Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76: Shihad's Jon Toogood ‘shellshocked' as world reacts
Kiwis awoke to the news that lead singer of Black Sabbath died this morning (NZT) aged 76.
In a statement provided to the Herald, Jon Toogood said:
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Toogood also performed Pacifier, by Shihad. He noted he was 27 when he wrote it and was now 54, so his voice would've changed since then. Toogood performed crowd pleaser songs like Rain by Dragon, and Split Enz's I Got You. He noted performing his classic Home Again that he'd played it during his time in Shihad hundreds of times a year, so would change the lyrics to entertain himself and the band. Synthony's audience got one of these 'Put your c*** back in your undies.' Toogood's performance set the tone for what was to come. The Auckland Philharmonia was ably conducted by the brilliant Sarah-Grace Williams, who is one of the stars of Synthony's performances around New Zealand, Australia and the globe. Toogood ran back on stage for Enter Sandman by Metallica. The night also belonged to EJ Barnes, daughter of Jimmy Barnes, who has clearly inherited her vocal talents from her dad. Jennie Skulander from Devilskin was also a highlight on songs like Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song. There was a tribute to the late Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, who died on July 22. Toogood performed a brilliant version of Black Sabbath's War Pigs. AC/DC's ex-drummer Phil Rudd, who has lived in Tauranga for years, was also a tour de force. Welcomed to the stage for Thunderstruck, with Barnes singing and Wellington musician Seamus Johnson behind the microphone for Highway to Hell. Other features of the night included Skulander tackling Aerials by System of A Down, with other songs including Master of Puppets by Metallica performed by Toogood. For the finale, all the musicians came back, with Rudd performing on AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll), with bagpipers also on stage. Manuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra at Spark Arena on Saturday night. Photo / RadLab After the performance of Full Metal Orchestra, we filed out to eat chicken wings and wait for the performance of Synthony's Origins featuring EDM classics that began Synthony's worldwide run. The crowd at Manuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra at Spark Arena on Saturday night. Photo / RadLab The next section began with Bevan Keys and Synthony's musical director Dick Johnson and an MC performing a DJ set. They were followed by Australian EDM pioneers Sneaky Sound System with singer Connie Thembi Mitchell's powerful voice and rainbow coloured outfit on show. The orchestra then returned to get into the spectacle that was Origins. Great visuals highlighted Williams' conducting. Emily Williams and Nyree Huyser stunned on vocals. Great visuals accompanied 'Epic Sax Guy' and Synthony OG Lewis McCallum for Fat Boy Slim's Right Here Right Now. Daft Punk songs were also played, with Around the World and Sam Allen on vocals for One More Time. The night was then taken back to 1995 with Robert Miles' Children and songs also going back in time, like Feel So Close by Calvin Harris and Levels by Avicii. As the night ended, fans of Synthony's famous fusion of classical and EDM classics would not be disappointed, with the night eventually closed out with Darude's Sandstorm, which has become Synthony's theme song.
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Just in case you need convincing of Ozzy Osbourne's genius, here are 10 of his essential songs, writes Mikael Wood. A balladeer in the body of a headbanger, Ozzy Osbourne brought soul and emotion to the heavy metal genre he helped invent as the frontman of Black Sabbath and which he turned into a global force as an outrage-courting solo act. Osbourne, who died this week at 76 — just weeks after he gave what he billed as his final performance in his hometown of Birmingham, England — sold tens of millions of albums, was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and late in life found an unlikely second career as a pioneering reality-television star. Here, in the order they were released, are 10 of his essential songs. BLACK SABBATH, PARANOID (1970) As heavy as Black Sabbath was, the band could also be remarkably light on its feet, as in the group's zippy breakout single, which hit No.4 on the UK pop chart. Paranoid is narrated by a depressed young man who ''can't see the things that make true happiness'', as Osbourne sings against Tony Iommi's chugging guitar riff. Yet the song keeps hurtling forward with a kind of dogged determination. BLACK SABBATH, WAR PIGS (1970) An anti-war protest song as pointed as John Fogerty's Fortunate Son, War Pigs couches its musings on the mendacity of Vietnam's architects in images of witches and sorcerers poisoning brainwashed minds. The disgust in Osbourne's sneering vocal is still palpable. BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAN (1970) Leave it to Osbourne to find the empathy in this bludgeoning yet weirdly tender account of a guy who travels through time to save humanity only to be ''turned to steel in the great magnetic field'' on his return trip. ''Nobody wants him/ They just turn their heads,'' he sings, ''Nobody helps him/ Now he has his revenge.'' BLACK SABBATH, SWEET LEAF (1971) A love song addressed to weed? Osbourne stretches the bit about as far as it can go as Iommi cranks out the sludgy lick that would later be sampled prominently by the Beastie Boys in their Rhymin & Stealin. BLACK SABBATH, CHANGES (1972) Osbourne's most touching vocal performance came in this woebegone piano ballad from Black Sabbath's fourth album; he sings with so much agony about a romantic breakup that the song doesn't even bother with guitar or drums. In 2003, Osbourne recut Changes as a duet with his then-19-year-old daughter Kelly; a decade later, the soul singer Charles Bradley recorded a wrenching cover not long before he died. CRAZY TRAIN (1980) Osbourne got the boot from Black Sabbath in 1979 after his bandmates tired of his drug and alcohol abuse. Yet Osbourne quickly rebounded as a solo act, scoring a Top 10 rock radio hit on his first try with Crazy Train, which he wrote and recorded with guitarist Randy Rhoads. Lyrically, Crazy Train contemplates the ''millions of people living as foes'' amid the Cold War — a dark theme that somehow led to Osbourne's most euphoric song. MR. CROWLEY (1980) To follow up Crazy Train, Osbourne and Rhoads revived Black Sabbath's preoccupation with the occult for this mid-tempo jam about the self-styled prophet Aleister Crowley. NO MORE TEARS (1991) Unlike many heavy-metal elders, Osbourne stayed relevant into the grunge era with hits like the bleakly hypnotic title track from his quadruple-platinum No More Tears LP, which showcased his close collaboration with guitarist Zakk Wylde. MAMA, I'M COMING HOME (1991) No More Tears yielded another staple of early-'90s MTV in this soaring power ballad that Osbourne and Wylde wrote with Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. POST MALONE FEATURING OZZY OSBOURNE AND TRAVIS SCOTT, TAKE WHAT YOU WANT (2019) At 70, Osbourne surprised many with his robust vocal cameo in this trap-metal pile-up from Post Malone's smash Hollywood's Bleeding LP. — TCA
