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Ozzy Osbourne To Be Presented "Lifetime Achievement Award" At Golden Gods Awards

posted Feb 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM by deathbringer.  (22 Comments)

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America’s first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show—the first annual EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS, presented by the Honda Fury—will take place Tuesday, April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles and be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, presented by America’s leading heavy music magazine REVOLVER.

Hosted by actor/comic Brian Posehn (The Sarah Silverman Program), the EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS will be highlighted by performances from Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains, Suicide Silence and a special guest to be announced soon. The evening—a celebration of the music of one of rock’s most enduring and fan-supported genres—will also feature special appearances by Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, Glenn Danzig, Maynard James Keenan, Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson of Testament, Protest The Hero, Marta from Bleeding Through, Isis, Brendon Small from Dethklok, WWE wrestler CM Punk, and many more. A limited number of tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 20 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time at all Ticketmaster locations, the Club Nokia box office and online at: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Epiphone-Revolver-Golden-Gods-Awards-tickets/artist/1295543. General admission tickets are $35.00 and VIP tickets are $75.00.

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22 Comments on "Ozzy To Be Presented 'Lifetime Achievement Award'"

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1. MetallicPunk writes:

This sounds somewhat cool and I think its awesome they are giving it to someone like Ozzy.

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 1:50 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Fuck_A_Name writes:

If anyone in metal deserved a lifetime achievement award, it would be Ozzy. Him and Tony Iommi anyway. Ozzy may be a cultural icon, but the invention of an entire genre of music has to count for something right?

It is kind of depressing though that he gets this award right when I've become the most dissapointed with Ozzy. Whatever, he deserves it, and I'm not gonna be the one to try and justify taking it away from him.

guests are interesting though, and for a myriad of reasons, ranging from raised eyebrows, to utter disgust, to girlish excitement, to a proper nod of the head. "Interesting" is the least of words I could use to describe the guest appearances.

I'll most likely watch this. I respect the man enough for that. Metallica's RnR HoF acceptance though....hah. I have laundry to do when that comes on, so I'll just have to miss it I guess... :b

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# Feb 21, 2009 @ 2:59 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Netromancer writes:

That's great Brendon Small will be there. Guy has a love for metal that borders on unhealthy :) Gotta love Dethklok.

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 3:09 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. InHellYouWillKnowMe writes:

Yeah this is cool... but Ozzy trully deserves to be recognized in a bigger way. The Grammy's or the American Music Awards should give him a good a$$ kissing for all the influence Sabbath and Ozzy have had on 4 generations of not just metal but a few genre's of music.

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 7:39 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. wilco writes:

yeah ozzy desirves it
and do think whole black sabbath needs it
if you think about it they are the god fathers of death metal

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 5:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. dudeman writes:

dio should get a lifetime achievement award, that guy has been busting his a$$ in the music world for like 50 years

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 8:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Netromancer writes:

Agreed. Ronnie James rules.

# Feb 21, 2009 @ 8:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. InHellYouWillKnowMe writes:

Dude 100% I am an old metalhead goin' on 40 and still in the pit!!! Ronnie is a huge metal god! We need someone like that again.

# Feb 22, 2009 @ 7:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. wilco writes:

there will be one god again soon
dio is the man i do think
and yes he should get his award
dud its cool to see old metal heads still going in the pit
i am 45 and still go in there
hornsup
to you

# Feb 23, 2009 @ 6:28 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Txmetalhead writes:

I agree with you all. Ozzy deserves this award. As much as I like Dio-era Sabbath...Ozzy-era Sabbath is still my preference. I mean those songs stick in my head months after I listen to them. Into the Void...man...such a cool song. The funny this is - I don't have much of Ozzy's solo stuff - just Black Sabbath.

# Feb 23, 2009 @ 11:33 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. spiral_architect writes:

it's about time metal gets its own tv award show!

now listening to: KISS "lick it up"

# Feb 23, 2009 @ 1:25 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. rtCOLE TRAINrt writes:

go OZZY congradulations man im prtoud of you

# Feb 23, 2009 @ 1:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. Txmetalhead writes:

I agree that Ronnie James Dio deserves this award, as well. His time will come, I am sure of it. Both men are incredible advocates for metal, and just amazing vocalists. Yes, I want to check out the awards show.

# Feb 23, 2009 @ 6:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. RememberMetal? writes:

Agree with Wilco here:
Ozzy has earned every award he gets, this goes double for Sabbath as a unit...

But not so much here:
Not a big fan of the shrill Dio vox of yore, they just didn't age as gracefully as Ozzy's wail or say Hetfields growl.

Dio was still a major pioneer of his era though, and will surely get his due.

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# Feb 23, 2009 @ 10:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. dudeman writes:

seriously? dio's voice didn't age as well as ozzy's or hetfield's? dude, i've got nothing to say

# Feb 24, 2009 @ 1:25 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. Fuck_A_Name writes:

^I dont hink he means it quite the way you think he does.

Not in the sense of Dio aging and his voice quality along with it, but in the sense that someone who is interested in todays metal could still apreciate it. Metallica and Sabbath are still loved by kids who are raised in the Pantera/Slipknot generation, making those singers, those bands, timeless, ageless. Dio, and his voice is a bit harder to translate over and apreciate for us young-uns, thusly, the "hasnt aged as well" comment.

I personally love Dio, but original Sabbath was soooo much better and fitting, even with Ozzy's more limited vocal range, it just worked better. Can you imagine Dio singing Faeries wear Boots? (actually... lol)

Then again, who popularized the metal fingers? Survey says...horns up to the 3 foot tall man that sings about dragons and swords. Both frontmen deserve this award.

# Feb 24, 2009 @ 1:46 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. TonyD writes:

First ever metal award show, and if this is anually and gives out life time achivements every year, its a no brainer ozzy should be the first one to receive ...this sounds promising, except for the wwe wrestler....dio a life time achievement?.....as influential as hes been in metal i dont see it....a good guy though

# Feb 24, 2009 @ 2:25 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. Leprosy101 writes:

Wilco im gonna have to disagree with you about Ozzy being the godfather of death metal if anything Chuck Schuldiner is the godfather of death metal and ozzy is just the father of heavy metal

# Feb 24, 2009 @ 10:56 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. wilco writes:

sorry do think he is the god father of death metal
and dio the father of heavy metal
but do think they both nd a award

# Feb 25, 2009 @ 5:00 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. metalheaddrummer101 writes:

Chuck should get it, even though he's dea
R.I.P CHUCK SCHULINDER!
Morbid Angel are also godfathers of the scene

# Feb 25, 2009 @ 9:03 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. dudeman writes:

my bad maybe i did take that in the wrong context, but i agree on everything, especially chuck f***ing schuldiner, that guy definitely deserves an award

# Feb 25, 2009 @ 11:34 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. Leprosy101 writes:

well at least metalheaddrummer and dudeman agrees with me

# Feb 26, 2009 @ 10:37 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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