Featuring The Wailers, Death, Peaches and loads more. Cheq out this amazing footage of Black Sabbath performing at the California Jam festival at the Ontario Motor Speedway inna 1974. Sabbath had caught a lot of flak from the music press for their lumpen riffing but were still big fan favourites. Ozzy's big, theatrical gestures work perfectly in this setting, energising the massive crowd. The clip starts with hell-raising singer Ozzy Osbourne being interviewed. He says what a beautiful and peaceful event it is and promises to go on and play their music, not blow up the stage or anything like that. Ironically, it was the much better behaved Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple that would go on later in the day and destroy one of the TV cameras and blow up his amp!
Black 2 Comm 30th June 2019
Featuring Killing Joke, Etta James, Cali Swag District and many others. Cheq out this super awkward footage of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Tony James and Martin Degville sharing the TV-am sofa with total freaks Ann Diamond, Nick Owen, Giles Brandreth and Michael "the fist" Barrymore inna 1986. Former Generation X bass player, Tony James was going out with Janet Street-Porter who was appointed head of yoof TV by BBC2 controller, Alan Yentob. James would later become a member of uber-goths Sisters Of Mercy and eventually come full circle to form the group Carbon Silicon with long time spar Mick Jones of Clash, B.A.D. fame.
Black 2 Comm 23rd June 2019
Featuring Led Zeppelin, Sugar Minott, The Soft Boys and more. Cheq out this funky fresh footage of Run-DMC performing Sucker MC's on the Graffiti Rock TV show inna 1984. The programme was intended to be a hip hop Soul Train series but only one episode was made. The show also features a rap battle featuring Kool Moe Dee and Special K from the Treacherous Three against Reverend Run and Darryl DMC McDaniels with Jam Master Jay manning the wheels of steel. Also of note, cheq out the young Vincent Gallo (aka Prince Vince) in the white upturned Kangol, at the beginning of the clip.
Black 2 Comm 16 June 2019
Featuring Bomb The Bass, Brenda Lee, Post Malone and more. Cheq out this film of The Doors playing a full set at the Isle of Wight festival inna 1970. Singer Jim Morrison was on trial at the time, for "lewd and lascivious behaviour" at a previous concert in Miami. He was eventually sentenced to six months in jail with hard labor and fined $500. The case went to appeal but the singer checked out inna Paris before any resolution was reached. The lizard king is in fine voice here, putting in a powerful, if subdued performance. In other words, he didn't instigate a riot or get his cock out on this occasion!
Black 2 Comm 2nd June 2019
Featuring Marvin Gaye, The Go-Go's, The Abyssinians and much more. Cheq out this footage of thrash giants Megadeth performing "Wake Up Dead" in San Diego in 2008. Frontman Dave Mustaine, who was unceremoniously thrown out of Metallica in 1983 for his drug taking and erratic behaviour, became a born again Christian in 2003. As a result of his new found faith, he refused to perform on the same stage as bands including Rotting Christ and Dissection because of their un-Christian beliefs . . . not only that, but he stopped performing some of his own compositions too!
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