Fozzy

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Fozzy

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Yeah, yeah. Fozzy is the combination of the real group, "Stuck Mojo" and WWF wrestling superstar, Chris Jericho. The last time I heard anything about Stuck Mojo was when Chris Jericho wrestled for WCW. But as this new "fake band" with a pretty humorous back-story takes the stage with some classic heavy metal songs from the likes of Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Dio, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Ozzy, etc. I think they pull it off quite well, actually.

As a heavy metal listener since the late 80's, but with a collection that goes back to the 70's, I personally get off with hearing old songs in a new "thicker" sound. With Iron Maiden's sub-classic song, "The Prisoner" from "Number of the Beast", I relished in the memories of the emotion from the original. "I'm not a prisoner...I'm a free man.." says it all.

As I first ploped in my cassete, I'm like, "eh", but as I continued to listen to it and the more familiar songs came up, I'm like, "Hey I kinda like this." I could just see Ozzy joining them on "Over the Mountain" during an OzzFest concert.

The fake back story of them being stuck in Japan for 20 years is pretty hilarious. Hell, they were only around ~10 years old in 1980. Hell, I'm as old as "The Rock" right now. That puts Dwayne Johnson aka "The Rock", at about 8 years old in 1980.

The story would have been more believable if they would have said 10 years (in Japan), but then they coouldn't have covered any 80's metal songs of which these are all of.

The only qualm I have with the album, IS Jericho's vocals. Although he did try to emmulate the original artists' vocals, he doesn't have the range necessary to pull it off. This is the reason for 4 stars. But overall, I think this album will grow on ya.