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Talk Is Jericho

Classic Album Clash - Ozzy's "Blizzard" vs "Diary"

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

It’s Ozzy Osbourne’s “Diary Of A Madman” vs “Blizzard Of Ozz” on this edition of Classic Album Clash! And Fozzy guitarists Rich Ward and Billy Grey along with drummer Frank Fontsere, and special guest Merlin Alderslade, the editor of Metal Hammar magazine, join the debate over which album reigns supreme. They break them down track-by-track, share Ozzy stories and trivia in the process, discuss Randy Rhoads’ development and prowess as a guitarist, name favorite and not-so-favorite songs and solos, and cast a final vote for best album. Get in on the debate on twitter @TalkIsJericho!

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Alright, welcome to talk, it's Jericho, it's the part of Thunder and Rock and Roll, and today it's all about Aussie man, Aussie Osborne man,

0:21.0

the classic album, Clash Returns, with a battle over which Aussie album reigns supreme, diary of a madman or blizzard of Oz, and the panel debating the merits of each record and song includes myself, of course, my Foszy bandmates Rich Ward, Frank Fonsore, Billy Gray, and special guest, the editor of Metalhammer Magazine and huge Chris Jericho Foszy friend and fan, Merlin Alderslade. How great of a name is that? Moan Alderslade, if you're from England,

0:51.0

and your name is Merlin Alderslade, that makes you like better than a knight, it's awesome. We're all huge Aussie fans, and you'll find out how we all discovered Aussie in the first place. Here about the first time we saw him live, we talk Randy Rhodes, guitar solos, how Randy and Aussie changed heavy metal music and rock in general, we've got tons of trivia and info on the technical aspects of Aussie's recording and song writing, so much cool stuff, it's a great conversation and debate about one of Metal's biggest icons, Aussie Osborne, and two of Metal's greatest records,

1:21.0

Blizzard of Oz, and Diary of a Mad Men. Before we get started with the great classic album clash, let me say a big thank you to everyone who checked out my new show on Octane, a serious XM Octane, Rock of Jericho, debuted Friday night, and if you missed the first show, you can check it out again tomorrow, Thursday at 10pm Eastern on Octane, I believe that's Channel 37 or something like that.

1:44.0

A serious XM, the Rock of Jericho returns on Octane, lots of buzz, lots of good times, we're doing it every month, we might move to twice a month though, just for you guys.

1:52.0

But every show, I have a brand new action packed lineup, feature an hour of hand-picked heavy metal and hard rock, and tonight, speaking of heavy metal, the home of the United States, I'm in London, England for the words of Jericho tour, it's been such a great show, great time, Glasgow, sold out tonight's go, Manchester, sold out last end London,

2:13.0

is on the way to selling out fun stories from my entire career, music, wrestling, rock and roll, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, great Aussie Sharon stories, Vince McMahon, all across the board, Undertaker, Ralphus, I'm telling you stories behind the scenes, you ain't never heard these stories before, London tonight, the Clapham Grand London, still some tickets available, but we'll see you all there.

2:38.0

And then, as if that's not enough Jericho, Fauzi is getting ready to hit the road again with the Judas Rising Tour Part Four, I think it is, starting up in August, we got Adeliet as way, the Stur and Stone broken joining us this time around, we got a bunch of gigs before then as well, I'm going to run them down for you.

2:55.0

July 12th, rock USA and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 13th, the Kedot, rock fest in Kedot, Wisconsin, was it Kadoo, that sure, the 14th, Peoria Riverfront, Peoria, Illinois, 15th is Belvedere, Illinois, the Apollo Theater, then we go to Europe for July 26th, the Feson Festival in Hungary, excited about that, then we're doing Prague, the Rock of Ages Festival in Germany, Zurich, rock, planet in Italy, Slovenia, Vokin in Germany, Berlin, Bulham,

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Schoffenburg, Leandes, the Rock Festival in Alquanade, Ante, Spain, August 9th, Alcatraz in Belgium, August 11th, and then returning to the UK, Bloodstock, at Canton Park in Walton, on Trent, Derby Shire, on August 12th, and then we come back to the States, once again for the Judas Rising Tour of Adeliet as way, starting off August 24th in Atlanta, then we got Huntsville, Clarksville, Little Rock, Joliet, Illinois, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Fargo, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Columbus, Ohio,

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Cincinnati, Louisville, Charlotte, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Huntington, West Virginia, Greenville, South Carolina, Savannah, Lake, Bonavista, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Florida, Rock, Allegiance, and Camden, New Jersey, October 6th, go to Fosierock.com for all ticket information, and all VIP information, we do one of the best VIPs in the business, we do a special concert just for the VIPs, so go check that out, Fosierock.com, and in the meantime, in between time, we're going to do a special tour, just for the VIPs, so just for the VIPs, so just for the VIPs, so check that out, Fosierock.com, and in the meantime, in between time, we're going to do a special tour,

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let's keep the Rock and Roll going with the Ozzy Osborne Classic album, Clash, it's Blizzard versus Diary, and it starts now. Okay, so we're sitting on the top of a double-decker bus here, and this is, well, well, well, first of all, we're in Newcastle, and it's rich in Frank and Billy Foszy, and the most heavy metal name of all time, Merlin Alder-Slaid. Thank you very much for having me, Seth. Which is the, the now graduated to the editor of Metal Hammer,

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and the magazine, which is used, first of all, you were just a squire, like, used to get me caught in my official time in Squire. Yeah, that's a very English term, but we're sitting at the last time you heard from the Fos, we were on the Roach Coach bus in the States, not the worst bus we've had, but not the best. This one is the best bus that we've ever had, and the best driver, Paul.

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Yes, the best driver, Paul, we've ever had over here in Europe, great bus, and things are going well. Not Paul Delio, by the way, he's not a drunken. That's Paul D.

5:20.0

And we actually have a lounge on the front of the bus, and we're looking at the Tyne River, Merlin has told us, and we're getting ready to do the classic album, Clash, which, as you remember, is a debate over which one of these two albums is the better of the two albums, and we're talking about Blizzard of Oz, and Diary of a Madman,

5:42.0

by Oz, and this started with you and me, didn't it, Merlin? We were texting. Yeah, we were talking about, I think we were starting off on Maiden albums, and then we moved off to Oz, and we said, we should actually do a thing on this, because we're going to think Oz, we fans, and we have a couple of different opinions, I think, on this.

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So what we're going to do in this case is basically a track by track, and we'll get into that in a second. So we're going to eliminate D, because D is track number nine, and it doesn't fit, and it's a great little game.

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It's a great little guitar, newtling, doodling thing, but it's not up for review. So we're going for the basic eight tracks and eight tracks. So talk about when you first heard these records, Frank.

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So it's just like an opening argument, like if you were at Ernie.

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We're just going to explain a little bit about the records, and a little bit about the relationship that you have with both these records, because like we did the last one with Brian Posain and Frank Eczarian, with Ryde the Lightning and Master Publits, we both agree they're classic, classic records.

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