System Of A Down have honoured the late, nice Ozzy Osbourne with their first efficiency of ‘Snowblind’ in over 20 years – test it out under.
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The heavy steel pioneer and Black Sabbath frontman died final month (July 22) at age 76. In an announcement, his household shared that he was “surrounded by love” on the time of his passing. His demise got here simply weeks after he performed a closing stay present with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham, and raised “a ton” of cash for charity alongside the way in which.
For his or her first stay present since Could, System Of A Down carried out on the large MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and took a second to pay homage to Osbourne. 20 songs into their set, Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian and co. carried out their cowl of Black Sabbath’s ‘Snowblind’ for the primary time in 23 years in Ozzy’s reminiscence.
Malakian stated earlier than the efficiency: “The Ozzfest. We did a number of Ozzfests, a few of you might be sufficiently old that you just have been there. A few of you weren’t even born but. I need to thank Ozzy Osbourne. We need to thank Ozzy Osbourne.”
Chants for Ozzy rang out within the stadium earlier than Malakian added: “Preserve it going! We’re going to do a quantity now, it’s about cocaine. It’s known as ‘Snowblind’”. Watch System Of A Down carry out ‘Snowblind’ under.
The band recorded their tackle the Black Sabbath basic as a part of the soundtrack for The Osbournes in 2001. Their final efficiency of the quilt happened in 2002.
After Osbourne’s passing, hundreds of followers took to the streets of Birmingham to depart flowers and emotional tributes to the Black Sabbath icon, and hundreds extra lined the streets on July 31 for the funeral procession. Ozzy was laid to relaxation at a personal ceremony in Buckinghamshire, which was attended by Elton John, members of Metallica and extra.
Numerous names have come ahead to pay tribute to Ozzy, together with Zak Starkey, Adam Sandler, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Alice Cooper, Elton John, Yungblud, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jack White, Coldplay, and Jake E Lee. Touching messages have additionally been shared by his Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Invoice Ward and Geezer Butler.
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford additionally lately revealed his response to the information, admitting that he “simply curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours. I simply couldn’t consider it. I nonetheless can’t consider it now. I’m nonetheless grieving, like so many individuals.”
Ozzy’s demise certificates lists his explanation for demise as a coronary heart assault, whereas additionally mentioning that he was affected by coronary coronary heart illness and Parkinson’s. It additionally listed his occupation as “Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend”.
In different information, Tankian has introduced a brand new album titled ‘Covers, Collaborations & Collages’. Due for launch on October 24, the report will include beforehand unreleased cowl songs, collaborations, and different tracks. You possibly can pre-order/pre-save it right here.
