Aug. 03 Columbus Polaris Amphitheatre

while I know there are people in this review that make no sense to the people here, I am still posting this as I am to tired from yesteday to type a new one,,whew!

First off let me say Happy Birthday Scott, we thought of you yesterday quite often(thought of Coco also, we had fun at Columbus!).Took quite the gang, had 8 of us. Ryan and Kristen came Saturday and met the family,had pizza and shot the ****.

Headed out around 7 Sunday.Lots of giant donuts and one gas stop later Ozzfest.
I didnt spend much time at 2nd stage and neither did Ryan or Kristen or Deb (cousin).
We had VIp passes so we took advantage of them. I managed to Deb and Kristen about half snocked by 3 in the afternoon, woohoo!! Went to 2nd stage to see Cradle with Andy, he is a big fan and no one else wanted to go,he enjoyed them immmensley,they got me about as excited as a rotting toadstool,but the goth crowd LOVED them. Mainstage, Chevelle was good and tight, played their 2 hits and hew others, good band,not excpetionally memorable, but ok.
Disturbed were quite good, got great audience reaction, around 45 minute set, really rocked the place. We had 8th row seats, right in front of the PA, wowowzers!! LOUD!! Manson was next did lots of new stuff, which I like, finished with some older stuff, had an excellent show, lots of insane and obscence props and girls(pant,pant!) I didnt see some of Korn, looking for Andy who decided to take a walk and not let us know, but from what I seen Korn is quite interesting and good, they deserve their spot where they are in the metal world today.

The whole crowd seemed to stay for Ozz this year since he wasnt there last year They went ******* CRAZY when he hit the stage and stayed that way the whole set.
This seem to be a testament to Ozz's likeableness (word??). He came out strong as **** and ready to go. I think after 4 straight shows in a row and his bout of laryngitis was too much though. He had a tough time on about 1/3 of the songs, going flat and it royally ****** him off but he kept going at it and most of the crowd didnt mind at all, the just boosted him up and sang with and for him and he really seem to suck up all the love.

My cousins and Andy (all 17) loved the heck out of Ozz's show, were just thrilled to see him,I didnt really know how they would react. I think (IMO) the schedule of the Canadian tour is about right for Ozz, one show every 3 days, he was great there.
The band was tighter here, Newsted was more familiar and he and Bordin were tighter than Canada, but still not as tight as Trujillo and Bordin, some if has to do with Newsted/s style, thrash style with a pick. Wylde was more in time here also, rhythms were tighter (I am still a Tony Iommi fan, just a personal thing).
We all had a good time, Deb had to work today,ugh, and MIke and Brad had 2 days football practice at 6 am, double ugh. Ron also went along and was thrilled as heck to get to see Ozz this year. It was great to see Kristen and Ryan, they left today around 1 pm, still saying HUH?? and WHAT?? OZZFEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review : by Drip