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Ozzfest vs Iron Maiden

#43
man i was there when it happened. it was pretty sad. one of my friends who got into VIP for free was telling me that it was someone sharon knew who was doing this. its pretty sad there was so many iron maiden fans in the front of the grass where i was that i couldnt hear the singer at times!! man and then some guy supposedly spit in Bruces face and he pointed at the guy and he told the crowd at the front to beat the heck out of him. and then he said he would "cut off the guys head" if he could get way with it and he was going to "s**t on his soul from above"!! lol crazy bruce :rolleyes:

:edit: i had also heard from my friend that kelly osbourne was the one who gave the people in the crowd the eggs and that she was also doing it:edit:
 
#44
I think a major point that is being glossed over is that Sharon made a point that the rest of the band was lovely, and that it was only Bruce who was a problem.



Soooooo, why was the entire band punished/attacked with eggs? Why was the entire band's sound cut, and not just Bruce's mic?


That, in and of itself, shows what a total **** she is. It'll be interesting to see what long term effect this has on her ability to book future bands for Ozzfest. i mean--this is the music business, so a band's dignity and self respect will probably take a back seat to a chance to promote themselves on a high profile stage. But, I have to wonder if there will be any repercusions.
 
#46
Anthrax message board poster
"About 10 minutes before Maiden came on, I was in the center of the pit a few feet from the front railing when a guy comes barging in from the right escorting 4 or 5 people. At first, I tell him to F-off because I thought he was trying to take my spot, but he said he worked for Ozzfest and showed me his passes. He also told me that Ozzy's daughter was with the entourage he brought with him. There were a few girls with him and one of them looked a little like Kelly Osbourne, but I couldn't tell for sure because all of them were wearing bandanas over their noses and mouths. After I heard her speak I was pretty sure. At that point, I tapped her on her arm and said, "I really liked you on the show. You were great.", to which she responded, "Thank you." There was no doubt at that point. The bodyguard who came with them starting getting chumy with us because he needed a few of us to help him protect the girls from the moshing that would start when Maiden came on. I saw the girls passing eggs, and I said, "What's that for?" The bodyguard said something to the effect, "You'll see. Something big is going down. You'll hear about it everywhere after tonight. It's all because Bruce Dickinson made some comments in Detroit dissing the Osbournes reality TV show." He also said that there were about 60 people in the pit who were going to participate in the mayhem. Most of them were wearing the same Ozzfest shirts. Before Maiden came on, they all started chanting "Ozzy, Ozzy..." I actually saw Bruce off to the left of the stage before they came on. His mike was on and he said something like, "What the ****?"--probably in response to the "Ozzy" chanting. When Maiden came on, eggs started flying and all these guys were flipping off the band. Nicko had to stop after one song to clean his set. Bruce was obviously very pissed. Thank God they continued their set. At one point, someone through a cup of corn with milk or something. It got all over Bruce, me, and about a dozen other people. Then the technical problems started. The sound went out on about three songs--"Phantom of the Opera", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", and one other one I can't remember. I could not believe what was going on. I was furious because I didn't want the guys in Maiden to think badly of the fans who love them. I do think that Bruce understood because the band continued to play the full set, and Bruce made comments to distinguish the fans there from the guys throwing stuff. Towards the end of the set, Bruce started yelling at a guy in the pit to my left about 10 feet. Bruce said he saw him throwing stuff and wanted the ****er out. It took a long time for security to get him out. The reason why is that one guy from Kelly Osbourne's entourage was holding down the guy security was trying to take out. Eventually security pulled both of them out. After Maiden's set, it was obvious that Sharon Osbourne was in on it, because she came out to say that "Bruce Dickinson is a prick.""
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BURY YOUR DEAD Bassist Says OZZFEST Egg-Throwing Was Organized By 'Someone High Up' - Aug. 24, 2005
BURY YOUR DEAD bassist Rich Casey has told MTV.com that his band are the unfortunate, yet innocent, victims of Internet rumor regarding their participation in the events surrounding IRON MAIDEN's final Ozzfest appearance this past weekend in Devore, California.

He claims he was sitting backstage, in Ozzfest's catering area, enjoying some late-afternoon nosh, when all of a sudden, "people are being asked to be part of an egging of IRON MAIDEN, for whatever reason," Casey recalled. "At first I thought, 'Is this a last show, you know, let's have fun with MAIDEN sort of thing?' I didn't know there was actually beef between the MAIDEN camp and the Osbourne camp.

"At first I was sitting with a bunch of the other bands, and we all look at each other, like, 'Well this is coming from someone high up, who's asking people to do this.' But it didn't sound right," he continued. "This person just kind of walked away and then, basically, came back around and asked the question again, and that's when everyone I was sitting with declined the offer to be a part of it. Maybe it was the way I said it. I told this person to f--- off. Maybe it was the tone of my voice. I don't know if that set off this entire thing of our band's name being dragged into this [egging incident.] But I assure you we were not involved."

In fact BURY YOUR DEAD even have video footage, shot during MAIDEN's set, which shows most of the band "wasn't even near the main stage."

At first Casey thought the egging was a joke and that it wasn't really going to happen. But then he heard someone chanting "Ozzy, Ozzy" during MAIDEN's intro music, and "I'm like, 'Wow, this is really going to happen,' " he said. "I run up to the center of the soundboard and then all of a sudden, as soon as the band comes out on the stage, eggs are being thrown at them. And then here we are two days later, getting a call from our manager asking us if we've read our e-mail."

Read more at MTV.com.
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#48
how about we just go along with "people are just big dumb animals" and leave it alone. i watch ozzys tv show if i can, and i think it's funny and pathetic at the same time. i wouldn't be surprized if Sharon felt she had to make a desperate attempt to keep fans shouting for ozzy when it's pretty obvious Maiden owns them as far as music
 
#49
MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!! MAIDEN!!!
Bleepity bleep sharon and her bleeping pig of a daughter.
So what if Bruce said what he did, at least it's the truth! I'd be willing to bet my house that ozzy's show is her idea. and why hasn't ozzy said anything? he's a controlled, burnt out moron who doesn't know the day or time.
If that pig woman had a problem with Bruce, she should have taken it up directly with him and not ruined it for the band and the audience. shame on her and her piglet.
Just my 2 cents. :)
 
#52
Kerrang!: Reading between the lines of [IRON MAIDEN manager] Rod Smallwood</b>'s statement, the unspoken suggestion is that you orchestrated this whole thing...

Sharon Osbourne: "Of course I did. I had the PA turned on and off. And look it's not hard for someone to walk into a diehard Ozzfest crowd and say, 'Who wants to throw an egg at a rock star?' Who wouldn't wanna do that? I went out and bought 50 eggs and me and my daughter had a ****ing blast. C'mon, it's rock 'n' roll. No-one died. They'll be waiting a long ****ing time for an apology from me."

Kerrang!: Smallwood</b>'s statement describes the incident as "dangerous" and "unprofessional"...

Sharon Osbourne: "Well, here's unprofessional for you: our Ozzfest show in San Bernadino is always a big deal. And because it's a special show we wanted to add SLIPKNOT to the bill, which meant that we would have to cut the time from everyone's set so that we wouldn't over-run the curfew. But Monkey Boy (Bruce Dickinson) isn't having it, and so he's onstage going, 'We won't play 55 minutes, **** that, we're playing 65!' Now that sounds good to the kids out front — they're not gonna understand about a curfew — but of course if IRON MAIDEN plays 10 minutes more, then BLACK SABBATH get 10 minutes less of their show, and I'm not going to have that on our own ****ing tour.

"I'd say Bruce Dickinson has been unprofessional in the way he's behaved from day one. He's been complaining that the PA isn't loud enough, complaining about MTV, complaining that my husband does reality shows, complaining about the prices of the tickets, on and on. **** him. He didn't even speak to Ozzy once on the whole tour. I mean, Ozzfest ticket prices are expensive but we haven't raised the ticket prices for three years even though, with inflation. All the costs in putting on a show like this rise. If Monkey Boy hated the tour so much why didn't he leave it? I've been paying his wages for four weeks. He didn't seem to have any problem pocketing the $180,000 cheques that me and my husband were writing for the band for every night — that could have stayed in my pocket. Me and my husband built up this tour over 10 years with blood, sweat and tears. I'm not having anyone **** with that."

Kerrang!: The most astonishing thing about all this is that the metal world has always had such camaraderie, such a "one for all, all for one" attitude...

Sharon Osbourne: "It has, right? But for some reason Bruce Dickinson seemed to view it as a battle of the bands. He'd stand up on that stage and say that this wasn't the Ozzfest anymore, it was MAIDEN-fest. How ****ing disrespectful is that? He's got such an '80s mentality. He's up there saying, '**** MTV and **** radio and you wouldn't catch IRON MAIDEN doing a reality show' and it's like, 'Hang on, you're a shareholder in Sanctuary, which is one of the biggest corporations in the music business.' He's never said a word about SABBATH either, only Ozzy, so it's personal. We've had 220 bands play this tour over the last 10 years and I've never felt the need to egg anyone."

Kerrang!: Did you confront Bruce personally about this?

Sharon Osbourne: "No, I didn't want to give Monkey Boy the satisfaction of thinking that he'd annoyed Ozzy. The truth is that Ozzy never heard a single note of IRON MAIDEN</b>'s shows, most nights he wasn't on site when the band took the stage. My husband is a prince. And you know what, he had nothing to do with this. He wouldn't stoop to something like this, but I'm a ****ing bitch and I have no problem with it.

"Let's face it, the guy is a failed solo singer who's gone back to his band after his solo career failed. I don't know how many albums his last solo albums old in England but in America it sold 6,000 copies. Every solo album my husband puts out goes platinum. Look, tell you what, you take a picture of my husband and a photo of Monkey Boy down to (London's) Regent Street now and see who people recognize. There's no ****ing question, is there? And that's what it boils down to: Jealousy. Bruce Dickinson isn't my husband's peer. There wouldn't be an IRON MAIDEN if there was no SABBATH."

Kerrang!: And you didn't say anything to their management either?

Sharon Osbourne: "No, I have no problem with their management. After we did the first show in Boston, I had an email from Rod Smallwood saying that Bruce was concerned that the front rows of the audience weren't really MAIDEN fans and so I kept a couple of rows of seats clear every night so that we could bring in MAIDEN fans in MAIDEN T-shirts to make the band feel comfortable. I was the mug who did this for four weeks. And then this is how Monkey Boy repays me."

Kerrang!: From the outside it looked like the tour had been quite amicable, particularly as MAIDEN was stepping in to headline when Ozzy had to cancel some appearances...

Sharon Osbourne: "Yes, they were happy to do that when they were given an extra $100,000 a night! We could have had ROB ZOMBIE close the show. MAIDEN are a great band, but the truth is that they have never cracked America, like Ozzy has. At MAIDEN</b>'s last two L.A. shows they played to something like 15,000 people over two nights: We gave them a platform to perform to 46,000 people in Los Angeles, and that's a wonderful opportunity. And I knew they were looking forward to it. So I was like, 'Oh, you're really looking forward to being back in L.A., are you?' Well this is where you learn you don't **** with me..."

Kerrang!: Up to this point you're being painted as the "Wicked Witch" here, Sharon...

Sharon Osbourne: "I'm as nice as can be to people until they **** with me and my family. I've always said that. I'm surprised that after everything that's been reported about how protective I am of my husband that anyone would even be shocked by this."

Kerrang!: Was there any comment from the MAIDEN camp after the show? It's been reported that Steve Harris apologized...

Sharon Osbourne: "Steve Harris came into apologize to Ozzy before he went onstage and he was lovely. I mean, the band are gentlemen, really down-t-earth, lovely guys. Their singer is just a liability and they can't be responsible for that. He's got a great voice but he's obviously been sucking Ronnie James Dio</b>'s cock for singing lessons. He goes on about being a pilot and a swordsman and an author and whatever - does he think he's better than everyone else? If he's such a swordsman maybe he should have fenced the eggs out of his way! I should have thrown bananas..."

Kerrang!: Your daughter Kelly is on Sanctuary Records (owned by MAIDEN</b>'s management): Isn't this going to create tension?

Sharon Osbourne: "What, they're gonna drop her because she threw a ****ing egg? I don't think so. What's Kelly gonna do, walk up to Monkey Boy and ask for an autograph because he's been such a big influence on her musically? Ask if she can do a duet on 'Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter'? **** off."

Kerrang!: Rod Smallwood</b>'s statement brings up another point which is that regardless of any personal fueds between the two camps, the people who really suffered where the people who bought tickets for the show.

Sharon Osbourne: "Come on, a bit of egg isn't gonna spoil a rock show for someone standing at the back of a 46,000 strong crowd. Everyone got a show they'll remember for the rest of their lives. If I was at that show I'd want to keep the ticket stub because it'll go down in history."

Kerrang!: Doesn't this kind of incident make you think, '**** it, I just don't need this grief anymore'?

Sharon Osbourne: "No, not at all. Because he's not here anymore so it's fine. He can go back to Chiswick and wash the peanut butter out of his hair and sit in the pub and talk about having a wank. But he'd better watch out that he doesn't run into my son at Reading. Jack would give him one kick in the head and that'd be that. But you know what the irony is? Jack wouldn't know Monkey Boy if he fell over him in the street..."

Kerrang!: Saying things like this could make this run and run...

Sharon Osbourne: "Not for me. We have Ozzfest shows to do so I'm not thinking about this anymore. Bruce Dickhead doesn't exist to me anymore."

Sharon Osbourne</b>'s interview with Kerrang! can be found in the magazine's latest issue, out on the stands today (August 31).
 
#54
Filakovsky said:
Good post^
I still think she's out of line and acted unprofessional. I still stick behind Bruce and maiden. Seems to me that even with her spin of things, she still looks bad.
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I just still am amazed by her admission that the rest of the band and the management weren't a problem, but can say with a straight face that they all deserved to be punished for Bruce's comments. And, then to say that the back row doesn't notice the eggs? Well, do they notice when you shut the PA off repeatedly during the performance, you moron?
 
#55
she needs a kick in the teeth. I like the way that sehe throws in the thing about how if Jack ran into Bruce. And Jack's gonna do what? :eek: Dickinson will wipe his arse with jack and hand him back to bleeping sharon. IMO, that's what would most likely happen.
 
#56
Jack will hid bruce, on instruction from his mother, bruce will blink, and break jack's arms. I just hope somebody has a video camera around when it happens. I agree with the stuff about her coming off badly even in her own words though.
 
#57
The thought of Jack vs Bruce was hillarious, I mean what planet is Sharon on, Bruce could probably take her entire family. I personally want to give her a bass to the face, I promise if I ever meet Sharon Osbourne and have an expendable bass handy I will give her a bass to the face. I think someone should go egg the Osbourne house, see what they think of it. Tbh if anyone ever asked me to cut a set short for the waste of space that calls themselves Slipknot I would go play the whole damn night.
 
#58
Aj* said:
The thought of Jack vs Bruce was hillarious, I mean what planet is Sharon on, Bruce could probably take her entire family. I personally want to give her a bass to the face, I promise if I ever meet Sharon Osbourne and have an expendable bass handy I will give her a bass to the face. I think someone should go egg the Osbourne house, see what they think of it. Tbh if anyone ever asked me to cut a set short for the waste of space that calls themselves Slipknot I would go play the whole damn night.
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