Five veterans in playful mood.

LIVING LOUD was a project that has been found in 2003 instead. Jimmy Barnes, Australian rock veteran, along with Lee Kerslake, Don Airey, Steve Morse and the actual initiator Bob Daisley have at that time called this temporary supergroup into being. The references of these men include really the Who's Who of Rock and Metal of the last 30-40 years. Whether Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, MSG, Deep Purple, almost everywhere these musicians were already active, sometimes even together. And that's about the next keyword: jointly Lee Kerslake and Bob Daisley in the years 1980 and 1981 with Ozzy Osbourne and his then Spezie, which traded as a miracle guitarist Randy Rhoads have worked as a band Blizzard of Ozz, while the albums Blizzard of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman produced. 6 of these songs, the band Living Loud in this project re-recorded because it was a concern for many years cherished by Bob Daisley, as co-author of this song, to reinterpret them according to his ideas. And this project, I find it very successful. Jimmy Barnes does not sing as Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Morse plays not like Randy Rhoads guitar and that gives these songs a very different character. Anyone familiar with the old recordings of Osbourne that perhaps may want to deny, but to come to the bottom line while out groovy rock 'n' roll versions, the distance themselves from the old heavy metal sound of Osbourne recordings. They did not want just a little re-enact, but bear the chemistry of the band Living Loud bill. Very nicely done.

The recordings took place in Florida and the 6 Ozzy Osbourne cover versions to 5 other original songs that have arisen within a few weeks in community work journeymen. There are rock songs to hear how Last Chance, the wonderful ballad Every Moment A Lifetime and designed as a single In The Name Of God. The latter is so far a special feature when taking this song to the 2003 current hostilities in the Middle East with respect and dealt with the question of why religions and their representatives who otherwise preach peace, to serve their faith as a pretext for war and senseless killing , Since this is always held on the back of the small and the weak, the sales revenue of this single were donated to UNICEF. As a bonus track on the CD is still a live version of I Do not Know heard.

The highlight of this issue, however, is the DVD. Has already made like Whom the CD on more that can witness live and color on stage in his living room here the band. This makes fun to watch, because you can see that the musicians making music has also made a lot of fun in front of audiences. In about 90 minutes the album is played. The fact that the set list of the CD played in unchanged order me is only noticed when looking at the cover. Previously I had not taken properly it. The concert is ended even with two great cover versions, namely Gimme Some Lovin '(The Spencer Davis Group) and Good Times (Easy Beats) and while the credits roll, is mined as a little gimmick in the background in fast motion the stage. Particular attention but you should pay the bonus features, in particular the approximately 18-minute documentary. Here's there to learn a few interesting details, such as Bob Daisley explained in the interview that he was responsible for the lyrics of the first two albums and Ozzy Osbourne Mr. Osbourne is said to have helped no line means that the manager of Uriah Heep and Deep Purple have adjusted the tour schedules of UH / DP on the dates of Living Loud to allow Kerslake and Morse travel to Australia and thus the participation in this project and you can see Jimmy Barnes in an interview with an Australian television station to 9 clock in the morning. Quite uncommon for a rock musician. It's ok to try Udo Lindenberg you will get an early time in the German breakfast television ...

Although this appears to be a flash in the pan was -eben only one project and no real new band, so it's highly entertaining to experience these 5 legends on CD and DVD in the distance of a few years. From me anyway thumbs but so what of high !!!