HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 81st
Michael Charles “Mick” Avory (KINKS) – February 15th, 1944
Happy 68th
Jakey Lou Williams (Jake E. Lee) (RED DRAGON CARTEL, OZZY OSBOURNE, BADLANDS) – February 15th, 1957
BraveWords spoke to Jake in 2019 about METALLICA opening up for Ozzy in 1986. Check out this conversation:
In 1986, Ozzy Osbourne made the bold move of taking a thrash band on the road. It was Metallica’s Damage, Inc. Tour that opened up shows from March to August in support of their landmark album, Master Of Puppets. Jake E. Lee told BraveWords that Sharon was adamant that they didn’t walk out on stage looking like the “punters”.
Lee explains: “After Ultimate Sin came out, Lars (Ulrich) came up to me and he said, ‘Thank you and congratulations – ‘Ultimate Sin’ is the heaviest song that Ozzy’s ever done, I love it.’ Shit, this was coming from Metallica? So yeah, it was still heavy, it was still dark.”
BraveWords: What did you think when you heard this band Metallica was opening for Ozzy and you realized, ‘Man, these guys are bloody fast!’”
Lee: “No, I knew who Metallica was. But they were different. I really liked it. Especially with Cliff (Burton) – nothing against any of the bass players – but there was magic. I’m glad I got to see them all those times wth Cliff. They were heavy as shit. They were angry, there was nothing polished or pretty about them. I thought that was awesome. Especially that Ultimate Sin tour. That’s where we had to dress a certain way, you know? Ozzy had that gold glitter big-shouldered thing going and he had a guy that made clothes for everybody. You couldn’t dress yourself if you were in Ozzy. Not back then. So you had to go to the clothing designer and say what you wanted and I remember seeing Ozzy’s outfit, seeing the bass players’, and I was like, ‘Damn, if I have to wear this shit can you please just mute it down?’ I mean, most of my shit is black and white, there’s no glitter. And I still felt uncomfortable. And I remember one of Sharon’s things was ‘You can’t dress like the punters. You can’t be on stage and look like you could also be in the front row.’ When I joined, she told me that. I remembered that, but I didn’t think we had to go that far. And I love that Metallica went out in jeans and t-shirt’s and just fucking tore it up. I thought that was awesome. It had a punk attitude to it.”
Happy 60th
Dirk Schlächter (GAMMA RAY) – February 15th, 1965
Happy 48th
Brooks Wackerman (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, BAD RELIGION, GLENN TIPTON, BAD4GOOD) – February 15th, 1977
Happy 35th
Margarita Monet (EDGE OF PARADISE) – February 15th, 1990
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 51st
DEEP PURPLE’s Burn – February 15th, 1974
SLADE’s Old New Borrowed and Blue – February 15th, 1974
Happy 50th
RUSH’s Fly By Night – February 15th, 1975
Happy 43rd
JIMMY PAGE’s Death Wish II – February 15th, 1982
Happy 32nd
DARKTHRONE’s Under A Funeral Moon – February 15th, 1993
ANATHEMA’s Serenades – February 15th, 1993
Happy 31st
VARGA’s Prototype: February 15th, 1994
Happy 25th
FU MANCHU’s King of the Road – February 15, 2000
Happy 19th
ENSIFERUM’s Dragonheads – February 15th, 2006
Happy 17th
ELUVEITIE’s Slania – February 15th, 2008
Happy 14th
DEICIDE’s To Hell With God – February 15th, 2011
DR. ACULA’s Slander – February 15th, 2011
EMMURE’s Speaker Of The Dead – February 15th, 2011
THE FAMINE’s The Architects Of Guilt – February 15th, 2011
IMPIETY’s Worshippers Of The Seventh Tyranny / Advent Of… – February 15th, 2011
NEURAXIS’s Asylon – February 15th, 2011
ORCHID’s Capricorn – February 15th, 2011
RALF SCHEEPERS’ Scheepers – February 15th, 2011
SVARTSYN’s Wrath Upon The Earth – February 15th, 2011
Happy 12th
SUFFOCATION’s Pinnacle Of Bedlam – February 15th, 2013
MISERY INDEX’s Live In Munich – February 15th, 2013
Happy 6th
AVANTASIA’s Moonglow – February 15th, 2019
ROTTING CHRIST’s The Heretics – February 15th, 2019
BORN FROM PAIN’s True Love – February 15th, 2019
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February 15th, 2024 JAKE E. LEE, DEEP PURPLE, RUSH, JIMMY PAGE, ELUVEITIE, DEICIDE appeared first on BraveWords - Where Music Lives.
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Happy 81st
Michael Charles “Mick” Avory (KINKS) – February 15th, 1944
Happy 68th
Jakey Lou Williams (Jake E. Lee) (RED DRAGON CARTEL, OZZY OSBOURNE, BADLANDS) – February 15th, 1957
In 1986, Ozzy Osbourne made the bold move of taking a thrash band on the road. It was Metallica’s Damage, Inc. Tour that opened up shows from March to August in support of their landmark album, Master Of Puppets. Jake E. Lee told BraveWords that Sharon was adamant that they didn’t walk out on stage looking like the “punters”.
Lee explains: “After Ultimate Sin came out, Lars (Ulrich) came up to me and he said, ‘Thank you and congratulations – ‘Ultimate Sin’ is the heaviest song that Ozzy’s ever done, I love it.’ Shit, this was coming from Metallica? So yeah, it was still heavy, it was still dark.”
BraveWords: What did you think when you heard this band Metallica was opening for Ozzy and you realized, ‘Man, these guys are bloody fast!’”
Lee: “No, I knew who Metallica was. But they were different. I really liked it. Especially with Cliff (Burton) – nothing against any of the bass players – but there was magic. I’m glad I got to see them all those times wth Cliff. They were heavy as shit. They were angry, there was nothing polished or pretty about them. I thought that was awesome. Especially that Ultimate Sin tour. That’s where we had to dress a certain way, you know? Ozzy had that gold glitter big-shouldered thing going and he had a guy that made clothes for everybody. You couldn’t dress yourself if you were in Ozzy. Not back then. So you had to go to the clothing designer and say what you wanted and I remember seeing Ozzy’s outfit, seeing the bass players’, and I was like, ‘Damn, if I have to wear this shit can you please just mute it down?’ I mean, most of my shit is black and white, there’s no glitter. And I still felt uncomfortable. And I remember one of Sharon’s things was ‘You can’t dress like the punters. You can’t be on stage and look like you could also be in the front row.’ When I joined, she told me that. I remembered that, but I didn’t think we had to go that far. And I love that Metallica went out in jeans and t-shirt’s and just fucking tore it up. I thought that was awesome. It had a punk attitude to it.”
Happy 60th
Dirk Schlächter (GAMMA RAY) – February 15th, 1965
Happy 48th
Brooks Wackerman (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, BAD RELIGION, GLENN TIPTON, BAD4GOOD) – February 15th, 1977
Happy 35th
Margarita Monet (EDGE OF PARADISE) – February 15th, 1990
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 51st
DEEP PURPLE’s Burn – February 15th, 1974
SLADE’s Old New Borrowed and Blue – February 15th, 1974
RUSH’s Fly By Night – February 15th, 1975
Happy 43rd
JIMMY PAGE’s Death Wish II – February 15th, 1982
Happy 32nd
DARKTHRONE’s Under A Funeral Moon – February 15th, 1993
ANATHEMA’s Serenades – February 15th, 1993
VARGA’s Prototype: February 15th, 1994
Happy 25th
FU MANCHU’s King of the Road – February 15, 2000
Happy 19th
ENSIFERUM’s Dragonheads – February 15th, 2006
Happy 17th
ELUVEITIE’s Slania – February 15th, 2008
Happy 14th
DEICIDE’s To Hell With God – February 15th, 2011
DR. ACULA’s Slander – February 15th, 2011
EMMURE’s Speaker Of The Dead – February 15th, 2011
THE FAMINE’s The Architects Of Guilt – February 15th, 2011
IMPIETY’s Worshippers Of The Seventh Tyranny / Advent Of… – February 15th, 2011
NEURAXIS’s Asylon – February 15th, 2011
ORCHID’s Capricorn – February 15th, 2011
RALF SCHEEPERS’ Scheepers – February 15th, 2011
SVARTSYN’s Wrath Upon The Earth – February 15th, 2011
Happy 12th
SUFFOCATION’s Pinnacle Of Bedlam – February 15th, 2013
MISERY INDEX’s Live In Munich – February 15th, 2013
Happy 6th
AVANTASIA’s Moonglow – February 15th, 2019
ROTTING CHRIST’s The Heretics – February 15th, 2019
BORN FROM PAIN’s True Love – February 15th, 2019
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February 15th, 2024 JAKE E. LEE, DEEP PURPLE, RUSH, JIMMY PAGE, ELUVEITIE, DEICIDE appeared first on BraveWords - Where Music Lives.Continue reading...
