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"I DON'T 'iHINK 1'"HEtJ You ~A"~N/I "It's Dad's night to cook, so GHO~T ARE CUrE.I -n-tl~ c.eReA~ IS I2EAD ,HE Grandma should be here any 60 SCA'2YI IN6ReOl6NTS I minute:' ~ L~~:l"IT, - Mama's Boyz Jerry Craft "I hope you score a touch­ down!" George Mark Szorady S~, I RfAlILf 'tflJ EJIJOY eJ.JT LE.r )tXJ'Rf 5lJPR:lSED ib USE PlAYING CURD EWY - ME FblIIT IWOMS, I'ilf 5JLVE~RE.! ,;-, VAlEJlTINl:'s Mf. OtJrONE --- THlf'6 ... "Well, finally! I called 23 of the . c 55 stores at the mall young u~ j Ia dy .I" ~ I IOI ...... -...-.Irc _- .... - . J IL,, _________________________ -' 10 E N T E R T A I N MEN T EDITOR: DOUG FERGUSON Music The Iron Men of Black Sabbath Reunite Black Sabbath Reunion Ozzy Osbourne: Vocals Tony lommi: Guitar Terry "Geezer" Butler: Bass Bill Ward: Drums Reunion is Black Sabbath's first new album in 20 years. Technically, Sabbath never really broke up. -------- However, this def- inite ly IS a -Chris Reznak reunion. Heavy STAFF WRITER rock legend Ozzy Osbourne was booted out o f the band in the late 70's after ten plus years. He ' went o n to form a huge ly successful solo career in the company of the late great g uitar gian t Randy Rhodes, Jake E. Lee, and Zakk Wylde among others. Bill Ward soon exi ted after Osbourne. To put it mildly, the band was never the same. Black Sabbath was formed in the late 60's in the dank smoke s tack indus try town of Birmingham England. The band re leased the ir first album Bluck Subburh in 1968 . The ir sound exhibited a dark and evil tonality and the ir lyrics dis­ c ussed the ugly aspects of the ir li ves in the dismal polluted town o f Birmingham. To make a lo ng s tory short, Black Sabbath is o ne of the few rock bands in the world to leave s uch a lasting impression on future Black Sabbath: (From left to right) Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony lommi, Bill Ward rock n ' roll bands to come. Bands to KEVIN WESTEN BERG I EPIC RECORDS appear after Sabbath are directly or indirectly influenced by them . Case melodic breaks are enhanced by his guitar work. This is one of my per­ wherever he can, Psycho Man, dosed. lyrics "Your love for me has got to sonal favorites on the album. The Psycho Man he's a killer. .. Playing in What makes Reullion so special is be rea!." Again, lommi shows off his melody, rhythm , and guitar effects his twilight zone, he knows that he 's that it features the four original finger work in the solo section. a ll work very well with each other. the besl. " " Selling my Soul" has a membe rs on a s pecially record ed gig "Fairies Wear Boots" shows There appears to be some keyboard bl ues feel to it, but it 's sti II qui te in the ir hometown of Birmingham lommi's melodic approach to play­ effects happe ning in the g uitar solo heavy. There arc sections of the tunc England on December 5, 1997. They ing while Butler and Ward lay down which accentuate lummi's spacey where lommi shows off some of his '-- played through most of their classics a strong back beat. Ward especially to nes . " Into the Void" exhibits delicate to nes in the midst of the and added two newly recorded helps to push and pull the tune. lommi's blues feel in the beginning, loudness. " My mind feels heavy, my tracks. Osbourne says "Yeah, Fairies wear then the song develops a heavy loco­ body feels weak, suicidal thoughts Disc I opens with "War Pigs." boots, yeah you gotla believe me." motive feel to it in the verse. crying out for some sleep. I can ' t The classic anti-war stomp kicks the "Electric Funeral" is one of the Disc 2 begins with " Sabbath hold on yes I ' m losing control, I'm show off to a very energetic and album's highlights. Ward 's heavy Bloody Sabbath." From the album of paying the price now for selling my angry start. Ozzy gets the crowd handed feel, Butler's sloshy bass the same name, it rocks hard with sou!. " stirred up with his efforts to get line, and lommi's sickeningly dis­ lommi's heavy riffs and Ward and I think it was a good idea for them to scream louder, "Let me see torted wah-wah guitar fuel the song. Butler's solid time. This tune needs Black Sabbath to come out with a your fucking hands!" The crowd pro­ The tune's middle section goes into no introduction. "Orchid/Lord of live album celebrating their reunion . ceeds to sing the verses with him as some heavily chugging guitar and this World" shows lommi's delicate It will likely please any dedicated Iommi and Ward rhythmically sup­ bass riffs while Ward shows off arpeggio work in the beginning, and Sabbath fan . Based upon the results port Ozzy's voice. "Behind the Wall some muscular drum fills. Then then goes into a stagnant feel with of this album, the original Black of Sleep" proves that lommi is defi­ lommi doubles the tonality of Ward's drums holding the beat Sabbath can still boot out all of their nitely one of the great riff-masters of Ozzy's voice. "For the people who down. Ward then keeps the pulse classics while showing that they can all time. The melody of this tune is smoke dope and the people who going through the next section of the write decent new material. To be dark and meaty toned. Again, Bill wanna try smoking dope, here's a tune by "lise of his cowbell ~ nd Ride honest, it took me a few listens to Ward beats the hell out this groove song for ya called ' Sweet Leaf. '" cymbal. The following songs get to the heart of these discs with his swing feel and rock heavy Ozzy trips out the crowd by singing " Children of the Grave," " Black because I'm more used to hearing beats. Ozzy joins in with Ward's through the higher octaves of his Sabbath," and " Paranoid" are all Ozzy's solo band play the songs snare drum to get the crowd going voice. " You introduced me to my very well known classics that need twice as fast. After a while I did find before Geezer Butler fills in with his mind . Straight people know not, no further explanation. the songs growing on me in a good bass solo. Butler shows that he's no what you're about. They put you "Psycho Man" is the first new way. Black Sabbath's First Union slouch on the bass guitar before he d o wn and shut you out. And soon the track. It's a lso the first single off o f Spectrum s how has been postponed kicks in the intro to " N .I.B ." This world will love you sweet leaL" the album. It ' s a very evil sounding until February 18 . Scheduled to open song le nds itself very well to head Geezer pulls o ff some funky bass tune with Osbourne singing, "He's for the band are The Defto nes a nd swinging as the band s lams o ut a fills o n, \his .tunc. "Sp' ir <\ I . Arc . h .ite ~ t ". tr ~ angel o f death, Psycho Man,. Pa,nter.a. It s ho uld be <f ne hell o f a fiercely he a\ly ; gw6.vc. ' ·QsbourIie"-s · · ' i's b~' ncfit ed "'from 10il1111I 'S glassy Psycho Man looking for a 'Villt{lli, .ni·g'ht.· ... ~- EDITOR: DOUG FERGUSON ENTERTAINMENT 11 Music In the past year, Fatboy Slim (real name: NomlUn Cook) has become one of the bi ggest stars of the so-call ed "electro ni ca" genre. About a year ago ,- he had a hit single with the Who-sampling "Going Out of My Head." Las t summ er, "The Roc kafell er Skank," fro m the Amp 2 compilation was anoth· er hit. And currentl y, hi s remi x of the Beasti e Boys' "Body Mov in '" is gelling radi o airplay in stead of the reg ular ve rsion. On top of all thi s, he had time to release hi s second album -Joey Odorisio las t fall , entitled You' ve Come A Long Way, Baby.