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Top 100 Heavy Metal and glam rock acts from the MTV era - it's still real to me (2 Viewers)

September 1984. Spanish II class. 3rd period. just transferred from a Catholic HS to public school. guy sitting behind me, Alex Medina, says, "Hey, you like heavy metal?" I replied, "Yeah, I like Ozzy and the Scorpions." he hands me his headphones, the ones with the orange foam over the speakers, and says, "Listen to these guys."  

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die

i was hooked right then and there. wore out my Ride the Lightning cassette within six months. bought Master of Puppets the day it came out, and was played before, during, and after swim meets my Sr. year....our 4x100 Free Relay team even had "Damage INC" hand-stenciled on our swim caps [by god, we were such dorks]. 

nobody in my circle of friends really cared for them, at least until 1991 when Black Album came out and then suddenly every Tri-Delt and SAE Bro was throwing up horns and singing along to "Unforgiven". bollocks. i kinda drifted away from Metallica after that album, but still bought Load/Reload and saw them in concert a few times through the 90s. who doesn't love to shout "Die! Die! Die! Die!" along with Jason? 

the disappointment of St. Sucks - along with the Napster buffonery - pretty much quashed my love for them and i drifted on to other bands. fast-forward to Death Magnetic and my curiosity was piqued. when Hardwired got released, my first thought was, "Where the #### has this been the last 20 years?" i got to see them in 2017 for the North Bay Fire Relief concert at AT&T Park (now Oracle...whatever) and they brought the house down. 

looking back, Metallica was the soundtrack to a good portion of my life (along with Maiden, who would have been my #1 in this countdown...glad they made Top 4) so i'll still throw on Kill 'Em All or Garage Days every now and again and remember the good-old-days. 

 
I saw that FNM/Metallica/GnR show at the Metrodome (burn in hell you ####ty giant bubble). FNM put on a great set, and Metallica shredded. GnR was.... something. I actually fell asleep during their set and we left right after November Rain to beat the traffic. I was fine with it. 

Metallica was great and all, I still prefer Ride The Lightning to Master of Puppets, but I've made peace with being in the minority on that one. The Black Album brings back some great memories, but I don't care if I never hear a song from it again. Saw Metallica a couple more times, including Woodstock 99, in which they put on an excellent set, from what little I remember from that whole experience. I consider Metallica my favorite cover band ever, as they knock remakes out of the park. In addition to the previously mentioned Whiskey In the Jar, hearing this on Garage Days got me to check out the Misfits. I will be eternally grateful to Metallica for that. That song also served as the soundtrack for a project I did in a HS public speaking class in which you had to demonstrate how to do something. I demonstrated the proper technique for headbanging. Got an A. And a sore neck.

I'd rather talk about Faith No More. The pre-Patton stuff was really good, although I didn't get into them until after Epic became a giant hit. Angel Dust is one of the most under-appreciated albums of the 90s, or maybe ever. Killer record, beginning to end. 

Land of Sunshine

Midlife Crisis

Everything's Ruined

A Small Victory

 
Napster was a strange hill to die on. Why not let the crooks at the labels worry about that crap?  
 

Today most musicians make nearly nothing for their recorded work.. I hope these fat bastards are happy

 
Pretty much love all phases of Metallica (St. Anger being the only album I never really put on.) 

Someone played Fight Fire With fire for me me when I was a freshman in high school and at first I just didn't understand it. I walked away confused, like what the hell, it's just noise? Then I came back to Ride the Lightning and went through it a couple of times, and slowly but surely they wormed their way into my soul. When Master came out, forget it. My poor parents. I like all kinds of music, but there's a raw, unadulterated power to those early Metallica albums. 

Always put on a good show. Great great band.

 
Metallica is my 3rd fav band behind only the Beatles and Maiden. I've seen them live 14-15 times but not since the St Anger tour. First 4 times they were the opening band(Wasp,Ozzy x2 and Monsters of Rock). Other than the shows in the Silver some they always sounded great and put on an amazing show, some up to 3 hours long.

I like all their albums until Reload. Usually at least a track or 2 worth hearing on the rest but can't just play the album. Back in 84/85 it was almost impossible to find a copy of Kill em All, had to buy an import version for like $30 but it was worth it!

 
Herb said:
I'd rather talk about Faith No More. The pre-Patton stuff was really good, although I didn't get into them until after Epic became a giant hit. Angel Dust is one of the most under-appreciated albums of the 90s, or maybe ever. Killer record, beginning to end. 

Land of Sunshine

Midlife Crisis

Everything's Ruined

A Small Victory
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YES! Angel Dust is tremendous, and mad props to Faith No More for creating such a unique album. Definitely underrated, maybe a bit too heavy for some of their earlier fans? Not sure why this isn't appreciated as much as it is.  

SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER 

 
Big fan of Metallica although I didn't discover them until later in life, much past my metal days. Not sure why, guess I wasn't that into thrash metal at the time but the Black Album got me interested, Kill Em All, Master of Puppets & Ride the Lighting hooked me for good. Haven't explored much past the Black Album other than singles that pop up but their early stuff is still heavy in my rotation.

 
I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I am pleasantly surprised that you didn't put Metallica at #1.

I'd also be lying if I didn't admit that I think they are hella overrated.  Dreck?  No, not saying that.  Just given more love than I feel they deserve. 

Metallica just never really resonated with me.  Most of the folks I knew who were into them in their heyday were insufferable, and Hetfield and Lars have always pretty much come off as ##### no matter where I've ever heard/seen them. 

My biases are showing, I'm sure, but I'm unapologetic.  Metallica?  Meh.

 

 
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plinko said:
Honorable mention, the perfect time for the perfect crime, FAITH NO MORE was on this list but I decided, no, they belong on another list, another time
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I'll take one Faith No More over three Metallicas, please. :)

Andy Dufresne said:
We Care A Lot (both versions).

Out Of Nowhere.
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:headbang:

rockaction said:
I would listen to Introduce Yourself all the time as even a college student. I dug that record. Pre-Mike Patton days they were an interesting band. Once Mike got there, maybe even more so.
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I love Patton, even though he can be sort of a toolshed.  Certainly does his own thing.

Remember Mr. Bungle? They were...terrible. 
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HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH VLAD DRAC!!

Mr. Bungle was....ungood. :)   IIRC, they did have that one track where the intro was, essentially, supposed to be Mike walking down the hall to take a dump/taking the dump, though.  That counts for at least a couple of points, I guess?  "Metal"?!

 
Metallica Master of Puppets is about as hard as I go in terms of listening to metal.   I thought Metallica may have been the #1 due to their broad fanbase and respect in the industry(by most.)

 
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Kind of surprised Metallica wasn’t #1 or at least #2

still haven’t seen them live, well sort of did.  Back in 97 i split like a 5th and a half of 100 proof SoCo with my buddy right before the show (I was like 17) and blacked out during the opening act (COC), barfed in my lap and then woke up at the end of the show to some explosions going off

 
5-ish Finkle said:
Metallica just never really resonated with me.  Most of the folks I knew who were into them in their heyday were insufferable
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There is something to this. In 83/84 etc, "heavy metal" included bands like the next two in this list, the Scorpions, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Whitesnake, etc. I liked all those guys. I also liked Maiden and Metallica, but there was a definite line - most of the Metallica guys saw the other side as the kid's table. 

 
Justice was the last great Metallica album - and that was 1998.  Everything after, meh.  
 

Thanks for ruining a great thing, Bob Rock.

 
5-ish Finkle said:
I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I am pleasantly surprised that you didn't put Metallica at #1.

I'd also be lying if I didn't admit that I think they are hella overrated.  Dreck?  No, not saying that.  Just given more love than I feel they deserve. 

Metallica just never really resonated with me.  Most of the folks I knew who were into them in their heyday were insufferable, and Hetfield and Lars have always pretty much come off as ##### no matter where I've ever heard/seen them. 

My biases are showing, I'm sure, but I'm unapologetic.  Metallica?  Meh.

 
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They deserve to be # 1 in my book.  No metal band comes close to accomplishing what they have.

What's overrated about them? Their number of hits? Their recognizable riffs? Their longevity?

On more than one occasion I've heard members of other bands say how gracious Metallica is.  

 
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FairWarning said:
Justice was the last great Metallica album - and that was 1998.  Everything after, meh.  
 
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1988, but I knew what you meant and agree. The lead track Battery is a personal favorite of mine - I'm a sucker for classical guitar openings weaving their way into metal. I suspect we'll have another one coming up in the top 2.

 
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Which band battle is more heated?

Van Halen vs. Van Hagar

or

Metallica pre Black Album vs. Metallica post Black Album

 
=Smackdown= said:
“I said welcome to my show . . . “

::curtain drop::

always enjoyed that opening song at their concerts.

High n Dry & Pyromania rocked.
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High n Dry one of my favorite albums ever. Let It Go is such a fantastic lead song with that killer opening riff. Amazing they did that as teenagers! In those early years they rivaled VH as my favorite band.

I've liked some stuff here & there after Hysteria (like White Lightning from Adrenalize dedicated to Steve Clark), but just too glossy compared to early stuff. They tour all the time but I haven't seen them in many, many years cause I only want to hear old stuff.

 
jwb said:
There is something to this. In 83/84 etc, "heavy metal" included bands like the next two in this list, the Scorpions, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Whitesnake, etc. I liked all those guys. I also liked Maiden and Metallica, but there was a definite line - most of the Metallica guys saw the other side as the kid's table. 
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Like I said earlier, I don't know why 16 year-old me thought that songs about ancient eldritch horrors were better than songs about getting laid and having a good time.  50 year-old me feels exactly the opposite.  But that's sort of the way it was in the 80s for me.  And it's all because bands from both camps were labelled "metal" when they were doing two very different things.

 
A friend had me listen to Kill em All when it was released in 83.  I was about 13 years old and listening to hard rock but was not ready for Metallica.   It was too heavy and didn’t like it.  A year later,  I heard the title track to Ride the Lightning on a radio show before the album was released and was hooked.   I’m still hooked.  I bought Ride and could not get enough of Metallica and bought Kill em All.   I wore those cassettes out.   

Master put Metallica on top of heavy metal.   It is one of my top 5 albums.   Every song is incredible.   I will listen to any song from that album at any time and listen to it again and again.   I love the power that Metallica brings   

I hated the production of Justice but the songs are great.   It’s a fantastic album.   It took me a little while to like the black album but I fell in love with it too.  

Load and everything after is a disappointment.   I don’t listen to any of those albums.

i saw Metallica a few times in the 80s and 90s and every show was great.  As another poster mentioned, they stole the show at the Mosters of Rock tour in 88.  Hatfield doesn’t get his due as a frontman.  

Metallica should be number 1 on this list.  

 
So yeah......I fully appreciate the impact and influence Metallica has had on heavy metal music. It is undeniable.  

I do like several albums too.

Master of Puppets - The gold standard. I still pop it on from time to time. 

And Justice For All - Some really great tunes and the production really shines (much to the dismay of their hardcore pioneer fans). But this was the last we would hear of their old school style until Hardwired. 

Black Album - The impact was huge when metal needed a jolt as it was dying and dying fast when this album dropped. A classic.

Hardwired - One of my favorites actually. This was a massive return to form. Great tour.....great album. 

But as a band they are nowhere in my top 25 in this genre. Just not my thing overall. I am not a thrash or speed guy in general. I much prefer Maidens “Gallup” vs Metallica’s “Sprint".

Great guys, great musicians and I appreciate great bands like them, even if their music does not get me off like my favorites. 

 
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DocHolliday said:
A friend had me listen to Kill em All when it was released in 83.  I was about 13 years old and listening to hard rock but was not ready for Metallica.   It was too heavy and didn’t like it.  A year later,  I heard the title track to Ride the Lightning on a radio show before the album was released and was hooked.   I’m still hooked.  I bought Ride and could not get enough of Metallica and bought Kill em All.   I wore those cassettes out.   

Master put Metallica on top of heavy metal.   It is one of my top 5 albums.   Every song is incredible.   I will listen to any song from that album at any time and listen to it again and again.   I love the power that Metallica brings   

I hated the production of Justice but the songs are great.   It’s a fantastic album.   It took me a little while to like the black album but I fell in love with it too.  

Load and everything after is a disappointment.   I don’t listen to any of those albums.

i saw Metallica a few times in the 80s and 90s and every show was great.  As another poster mentioned, they stole the show at the Mosters of Rock tour in 88.  Hatfield doesn’t get his due as a frontman.  

Metallica should be number 1 on this list.  
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Yep...that was me and I remember the show really well.....they simply slayed it. 

Blew everyone including Van Halen off the stage. 

 
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Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Like I said earlier, I don't know why 16 year-old me thought that songs about ancient eldritch horrors were better than songs about getting laid and having a good time.  50 year-old me feels exactly the opposite.  But that's sort of the way it was in the 80s for me.  And it's all because bands from both camps were labelled "metal" when they were doing two very different things.
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Bands like the NWOHM crew (Maiden, Priest, Motörhead, etc) held up because they didn’t need  MTV for breakthrough exposure.  A lot of the bands in this list were heavily influenced by Van Halen and the LA lifestyle.  They also used MTV extensively - they were promoting an image, then the music.  When the music fell out of favor, they just had the looks.  
 

One of my best friends was in a pretty successful Chicago band back in the 80’s that was a Van Halen type.  They broke up and my friend moved to Phoenix and played in a similar band.  They ended up losing a battle of the bands for a national recording contract to the Gin Blossoms.  Between grunge and missing out on a contract, hair metal was dead.

 
Todem said:
Yep...that was me and I remember the show really well.....they simply slayed it. 

Blew everyone including Van Halen off the stage. 
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Yep, and blew GnR off the stage when they toured together too!

 
plinko said:
Napster was a strange hill to die on. Why not let the crooks at the labels worry about that crap?
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Amen. Really, to argue for a continuation of the music industry as it was -- so the banks could keep ripping off artists for loans -- was just an odd stance to take. Although a dollar a record is a lot when you're selling four million a pop, I guess, and more than that worldwide for Metallica. But the average royalties per record was so weak that one wonders why they intervened. 

I didn't really hold it against them, though. If I held band politics against most artists I'd have no bands to support, really. 

 
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My first exposure to Metallica was on a 7th grade church youth group trip. Sat on a 3 hour bus ride to NYC in the back seat of the tour bus listening to Ride The Lightning. Mind Blown.

Master is awesome, of course. But I tend to love AJFA much more than most of my friends. One was meh, overplayed, but songs like Harvester of Sorrow, Shortest Straw, Frayed Ends of Sanity are amazing.

 
rockaction said:
Amen. Really, to argue for a continuation of the music industry as it was -- so the banks could keep ripping off artists for loans -- was just an odd stance to take. Although a dollar a record is a lot when you're selling four million a pop, I guess, and more than that worldwide for Metallica. But the average royalties per record was so weak that one wonders why they intervened. 

I didn't really hold it against them, though. If I held band politics against most artists I'd have no bands to support, really. 
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In their defense, it was kind of new too. I could see these huge bands saying "wait... whaaat?" It threatened their entire existence as they knew it. 

 
jwb said:
In their defense, it was kind of new too. I could see these huge bands saying "wait... whaaat?" It threatened their entire existence as they knew it. 
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If you really look at an old, standard record industry contract and break it down, the return on sales of an individual unit of a record is so tiny compared to other revenue streams that it’s still on odd fight. Yeah, it did admittedly cut into huge bands’ checks, but given the disparity between the individual unit of a record or CD vs. a T-shirt, it struck even industry observers as sort of strange. Like, why is Metallica of all bands defending the record industry regarding album sales? 

I have great sympathy for those left behind by industry changes; it’s just that the Metallica stand was odd given the attendant circumstances surrounding it. 

 
And I have no real strong position on the copyright issues involved with the distribution of music as product. That’s another level of thought that requires a theoretical framework and discussion that I don’t think the thread really is crying out for me to give. Heh.  

 
Sincerest apologies to Metallica, for phoning it in on their entry.  This one will have to involve a little more thought and explanation.

An a__hole, a coke head, and the world's sloppiest fn drunk, why it's RAWK AND RAWLLL'S ONE AND ONLY PRINCE OF FAHKING DAHKNESS HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA

2. Ozzy Osbourne

Ousted frontman of the once greatest metal band, he wrote Goodbye to Romance about the uncertainty he was facing about his future.  And lets be sure, this wastoid toolbag had no right having such an incredible second act.

But with help from a series of hand picked hungry (and patient) young musicians, and a hyper-focused manager/wife, they kept the crazy train on the tracks all through the decade, and even had things on a high point in 1991 when most of these other noobs were starting to slip.

(Sharon took over management of Ozzy after her father, manager of Sabbath, fired him from Sabbath.  Married a few years later)

It was supposed to be Ozzy Osbourne and the Blizzard of Ozz (the name of the band) but the Osbourne camp started right away with the personnel shenanigans, and took full control.  By most accounts Randy Rhoads was never happy with things, not properly acknowledged or compensated, and the rest of the "band" was more or less a revolving door.  Ozzy was generally a drunken loon at most times.

Blizzard of Ozz
 Mr Crowley live 81
 Flying High Again
 Diary of a Madman

Randy dies on private plane, alongside a makeup artist and screwup bus driver/pilot.  Full account here and more.  Sounds like a clown show tour Shaaaaron

Jake E. Lee is brought in for the next two albums.  He would ultimately be dumped, probably after asking for a fairer shake.  Easy to surmise from all I've been reading that most Ozzy solo material was written by his band members in rehearsals.

Bark at the Moon

Shot in the Dark

Young Zakk Wylde auditions and takes Lee's job.  To be fair, up to today 2022, Zakk Wylde doesn't seem to have any complaints and has come and gone from Ozzy's lineup freely, as he's pursued his own pretty moderately excellent career.

Ozzy's Moscow set 1989

1991:
 No More Tears
 Mama I'm Coming Home

OK OK enough about the music, how's it even that great.. it really isn't..

But Ozzy, man, he was the head of the ####### spear..

He truly was public enemy #1 , and particularly from church groups here in the states, he was the guy the moral majority usually wanted nailed to their highest cross.  Also hauled into court multiple times when fans did murdery/suicidy things.

HE ATE A ####### DOVE.  FOR DESSERT, A ####### BAT. SUCK IT COVID GUY

Peed on or near the Alamo.  Snorted a line of ants.  

Personal rock and roll hero to many of the dumbest rock and roll heroes, look no further than #1

I haven't often been giving much weight to post-MTV-era activities, unless truly remarkable, but a few things to consider with Ozzy..

Somehow still alive

INVENTED GARBAGE #### AROUND-RICH-A-HOLES-HOUSE REALITY TV .. THANK YOU WE LOVE IT

Ozzfest... killer!

I was never at any time a big Ozzy fan.  I thought Shot In The Dark was pretty good and I slowly found the stuff in his catalog that I liked.  Dead before I ever knew his name, I respect Randy Rhoads of course and even miss him, even more after catching up on his early years.  I liked Jake E. Lee's Badlands album better than any Ozzy albums.  (But I also love Zep first and foremost.)

I don't expect many people to come in here loving on Ozzy, or being into this pick. What I've tried to do all along was put myself back in time as best I can for a lot of this, and it always felt like he was - like I said, the head of the all-things-metal spear, in a way, and even as Iommi's Sabbath train ran off the tracks, team Ozzy never blinked and never stumbled (for long)

Early youtube goodness - 1974 California Jam, same festival as the Purple show in the Whitesnake entry

 
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plinko said:
Sorry sorry, I got hit with work last night, not a common thing luckily, but west coast stuff, it happens, so I'm behind and I wanted to give this band full due... they feel like the most controversial somehow!

Our top 3 acts, unlike #4, were popular with mainstream audiences, for whatever it is or isn't worth to purists - and I don't even know how I would fit into that category - well, it counts for something here

So this one is going to kind of get done in pieces today, as we try to get things moving again!

3. Metallica

I was thinking, after all these years, in my head Lightning and Puppets are very similar, masterful thrash metal records, but I had to make myself listen again, not for that but because I wanted to talk about Cliff

But let's be real, this is a young bad ### metal band still feeling their way in places

https://youtu.be/H0XGswUuZU0

And this is grown ### men

https://youtu.be/K6LA7v1PApU

Things changed after this.  I wanted to pose a few morbid questions, like what happens if no one dies on that Swedish road, what happens if it's Kirk whose bunk that was (tbh quickly replaced, but long term effect?).. what happens if it's LARS ... we all know what happens if it's James.

They talk about Justice like it was the logical conclusion to their thrash metal years.  I wonder what Cliff would have to say about that.  I love Cliff but he was not driving the sound.  James Hetfield drove the sound.

More to come from me, let's goooooooooooo
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My 1st foray into Metallica was Enter Sandman but my local rock station that banished for sports talk radio (yeah you read that right) had a Mandatory Metallica Hour where it was non stop commercial free Metalica and the DJ would play 1-2 rare songs that are never played on radio usually. Our DJ who did this on the weekday nights at 10PM-11-PM could play anything within reason (as long as it was radio edited). After a few yrs though it was the same stuff. I started to get most of the albums  and really liked them. I wish I had seen them on the World Tour a few yrs back when they played the Linc My Coworker took his niece who is a big Metallica fan. Volbeat and AS7 played but AS7 didn't play because Synester Gates Wife gave birth that night so he went to be with his family and AS7 didn't have a replacement. Volbeat and Metallica then played longer sets then usually and I wish I had gone to this. This was shortly before I became a bigger Volbeat fan. Metallica is band I really have yet to see live. Dream would be to see these guys and Rammstein tour together and see them both. 

I think Metallica gets crapped on because purest feel like they sold out. Besides a few songs here and there I love their albums. Garage Inc Merciful Fate and King Diamond tribute on there introduced me to MF and KD though. I'm also a big fan of the S&M Albums. 

I got into Metallica in my HS days and by that point we are talking the ST Anger and such years. Metallica was already onto Big Robby (former Ozzy Bassist) as their 3rd bass player by the time I got into them and St Anger was a thing 

 
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plinko said:
Sincerest apologies to Metallica, for phoning it in on their entry.  This one will have to involve a little more thought and explanation.

An a__hole, a coke head, and the world's sloppiest fn drunk, why it's RAWK AND RAWLLL'S ONE AND ONLY PRINCE OF FAHKING DAHKNESS HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA

2. Ozzy Osbourne

Ousted frontman of the once greatest metal band, he wrote Goodbye to Romance about the uncertainty he was facing about his future.  And lets be sure, this wastoid toolbag had no right having such an incredible second act.

But with help from a series of hand picked hungry (and patient) young musicians, and a hyper-focused manager/wife, they kept the crazy train on the tracks all through the decade, and even had things on a high point in 1991 when most of these other noobs were starting to slip.

(Sharon took over management of Ozzy after her father, manager of Sabbath, fired him from Sabbath.  Married a few years later)

It was supposed to be Ozzy Osbourne and the Blizzard of Ozz (the name of the band) but the Osbourne camp started right away with the personnel shenanigans, and took full control.  By most accounts Randy Rhoads was never happy with things, not properly acknowledged or compensated, and the rest of the "band" was more or less a revolving door.  Ozzy was generally a drunken loon at most times.

Blizzard of Ozz
 Mr Crowley live 81
 Flying High Again
 Diary of a Madman

Randy dies on private plane, alongside a makeup artist and screwup bus driver/pilot.  Full account here and more.  Sounds like a clown show tour Shaaaaron

Jake E. Lee is brought in for the next two albums.  He would ultimately be dumped, probably after asking for a fairer shake.  Easy to surmise from all I've been reading that most Ozzy solo material was written by his band members in rehearsals.

Bark at the Moon

Shot in the Dark

Young Zakk Wylde auditions and takes Lee's job.  To be fair, up to today 2022, Zakk Wylde doesn't seem to have any complaints and has come and gone from Ozzy's lineup freely, as he's pursued his own pretty moderately excellent career.

Ozzy's Moscow set 1989

1991:
 No More Tears
 Mama I'm Coming Home

OK OK enough about the music, how's it even that great.. it really isn't..

But Ozzy, man, he was the head of the ####### spear..

He truly was public enemy #1 , and particularly from church groups here in the states, he was the guy the moral majority usually wanted nailed to their highest cross.  Also hauled into court multiple times when fans did murdery/suicidy things.

HE ATE A ####### DOVE.  FOR DESSERT, A ####### BAT. SUCK IT COVID GUY

Peed on or near the Alamo.  Snorted a line of ants.  

Personal rock and roll hero to many of the dumbest rock and roll heroes, look no further than #1

I haven't often been giving much weight to post-MTV-era activities, unless truly remarkable, but a few things to consider with Ozzy..

Somehow still alive

INVENTED GARBAGE #### AROUND-RICH-A-HOLES-HOUSE REALITY TV .. THANK YOU WE LOVE IT

Ozzfest... killer!

I was never at any time a big Ozzy fan.  I thought Shot In The Dark was pretty good and I slowly found the stuff in his catalog that I liked.  Dead before I ever knew his name, I respect Randy Rhoads of course and even miss him, even more after catching up on his early years.  I liked Jake E. Lee's Badlands album better than any Ozzy albums.  (But I also love Zep first and foremost.)

I don't expect many people to come in here loving on Ozzy, or being into this pick. What I've tried to do all along was put myself back in time as best I can for a lot of this, and it always felt like he was - like I said, the head of the all-things-metal spear, in a way, and even as Iommi's Sabbath train ran off the tracks, team Ozzy never blinked and never stumbled (for long)

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Not the biggest Ozzy fan. Have to to Ozzfest and thats when I was introduced to Slipknot from a friend of mine into them. Went for the Prince of Darkness but came out as a Slipknot fan. 

Ozzy only B@st@rd you can hardly understand talk but Jesus Christ on a cross is he understandable when he sings!!!!!!!!

 
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