2011年9月28日星期三

Sabbath to Headline Ozzfest

Ozzy Osbourne will thaw Black Sabbath for a headlining slot on this summers Rosetta Stone Outlet Ozzfest tour. The concerts will be the first by the legendary metal troupe since 2001.This years roving festival offers a horn-throwing nod to more than three decades of classic metal. In addition to Sabbath, Judas Priest (recently reunited with original frontman Rob Halford) and Slayer will also be on the bill. Superjoint Ritual, led by former Pantera screamer Philip Anselmo, Zakk Wyldes Black Label Society and Norwegian black metal mavens Dimmu Borgir will also play the main stage. Slipknot, Hatebreed, Lamb of God and Otep are among the fourteen second-stage acts. "Its definitely the heaviest bill weve put together yet," Sharon Osbourne told Rolling Stone.The newfound interest in the classic metal bands has been fed by a series of recent reissues. Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath was released Rosetta Stone V3 in April and collected all of the groups studio recordings. And this week, Metalogy, a new Judas Priest box set was released. There are also plans for a Slayer retrospective later this year. Kim had been there too.It was Kim who was the first outsider" to photograph Marley and the young Jamaican masters around him, wildly creative artists who had previously seen a camera only as the wicked tools of tourists.Her photos would soon fill the walls of record stores and clubs around the island. There was something special in Jeff and Kim"s early conversations about this growing musical movement.They were positively giddy, but also reverent. The music was more than a commercial enterprise for these reggae artists, the Walkers stressed, it was a lifestyle and a faith.It was about culture, and the rhythm and roots of the rastafari Rosetta Stone French movement. Marley"s charismatic power was rooted in something more than a pursuit of simple success.It was a mission and a passion, and though Marley, with his rock star looks and universal melodies, was the reigning star of the islandthe key to the movement was also in the often mysterious and mystical group of players who surrounded, played and competed with him.As part of Jeff and Kim"s attempts to spread the word about reggae, and to prepare for the release of the Wailers" Rastaman Vibration album, Jeffhad taken a few journalists over to Kingston to meet and interview Marley.The great Lester Bangs was one of the first writers to visit, and Lester"s trademark piece about the experience is also discussed elsewhere in this collection. I was in the next group.This was a smaller touring party just us Jeff and Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 Kim and Ry and me.It was a family adventure, with a mission attached.

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