BRITMETAL 1985: Thank U For The Daze
As I write, the mere shadow of what was once Ozzy Osbourne—proud, free, fat, feared by the beasts of the field—is wandering about, clutching his fur coat to his ribs, yet another victim (Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis too, by the looks of her) of the Betty Ford Dryout Home.
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BRITMETAL 1985: Thank U For The Daze
Sylvie Simmons
As I write, the mere shadow of what was once Ozzy Osbourne—proud, free, fat, feared by the beasts of the field—is wandering about, clutching his fur coat to his ribs, yet another victim (Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis too, by the looks of her) of the Betty Ford Dryout Home. No longer a barrel of laughs (no longer a barrel, the new Oz sports a willy deVillean atrophied bod, probably because he had to cook for himself and do keep-fit classes at the clinic), his pale face can only gaze long ingly as his band raise their glasses.
One particular band member, Jake E. Lee, has been getting some longing gazes from the Motley Crue camp by all accounts. Seems that one or two people who wouldn’t be%f all irked if he were to, say, take over Mick Mare’s job. No! swear the officials, who’ve had to deny a whole mob of rumors lately, the biggie being an amalgamation of Motley and Finnish band Hanoi Rocks, fueled by the fact that the Rocks have lost the other half of their rhythm section, Sammy Itaffa, who’s left to become an artist (the drummer, you’ll recall, died in Vince Nall's ur crash). Certainly the Rocks’ singer Mika Monroe and guitarist Nasty Sulclda have spent time rehearsing (they call it jamming) with Nikki and the boys. But no! say Crue a people, no1 says Rocks’ people, and no! say Wrathchild the British heavy glam band whose singer Rocky Shades has also bet.i approached, we hear, to r
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Its too late for the receding Phil Collins, but Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider is insuring his hair against possible disappearance and Pepsi commercials with Lloyds of London...the same firm that insures NASA’s rockets and David Lee Roth’s. You’ll recall he took out paternity insurance with Lloyds before going on the road. And more in our beauty department: the ubiquitous posters of Bryan Adams around Londontown have been doctored with a mean, moody effect—a last minute touch-up job by the record company, heathens, when Richard Avedon’s expensive photos were found to show an eensy bit too much facial spot scarring to grab the teen crowd.
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A quote from Rob Halford of Juda^ Priest in Kerrang: “The U.S.A. still looks to Britain as the true origin of metal. I honestly don’t think that there has ever been a true American heavy metal band.”
A quote from Dee Dee of the Ramones in Melody Maker. “There are only two bands in the world that are good—us and Motorhead.”
Lemmy of Motorhead has been hanging out in the nightclubs of London with Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who recently fired his Gun Club—even jammed with him on stage at the Embassy.
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson wed longtime girlfriend Jane at a quiet ceremony in London. Suzi Quatro showed up on a TV program Baby Baby, a show all about—you guessed—little sprogs, Suzi crowing that she’d only put on 15 pounds when she was pregnant, and half of that the little lump of flesh she gave birth to.
And last but by no means least. Rick Alien. Del Leppard’s drummer, is don could be expected followYear’s Eve car crash that left arm just below the r. The arm was sewn back on— at the scene of the accident packlimb in ice and rushed it to the rtal—but when disease set in. an amutation was performed. By all accounts, Rick’s in pretty good spirits—no doubt by his colleagues’ conviction to keep hirrfin the band. For one thing, most ^H^rumming work on the new album P^ts completed before the accident, and though the band can’t take him on their next tour, they’re not considering a permanent replacement. They’ve discussed the idea of using a second drummer, computers or a special kit for Rick. The plucky lad’s been talking about taking lessons from an unnamed one-armed jazz drummer to cope with the disability. We wish him all the best.
