project. I just want my tickets refunded.

BUT, I never want to hear or see Kirk Hammet playing Sabbath tunes again. That guy is a piss-poor guitarist with his god-awful overbends and all the other countless impurities in his playing.

[nunoni]

who the fuck cares?

Anyway, what about finding those dancers in Michael Jackson's Thriller video, or the guys in Walking Dead - great backing for Ozzy I think.

[Billy Underdog]

who the fuck cares?

I care, couse i'm wondering if my ticket is worth anything anymore. I can understand that Americans with no relation to this particular dates and Europeans who hasn't bought the ticket don't give a damn about this issue, but the question of me going to the show or not relies solely on who these friends are going to be.
I've seen Ozzy solo before, with Zakk, so i don't care about that, but if Slash and some other interesting guys appear i might consider going.
This whole thing will for me involve a 400 km train-journey which will cost about 500 nok, pluss i've already spent 600 nok on the ticket and booked a room for the night.
So exuse me for being anxious about what was supposed to be my big happening this year.

Now can someone not so Ozzy-biased PLEASE reply to the actual thread-name? Or else i guess i just have to ask Joe to shut the thread down..

[J Hillenburg]

Jake E. Lee would be an interesting guest. Leslie West could be fun. Ozzy should relax with these shows and do interesting things - don't bring guests on
for "Crazy Train" or "Paranoid". Blah.

[Billy Underdog]

Thanx, finally.

Yeah, Leslie West would've been cool, as they've done stuff together before. I know Leslie joined Ozzy on his cover of Missisippi Queen, and they've also done Masters Of War together...

[mikesline]

it Fuckin dosen't matter who shows up it is a step-down from a BLACK SABBATH tour,they should get some stippers and make it interesting. at least!

i heard guns n roses is there,i'd like to see slash kick axel roses ass, i would pay to see that and A dollar for the stippers"im a big tipper"

[Billy Underdog]

it Fuckin dosen't matter who shows up it is a step-down from a BLACK SABBATH tour,they should get some stippers and make it interesting. at least!

Well, you're not sitting in Europe with a worthless ticket right now, so your opinion doesn't really count.

[Soul Sucker]

I want to see Ozzy and Slash play Crucify the Dead.

You're going around posting your negativity in every thread related to this subject now. Come on... We've seen it, now it's enough.

You really should follow your own advice...

But guys, if i just wanted to discuss Bruce Dickinson i would have started a thread called "Bruce sucks".

Everything is wrong with Bruce. He's a twat, and he sings like one.

I would'nt mind Kirk at all, it's just that damn Dick-in-son.

And that was the worst thing you could've said. Sabbath was ruined once by a drama-queen, it don't need to happen again...

[Billy Underdog]

You really should follow your own advise...

Well, you answered yourself there... Sure, i'm answering what's being posted, but at one point it became all about that guy, so i really felt the need to end it.
I know i can derail from a topic myself often, and i do have alot of negative things to say about Bruce Dickinson, but that wasn't the reason i started this thread. If i really wanted to bash on him i would either find a Maiden-thread where i could do it, or as said; started a new thread for that purpose... This whole thing started solely with a reply i made to someone suggesting Dickinson should replace Ozzy in the Sabbath-set of the gig, but that doesn't mean it should turn into a discussion about him..

As for that reply to Sabbathman, he was posting the same remarks over and over in lots of threads, so i didn't see the need to post it yet again in yet another thread that was meant to have another subject.

[TheElfoid]

I would assume the guests will largely be people from the various bands playing the festivals Ozzy is appearing at. Motorhead and Slash both tend to hit up the major festivals each year, so those two are the obvious ones. Aside from that, I'd guess it'll be mostly local musicians that are friends with Ozzy (i.e. British folks - the only Americans I see him playing with are ones already playing the same festivals).

And let's keep the Bruce Dickinson stuff calm. Both sides need to remember to do that. Bruce Dickinson's probably not fussed if one person doesn't like him, so don't get mad on his behalf, his millions of fans and millions of pounds will make him feel better about it if he finds out I'm sure. Likewise, raging about him won't make him go away

[Sabhuman1978]

I will go to the concert at Hartwall Arena. I've already made arrangements, hotel reservations, bought airline tickets etc.
And I've never seen Ozzy live. When Tony gets well and Bill gets respectful contract and new studio album is released there will be new reunion world tour.

Guests at Helsinki-show? HIM's Linde Lindström must be one, since he lives in Helsinki and is married to Tony Iommi's daughter

[Billy Underdog]

Guests at Helsinki-show? HIM's Linde Lindström must be one, since he lives in Helsinki and is married to Tony Iommi's daughter

If Tony has a say in any of this, i guess that could happen. So i'm glad i'm not going to the Finnland-show..
So they're married now? Thought they were only engaged...

@ Elfoid: Please stop talking about Bruce Dickinson

[Sabbathman]

Phew, so they are refunding the tickets for those who decide not to go. I'm so relieved. I guess my main concern was to have the option of not going to this concert if I decided so. I'll not return my ticket just yet, maybe I'll change my mind or maybe not.

[Billy Underdog]

Phew, so they are refunding the tickets for those who decide not to go. I'm so relieved. I guess my main concern was to have the option of not going to this concert if I decided so. I'll not return my ticket just yet, maybe I'll change my mind or maybe not.

Yeah, i got it confirmed just now too. AND it's confirmed Slash will appear in Oslo.

So... Do i want to see Slash, or do i want my money back... Hmm... That's going to be a tough decision. Hopefully they'll announce some more friends before the ticket has to be refunded. (4/30)


Nice to see you're in a better mood now, Sab-man

[Sabbathman]

Yeah, this was a huge relief. It all just felt like a ton of bricks yesterday...

As it turned out, in addition to the refund option, my good friend (who got me this ticket in the first place) told me that if I decide not to go, he will buy the ticket back from me for his friend who has not seen Ozzy at all.

Billy, if you decide to go, I wish you a megaton-powered metal evening, seems that you hold Slash in a very high regard. I like him too.

I may decide to bail out since I've seen Ozzy already in 2010 and 2011...or maybe I'll eventually jump into the bus and get fucking crazy too. We'll see how it goes...

[Billy Underdog]

Billy, if you decide to go, I wish you a megaton-powered metal evening, seems that you hold Slash in a very high regard. I like him too.

I may decide to bail out since I've seen Ozzy already in 2010 and 2011...or maybe I'll eventually jump into the bus and get fucking crazy too. We'll see how it goes...

Thanx, man. Yeah, Guns was my first real big band, and i've seen Axl's horror-solo-show, so it would be cool to get a glimpse of Slash too (too bad he won't appear in Finland, as he's still doing his own gigs in the US at that time. I guess i was lucky enough that the Norwegian dates seem to be his first appearances).
I've seen Ozzy solo before too, was it 08/09? On the Black Rain-tour atleast, but with Zakk on guitar, as Black Label was the warm-up act.

And belive me, if i decide to go, i'll still make the best out of it and have myself a fucking blast!!!

[labrekk]

He should stick to flying planes.

Bad singer with a bad band. It's just hilarious metal. It's the sort of stuff that everyone else in the music world laughs at.

ROTFLMAO. I hope you're just making irony here cause otherwise you will be the one people will laugh at. To not like Dickinson or Maiden is one thing, but to say a legendary singer like him, who still performs great in his mid 50s, and a legendary successful band like Maiden are "bad" is just silly.

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Sabbath was ruined once by a drama-queen, it don't need to happen again...

Which one was the drama queen who ruined Sabbath? I really hope it's not the one I have in mind...

[Billy Underdog]

Which one was the drama queen who ruined Sabbath? I really hope it's not the one I have in mind...

Well, who in Sabbath's vocalist-history was as big a drama-queen as Dickinson?
I've said it once before, and i think you've got the right one in mind.

But it's not entirely fair to say he alone ruined Sabbath, couse the band as a whole changed their sound at that point. But still...

[labrekk]

Well, who in Sabbath's vocalist-history was as big a drama-queen as Dickinson?
I've said it once before, and i think you've got the right one in mind.

But it's not entirely fair to say he alone ruined Sabbath, couse the band as a whole changed their sound at that point. But still...

Dio did not ruin Sabbath, he SAVED them and made them better.

But in any ways, I'm done wasting my time arguing with you...How can one argue with someone who says that Bruce Dickinson is a bad singer, Iron Maiden is a bad band, and Ronnie James Dio ruined Black Sabbath? I rest my case and bow to your high degree of knowledge of the heavy metal genre and appreciation...

[Billy Underdog]

I rest my case and bow to your high degree of knowledge of the heavy metal genre and appreciation...

Good for you to see it from that (true) perspective. (and i didn't say Maiden was bad, with Di'Anno they kicked ass. It's just that when you start releasing the same record over and over again for 30 years, it get's kinda boring..)

[Sabbathman]

Thanx, man. Yeah, Guns was my first real big band, and i've seen Axl's horror-solo-show, so it would be cool to get a glimpse of Slash too (too bad he won't appear in Finland, as he's still doing his own gigs in the US at that time. I guess i was lucky enough that the Norwegian dates seem to be his first appearances).
I've seen Ozzy solo before too, was it 08/09? On the Black Rain-tour atleast, but with Zakk on guitar, as Black Label was the warm-up act.

And belive me, if i decide to go, i'll still make the best out of it and have myself a fucking blast!!!

Along with Metallica, Guns were one of the first bands that I got interested in back in the fall of '89..."Hey, what song is this? What's the name of the album? What are the names of these musicians? Can you make a copy of your cassette for me too?"

Slash is a classy player, for sure. His guitar work is unquestionable.

But as I said, I have to think this through since I've just seen "Ozzy and friends" last year. Sure, this Ozzy & Friends lineup can make a real heavy metal blast on location, whoever the guests will be. No doubt about that. But initially I was just so raging mad because of the complete alteration of the concert setting, as there was no information about the possibility of the ticket refunding...now that there's a fair choice to be made, I can relax and think this over - will I be excited enough to make the trip for this tribute concert? Plus my friend already offered to buy my ticket back for his girlfriend (who's never seen Ozzy) should I choose not to go, so basically I have time to consider this until May 22nd.

All this goes to show how important Sabbath is to me. Sabbath really matters to me, this is not just another great band coming to town, this band is so much more. When something concerns Sabbath, it concerns me personally. Look at my forum name, that's what I've been called for many years by my friends!

I think the wishlist for these friends is easy:

- Brothers Marco & Zachary Hietala of Tarot (check out their versions of Children Of The Grave and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

[miracle]

You guys know that this is not the first time ozzy, geezer and zack has played together?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6j_zqI6uA

[Billy Underdog]

You guys know that this is not the first time ozzy, geezer and zack has played together?

A question only a Swede could ask...

Since Zakk's been Ozzy's guitarist since 88, and Geezer's been playing with him on and off since about the same time 'till the mid 90's, it's pretty obvious they've played together before, ain't it?