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Ozzfest
2001
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| Black
Sabbath |
|
Black Label Society |
Met
Zakk and got his autograph. |
| Marilyn
Manson |
|
Slipknot |
| Drowning
Pool |
| American
Head Charge |
|
Pressure 4-5 |
| Pure
Rubbish |
| Crazy
Town |
| Linkin
Park |
| The
Union Underground |
| Systematic |
| Taproot |
| Hatebreed |
| Beautiful
Creatures |
|
Otep |
| Nonpoint |
Met
Elias and Andy and got their autographs. |
| Mudvayne |
| Disturbed |
Met
Dave Draiman. |
| Papa
Roach |
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Ozzfest
2002
|
| Ozzy
Osbourne |
| Mushroomhead |
| System
Of A Down |
| Seether |
|
Rob Zombie |
| Otep |
Met
Otep. Damn she is fine. and got the bands autographs. |
| P.O.D. |
| Adema |
| Drowning
Pool |
Dave's
last show. He died that night. No tears were shed from me. |
| Flaw |
| Switched |
Met
the singer. |
| Hatebreed |
| Glassjaw |
| Ill
Nino |
Met
the band and got their autographs. I also bullshit with my buddy
Dave, their drummer. |
| Black
Label Society |
| Lost
Prophets |
| Down |
| Neurotica |
The
guitarist was mere inches from hitting me with his damned bike. |
| The
Apex Theory |
| Meshuggah |
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|
Lynyrd
Skynyrd
|
| Lynyrd
Skynyrd |
| The
Allman Brothers |
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|
Use
Once And Destroy
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| Superjoint
Ritual |
| Full
Blown Chaos |
| Conquest |
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|
X
|
| Def
Leppard |
| Some
Guy from Ireland |
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Independent
Bands
|
| Ironhide |
This
was my brothers band. |
| Reign |
| Displacement |
This
was my brothers first band. |
| 4fit |
| Splitdome |
| Dank |
| 1369 |
| Monster
Machine |
| Calico
System |
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| Ozzfest
2004 |
|
Black
Sabbath
|
| Judas
Priest |
| Slayer |
Met
Kerry King and got his autograph. |
| Dimmu
Borgir |
| Superjoint
Ritual |
Met
the band and got their autographs. |
| Black
Label Society |
Got
yelled at by the band after they almost ran me over in their
cart. |
| Slipknot |
Joey,
Paul, and Shawn all somehow ran into me. |
| Hatebreed |
| Lamb
Of God |
| Atreyu |
| Bleeding
Through |
| Lacuna
Coil |
| Every
Time I Die |
| Unearth |
| God
Forbid |
| Otep |
| Devil
Driver |
| Magna-Fi |
Talked
with their singer for a minute or two. |
| Throwdown |
| Darkest
Hour |
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| Total
Number Of Bands = 76 |
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| Newspaper
Article |
| Written
by Staff Writer Sandy Marshall |
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| This
summer trip had been in the planning stages since early April
and although some things didn't go as expected, I can still
say a good time was had by all.OZZFEST, the all-day musical
extravaganza that featured 21 bands and accumulated with rock
and roll legend Ozzy Osbourne, was held at Verizon Wireless
Ampitheater on Aug. 13th. Which happened to be my son Kyle's
birthday, and coincidentally the day ebfore school started. |
| Kyle
and friends, Nick and Shane, had grown steadily more excited
over the summer and the fact that they would be tired for the
first day of school didn't seem to bother them. Circumstances
beyond our control made ti impossible for Shane to go along.
(Something that we will need to remidy next year.) In Shane's
absence, and since we were driving the van, we three--Kyle,
Nick, and I, became a party of six as Big Mike, Brown, and Jarvis
joined us. Today's youth definately has a look and attitude
of their own. But they are as passionate in their ideals and
about their music as any I have ever seen. As I dyed and braided
their hair and inspected the black nail polish freshly applied,
I foolishly thought these things would make them stand out in
the crowd. Boy, was I ever wrong. Leaving in the middle of the
night (because I was the solo driver, wanted to avoid Indianapolis
traffic), we were the fourth vehicle in line for OZZFEST. That,
combined with the fact that I had photo pass to film their favorite
bands, made me the mom to be reckoned with. Kyle, Big Mike,
and I were the veterans of our group having been at OZZFEST
last year.I laughed out loud as Big Mike whipped out the sunscreen
and began lathering up. (Last year after promising his father
I would take care of him, Big Mike returneed looking like a
lobster.) Big Mike learned his lesson. We veterans had pre-warned
our group to drink plenty of water and eat enough food to last
them through the day, because only multimillionaires could handle
the prices once inside. |
| The
management at Verizon must have recieved notice from parents
ticked off at last year's $5 price tag on bottled water, because
this year, a huge water tanked sat next to second stage and
fill-ups were free. Let me tell you the trough was full. This
new generation dresses in black on black, no matter how many
times they were told tha white reflects the sun and they were
hot. Twenty-one bands appeared on stage at OZZFEST, moving in
and out in 20-minute sets. So I was kept busy snapping photos
of bands like Neurotica, Switched, Glassjaw, OTEP, Lost Prophets,
Hatebreed, and my entourage's favorites--Down, Black Label Society,
and Rob Zombie--while the boys kept themselves entertained listening
to the music and gettin autographs from band members exiting
the stage. Pictures of headliner Ozzy Osbourne were not permitted,
as only one photographer, Lori, got to snap photos of the Ozzman.
Maybe Lori was the mom to be reckoned with, I don't know. But
there is always next year, Lori, so look out, I will be there
with my crew again. |
| As
I pulled into the driveway and tried to wake my sleeping crew
up 27 hours into our adventure, it was obvious that no matter
what, boy will be boys. |
| Hair
dyes and painted nails aside, they slept like babies, big, old,
snoring babies surrounded by pop-tarts, cookie crisp cereal,
and memories of a great day. |
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