David Lee Roth or Ozzy Osbourne ?

David Lee Roth or Ozzy Osbourne ? Feb 25, 2018 2:45:25 GMT

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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Feb 25, 2018 2:45:25 GMT

Feb 24, 2018 15:21:07 GMT Terrapin Station said:

Feb 24, 2018 6:52:33 GMT Eva Yojimbo said:

Nonsense. Iommi was undeniably great, but what did he do of note after Ozzy left? Two good albums with Dio and then years of mostly worthless crap. Post-Sabbath Ozzy had its ups-and-downs too, but on the whole was both better and more successful. Compared with VH who also had a decent run after DLR with Hagar. Not as good as the DLR era, but better than what Sabbath managed without Ozzy. At least VH (nor Ozzy) ever released something as embarrassing as Forbidden.

Wait. You were praising the friggin Pixies and you're ragging on post-Dio Sabbath, Iommi's solo album, etc.?

Yes. Are you seriously suggesting post-Dio Sabbath are better than Pixies?

Edit: Reading your above replies, I see you're not much of a fan. Frankly, the Pixies are a band I shouldn't like given my typical tastes. I'm not a fan in general of most punk or punk-like music, but Pixies had a really unique combination of furiously abrasive and ridiculously catchy. I think Bowie nailed it when he called them a "psychotic Beatles." Plus, they had a pretty immense influence on 90s alternative rock and indie music; without them, Nirvana and Radiohead are very different bands. It's hard to imagine the 90s without the quiet/minimal verse to loud/maximal chorus structure that all those bands got from the Pixies (not that they were the first to do it, but they were certainly the most influential from that period).