Kimble29
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08-23-10 03:48 PM - Post#1230271
In response to Kramer
I like it. He talks about his childhood, school (or lack thereof, lol), lots of funny stuff, original meetings with Iommi, Geezer, & Bill. Still in the early stages of the band changing from "Earth" to Black Sabbath. I've never read an Ozzy bio, or much on Sabbath, so I'm digging it. Ozzy spins a good yarn. Although everything is "this bloke shows up" "some bloke got in my face"... "bollocks this" "bollocks that".. we "fucked off to London", i like that he really using the english vernacular in retelling his stories. I'm only about 100 pages in, but I'm really liking it.
I read the Ozzy book earlier this year. Good read. Hard to believe Ozzy isn't a vegetable after all the drugs. I was happy to see him acknowledge Rhoads as the greatest musician he ever met. I was a little disappointed in the lack of Jake E. Lee coverage. He mentions Bark at the Moon and Jake in about 3 sentences and that was it. I also liked the vernacular... it gave it a more realistic bent. It was an easy read and definitely chock full of good info about Sabbath and all the break ups and stuff. Sounded like Tony Iommi was one dude you didn't wanna fuck with back in those days!
R.I.P.
Bob Probert
June 5, 1965 - July 6, 2010
A helluva guy.
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 Kramer
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08-24-10 08:11 AM - Post#1230390
In response to Kimble29
Yeah, there seemed to be more band coverage from the Black Sabbath era, or so it seemed, than his solo career which kind of streamed in and out of the music side of things to all the crap he was going through up to his current affairs and his personal life. I wasn't sure what to think about the second half of the book - although just as enjoyable and funny, he was clearly more paranoid about people working for him and suing him at that time, and I'm wondering, in the end, if maybe he didn't get along with Jake, or ran into some of the same problems he ran into during that whole era with Daisley and Airey as well. Although, I think he still says the Shot In the Dark with Lee is the best version. Very strange. However, being so loaded all the time, maybe he just didn't remember too much, or found it as a tough act to comment on a guitarist who replaced the guy he deemed to be the best. He had more good things to say about Zakk it appeared as the book wound down.
Bob Probert 1965-2010
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Kimble29
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08-24-10 11:40 AM - Post#1230444
In response to Kramer
^^^ Yep, exactly. How he recalled all that stuff is pretty amazing. Yeah, he had more to say about Brad Gillis and Zakk than he did Jake. There is definitely something going on there.
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Bob Probert
June 5, 1965 - July 6, 2010
A helluva guy.
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Kanrok
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08-27-10 11:05 AM - Post#1231058
In response to Kimble29
Read "Waiter Rant - Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter" up north last weekend.
Took a day or so.
Good, quick read about the restaurant business in NYC.
The writer has a blog of the same name.
Pretty good writer.
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Panzerrat
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08-27-10 08:35 PM - Post#1231221
In response to Kanrok
Read "Waiter Rant - Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter" up north last weekend.
Took a day or so.
Good, quick read about the restaurant business in NYC.
The writer has a blog of the same name.
Pretty good writer.
Any good as a waiter?
"You call this bad? I'll tell you what bad is....Bad is passing test depth at 80 feet per second with a thirty degree down bubble. Compared to that, this is a walk in the park.”
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Vile79
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09-02-10 12:19 PM - Post#1232242
In response to Panzerrat
Just finished this great book.
Robert McLiam Wilson - Eureka Street
I´m really bad at reviewing books, so here is a link to a site that has tone of them.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156234.Eureka_Street
There is a series made of it too, if you are too lazy to read. Same name and you can find it on Youtube.
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