Guest Blogger: Alex 1

Two of my favorite artists are Rob Zombie and Ozzy Osbourne. The type of music that Zombie displays would be classified as heavy metal whereas Ozzy is on the hard rock side because he is a lot mellower than Zombie. I actually got to attend a Rob Zombie concert before the beginning of summer this year and it was called “The Gruesome Twosome” tour because he had Alice Cooper team up with him and open up for him at all his concerts. The whole experience was amazing and with it being in the enclosed auditorium at the Civic Center, my ears were still ringing the following morning upon waking up. The mood of Zombie’s music is rather dark and has feelings of hatred/revenge. The fastness and loudness of the music helps grasp that feeling really well. Ozzy’s type of music is dark as well but a lot more calm than Zombie. It’s still fast at some parts and he talks about his past experiences in his lifetime so you get a feeling of what it would be like to be in the shoes of Ozzy. Here is a taste of one of Ozzy’s songs titled “Mr. Crowley”-
‘Mr. Crowley, what went wrong in your head?
Oh, Mr. Crowley, did you talk with the dead?
Your life style to me seemed so tragic
With the thrill of it all
You fooled all the people with magic’
It is memorable because he is talking about this character, whether real or figurative, and what he is going through in his life and struggling just to live. Some critics say Ozzy is crazy because he bit the head off of a live bat (he thought it was a rubber toy, when it was thrown to him at a Des Moines concert. He later received Rabies shots to make sure he was alright). A lot of critics don’t approve of Ozzy or Rob Zombie because they are more on the wild side and kids shouldn’t be growing up on these artists because of some of their lyrics talking about demons and Satan. However, just because their lyrics talk about these ideas, doesn’t mean they are cultists or worship Satan. Overall, I think if you like this type of music you should definitely buy a CD or 2 from the store, check out some of their songs on iTunes, or even hit up a live concert (which would be preferred) because they are fun to listen to and they get your heart beating really fast.