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ozzy rules!

A Blizzard of Ozz blew through the Greensboro Coliseum on Friday,
May 17, as a stop on Ozzy Osbourne's "Retirement Sucks" tour. The
opening acts were Sepultura and Type-O-Negative, both of whom,
incidentally, had contributed a track to last year's Black Sabbath
tribute, "Nativity in Black." I can't say much about either band.
Sepultra was a wall of noise; Type-O was also noisy, but at least
we could distinguish between the instruments. Neither made an
impression. Approximately ninety minutes into the evening, two
giant video screens came to life. Ozzy began his show with a
hilarious series of short clips from film and television, with him
digitally superimposed upon each a la FORREST GUMP.

In order, the Madman took a seat at a bus stop and told Forrest
Gump to "get the fuck out of here," snapped his fingers in the
opening credits to "The Addams Family," "vogued" with Madonna in a
music video, got on stage in a white jumpsuit with Elvis, threw
women'...

Posted by: Garrick Christian

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