I went to ozzfest yesterday. Anyone who doesnt know, its an all day music...I mean metal festival including Ozzy Osborne as the final stage act of the event. We had some great weather this year, sunny and 75-80 degrees, perfect since half the bands play on a second stage located in part of the parking lot. So no shade, and about 1000 people crowed on ashpalt makes for one crazy time. I try and stay out of the pit, but when there are about 100 crazy dudes swirling in the middle its tough to stay neutral. My big cup of lemonade got obliterated :( Luckily I was with a group of friends and my brother, so its way easier to hold your ground when you have some back-up. Two of my buddy's are more entertaining than the show IMO. They are full blown psycho metal heads who are also full blown drunks. Safe enough to party with, but man do they get fired up! lol. At one point, I looked behind me and noticed a 10' circle around my buddy Bill where the crowd had moved aside. This year, the bands were ok, but not great. There were too many niche death metal bands, and I'm really not into that type of metal. Last time I went, it was awesome. There were bands like Primus, Rob Zombie and Head PE. The second stage was in a better spot back then too. Instead of a hot parking lot, it was a shaded stage with dirt floor (I don't miss being covered head to toe in dust). For the final act, Ozzy comes out on stage, and opens up with Bark at The Moon. It was a perfect opener. The nearly full moon had already risen into the clear night sky and the crowd was going nuts. Imagine a few thousand people howling at the moon with the chorus. Yeah! :twisted:. Ozzy is showing his age. Sure he does his little jumping thing and waves his arms around, but he skips about every 5ht word with an inaudible mumble. The show stopper was Zack Wylde, Ozzy's long time Guitarist. Man can he shred! It was amazing to see him live, and it sounded great too.