OZZY's BLIZZARD ,Motorhead Roars, Etc.

I get thousands of letters from people all over the world. Piles and piles of fucking lyrics—whole fucking boxfuls. This kind of response and identification—all these kids want to be me. They want to be a part of me—and I can relate to that because I wanted to be a Beatle at one time. Its like idol worship. 1 always wanted to be a Beatle-, now all these kids want to be me."

Ozzy Osbourne, ex-lead singer of Black Sabbath, has a lot on his mind. A predictably successful show at the Long Beach Arena (his newly released Blizzard Of Oz LP climbing up the charts, now at #15) had Oz wearing the confidence of triumph, grinning ear-to-ear. Considering the demographic nature of the dog (L.A.), Long Beach (30 minutes south of civic center) figured a cinch to go over well—the Arenas long been a watering hole partisan to heavy metal grunge and the very specialized strata of subhumanity such sounds cater to. The wild card this time around (Ozs last appearance in Long Beach found Black Sabbath headlining over the Ramones!) points to opening act Motorhead—gigantic followings overseas in Limeyland and Europe so far have yet to follow suit in the States. Moreover, Motorheads brand of unrestrained, hell-bent chaotic white-noise suggests a closer similarity with local punk-rock malevolence (particularly indigenous to