The last surviving Oz munchkin, Jerry Maren, has died at the age of 96. Mr. Maren is best known as one of the Lollipop Guild in the classic 1939 movie version of “The Wizard of Oz.” But his career lasted long enough for him to have also appeared on TV’s “Seinfeld.” Born Gerald Marenghi on […]
Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. The band have since experienced multiple line-up changes, with guitarist Iommi being the only constant presence in the band through the years. Originally […]
In an alternate history, Led Zeppelin would have fired John Paul Jones in 1975 and replaced him with Runaways guitarist Lita Ford. In her new memoir Living Like a Runaway, Ford reveals that Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant offered her the gig after attending a Runaways concert in Los Angeles. “[He] asked me if I could play bass,” she recounts. […]
Fan-filmed video footage of AC/DC‘s entire February 26 concert at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas can be seen below. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Rock Or Bust 02. Shoot To Thrill 03. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be 04. Back In Black 05. Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder 06. Dirty Deeds […]
Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), known as Lemmy, was an English musician, singer and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. His music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre. He was known for his appearance (including his friendly mutton chops) and his distinctive gravelly voice. […]
Rock-and-roll has been accused of inciting fans to mass violence from the days of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis onward. One description often employed, not always inaccurately, has been “riotous.” Came 1958, the “r”-word took on some gravitas after Bill Haley and His Comets toured Europe, where “Rock Around the Clock” drove concertgoers in […]
Rob Zombie spoke to What To Watch at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah about his latest movie, “31”. You can now watch the chat below. Rob Zombie told a fan on his Facebook page that an unrated cut of “31” will be issued on DVD. Zombie presented the film three times […]
One of the greatest things I have in my heart is that Black Sabbath were not a band created by some business mogul in London, like a fucking ditz,” the pioneering heavy-metal group’s excitable frontman Ozzy Osbourne tells Rolling Stone emphatically. “It was, ‘I know a singer, I know a guitar player.’ We all came from […]
The Royal Publisher Of Oz has announced the availability of its new publication, “Black Sabbath: The Illustrated Lyrics Vol. 1: Supernatural Horror In Literature”. The book is available on Amazon and via special-order in retail stores, as well as via wholesale. BLACK SABBATH is one of the most successful and beloved rock bands of all […]
Sparta Combat League, an MMA promotion based out of Colorado, is the latest promotion to join a long line of others who have booked fights that made the MMA community say in their minds “What the hell?” According to MMA Mania, they recently booked a match between Laura Dettman, a 24-year-old fighter with a […]
Bon Scott’s ex-wife has made the stunning claim that he would never have made it with AC/DC without the bike crash changing the sound of his voice Irene Thornton has written a tell-all book featuring 15 never-before-seen letters between the couple Bon was ‘reckless with booze and got into trouble’ when he was drinking […]
Black Sabbath is currently in the midst of its final tour, appropriately titled The End. After Ozzy went solo in 1979, there was no reason to think that these guys would ever be on stage together again. The 1985 Live Aid set and Ozzy’s 1992 Costa Mesa concert encore whet fans’ appetites for an inevitable […]
