Review: OZZY OSBOURNE Doesn't Live Up To His Legend At OZZFEST
July 24, 2006Jon M. Gilbertson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed this year's Ozzfest when it hit the the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday (July 22). An excerpt from his review follows:
The traveling heavy-metal mega-show known as Ozzfest has lasted for 11 years thus far, and a lot of that longevity might have to do with the man for whom the festival is named: John Michael Osbourne, a.k.a. Ozzy.
Nevertheless, when his festival stopped by the Alpine Valley Music Theatre on Saturday, Ozzy was headlining the second stage (normally for lesser-known bands) about 4 p.m. (so as not to interfere with the main stage's entertainment, which began after his set odd scheduling for a man nicknamed "the Prince of Darkness").
If he didn't melt in the light, he didn't shine, either. He displayed his usual demeanors — that of a 12-year-old child when excited about audience response and that of a schoolmarm when gently exasperated about insufficient audience response — but he didn't match his legend.
Normally, the classic songs, from power ballad "Mama, I'm Coming Home" to the ever-barreling "Crazy Train", would have carried Ozzy, as would have the solid three- piece band, including solo-heavy guitarist Zakk Wylde.
Yet Ozzy was not in tune, vocally, with the band or in sync with the crowd, problems all the more sadly evident without the sort of eerie, Halloween-style power he can have under cover of night.
Read the entire review at www.jsonline.com.
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