Comments on: Johnny Rotten Four Eyes

Johnny Rotten Four Eyes

MrBaliHai — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:18:07 -0800

Pictures of rock stars when they were kids. Nice hat, Ozzy.
via Neurastenia

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:02:09 -0800

It'd be funner as a guessing game.

By: tapeguy

tapeguy — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:06:07 -0800

Poor old Ozzy, who coincidentally has a single out this week.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:19:03 -0800

Kurt Cobain was a handsome li'l towheaded tyke.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:34:09 -0800

then again, kurt cobain was no rock star.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:53:17 -0800

then again, kurt cobain was no rock star. and died to enforce it.

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:58:32 -0800

Don't know 'bout the rest of them, but the Queen pictures all originally appeared in "As It Began", a biography on the band. Was hoping for something of the "never before seen" variety.

By: lsd4all

lsd4all — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 22:48:43 -0800

these are all great, although i can't stop thinking about the lost innocence. i mean, come on! it's fucking ozzy osborne, the father of heavy metal.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:54:48 -0800

Speak of the devil: The father of heavy metal just broke some serious bones.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:17:22 -0800

Or what tapeguy pointed out. oops. Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to let ozzy on a quad bike? The man has more motor impairment than mohammed ali.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 03:12:11 -0800

actually, it's more accurate to say that tony iommi, he of the upside down gibson SG and the plastic fingertip prostheses, is the father of heavy metal. ozzy was just his shouter.

By: backOfYourMind

backOfYourMind — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 04:23:03 -0800

Perhaps I'm out of touch with these so-called 'popular musical groups' the young people talk about, but who the hell is Yngwie Malmsteen?

By: substrate

substrate — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:10:54 -0800

Yngwie Malmsteen was never a popular musical group, except among the metal heads who hung out around the tech areas of high school in the 80's. He's a very talented guitarist who I think was classically trained and melded it with heavy metal guitar. As far as I can remember he only had one album that really got any air time in the Detroit area where I grew up. The guitar work was amazing, unfortunately the lyrics that accompanied the guitar work was insipid. I bought the one CD that did get airplay. Like I said, the guitar work was amazing even though I'm not that interested in that style of guitar work. He's evidently still around and thrashing. Rock on dude!

By: Witty

Witty — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:48:41 -0800

{ehem}... I saw him open for Iron Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour (1986-ish). While I'd heard of him at the time, I had never listened to any of his music. I generally like "guitar gods", but this guy sucked live. Horribly loud and distorted - I just wanted it to stop.... please, just stop. Maiden on the other hand was surprisingly fun. Say what you will about 80's metal, but those guys knew how to fill a stage full of props and silliness. Good times.

By: vito90

vito90 — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:53:47 -0800

Yngwie Malmsteen was about speed guitar, sheer speed. I remember hearing him on KISW 99.9 FM in Seattle years ago touting his latest release. His comment? "This album has the fastest guitar playing ever!"

By: Songdog

Songdog — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:17:16 -0800

Careful or you might unleash Yngwie's fury. The man thinks he's Mozart. I'm sure the Fury story has been posted here but I can't locate it. It's well worth a look (and a listen).

By: orange swan

orange swan — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:19:16 -0800

A year or two ago some Toronto-area radio station did a subway ad campaign that featured childhood pictures of various musicians. They were hilarious. My favourite was one of Marilyn Manson in a high school marching band uniform.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:44:21 -0800

actually, it's more accurate to say that tony iommi, he of the upside down gibson SG and the plastic fingertip prostheses, is the father of heavy metal. ozzy was just his shouter. I love me some Sabbath, quonzarelli, but what about these gentlemen (who were pre-Sabbath)?

By: schmedeman

schmedeman — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:22:19 -0800

Speaking of nice hats, here's Flea. Theatre geek? (Disclosure: I've been one.)

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:37:29 -0800

Actually, Yngwie thinks he's Paganini. I'm ashamed to say I liked a couple of the instrumental numbers from his early albums, but those were rock interpretations of classical pieces. Other than that, he's unlistenable, and comes across as a total dick in interviews : "[Leans in and whispers] Have you heard what I've done? [speaking about his collaboration with a Japanese orchestra]." Oh, and I read another interview in which he kept going on about how he just couldn't fathom why anyone would call themselves a loser (he was talking about Beck). What do you expect from someone who pens songs with titles such as I am a Viking ::makes universal jerk off motion:: Last I heard he was living in Florida and making instructional tapes " I call this one...arpeggio from hell!"

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:57:53 -0800

Yeah, Yngwie's a choad. But the fucker could play back in the day. His stuff with Steeler and Alcatrazz was good. Although in 'trazz, he was paired with Graham Bonnett, who in his days with Rainbow crooned the tender love ballad "All Night Long"*. The two of them combined must have been enough testosterone poisoning to level a small city. *still a great song, though

By: eilatan

eilatan — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:26:58 -0800

One of the guitarists for Europe had a pretty cool version of "Flight of the Bumblebee"--I have no idea if he ripped it off from Yngwie or if there were all sorts of Swedish guitarists in the 80's doing electric guitar interpretations of classical pieces.

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:30:47 -0800

Yngwie's cool but he's no Randy Rhodes...

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:45:55 -0800

Has anyone ever seen the Yngwie Malmstein signature strat? It's got this bizarre scalloped fretboard, with like a half-inch dip between each fret. I tried one out and it was unplayable unless you just wanted to sit down and play Scandanavian hammer-ons.

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:27:12 -0800

On his early albums, Yngwie Malmsteen used his middle initial, "Yngwie J. Malmsteen". I remember an interview with the guys of Spinal Tap saying something like "I'm glad he uses the 'J', so I won't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens out there."

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:41:55 -0800

The man has more motor impairment than mohammed ali. It was just revealed he was popping iirc 14 different "drug" pills a day, he recently fired the doctor too. So what you saw was not bad motor skills but him high. His show on MTV was also picked up for next season sure they will reveal more.