TNT er jo noe av det beste i verden for meg
Nå har jeg jo sett Ozzy og Black Label Society to ganger på en uke!! Jeg var på Hultsfred Festivalen i Sverige....
Og Velvet Revolver spilte også der, så nå har jeg fått sett mange av mine idoler på kort tid... og plutselig klikka det helt for Slash,, han begynte plutselig å springe vilt rundt på scena, også sprang han rett inni han ene som sto å filma på scena...
hahaha, det var så kult!!

Eit review av Lerkendal-konserten eg har posta rundt på diverse gitarmagasin. Ein del tekniske termar som kanskje ikkje alle er kjende med, men det meste burde vera forståeleg:

The concert was set to Lerkendal Stadion, one of Norways biggest soccer stadiums. The original number of tickets available was 12000, but the day before the concert they put out two thousand more, and sold even more outside the stadium before the show, so I have heard people claim almost 17000 people got to see Ozzy play. The doors to the stadium opened at 5 a.m. (the concert started at 7). I came around an hour after th doors had opened, and had no problem finding a place right in the middle, pretty near the stage (I'd take a good mix over picks, drumsticks and buckets of water thrown at you any day). The stadium didn't actually fill up for the next two hours though, apparently many people weren't interested in seeing Black Label Society.

Black Label Society I can't speak too much about, since I'm not really too familiar with them. The songs had groove, but they all sounded a lot alike. To make matters worse, the guitar tones were really bad, very sterile, sounding like guitars with EMGs played on low volume. Which, of course, probably was what they were, because I think the volume couldn't have been more than 1/5th of what Ozzy got. It was no problem talking while they were playing. Zakk is probably a decent enough singer for BLS, since they aren't very vocal-oriented, but he's not much of a front man. Barely enough a word to the audience, and each song ended with him standing on the monitors, beating his chest like a gorilla while trying to spit as high as possible. In fact, I think his spitting impressed me more than his guitar playing.

Then to TNT. In short, they kicked ass. BLS had two walls of Marshall stacks, Ronnie went on with two "meager" Marshall half-stacks, but he was a lot louder, and despite being a little trebly at times, his live tone was among the best I have heard. I can easilly recognize why people would believe than he used a PQ-3, because his sound wasn't really the standard Marshall sound, he EQ was tweaked somehow to sound like pure Tekrø. I don't remember the exact song list, but they started out with one of their new songs. Okay, but not great. I haven't heard the new album, but I suppose it will be like the other albums the band has made recently; okay, but a far cry from their glory days.
Then, they played "As far as the Eye can See", and the crowd, that had increased a lot during the break between the bands) went wild. Tony Mills held up just fine, I think it is no strech to say that he sounds better live than Tony Harnell does today. I was very quick to consider TNT dead when Harnell quit, but I am glad to be proven wrong. Tony Mills did the whole frontman job very well, backed by Tekrø who did some banter in Norwegain. Ronnie made the whole crowd roar with excitement as he played the opening chords to Intuition, and really showed that leading the show doesn't always have to be done by the singer. TNT's problem is that the melody lines on their songs generally are too high pitched for the untrained (or, probably more correct, for mere mortals) to sing, but they had taken down the chorus on Everyone's a Star one octave, so that they could get a real sing-a-long going. They tried to do the same on Seven Seas, but without taking it down. Even though it's not that high, the crowds singing went quite sour on "kings of seven seas".
When it comes to guitar, Tekrø was divine. His new stuff may not be as interesting guitar-wise as the classic material, but he can still deliver that live, just as good as in the old days. With the exception of some problems with the solo on Intuition, I didn't hear any problems the entire set. Ronnie did it all like he used to: Machine gun picking, speed picking, tapping, and not to mention harmonics. Zakk did surprisingly few harmonics during the Ozzy set, probably because he knew he couldn't touch Ronnie on the field. He also did a short, unaccompanied solo that was good enough. The only thing that annoyed was a ring modulator he used quite a lot during the night. I'm not a huge fan of those; people using them usually end up making loads of overly trebly sounds outside the range of a regular guitar. Everything considered though, I think Ronnie and TNT sounded great, and my first though was that Ozzy had something to top after this.

Then, at last, Ozzy, the one everyone had been waiting for, came on. I didn't really have too high expectations, but I was surprised. Ozzy looked and sounded great. I can swear he looked twenty years younger on stage than he do on tv. I suppose he just likes being on stage more than being with his family, and if you look at his family I suppose it makes sense...
They started off with Bark at the Moon, the only Jake E. Lee-era song they would to the entire night. After that, he probably did 50% Randy numbers, and 50% later material and Black Sabbath. We knew he was going to end with Paranoid (he's done that all this tour), but he sneaked in a song they didn't play on their Finland gig a few days before, War Pigs. Naturally, the crowd went wild, as they did with everything else he did all night.
When it comes to the band, I suppose the rythm section was okay. I hadn't heard of any of them, but they did their job just fine. Then again, if the bassist isn't Bob Daisley or even Rudy Sarzo, who cares?
You all know Zakk. I think he does a good job covering Ozzy's old songs note for note, but when he plays his own ideas, he's like Bob from that 70s show; annoying someone (me) every time he opened his mouth. He had a totally pointless 10+ minutes freestyle guitar solo that went nowhere. Okay Zakk, you can mix the blues scale and the doric mode, and add some diminished arpeggio runs in the middle, but did you really need so long, just to tell that? I am seriously making a Jake E. Lee-banner for the next time Ozzy comes to the country, just in case he does another wankfest. Seriously, I can not fathom what Zakk has done to desrve being on cover of one guitar magazine every month. I don't really think the things Ozzy released with him was all that great in the first place, and they have progressively gotten worse over the past 15 years. Fortunately, his sound was a lot better than the bloodless barf he had with BLS.
Ozzy himself saved the day. He was in good shape and had a lot of fun. Every old number they played was great, every new one was lame. I'm not sure why Ozzy keep making bland, faceless ballads. Perhaps he had too much success with Mama I'm Coming Home? Of course, 90% of the people were there to see Ozzy, so he got the crowd whipped up a lot more than TNT. TNT, on the other hand was a lot better musically, so personally I'll call it a draw.

I had one helluva nigth. The latter two acts were both great, and I am glad to have seen them. Would I have seen them instead of going to Sweden Rock Festival to see Heaven & Hell and White Lion? Probably not, but I had an exam that I had to deliver the 7th, the day before TRF, and on the first day of SRF. But the show was really fun, everything being considered. However, for me that will forever be the night when the boy from a small farm in a small Norwegian muncipality wiped the floor with one of the worlds most famous rock guitarists...


The Ultimate Sin er forøvrig ei knallplate! Ikkje LIKE sterk som dei tre fyrste, men milevis over noko av det som har kome seinare.

NICE

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However, for me that will forever be the night when the boy from a small farm in a small Norwegian muncipality wiped the floor with one of the worlds most famous rock guitarists...

I totally agree on that point. He did wipe the floor, the backstage, and the entire stadium. The Zack-solo was a wall of noise to me as opposed to Ronni's sparkling brilliance: A crystal champagne glass indeed!

JustaGirlieGirl2 wrote:

Quote: However, for me that will forever be the night when the boy from a small farm in a small Norwegian muncipality wiped the floor with one of the worlds most famous rock guitarists... I totally agree on that point. He did wipe the floor, the backstage, and the entire stadium. The Zack-solo was a wall of noise to me as opposed to Ronni's sparkling brilliance: A crystal champagne glass indeed!

Zakk lost a LOT of his brilliance over the last few years. He was never as good as Randy Rhoads or Jake E. Lee. But that did not mean he was a bad player. No, I really liked his playing. But these days it´s just heavy shredding. I miss the melody and details in his playing.
Our Ronni is far ahead of him!

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Our Ronni is far ahead of him!

Completely!

(Ikkje sikker på om det bør vera engelsk i det norske forumet, men sidan alle andre allereie har svara på engelsk, så gjer eg det same for å forsikre meg om at eg blir forstått av alle)

Exactly. I think Zakk topped around No More Tears and Pride and Glory. Before that, he had chops, but lacked taste. The last ten years, he have lost a lot of both, and next time Ozzy comes to Norway, I'll bring a Jake E. Lee-banner for Zakks 10+ minute freestyle solo. The funny thing is that a lot of Ozzys younger fans probably don't know who Jake is.

Thank you for a great review Sirion.

Sirion wrote:

(Ikkje sikker på om det bør vera engelsk i det norske forumet, men sidan alle andre allereie har svara på engelsk, så gjer eg det same for å forsikre meg om at eg blir forstått av alle)

I think that is a good move, since Justagirliegirl2 is from the US, and was at the show at Lerkendal.

I was at SRF, so I didn't saw the gig at Lerkendal. I was realy tired when I come home sunday morning, and then a friend called me and asked if I wanted two Tickets to Ozzy in Oslo for free. I couldn't say no to that. I have seen BLS once before, and I agree with you on this one Sirion, it also sound very much the same to me.

I saw Ozzy with Black Sabbath in July 2005, and he was in much better shape this time. Last time, he couldn't sing and walk at the same time.

It was the first time I saw Ozzy live solo, so I have nothing to compare to. I think he did a great gig in Oslo.

I agree with you on Zakk's guitar solo as well. When he had played so everybody was more than satisfied, he went over to the other side of the stage, to play for the people there too. Brilliant

The ultimate Sin is my favourite Ozzy album.Followed by Bark at the moon and Blizzard of Oz.

"I can't f**king hear you!!!!" That's what it's all about!

Zakk's guitar playing is not so good anymore.
Maybe it has to do with that ugly thing growing out of his chin. I just want to grab him and pull it off!
YUCK!!

Ozzy himself says that Randy Roads is the best guitarist he`s ever had,and I totally agree,remember he
died in "87",so he`s guitarplaying was amazing at that time and it still is.."a tribute to Randy Roads" is one of the best records Ozzy have made,and it`s live.

vikingr wrote:

Ozzy himself says that Randy Roads is the best guitarist he`s ever had,and I totally agree,remember he died in "87",so he`s guitarplaying was amazing at that time and it still is.."a tribute to Randy Roads" is one of the best records Ozzy have made,and it`s live.

Well...Randy died about 6-7 years earlier actually.
But i totally agree with you.

[quote="Mick_Wild Well...Randy died about 6-7 years earlier actually.[/quote]


The master died March 19th, 1982

bjodahl wrote:

[quote="Mick_Wild Well...Randy died about 6-7 years earlier actually.

The master died March 19th, 1982
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yes:(

yes I know I know...it was the "tribute to Randy Roads" wich came out in "87"

vikingr wrote:

yes I know I know...it was the "tribute to Randy Roads" wich came out in "87"

Yes, thats right:)