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What The Hell Did Ozzy’s Bassist Blasko Just Admit About The Prince Of Darkness? 11/28/09 · Classic Metal Show

• 0:15
  SPEAKER_02: That's the Ozzy Osbourne band right there from the Black Rain release,
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_02: and that is the title track.
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  SPEAKER_02: And,
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  SPEAKER_02: well,
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  SPEAKER_02: that's a lot of bad news in the Black Rain,
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  but bringing some good news to the table is the Ozzy Osbourne
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  bassist Blasco.
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  SPEAKER_02: Welcome to the Classic Metal Show there, Blasco.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, sir.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_02: It's good to have you back here on the show,
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  SPEAKER_02: and we're winding down the year here in 2009,
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  and you've got something very positive happening in the early
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  part of 2010 already.
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  SPEAKER_02: At least it's in the planning stages, right?
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: That is correct.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: I guess from what I'm understanding here,
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  SPEAKER_02: you are leading the charge,
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  or you're one of the people leading the charge in introducing
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  heavy metal karaoke,
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  where the regular Joe gets to get up on stage with veteran
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  musicians and scream
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  SPEAKER_02: their lungs out with you guys backing them as a backing band.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the concept, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you nailed it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Excellent.
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  Well,
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  Blasco,
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  I don't know if you're familiar with a guitarist by the name of
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  Billy Morris.
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you know him at all?
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  SPEAKER_00: I know a guitarist by the name of Billy Morrison.
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  SPEAKER_02: No, Billy Morris.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's kind of a session guy.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's a fill-in guy.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's played with Quiet Riot,
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  SPEAKER_02: and he played with Warrant for a while,
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  SPEAKER_02: and he has a club in Cleveland.
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  He's been doing a very similar thing for the last couple of
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  years where he has a
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  SPEAKER_02: band and does heavy metal karaoke,
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  and you guys are kind of carrying over and doing the exact same
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  thing out there in
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  SPEAKER_02: Hollywood,
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  SPEAKER_02: which is very cool because it's a very successful concept.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: You're right.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is.
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  I mean,
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  by no means am I thinking that we're,
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  you know,
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  we're original in this,
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  you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or whatever.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's like, you know, like you said, your guy's doing it there.
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  There's a guy from Celtic Frost who does it,
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  I think,
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  like in Germany or Norway or something.
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  SPEAKER_00: His thing is called Karaoke from Hell.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a handful of different things.
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  Most of them,
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  though,
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  are just regular musicians,
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  not actual dudes from bands.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a few of those scattered around as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: By no means do we think that we're uber-original in this scenario,
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  SPEAKER_00: but it is odd that there isn't one of these in L.A.
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  SPEAKER_00: No surprise that they're all over the place,
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  SPEAKER_00: just a bit of a surprise that we're the first ones to do it here
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  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: I guess kind of emceeing this whole thing,
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  you've got former Skid Row Saigon Kick drummer Phil Verone
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  working along with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and current Dr. Drew Sex Rehab reality TV star.
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  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, we've had Phil on the show a few times.
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  SPEAKER_02: We really enjoy having him on.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's quite a talker.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's very open and honest about everything he says.
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  He's a very funny guy,
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  being that he has tried the stand-up comedian thing.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I think that's awesome that he's kind of – now,
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  SPEAKER_02: would it be proper to call him the emcee of this?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, we're actually calling him the host.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: But emcee certainly would be his role.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_00: he'll be kind of filling the gaps in between songs and,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  getting the people up on stage and giving them their gift bags
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  after they sing and,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: things of that nature.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he's going to be the one carrying it along while there's dead space.
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  SPEAKER_02: Sure, sure.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: you know,
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  I get the whole concept and the opportunity to have people
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  being able to perform
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  SPEAKER_02: with,
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  SPEAKER_02: like I said,
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  SPEAKER_02: veteran musicians who played in bands and stuff.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, is there any kind of competition with this?
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  Or is this just,
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  hey,
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  get up there for your five minutes and get the hell off?
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  SPEAKER_02: Or is it kind of like trying to...
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  Not necessarily the reason you're doing this is to find a new
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  singing star,
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  SPEAKER_02: but is there any competition or any,
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  SPEAKER_02: like,
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  SPEAKER_02: return engagement for people who do well,
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  SPEAKER_02: or how is this working?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_00: everyone that sings will walk away with a gift bag that's got a,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: I sang with heavy metal karaoke T-shirt and everything.
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  whatever contributions we can get from our sponsors,
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  whether it's,
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  who knows,
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  whatever it is.
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  SPEAKER_00: So everyone that sings with us will get something.
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  And then our intention is to put it into a competitive sort of
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  arena to where the
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  winners get to come back the following week and they get to
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  sing and stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as far as I know now,
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't have some grand prize at the end.
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  It's just kind of like we're just going to have fun with it and
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  people that do
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  SPEAKER_00: well,
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  SPEAKER_00: we'll want to have back and have them sing again and again.
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  SPEAKER_02: Sure, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, I understand.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now,
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  SPEAKER_02: I've got a lot of contacts out there in the L.A.
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  SPEAKER_02: Hollywood area,
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  and I understand that this economy has particularly hit the
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  Hollywood area kind of
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  SPEAKER_02: hard.
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  SPEAKER_02: Is it true that the Key Club just shut down here just recently?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about to, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_02: so what is it that,
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  SPEAKER_02: do you guys think that,
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  SPEAKER_02: or are hoping anyway,
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  SPEAKER_02: that this idea of singing with metal stars will kind of reinvigorate,
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  SPEAKER_02: at least,
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  SPEAKER_02: you're holding this at the whiskey,
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  SPEAKER_02: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: At the whiskey,
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  SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: and it's only,
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's a cheap ticket price,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's ten bucks to get in,
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  SPEAKER_00: and I think that,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: hey man,
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  SPEAKER_00: like,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're in a bit of a down economy,
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  SPEAKER_00: and
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's things that are suffering.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, at the end of the day, I mean, this is just fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is just a good time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's all we're trying to create here.
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  So,
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  you know,
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  hopefully everyone will want to come out and have a good time
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  with us.
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  SPEAKER_02: Sure, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now,
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  SPEAKER_02: another band who was kind of paying tribute to the 80s,
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  SPEAKER_02: obviously you're probably very well aware of Steel Panther.
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  They kind of had a standing gig there at the Key Club since
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  they've been out there
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  SPEAKER_02: on the road and actually touring,
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  SPEAKER_02: which I don't think anybody ever saw coming.
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  SPEAKER_02: But what's your thoughts on their tribute act?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that it's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  it hasn't sold out every Monday for the last however long we've
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  been doing it,
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  SPEAKER_00: eight years or something.
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  SPEAKER_00: It hasn't done so well because it's not a good show.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a great show.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they're cool dudes, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's really cool.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  we can only hope to get a little bit of trickle down from the
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  fact that they have
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  SPEAKER_00: to move out of the strip,
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  SPEAKER_00: kind of move further down.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we can only hope to maybe attach ourselves to some of their audiences.
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  you know sure um um but no I think I think their show's great
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  you know I mean and
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  and where we're different is that clearly we're you know we're
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  engaging the
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  audience we're involving the audience and you know we're gonna
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  play cover songs too
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  but you know we're doing like real metal stuff like not you
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  know not rat and poison
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  hair metal stuff sure sure right we're playing like you know
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  we're playing like you
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  SPEAKER_00: know Black Sabbath and Judas Priest and Iron Maiden you know
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  SPEAKER_02: Right, right, right.
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  SPEAKER_02: The classic metal.
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  classic metal right which is what we do here on the classic
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  metal show can you
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  imagine that absolutely yeah what a concept well well blasco uh
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  how what what kind
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  of a longevity do you see for a project like this i mean i know
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  you're a touring
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  bassist um and if you say aussie gets a gig or something and
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  decides to tour or
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  whatever obviously you're going to have to abandon that post
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  for a little while
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  SPEAKER_02: what how long do you see this thing going
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  Well,
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  right now we have a residency for January and February,
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  and that'll be the litmus test.
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  SPEAKER_00: Either it's something that we'll need to continue,
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  SPEAKER_00: or it's something that we're going to have to hibernate,
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  or it's something that we're going to have to just execute
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  right there on the spot.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we won't know until we get some feedback and people come out,
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  SPEAKER_00: and either there's going to be a calling for it,
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  SPEAKER_00: there's going to be a need for it,
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  SPEAKER_00: and people are really
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  going to have fun with it and want to come out every week or
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  they won't and you
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  know is yet to be determined right well i see you're also
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  playing along with tommy
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  victor of prong and danzig and you're also playing with uh
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  tommy klufetos of rob
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  zombie which you you played along with him before right with
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  zombie you were in the
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  SPEAKER_02: band at the time with with him
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  exactly exactly so so whose idea was this for you guys to say
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  hey why don't we put
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  this together and make this happen whose whose uh idea was this
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  it was kind of a
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  you know a collective um you know tommy and i were were hanging
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  out tommy pathetic
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  and i were hanging out and we're just kind of shooting the shit
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  one day and and uh
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  SPEAKER_00: and we just you know we sort of
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  branched off the concept of the punk rock karaoke band,
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  and we're like,
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  man,
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  we could do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why don't we do a heavy metal karaoke version of it or whatever?
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  SPEAKER_00: We just started brainstorming a bunch of different ideas,
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  SPEAKER_00: and this kind of came together,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then it was just like all of a sudden,
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  SPEAKER_00: like,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: well,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to make this happen.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_00: Sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: It seems all funny and stuff whenever you're just forcing around,
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  SPEAKER_00: but at the end of the day,
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like,
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  SPEAKER_00: no,
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  SPEAKER_00: I think we should actually do this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: at will?
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, we're going to have to, yeah.
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  I just figured guys like you,
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  you could pick up your instruments and just gel immediately.
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  Well,
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to be doing this stuff on the spot,
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  SPEAKER_02: Sure, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: it sounds like a lot of fun there,
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  SPEAKER_02: Blasco,
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  and I will definitely have to make a trip out there and at
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  least witness it,
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  SPEAKER_02: if not jump on stage and make a fool of myself like everybody else.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even better.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well,
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  SPEAKER_02: I've got to ask you,
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_02: Blasco,
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  recently here there was a little bit of rumbling out there that
• 12:33
  you and Eddie Trunk
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_02: were kind of trading a little bit of barbs.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_02: What was that all about?
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, that was nothing.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: You know what?
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: I'll be honest with you.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_00: I was listening to his show.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said something kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: I got a little heated about it.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_00: And at the end of the day, you know what?
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: If I'm ever lucky enough to meet that dude,
• 12:57
  I'm just going to tell him to his face why I had a problem with
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  him at that very
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  SPEAKER_00: moment in time,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then that will be the end of it.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 13:06
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: but furthering than that,
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  SPEAKER_00: it was just like a sort of unapologetic response to just something silly.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, all right.
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  So you're not going to enlighten us as to what kind of rubbed
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  you the wrong way?
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  SPEAKER_00: No, it was...
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  SPEAKER_00: In hindsight, it was really, you know, nothing or whatever.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, it's funny, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because,
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_00: like,
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  SPEAKER_00: now it's like,
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: before,
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  SPEAKER_00: like,
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  SPEAKER_00: you have those things and,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  maybe you'd vent to a friend or something or maybe you would
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  end up in a magazine
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  SPEAKER_00: interview somewhere down the line,
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  SPEAKER_00: but now everything is just so instant,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_00: Sure, sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you've got these...
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: you've got these online,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: feuds and stuff going back and forth,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_00: like with all different aspects of the entertainment industry,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: just because of just the way that the social media,
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  SPEAKER_00: network,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: works and stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's just, it's funny, right?
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: It's, you know, you got to like, it's just a funny situation.
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_02: Well, what's what's going on with the Ozzy Osbourne band?
• 14:06
  SPEAKER_02: Is there anything you can tell us about that?
• 14:08
  I mean,
• 14:09
  you know,
• 14:09
  obviously it was very common knowledge that Gus G had played
• 14:13
  with you guys.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_02: And, you know, we really like Gus G and Firewind here.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_02: And so anything in the future you can talk about or,
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_02: you know,
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_02: as far as the band or what's going on with the Ozzy camp?
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_00: for right now,
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: it's just,
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: we've just been working on a record for a while,
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: and,
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_00: the future has yet to be undetermined,
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_00: you know?
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_00: I think at some point,
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_00: the plan is to put out a record and go on tour,
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_00: and,
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: dude,
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: I tell this to everybody,
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: hey,
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: man,
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm the bass player,
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: man.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm the second to last to know anything.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_02: Sure.
• 14:48
  So,
• 14:49
  you know,
• 14:50
  the last being the last to know anything,
• 14:52
  of course,
• 14:52
  is the drummer.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, I'm second from there.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: So...
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_00: We'll see.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: We'll see what happens.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_00: It's a work in progress.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_02: Obviously,
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_02: Ozzy has really come to the commercial forefront here,
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_02: doing commercials and showing up on
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_02: various programs and,
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_02: you know,
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_02: having reality TV and,
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: of course,
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: Sharon,
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_02: you know,
• 15:16
  being part of America's Got Talent and showing up at various
• 15:21
  functions and whatnot.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_02: And they become kind of a real Hollywood family.
• 15:25
  Now,
• 15:25
  I know you,
• 15:26
  being that you work with Ozzy,
• 15:28
  Ozzy obviously comes off almost...
• 15:31
  almost kind of like a frail,
• 15:33
  decrepit guy,
• 15:34
  and I think that's almost like an act.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, you work with the guy.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_02: Is he like that at all?
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_02: Is he healthy?
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_02: Is he a healthy guy?
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, no, absolutely.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 15:45
  I think that there's a lot of misconception of the way that the
• 15:53
  Osborne show,
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_00: and keep in mind that show is really old,
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: that the way that show was edited together and sort of gave
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: that perception of him, but it's totally not the case.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_02: I didn't think so.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I mean, you know, so...
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: You know,
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what to say other than,
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: man,
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: that show's really old,
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_00: and anyone who still thinks that,
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_00: like,
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_00: is kind of like out of the loop a little bit.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_02: Sure, sure.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_02: Well,
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_02: it just seems like Ozzy almost looks feeble at times,
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_02: but somehow I don't believe it because when I saw,
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_02: you know,
• 16:27
  the YouTube videos of you guys recently playing just a couple
• 16:32
  of months ago,
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_02: he just looked like plain old Ozzy up there on stage.
• 16:36
  throwing his water and singing and moving about like normal so
• 16:40
  it just kind of it's
• 16:42
  just kind of odd how the perception of tv and reality you know
• 16:46
  have you know the
• 16:47
  lines get blurred there yeah exactly exactly and yeah i mean
• 16:52
  that's you know that's
• 16:53
  what i'm saying like yeah you looked at you looked at a show
• 16:55
  from two months ago
• 16:57
  and yeah you know i don't care anyone's got to say that look at
• 17:00
  it let's find me
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_00: sure absolutely no
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_02: All right,
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_02: well,
• 17:03
  it looks like your heavy metal karaoke is going to kick off
• 17:07
  January 12th in
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_02: Hollywood at the famed Whiskey A Go-Go,
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_02: as if anybody even calls it that anymore.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think they do.
• 17:16
  SPEAKER_00: I don't even think the whiskey calls it the Whiskey A Go-Go anymore.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they just call it the whiskey.
• 17:21
  So head out to the whiskey and become a participant in this
• 17:25
  heavy metal karaoke and
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_02: then go on down to the Rainbow and hang out with Lemmy.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, sounds like a party.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_00: Excellent.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_02: All right,
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_02: Blasco,
• 17:35
  is there anything else you'd like to tell the folks here on the
• 17:37
  Classic Metal Show,
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_02: anything I haven't touched on,
• 17:39
  or any projects or something that you have that you might want
• 17:44
  to let people know
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_02: about?
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: That's it, man.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_00: That's my main focus right now.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_02: Sure, absolutely.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_02: Well, where can people find you on the web?
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_00: They can find me at myspace.com, or actually, it's easy.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: My web address is...
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_00: Blasco.me.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: Couldn't be any easier.
• 18:03
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, excellent.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_02: All right,
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_02: well,
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_02: if you're in the Hollywood area or you plan on making a trip out there,
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_02: Blasco and friends are kicking off heavy metal karaoke at the Whiskey,
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_02: and that all starts January 12th of 2010,
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_02: and it sounds like a good time.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_02: A one-bill buy to get in,
• 18:23
  SPEAKER_02: $10 to get in the door,
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_02: and who knows,
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_02: maybe you'll be the next metal star,
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_02: you know?
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, at least for that night you will be.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_02: All right, Blasco.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_02: Well,
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_02: I mentioned Lemmy there,
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_02: and what we do here on the Classic Metal Show,
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_02: we have a traditional Classic Metal Show question we ask everyone.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_02: How has Lemmy from Motorhead influenced your career?
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: Man, how hasn't he?
• 18:48
  That dude's,
• 18:50
  I mean,
• 18:52
  you know,
• 18:53
  the thing about Motorhead,
• 18:54
  like whenever I was growing up,
• 18:57
  there was a few bands that were able to sort of skate the line
• 19:02
  or blur the line
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_00: between heavy metal and punk rock,
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_00: right?
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_00: Because things weren't so crossed over then.
• 19:09
  It was like,
• 19:11
  you know,
• 19:11
  it was kind of like you were either into one or the other.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: Like, you either had long hair or you had mohawk, you know?
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: And Motorhead was one of those bands that was able to be both.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: You know,
• 19:21
  you'd see the long-haired guy with the Motorhead shirt and
• 19:23
  you'd see the punk rock
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_00: dude with the Motorhead backpatch.
• 19:26
  And they were just one of those bands that were able to sort of
• 19:30
  cross that line.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_00: And I think early on,
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_00: especially at that time period,
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_00: bands like that that were able to sort of meld those two things together.
• 19:40
  And it's kind of part of the reason why it's grown over the
• 19:44
  years is because you're
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_00: able to start to blur that line.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_00: And metal bands can be influenced by punk rock,
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: and punk rock bands can be influenced by metal or whatever.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_00: So
• 19:55
  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
• 19:55
  SPEAKER_00: I think in the grand scheme of Lemmy's influence,
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_00: certainly there it is,
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_00: you know,
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_00: sort of bringing more to the table in terms of this heavier music genre,
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_00: you know.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_02: Sure, absolutely.
• 20:08
  They say you should never look back,
• 20:10
  but I've never been good at following orders.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_01: I'm Chris Akin,
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_01: and while most of you know me for the radio and the interviews,
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_01: I've got a past that would make social justice warriors' heads explode.
• 20:23
  My latest book,
• 20:24
  and other things I should not say,
• 20:26
  isn't a self-help manual.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_01: It's an autopsy of the years 1986 to 1990.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_01: Four years of sex,
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_01: booze,
• 20:35
  and absolute chaos while I was serving in the military in Korea
• 20:40
  and California.
• 20:41
  I'm talking about stories that stay buried in the back of your
• 20:45
  memory because
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_01: society tells you they're wrong and ugly.
• 20:49
  SPEAKER_01: Well...
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_01: I don't live in fear of my past.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_01: Every filthy,
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_01: calloused,
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_01: and ridiculous moment in this book actually happened,
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_01: and I'm damn proud to share it.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_01: If you're easily offended, keep walking, pal.
• 21:03
  But if you want to see what happens when you pack a lifetime of
• 21:07
  dangerous living
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_01: into just four years,
• 21:09
  head over to Amazon.com or just go to the link in the
• 21:14
  description and grab yourself
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_01: a copy today.
• 21:18
  both metal fingers are up and the truth is right here get some
• 21:22
  cms uncensored and
• 21:24
  other things i should not say is the book and it is sure to
• 21:29
  offend and sicken and
• 21:30
  make you laugh like you never have before all right blasco well
• 21:35
  we appreciate you
• 21:36
  being a part of the classic metal show tonight and uh as a
• 21:40
  tradition here on the
• 21:41
  show we always let our artists pick a closing song and maybe
• 21:44
  tell us a story about
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_00: it okay
• 21:48
  uh wow i have no idea um any favorites of yours or something
• 21:54
  you may have played on
• 21:57
  uh you know i haven't really played on much unfortunately i'm
• 22:01
  mostly like a live
• 22:02
  guy you know sure uh um shoot man i don't know you gotta go
• 22:07
  ahead yeah black
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_00: sabbath black sabbath all right great greatest song ever
• 22:14
  The birth of it all,
• 22:15
  you know,
• 22:16
  the reason why we're even here having a conversation.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_02: Right, absolutely.
• 22:20
  All right,
• 22:21
  well,
• 22:21
  go check out Heavy Metal Karaoke happening at the Whiskey,
• 22:24
  January 12,
• 22:25
  2010.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_02: And, well, here it is.
• 22:28
  This is Black Sabbath,
• 22:29
  Black Sabbath,
• 22:30
  exclusively here on your classic metal show.