{"id":2105,"date":"2012-09-03T07:39:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2012-09-03T07:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:39:34","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-256-the-metal-years-a-shot-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/09\/03\/my-musical-evolution-part-256-the-metal-years-a-shot-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 256 The Metal Years A Shot In The Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ozzy<\/a>OK so Ozzy was a werewolf on the last album. What is he this time a bug? A bat? A demonoid? I think this album was the pinnacle for Ozzy as far as the hype machine was concerned. Of course he continued to be successful and is still successful now over 25 years later. I just feel that the record company was really behined him on this one. Of course it could just have been the nature of the times. This was back when stage shows were big productions, back before Nirvana made us feel ashamed to like larger than life characters.<\/p>\n

Aric bought this when it came out in early 1986 and while it never quite seemed to reach Blizzard<\/em> or Diary<\/em> status. It was still a good. A Shot In The Dark<\/em> was a regular on the MTV metal shows that were starting to pop up. The Ozzy Bug Creature seemed to be everywhere.<\/p>\n

We took a caravan down to Indy to Ozzy at Market Square Arena. Metallica<\/em> was opening. Of course Ozzy was great and his stage set, \u00a0complete with giant bug \/ demonoid \/ bat throne descending from the ceiling,\u00a0 was visually entertaining.<\/p>\n

The real draw for me though was Metallica. <\/em>I had been listening to their first three albums and thought that they were amazing. I feel very fortunate to have been able to see them at this point in time. The first three albums are still what I consider the Best<\/em> of Metallica. <\/em> It also was the last tour with original bassist Cliff Burton.\u00a0 <\/em>A few months after this showm Cliff would be killed in an accident involving their tour bus somewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Sinalbum always takes me back to The Roach Days.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ultimate Sin
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