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BLACK TIDE Too Young For OZZFEST
- Aug. 5, 2007
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Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) won't be replacing CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest after all. Turns out the band has been removed from the billing of this year's traveling festival because its members are not old enough to drink Jägermeister, which is sponsoring Ozzfest's second stage.
Commented the group in a posting on its MySpace page: "A few days ago we got the news that Ozzfest would like for us to join the rest of the tour, playing on the second stage. The bags were packed, the RV was ready to go, and we had just eight hours before we were leaving for the tour. Then, Jägermeister decided that since we were underage, they couldn't allow us to play on their stage. We had the support of Live Nation and Ozzfest, but because Jägermeister owns the second stage, we can't play. Sorry that we got anyone’s hopes up and we feel terrible about this whole ordeal."
BLACK TIDE recently completed work on its debut album with producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, MACHINE HEAD, SOIL). The CD is scheduled for release in early 2008 via Interscope Records.
BLACK TIDE is:
Gabriel Garcia (age 14) – Vocals/Guitar
Alex Nunez (age 17) - Guitar
Zachary Sandler (age 18) - Bass
Steven Spence (age 19) - Drums
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COMMENT | underage, maybe...
posted by :
8/5/2007 10:39:39 PM
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but the crowd would have been drinkers. lame excuse not to have this band play.
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
8/5/2007 10:43:43 PM
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Oh, but Jägermeister has no problem advertising it's product to the Ozzfest audience - many of whom are underage.
No, you can not play on a stage we are sponsering, but please be sure to buy our product.
Thank you...come again.
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COMMENT | WOAH!
posted by :
8/5/2007 10:45:52 PM
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The lead singer and guitarist is only 14?!?! AND they were allowed to Play OZZFEST?! WOW! And the most amazing part is... they're GOOD! Woah.... I'm 22, and I can't even play guitar that damn good!
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COMMENT | i bet
posted by :
8/5/2007 10:55:55 PM
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theres some lawyers behind this too
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COMMENT | imagine the
posted by : weinerdog
8/5/2007 10:59:12 PM
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'benefits' these kiddies are missing from being on tour at such an age. The singer can't even go into a bar until 2014 - damn I feel old.
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COMMENT | That's nothing
posted by : Mictian
8/5/2007 11:04:03 PM
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There's a band called Killing Chapel who can shred just as good as Kerry King, and their average age is 18.
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COMMENT | Ozzfest
posted by : anti emo
8/5/2007 11:07:42 PM
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this year's Ozzfest is like this year's Tour de France: plagued with problems from the get go.
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COMMENT | This is horse shit.
posted by :
8/5/2007 11:08:00 PM
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My band gets fucked with the same stuff. All but one member in my band is of age, the other being 17. There are some towns we can't even play in anymore because the promoters are stuck only being able to do 19+ shows, and for some reason they cannot allow the younger member in. Many places we play they will X off the under agers' hands and allow them, to enjoy the show...it sucks when bands with the talent and drive to be out there entertaining people get fucked by circumstance.
www.myspace.com/ourladyofbloodshed *wink*
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COMMENT |
posted by : rob1980
8/5/2007 11:15:18 PM
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Never listened to them, but that sucks.
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COMMENT | Eh
posted by : ADD
8/5/2007 11:17:47 PM
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I see nothing wrong with a liquor company not wanting to sponser someone(s) that is underage.
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COMMENT | Good
posted by :
8/5/2007 11:19:47 PM
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Wasn't too impressed anyways. Jager is smart for not sponsoring underagers.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/5/2007 11:24:36 PM
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that's stupid.
I can remember a 19 year old Dimebag Darrel playing the bars when Texas raised the drinking age to 21 (I was the only one in the club the night the drinking age went up, Pantera was playing). No one told him he couldn't play- they just marked him as underage.
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COMMENT | damn blabbermouth
posted by :
8/5/2007 11:24:48 PM
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i posted the news to you and u didnt even give me credit. could have said thanks. oh well not worried bout it. at least everyone knows now and theyll probably benefit cuz u know how some ass holes would have boo'd them and flipped them off and shit just bc they are not black metal enuff. i mean im open 4 any metal band at ozzfest except 4 A7x last year (they've been overrated ever since they hit the radio) but i actually was impressed by this band. not cuz there age...i just though it was a little old school which is whats missing from music today. they kick ass 4 teens. who knows maybe ozzy will have em open up on the big rumored fall tour
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/5/2007 11:42:51 PM
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jager made a smart move... Now, of course you want everybody to use your product. However, supporting underage kids isn't exactly a wise idea. This bill already sucks enough and I don't think these toddlers are the answer. For that matter, neither is Devildriver. Hope to see Nile, Behemoth, LOG, and Ozzy headline elsewhere. It is not at all worth getting sunburnt to watch to many shitty bands. Wow, I got way off topic. Anyway, good move by Jager.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Fani Dilth
8/5/2007 11:56:09 PM
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What a bummer. Better luck next year on the Hot Topic stage.
Now off to sample what is offered on the band's myspace page.
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COMMENT | THE HYPOCRASY OF SAURON IS ASTOUNDING
posted by : Brother Maynard
8/6/2007 12:02:30 AM
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But definitely check out the song Black Tide song on myspace. It's killer and the publicity from all this will help push their career.
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COMMENT | JAGER TASTES LIKE CRAP ANYWAYS
posted by : Brother Maynard
8/6/2007 12:04:18 AM
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It ranks up there with Gin as the least desirable liquors distilled on this planet.
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COMMENT |
posted by : mike57
8/6/2007 12:07:57 AM
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ThrashMe said it perfectly: This should have been found out before even considering the band. That is the most fucked up thing I've heard in a long time regarding metal. Way to get the kids' hopes up and then stomp them into the ground, assholes. FUCKING EIGHT HOURS BEFORE LEAVING?! That is rediculous.
You know what would be really cool, if Ozzy stepped up and said let the kids play... like that would happen. But in retrospect, they're on Interscope, so it's not like a chance for playing on a big tour won't come around again. Right???
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COMMENT |
posted by : Fani Dilth
8/6/2007 12:45:42 AM
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Get the Bad News Bears chant going...
LET THEM PLAY
LET THEM PLAY
But seriously, the song they have posted on their myspace page titled Shockwave sure puts to shame a lot of the crap out now and some of the bands on the tour.
The screamer days are limited !!!
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COMMENT | I listened to their song...
posted by : AcexOfxBasexRules
8/6/2007 12:52:39 AM
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It sucks for these guys that they're not on Ozzfest, but seriously, their music bores the shit out of me. It sounds like every other "bar" band in the world.
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COMMENT | wow
posted by :
8/6/2007 1:06:24 AM
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I cannot believe the guy singing the song on their myspace is 14. That is unreal. He sounds nothing like how I expected a 14 year old would sound. Pretty incredible. wow
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COMMENT |
posted by : stunna
8/6/2007 1:33:56 AM
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There has to be a different reason behind this..
Age yes.
Fair enough, Underage people sponsered by jager. Thats a no.
I bet the musicians on the second stage will get free jager and be around it back stage as well. That may have been another reason to the refusal.
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COMMENT |
posted by : pave
8/6/2007 1:44:58 AM
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Zakk plays bass in this band so how the hell could they get kicked off the tour?
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COMMENT | DID YOU KNOW?
posted by : SLAYTANIC WAR RABBIT
8/6/2007 2:11:52 AM
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THAT THE FLINTSTONES WERE USED IN CIGARETTE COMMERCIALS BACK IN THE SIXTIES?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/6/2007 2:12:03 AM
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^^
legal age in the States is 21 dude
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COMMENT | 21 means 21
posted by :
8/6/2007 2:26:21 AM
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!
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COMMENT |
posted by : ovacord9
8/6/2007 2:28:48 AM
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that is gaytarded
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COMMENT | That
posted by : Blackthorned
8/6/2007 4:54:23 AM
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says it all about modern festivals.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Psychobolia.com
8/6/2007 5:20:35 AM
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Drinking laws in America are ridiculous. None of that shit here in Europe. I certainly don't regret moving to Europe, where death metal shows are packed with people of ALL ages.
I don't understand how you can be 18 to vote or go get yourself killed in war, yet you have to be 21 to drink a bit of Jack Daniels!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/6/2007 5:57:24 AM
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wow, must suck to be american, well one that likes a beer or two anyway
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COMMENT | WHAT THE F...?
posted by :
8/6/2007 6:13:48 AM
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This guy singing here http://www.myspace.com/blacktide is 14 years old???? :O
BTW I was expecting some shit but it's quite good tune. Good for them
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COMMENT | Their song...
posted by : Grommell
8/6/2007 6:50:44 AM
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Its not shit. Not great, but not shit. Ozzfest, with the exception of Nile and Behemoth is certainly not great, and is in fact shit. I can understand the conflict they had there.
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COMMENT |
posted by : SchecterShredder
8/6/2007 8:09:41 AM
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Like a previous poster said, it's lawyers behind it. Can't do this, too young for that blah blah blah. It's a shame too. This years Ozzfest is a trainwreck. Just get Brittany Spears to play @ this point.
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COMMENT | I can't believe this shit...
posted by : AcexOfxBasexRules
8/6/2007 8:12:40 AM
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Am I the ONLY person on this site who DOESN'T think these guys are that good?
I mean sure, FOR THEIR AGE they are a decent band, but NONE of their stuff is inventive or original. The age of their singer is a gimmick and nothing more.
You guys all bash the shit out of Trivium because they were/are young and came up as a "screamo" band, but now that they play thrash you won't even give them a snowball's chance in hell.
THIS band puts up a ridiculously generic "throwback metal" song and most of you goons are eating it with a spoon.
I'm not here to start shit, but damn guys... I can't believe how many of you are trying to say this is really good.
I can take you to Chicago and show you 15 bands per night in 15 different venues that sound like this or better and many of them will be roughly the same age.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/6/2007 8:45:27 AM
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that sucks, Black Tide played a show here a few weeks ago w/Trivium and they were good, they really won over the crowd, too
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COMMENT | NONE of their stuff is inventive or original?
posted by :
8/6/2007 9:09:03 AM
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that may be so, but overall, music hasn't been original or inventive in a long long time.
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COMMENT | AcexOfxBasexRules
posted by :
8/6/2007 11:35:42 AM
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You mentioned the kids' age being a gimmick, and I'll agree with that. It reminds me of a certain Chicago land band by the name of Slitheryn. Remember those kids? They had the 12 year old singer with a gas can?
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COMMENT |
posted by : mike57
8/6/2007 11:45:52 AM
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to ace of base rules. Just pointing out that I did not say I liked the band. I just think it completely lame that they were told they were cancelled just 8 hours before leaving.
and to Thor918. Dude, you really need to get a life. Or re-think your philosophies. Jealousy is retarded and it will make you a loser, an asshole, or both. Maybe it already has. At least you can admit it.
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COMMENT | LAME!
posted by : fluffernutter
8/6/2007 12:01:56 PM
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So much for Metal being a young man's game. Ozzfest is a joke.
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COMMENT | Well
posted by : Strange
8/6/2007 12:44:43 PM
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As fucked as I think this is, I'm sure Jager's reasons were strictly legal/PR based and not personal. On the other hand, Alcohol companies sponsor car racing. "Don't Drink and Drive...This message brought to you by the Budweiser Racing Team!"
This situation is probably going to do more for them than the tour would have anyway.
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COMMENT | well that's kinda hypocritical
posted by :
8/6/2007 1:44:47 PM
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considering pure rubbish did ozzfest back around 2001 or so and they were all still teenagers then too.
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COMMENT | CFH8784
posted by : AcexOfxBasexRules
8/6/2007 5:41:47 PM
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I remember Slitheryn... Didn't Corey Taylor produce one of their albums or an E.P. or something?
And yeah, I'm not bashing any of you guys... I mean sure, it is bullshit that the kids can't play, I'm just saying... If you're really honest about the music, it's cool, but it's not THAT cool.
It's very run-of-the-mill.
My band are all between 19-22 and we have problems sometimes with sponsorships, but never in bars. They mark the hands of the underage guys and let us play the show. Promoting alcohol would be different though...
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COMMENT | Black Tide
posted by :
8/7/2007 7:54:05 PM
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Black Tide is not playing 2nd Stage because they are underage, but they are playing MAIN STAGE beginning August 10th in Illinois.
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COMMENT | RADIO (Black Tide)
posted by :
8/8/2007 4:46:44 AM
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They got kicked out the second stage fine. Ozzy stepped up and fucked over Jager and put them to open in the MAINSTAGE. They deserve it.
Radio is what music is been missing for a couple of years now. They're bringing out the old school guns. I agree with some of you that the song they have up is a little cliché. But fuck I have a demo of them cause I personally know the singer and guitarist.. anyways, other songs from them such as Black Widow and Show Me The Way fucking own the ass of many other bands that are just pure shit. You can't judge a band by ONLY ONE SONG. And even more when it's not even one of they're stepped up ones. Don't fucking hate on Radio because a 14 year old kid has more talent in one hand that what you may have in your whole fucking body.
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