2010-02-24 Wednesday

OZ ARE BACK !!!

I received an e-mail with the fantastic news from OZ-drummer Mark Ruffneck.

Ape De Martini, Jay C. Blade & Mark Ruffneck have re-united OZ.

They will start recording a new album in May and are planning to release it in November this year.

Their official website can be found at www.ozofficial.com

and their official myspace-site at www.myspace.com/ozofficial

2010-02-23 Tuesday

FULL OZ-DISCOGRAPHY AVAILABLE ON iTUNES

The promised remastered CD re-releases of the III Warning and Decibel Storm-albums have been withdrawn from the Black Mark record company's list of forthcoming CD-releases. Both albums have instead been released as downloads on iTunes, along with the first OZ album and the Turn the cross...-single. So, now the complete OZ-discography is available for download through iTunes.

The remastered versions of Decibel Storm and the first album sound great,

BUT, the sound quality on the III Warning-album is worse than before. It's now suddenly in mono, so unfortunately only one side of the stereo field is fully audible. It's probably a mastering error, so hopefully the record company will fix that one day.

The Fire in the Brain-album and the Roll The Dice-album are also available on iTunes in their usual non-remastered, but excellent classic quality.

2010-02-23 Tuesday

The OZ Discography-section has been updated with the various artists compilations "Metal Hammer Vol. II" & "+Heavy Vol. 4".

2009-09-22 Tuesday

The Press clips-section has been updated with an interview from the Finnish Soundi Magazine issue # 12 - 1986.

Many thanks to Pekka Pesonen for finding that one.

There are also 2 album reviews (III Warning & Decibel Storm) in the Discography-section now.

Many thanks to Jose Mijares for sending me those.

If anyone can find any more OZ-stuff out there - please contact me by clicking here: .

2009-08-01 Saturday

Cartago have posted a new song with Ape De Martini on vocals on their myspace-site (www.myspace.com/cartagotheband),

so finally we get to hear something new from the legendary OZ-vocalist.

There is now an English translation of the "OKEJ # 1 - 1984 Press clip" in the Interviews-section.

The Press clips-section has been updated with a new 2-page Interview (in Finnish) with Mark Ruffneck & Jay C. Blade from the Finnish Hard Rock Magazine INFERNO # 59 - 2008 (www.inferno.fi/)

Discography-page updated with "3-song demo" (The final recordings of the classic lineup) and also Power of Metal Hammer - a various artists compilation album from 1986 that includes 1 OZ-song.

Sweden Rock Magazine recently published a short article about OZ in their issue # 62 - 2009, along with 2 pages of photos of the OZ-band in Stockholm during a gig at a place called Glädjehuset on the 13th of June 1984. They also recommended thirdwarning.com to those who want to know more about OZ. The particular issue might still be available from www.swedenrockmagazine.com/

Jay C. Blade released his second solo album entitled Beat the elite on the 24th of June 2009.

Check out his official website: www.manhattanfiles.net/.

2009-02-02 Monday

The Photos-section has been updated with a picture of "Scandinavian metal attack 84"-tour poster, signed by all five members of the classic line-up.

The Press clips-section has been updated with a Swedish article about OZ from OKEJ-magazine # 1 - 1984.

The videos-section contains a new video clip of OZ live in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983 performing the song FREE ME, LEAVE ME. Check out the insane amount of theatrical smoke, the fire extinguisher, the twisting of a microphone stand and how they hack Spooky Wolff's guitar to pieces with the huge knife that later made it onto the front cover of the III Warning LP.

Jay C. Blade (or Jay Lewis as he prefers to call himself nowadays) released a solo album entitled Manhattan files in 2007.

So, you might be interested in checking out his official website for sound clips, photos, lyrics, interview, etc....

2008-06-20 Friday

The Photos-section has been updated with some pictures of Jay C. Blade participating in Swedish Metal Aid in 1985.

The re-mastered versions of the Decibel Storm and III Warning -albums have still not been released. Both albums are now enlisted as TBA (to be announced) on the Black Mark website, so hopefully those two masterpieces are about to be released soon. Check out the Black Mark website for more info.

2007-12-22 Saturday

The re-mastered re-releases of the Decibel Storm and III Warning -albums have been postponed to JANUARY 29, 2008 according to the Black Mark website.

The Photos-section has been updated with some new photos and info.

Big thanks to Mikko Mattila of Isten Fanzine for the two Jay C. Blade live photos from 2007 with Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner at the HimosAreena in Jämsä, Finland.

The "Speedy Foxx/Spooky Wolff, which of them is which"-mystery has been solved. The blonde guy is Speedy Foxx and the dark-haired guy is Spooky Wolff.

Ape De Martini goes by the name of Tapani nowadays, and is the lead singer of Cartago. http://www.cartago.se/.

A list of their upcoming gigs can be found at http://www.myspace.com/cartagotheband (No, that's not Ape De Martini singing on those 2 songs on their MySpace-site, that's their previous singer.)

2007-10-31 Wednesday

Black Mark AB are going to release re-mastered versions of the Decibel Storm and III Warning -albums on CD sometime this year according to their website.

2007-07-13 Friday

Interviews-page updated with Isten Fanzine's interview with Jay C. Blade from November 2002.

Big thanks to Isten Fanzine.

Check out Isten's Guide to 20th Century Finnish Hard Rock & Heavy Metal.

2007-07-07 Saturday

As one of the press clips reveal (the hard rock café-clip),-the band had plans for releasing an album named Marshall Law. That might have been a working title for the Decibel Storm album, but maybe not. So, if you've got any info about that - please contact me .

2007-07-07 Saturday

This website is up and running now. Please contact me if you find any inaccuracies .

I'm unsure about which is which of the 2 guitarists; Spooky Wolff and Speedy Foxx in the so called classic line-up.

I just took a guess there when placing the names under the pictures, so if you know who is who of the two - let me know.

The lyrics page is incomplete and will probably remain so. Since only 2 of all the OZ albums came with printed lyrics, it's hard to make out the lyrics to full songs.

If you've got any more info, pictures, videos, bootlegs, ....anything - please contact me .