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| The Day The Music Was Killed
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Written by Johnnie Vrana
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 21:22 |
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December 8 - The Day The Music Was Killed
Don McLean helped immortalize February 3, 1959, as "The Day the Music Died" — the day of the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.) in his song "American Pie". There have been many other tragic days in rock history, most of which were self-induced accidents caused by the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, along with motorcycles, planes, cars and buses also in the mix. Everyone has their own personal feelings about which deaths were more senseless, and which had more impact on themselves and the music community.
Today is a day where 3 musicians did not die of their own accord, they were brutally and senselessly killed by the actions of others. We all know the tragic stories of John Lennon, shot 4 times in the back outside his home, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, shot 5 times while performing on stage, and Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, killed while riding as a passenger in Motley Crue singer Vince Neil's Pantera on a beer run, when a drunk Vince loses control doing 65 in a 25 and crashes head on into another vehicle, both of whose occupants suffer brain damage.
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| To Ozzfest or Not To Ozzfest
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Written by Johnnie Vrana
Friday, 29 October 2010 00:00 |
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| I am a firm believer to exposing your children to live music. There may be no finer lineup this year than what Ozzfest has to offer – The Ozzman himself, Motley Crue, Priest’s Rob Halford, Devil Driver, Nonpoint, Black Label Society, Drowning Pool, Kingdom of Sorrow and more. My 9 year old son really wants to go – he is a big fan of Ozzy, Motley, Priest and Drowning Pool. My first thought on this was “Heck Yeah! Let’s do it!” I remember to this day how my Mom would not let me go to see the Ozzy / Motley show at Nassau Coliseum when I was a young teenager. I still blame this single decision as the reason I never joined a band myself. I felt sure that had I seen such quality live music at an early age [and heard how Ozzy and Vince really sound], I would have followed through on my dreams to be in a rock band. At the least I would have had the confidence to be in one in high school. But my Mom thought Ozzy and Crue were devil worshippers and worse, and no Catholic boy of hers was going to be exposed to that scene.
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