met 40 years
Tomorrow February 13 marks 40 years since the birth of Heavy Metal, unofficially of course, but personally speaking, the output of the first Black Sabbath album marked the beginning of four decades of madness and great music.
To mark a bit this important date I will transcribe some excerpts from the official biography of Prince of fucking Darkness "Ozzy Osbourne, in which tells how the first two names were born that had Black Sabbath before it was called as such, ie" Polka Tulk "and" Earth ", are some very good stories worth remembering and rewriting , here goes.
Polka Tulk - "... and what about the name? Since we're going to call? "Said Tony.
-" We thought a couple of days, "said I (Ozzy)." I do not know how it is with you, but I have a particular place where I always go if I have an important question to solve. I've always been successful. "
48 hours later I called," I have it. "
We are in the bar as always, and Tony said, "Well, spit it out"
- "Last night I was sitting on the toilet y. .." Bill spat
fried egg mixture and fries I ate at that moment and said, "This is your special place?"
- "What did you think you? Said." The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?, Well, as I sat down and was pushing an enormous rope ... "Geezer
protested.
" ... observed a shelf right in front of mine. My mom has a bottle of talc that she adores. If you come to the bathroom after she has bathed it as going to the grotto for Father Christmas, however, is that brand cheap ... "
-" Polka Tulk "said Tony.
-" Exactly, Polka Tulk! "I exclaimed with a triumphant smile, looking at three," Great, no? "
-" No understand, "Bill said with his mouth full," what they have to make your mom's smelly armpits with our band?
- "Polka Tulk Blues Band, that's our name!"
There was a big silence around the table, could be heard as the steam rose from our cups of tea.
- "Anyone have a better idea?" Tony replied.
Silence.
- "Everything is resolved, we are now the Polka Tulk Blues Band, in honor of the smelly armpits Ozzy's mom," said Tony.
- "Enough!" I never want to hear something on the armpits of my mom ...."
time later we had our first presentation, and could not help admiring the flyer that we announced:
CES
Dance Promotions presents for boys and girls
County Hall Ballroom, Carlisle
Saturday 24 August, 19:30 to 23 : 30
The new and enthusiastic band of Birmingham
Polka Tulk Blues Band (with former members of Mythology)
CREEQUE
and dance without stopping, entry 5 .-
- "This is" I thought, "I finally made it." EARTH
... When we returned to Aston, Tony said "There is something I'm not happy, the name is a mess."
- "Why is it wrong?" I said in defense of my own creation.
- "Whenever I hear the name, think of you, with your pants down and shitting."
- "You do have a lot of fantasy," I replied.
- "You know what?" Bill said, "I thought a bit about this and I have an idea, you have to imagine the name on a large poster or something like that."
- "I can imagine," said Tony. Bill
deep breath and said "EARTH." Geezer and Tony exchanged
eyes and shook his shoulders, I ignored it and put a straight face, "Are you all right Bill?"
- "Sure, why?
-" Because I think ... you just burp?
- "Quéeeee!?
-" EEEERRRRFFFF! "
-" You're getting to the skewer, Ozzy. Think about it, is simple, is strong and it is no exaggeration shit, only five letters: EARTH "
-" Seriously Bill, you should see a doctor, you're back to burp, EEEERRRFFFF! "
-" Just Ozzy "said Tony , "at least is better than that shit Polka Tulk." So I think, "said Geezer.
That was all my creation.
.... We had a method crazy enough to try to play in front of hundreds of people. If we learned that played a large group in Birmingham, we went with all our stuff, and we stood in the door, if the group did not appear for any reason, we hope to be playing instead of them. And one day
actually happened once. The large group was Jethro Tull, for some reason could not arrive on time. Tony entered the premises to speak with the manager of the concert: "It has not reached the band?".
- "Do not ask me stupid, boy" was the angry response from the manager. "We called the hotel, five times, and nobody knows where they are. Come back tomorrow for your money entry ".
-" I do not want money, I just wanted to say that me and my band we are here by chance, and if the main group does not play, we could replace them.
- "Replacing them?"
- "Exactly".
- "How's your boy band?
- "Earth"
- "Erf?".
- "Earth!"
- "Erß?."
- "As the planet!"
- "Oh ya, I guess that I heard of you. Cantante crazy covers of blues, right?"
- "Exactly, and a couple of own songs"
- "Where is your computer?"
- "Here we have in our freezer."
- "You're a boy scout or something?.
-" How to please? ".
- "Apparently pcs. Are well prepared."
- "Oh yeah ... sure ... right."
- "Okay, they have fifteen minutes to go on stage. Receive 10 pounds, and be careful with the bottles, the public is as mad about the wait." Tony
came as a hurricane with a giant smile on his face "we have fifteen minutes to go." "Fifteen Minutes!?".
The concert was a triumph ......... and the rest of the story of Black Sabbath also, to finish a story about Ozzy worth:
My father always said after a couple of beers, that one day do something worth remembering.
- "I have a hunch John Michael Osbourne, or you going to achieve something big, or you'll end up in jail. "
How right he was my old, even at age 18, when I landed in jail." HAPPY BIRTHDAY
No. 40, AMADO HEAVY METAL!!