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Black Sabbath – 1974-04-06 – Ontario Motor Speedway, California Jam

Black Sabbath is an English hard rock band originally formed as a blues rock band in 1968 by founding members:  Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), and Bill Ward (drums).  This lineup remained intact (except for a brief time that Dave Walker filled in for Ozzy)  until Ozzy Osbourne was fired due to his rampant abuse of alcohol and drugs in 1979.  Ozzy was initially replaced by Ronny James Dio, but in the years to come would see vocalists come and go, including Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes and Tony Martin.  Ozzy rejoined the original lineup to record Reunion, the first ‘official’ live album released with Ozzy.  The ‘other’ live album released with Ozzy was Live at Last, recorded in 73, and released in 80 ‘unofficially’.  It rose to 5 on the UK charts.  Fairly amazing for a bootleg.  Understandable, since MTV ranked Black Sabbath as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time.  VH1 placed Black Sabbath as 2nd  in their “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock“.  This concert is at the first California Jam concert April 06, 1974.

Helloween – 1992-05-14 – Köln, Germany

Helloween was formed in 1984 in Hamburg, Germany by members of Iron Fist, Powerfool, and Gentry.  The band is best described as Power Metal and has been a pioneering force in that genre, as well as instrumental in its creation.  After their formation, they were quickly signed by Noise Records.  They released their debut record, a self-titled EP in 1985, and later that year released an LP, Walls of Jericho.  On their tour supporting this album, it became apparent that Kai Hansen, their lead guitarist/vocalist had troubles singing while playing.  So, they picked up vocalist Michael Kiske, from a local band III Prophecy.  They immediately started work on the albums that would permanently carve out the new genre, Power Metal.  These albums were Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II, released in 1987 and 1988.  Kai Hansen left the band unexpectedly during the tour supporting Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and in the early nineties there was a rift in the band that was worsening.  This concert was in support of Pink Bubbles Go Ape, and although the album bombed, this concert is before Kiske got fired and most definitely worth the listen.

Ted Nugent – 1981 – Los Angeles, CA

Ted Nugent really got his start in The Amboy Dukes, although he has been performing since 1958.  The Amboy Dukes first performed at The Cellar, in Illinois while Ted Nugent was still attending St. Viator High School.  In 1967 they released The Amboy Dukes, in 1968 Journey to the Center of the Mind, and in 1969 Migration.  The Amboy Dukes would release four more albums before Ted Nugent would drop ‘The Amboy Dukes’, and just be billed as Ted Nugent in 1975.  In April 1968, Ted Nugent joined a host of other musicians to pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. by holding a blues, folk and rock jam session.  Among the musicians were Jimi Hendrix,  Joni Mitchel, Cactus, and BB King, to name a few.  In 1975, after breaking off from The Amboy Dukes, he released Ted Nugent, Free-For-All, and Cat Scratch Fever in 1975, 1976 and 1977, respectively.  These multi-platinum albums cemented Ted’s fan base.  Many of them never even realized that he had started with The Amboy Dukes.  This initial solo band survived until 1978, when the guitarist and bassist departed.  They were replaced, and that brings us to this Los Angeles 1981 concert, which was in support of the 1980 album Scream Dream.

UFO – 1976-05-03 – The Starwood Club, Hollywood, CA

UFO was an English heavy metal group that transitioned from hard rock to heavy metal.  It was formed in 1969 by Phil Mogg (vocals), Pete Way (bass), Mick Bolton (guitar), and Andy Parker (drums).  The early work of UFO was strongly influenced by space rock.  They gained far more popularity in Japan and Germany, than their poor turnout in the UK and the US.  Bolton left the group in 1972, and they tried a couple guitarists before settling on the Scorpions Michael Schenker, then 18 years old.  The Schenker years are regarded as UFO’s best.  Michael Schenker intially was a member from June 1973 through October 1978.  He briefly returned to the Scorpions ,before forming the Michael Schenker Group.  Schenker returned to UFO in the following years:  1993–95, 1997–98, 2000, 2001–03.  There really are no members that have been constant through UFO’s history, and as you would imagine, their ‘sound’ has changed with their membership.  They have truly morphed into a remarkable band, and have just released an album in Feb 2015, Conspiracy of Stars.  If you haven’t done it already, check youtube, as the album has been uploaded.  Here is the youtube link for that album:  A Conspiracy of Stars in case you wish to listen to it.  This concert was at the Starwood Club in Hollywood, CA on 3 May 1976, the same month that they released No Heavy Petting.

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