sounds good... Did Peter Wolf open?

Kenny Aaronoff is touring with CF at Chad's recommendation..They're close friends.. Chad played on the 2nd album. He's back with RHCP's. I'd love to see Jimmy and Chad play together. Watch that video... He's pulverizing ALS. Chad's a power house and he's rock solid.

Gary Oldman does pick the greatest roles Count Dracula Dr Smith Sid Vicious Lee Harvey Oswald just to name a few .... ok 4 and Jimmy Page . . . . that could have been incredible

Well that's what I get for trusting Wikipedia......

Trampled Underfoot from 1975 on.. Achilles Last Stand from 1977 on Nobody's Fault But Mine from 1977 on

leon theramin from it might get loud

I'm looking forward to the new album... more than the tour. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler are playing as well as ever. I think using an outside producer is a very good idea...this way it won't (shouldn't) sound like an Ozzy solo album.

This is a riot. :P

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRc6f2oVdlw&feature=player_detailpage short story..

from Blabbermouth COZY POWELL Documentary In The Works - Nov. 17, 2011 A teaser for "Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story", British independent film director Lee Hutchings' proposed documentary about late drummer Cozy Powell (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, BLACK SABBATH, WHITESNAKE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), can be seen below. Featuring exclusive and extensive interviews with family, friends, work associates and fans, inbetween various archival footage, "Dance with the Devil: The Cozy Powell Story" will be an essential, in-depth and personal account of the man who, from humble beginnings, would go on to play an essential part in British and American rock drumming by playing in and alongside multiple bands and solo artists, as well as his own solo recordings, including his signature instrumental "Dance With The Devil", up until his tragic death. Powell died on April 5, 1998 following a car crash while driving his Saab 9000 at 104 mph (167 kmh) in bad weather on the M4 motorway near Bristol, England. According to a BBC report, Powell's blood-alcohol reading at the time of the crash was over the legal limit, he was not wearing a seatbelt, and he was talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WogB0Pn0xLg

He's a lot like Jimmy.... Mach 10 This guy can play anything.

Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Americans. Also today, the 24th of November, marks 20th Anniversary of the passing of 2 great musicians, The incredible Freddie Mercury and Kiss Drummer Eric Carr. Play some Queen and some 80's era Kiss today

interesting list... a few names I wouldn't expect... like Lou Reed. I always considered him more of a singer / lyricist than a guitarist. Nice to see Derek Trucks at 16 ... strange to see amazing players like Lyndsey Buckingham at #100, alex lifeson at #98 and Joe Satriani not making the list while Willie Nelson does... Willie is a great talent, I just don't think of him as this groundbreaking guitarist. Jimmy at #3 is well deserved. i agree it's all opinion.

Thanks, I'll probably get this.... i saw them on the Speaking In Tongues tour (Lowell Mass) ...great live band... when the show started, the 1st song was David Byrne solo. The 2nd song was DB and Jerry Harrison, 3rd was with Tina Weymouth Chris Franz etc.... and on and on till around the 6th or 7th song there was this amazing full band, percussionists, backing singers, keyboard players, guitar player... excellent idea... Part way through the show there was a power failure, a generator went or something... so they played the last 1/2 of the show with the house lights on... That was a real cool effect...

from blabbermouth.net they're back The original lineup of the legendary heavy metal band BLACK SABBATH — Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums) — has reunited and will release a brand new album in 2012. The group's first studio effort in 33 years will be produced by Rick Rubin, who has previously worked with METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, SLAYER and SYSTEM OF A DOWN, among many others. A world tour will follow, including an appearance at the U.K.'s Download festival on June 10, 2012. A three-and-a-half-minute reunion-announcement video can be seen below. Iommi told U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine that the four original members of BLACK SABBATH recently got together in a rehearsal room for the first time in years, adding, "[We] played some of the old stuff and to be together again was great. We're all on good terms and we're at a stage where we can play together again. It would be good if we could and I suppose it's the closest it's been to be able to do that." Osbourne told Billboard.com last month that a reunion of the original BLACK SABBATH lineup was a "very, very strong possibility." He added, "It's in the very early stages, so we haven't recorded anything yet. If it works out, it'll work out. If it doesn't, I'll keep doing my thing." The Birmingham Mail reported in August that the original SABBATH lineup had begun rehearsing and writing music in secret for a new album. The Mail based its story around remarks made by Iommi, who later said the comments were off the record and taken out of context. Iommi's manager, however, did not deny that a reunion was underway. Speculation about a reunion was fueled later that month when Ozzy skipped the Hollywood premiere of the documentary about his life, "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne". Both his son Jack and daughter Kelly hinted at the time that their dad was "doing something that is very, very exciting." SABBATH did try to record a new album 12 years ago, the original lineup's first since 1978, but abandoned the attempt after just a couple of songs. The original lineup has not toured together since summer 2005 and last appeared together when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2006. Osbourne and Iommi last year amicably resolved their problems over the ownership of the BLACK SABBATH name and court proceedings in New York were discontinued. Ozzy filed a lawsuit against Iommi in May 2009, claiming that Iommi illegally took sole ownership of the band's name in a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Osbourne sued Iommi for a 50 percent interest in the "Black Sabbath" trademark, along with a portion of Iommi's profits from use of the name. The Manhattan federal court suit also charged that Osbourne's "signature lead vocals" are largely responsible for the band's "extraordinary success," noting that its popularity plummeted during his absence from 1980 through 1996. Lawyer Andrew DeVore argued that Osbourne signed away all his rights to the BLACK SABBATH trademark after he quit the band in 1979. Osbourne's lawyer, Howard Shire, called that agreement a "red herring" that was "repudiated" when the singer rejoined in 1997 and took over "quality control" of the band's merchandise, tours and recordings.

I feel In Through The Out Door is Robert Plant's album more than anybody else's.... even John Paul Jones'. Robert went through the biggest tragedy of his life, losing his 5 year old son. He has said he had evaluated how he was living his life, changed his value system and got clean. I think this change is obvious in how he sang and what he was singing about. Side 2 has some of the most heartfelt lyrics he ever wrote. I think Pictures at Eleven shows how much Robert influenced ITTOD....not the other way around. Pictures doesn't sound like he went back to Zeppelin's sounds to me at all.... he also got further away from the "Zeppelin sound" on Principle of Moments and shaken and Stirred.... He didn't even touch Zeppelin material live until the Now and Zen tour. John Paul Jones has always been an amazing musician and he stepped up when necessary. That being said, I always felt ITTOD was too piano heavy. 3 songs in a row that the piano was the main instrument. His playing is incredible, but the piano was never really featured as much in Zeppelin's music and this took some getting used to. His Bass playing is amazing throughout ITTOD, in particular on Carouselambra. "There were 2 distinct camps at the time. We (Robert and Jones) were in the reletively clean one." JPJ As far as John Bonham's performance.. If he was messed up, I don't hear it.... I think he played incredibly well.. Nothing as fierce as Sick Again, IMTOD or ALS, but he's playing some very tasty stuff... South Bound Suarez is very tricky as is Fool In the Rain (the Purdie Shuffle) and his drum kit is recorded incredibly well. It's a very odd album for Jimmy Page, but I think he's doing more than people realize.. As someone else pointed out, Page was using a Roland Guitar Synth and some of the things he did might be gettting overlooked. But he doesn't sound nearly as sharp on this as any previous Zeppelin album. In the Evening is pure Page. If he was more involved and if Wearing and Tearing or Darlene were included, it might be considered a heavier more Zeppelin type album.. Page also calls it a transitional album. Just like LZ3 and Houses were.... great on their own but .. look how amazing their follow ups are... I think if they got to release another in 1981-1982, it would have been incredible. I'm glad they recorded it...

Bonzo and JPJ hated it.

I don't think the sound on any pre LZ1 rock drum tracks come close to what John Bonham Jimmy Page ... (and Glynn Johns) achieved on Led Zeppelin 1.. There is nothing that I've heard from that time frame that even comes close.. I think it was combination of the way John Bonham played, the way he tuned his Drum Kit, the way Page and Johns recorded his kit with few mics properly placed ... as opposed to slapping the mics right on the drum heads.... the distance makes depth approach that Jimmy Page was always preaching... When The Levee Breaks is probably the most influential and greatest rock drum track recorded... 1 MIC hung 10 feet over the kit. There were some great jazz recordings from the early 60's. I loved the way the late Mitch Mitchell played, but I always thought his kit sounded very tinny... same with Ginger Baker, and Keith Moon. Carmine Appice's kit sounded distorted on some early Vanilla Fudge recordings I've heard.

That's some creepy stuff.. I just found this on youtube..... it's the real thing. I have the same music on a bootleg album.. side 2 has some of Robert's pre Zeppelin recordings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etLiIjwCPJ8&feature=player_detailpage

Some quotes from the Man himself should settle this.. From "The Led Zeppelin Biography by Richie Yorke" "I'd wanted to be a drummer since I was about five years old. I used to play on a bath-salts container with wires on the bottom, and on a round coffee tin with a loose wire attached to it to give a snare drum effect. Plus there were always my mum's pots and pans." "When I was ten, my mum bought me a snare drum. I've always been fascinated by drums--I felt nothing for any other instrument. Later I played a bit of acoustic guitar, but it was always drums, first and foremost. I don't reckon with that jack-of-all-trades thing." Bonham never took a single drum lesson, though as a teen he would knock on the doors of local drummers he saw and ask for advice. "When I first started playing, I was interested in music and I was able to read it. But when I moved into playing with groups, I did a silly thing and dropped it. I do think it's great to be able to write down ideas in music form. But I also think that feeling is a lot more important in drumming than mere technique. It's all very well to be playing a triple paradiddle--but who's going to know you're actually doing it? If you pay too much attention to technique, you start to sound like every other drummer does. I think that being original is what counts. When I listen to other drummers, I like to be able to say, 'Oh, that's nice, I haven't heard that before.' I think that being yourself as a drummer is so much better than sounding like anyone else." "I've always liked drums to be big and powerful. I've never been into using cymbals overmuch. I use them to crash into a solo and out of it, but basically I prefer the actual drum sound. To me drums sound better than cymbals." Bonham played many solos hitting the drums with his bare hands. This was inspired by a jazz drummer Bonham saw doing it. "It wasn't so much what you could play with your hands--you got a lovely little tone out of the drums that you couldn't get with sticks. I thought it would be a good thing to do so I've been doing it ever since. You really get an absolutely true drum sound because there's no wood involved. It hurts your hands at first, but then the skin hardens. I think I can hit a drum harder with my hands than with sticks." Bonham was very impressed in the mid 1960s by drummer Ginger Baker. "When I first started, Ginger was a big image in Britain. He was a star in his own right. In the old big band era, a drummer was a backing musician and nothing else. In the early American bands, the drummer played almost unnoticed with brushes, always in the background. Gene Krupa was the first big band drummer to be really noticed. He came right out into the front and he played drums much louder than they had ever been played before. And much better. People hadn't taken much notice of drums until Krupa came along. Ginger was responsible for the same sort of thing in rock. Rock music had been around for a few years before Baker, but he was the first to come out with this "new" attitude--that a drummer could be a forward part of a rock band...not something that was stuck in the background and forgotten about. I don't think anyone can ever put Ginger Baker down. Of course, every drummer has his own idea of just when Baker was at his absolute peak...I thought he was just fantastic when he played with the Graham Bond Organization. It's really a pity that American and Japanese audiences didn't see that band because it really was a fantastic line-up consisting of Jack Bruce, Graham Bond and Ginger Baker. Personally I think Ginger Baker was more into Jazz than rock...he definitely did play with jazz influence. He was always doing things in 5/4 and 3/4 tempos which are associated with jazz. Unfortunately he's always been a very weird sort of bloke. You couldn't really get to know him--he just wouldn't allow it. Ginger's thing as a drummer was that he was always himself. It was pointless for anyone to try to do what he was doing. And Eric Clapton was the same in the guitar field." Started playing with A Way of Life and married Pat Phillips at age 17. "I swore to Pat that I'd give up drumming when we got married. But every night I'd come home and sit down at the drums and play. I'd be miserable if I didn't." The couple lived in a 15 foot trailer. Bonham had to quit smoking to pay the rent. Midlands musical contemporary Ed Pilling on Bonham: "Bonham was just great--he was the strongest, loudest drummer I'd ever seen. He was the first local drummer to line his bass drum with aluminum to give it a cannon-like sound. The sound he got was just unreal... John broke his bass drum head during the gig. Band members said that was typical. Actually several other groups told me that certain clubs wouldn't book bands in which John Bonham played drums, because he was too loud." "Well yeah, I was always breaking drum heads when I first started playing. Later on I learned how to play louder but without hitting the drums so hard. It has all to do with the swing of the stick."

Sorry ...I just saw this thread....Happy belated Birthday Deborah J.

top 7 jpj john entwistle geezer butler chris squire geddy lee tony levin victor wooten

Ozzy couldn't answer you because I'll bet he didn't write 90% of the lyrics you asked him about... Geezer Butler wrote the majority of lyrics Ozzy sang in Black Sabbath. He wrote them to Ozzy's melody lines or to Tony Iommi's melodic riffs. Bob Daisley did the same for Blizzard ...Diary... BATM. Lemmy wrote Mama I'm coming Home.. Ozzy's an excellent melody man... but not a lyricist.

I think that's the best idea... have Adler play on the stuff he recorded, Sorum on the stuff he recorded..

Those 4 listed are big time omissions.. definately the 1st I think of getting hosed. plus these 3 Rush KISS - love em or hate them they had huge impact. Deep Purple others Kraftwerk Judas Priest Sweet ELP It'd also be nice to see these late great lyricists recognized... Jim Croce Harry Chapin Very happy for Joan Jett but I think I'd give the nod to The Runaways at the same time as the Blackhearts..