In honor of the upcoming Ozzfest 2005 tour this summer, the Ten Year Anniversary of the coolest tour in the world, post a picture of either Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Iron Maiden (one of the headliners!!!!), or any of the bands on the bill, including albums, members, guitars, ANYTHING, even Ozzy's first bat's-head when he was a wee lad!! Get creative, and have fun!!! Ozzy and Bruce would love you for it!! :D

Main stage:

Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Mudvayne
Shadows Fall
Black Label Society
In Flames

Hot Topic Second Stage:

Rob Zombie
Killswitch Engage
As I Lay Dying
Mastodon
A Dozen Furies
The Haunted
Arch Enemy
The Black Dahlia Murder
Bury Your Dead
It Dies Today
Soilwork
Trivium
Gizmachi
Wicked Wisdom


Paranoid single sleeve:

Iron Maiden from 2003:

Classic Black Sabbath...

Ozzy about to have a snack: :eat: :liplick:

I want this guitar transcription songbook!!

Black Sabbath from around 1978:

Black Sabbath from around 1978:

In this picture Bill Ward looks like my dad around the time I was born (August 1976). :lol:

Ozzy...

A live concert pic from the Master of Reality Tour in 1972. Notice how Tony Iommi plays in the center while Ozzy sings to the side.

A live photo of Geezer Butler from 1973. You don't get more 70's than THIS outfit!! :eek:

Iron Maiden from the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Tour 1988:

Ozzy cuddles with Kermit. Miss Piggy very worried. :eek:

An early Iron Maiden single cover to "Sanctuary" which caused a bit of controversy in not-so-Merry Old England:

Yes, that's Maggie Thatcher. :eek:

A "nicer" version of Maggie Thatcher, from the single to "Women in Uniform":

Live indie album with Paul Di'Anno on vocals:

Another live shot from 1973:

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Another live shot from 1973:

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We saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1973. A huge fight with beer bottle broke out on the floor in front of the stage right in the middle of Iron Man - we were soooooo pissed off!

BEER BOTTLE FIGHT DURING IRON MAN???!!!! :eek: That's gotta suck. ohno:

Tony Iommi live in 1975:

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Ozzy in 1975. What's with these guys and the yellow pants?? :confused: :lol:

http://www.black-sabbath.com/gallery/albums/071675/oz0716752.sized.jpg

Iron Maiden in 1981:

Clip from the Paul Di'Anno days, this can be found on the Early Days DVD.

Steve Harris and Adrian Smith:

Live pic from the Blizzard of Ozz days, 1980:

Ozzy with Randy Rhoads:

Here is Shadows Fall, one of the best bands to watch for at Ozzfest 2005:

Mudvayne will also be on the main stage. Looks like a CGI:

Rob Zombie will headline the Hot Topic Second Stage:

Geezer Butler on November 24, 1976, ten days after I first saw them live!!This was during the Technical Ecstasy tour.

Live during the Never Say Die tour, 1978:

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Ozzy live 1978:

Iron Maiden in 1981, around the time Adrian Smith joined the band:

Killers, from 1981. I bought this album solely for the cover, thinking it would be the heaviest thing on the planet. I was not disappointed. :rock:

An Ozzy toy figurine!

A mugshot of Ozzy when he was arrested for being *chemically enhanced* in
Tennessee in 1984:

And now for one of the greatest metal albums of all time, from 1982:

Number of the Beast back cover, their new lineup with Bruce Dickinson on vocals:

We know who the gnarly rocker dude is on the right, but who is that handsome rugged young pilot guy on the left? :confused:

BOTH ARE BRUCE DICKINSON!!!! He is in fact an AIRPLANE PILOT!!

Steve Harris: