Ozzfest: Long-Shelved Documentary Could Finally Be Released
A documentary about the 1999 Ozzfest tour could finally be released after being shelved for over 20 years. The film is titled We Sold Our Souls For Rock ‘N’ Roll, and…
A documentary about the 1999 Ozzfest tour could finally be released after being shelved for over 20 years.
The film is titled We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'N' Roll, and Penelope Spheeris directed it. Spheeris is best known for The Decline of Western Civilization I-III and the film adaptation of Wayne's World.
Ozzfest 1999 had Black Sabbath headlining. Other main stage acts included Rob Zombie, Deftones, Slayer, Primus featuring Buckethead, System of a Down and Godsmack. The support stage on the tour also featured an up-and-coming Slipknot.
Despite never receiving a wide release, We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'N' Roll was screened at a number of festivals in 2001 and 2002. Among them were Sundance, SXSW and the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Back in August, the film was screened at the Academy Museum, which featured Spheeris in conversation following the screening.
Spheeris recently took part in a chat with The Metal Voice where she touched on the film. She refers to it as a "historical document," considering how much time has passed. Spheeris said she worked on the film for three years. When it didn't get a wide release, she said, "I used to wake up in the morning, lay in bed, cry for a half an hour before I get out of bed, because I never got the movie released."
However, Spheeris noted that Sharon Osbourne is finally going to get the film a proper release. She added, "I am gonna get in touch [with Sharon] next week, though, and do whatever I can to help her get the movie out."
So far, no further details are known as to when and how We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'N' Roll will be released. Fans will likely flock to it when it (hopefully) happens.
Ozzfest kicked off its first year on October 25, 1996.
The festival was famously founded by Sharon Osbourne after Lollapalooza turned down Ozzy Osbourne for a spot on their lineup. Ozzfest would later expand to a touring festival traveling throughout the United States and have stints in Europe and Japan.
Scroll through the gallery below to see past lineups from the history of Ozzfest.
1996
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Danzig, Biohazard, Sepultura, Fear Factory, Neurosis, Narcotic Gypsy.
1997
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Type O Negative, Fear Factory.
1998 (U.K. Edition)
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters, Pantera, Soulfly, Slayer, Fear Factory, Therapy?
1998 (U.S. Edition)
George DeSota/Newsmakers/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Soulfly, Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Motorhead.
1999
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Slayer, Primus featuring Buckethead, System of a Down, Godsmack.
2000
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Godsmack, Static-X, Incubus, Methods of Mayhem, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, Black Label Society, Apartment 26.
2001 (U.K. Edition)
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Tool, Papa Roach, Soulfly, Hed PE, Raging Speedhorn.
2001 (U.S. Edition)
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Crazy Town, Black Label Society.
2002 (Germany & Belgium edition)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne, Tool, System of a Down, Bad Religion, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Black Label Society Oomph!, Such a Surge.
2002 (England edition)
Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, System of a Down, Slayer, Lostprophets, Millencolin, Cradle of Filth, Drowning Pool, The Mad Capsule Markets, Black Label Society, AntiProduct
2002 (Ireland edition)
Getty ImagesMain stage: Tool, System of a Down, Slayer, Therapy?, Lostprophets, Drowning Pool, Cyclefly, Black Label Society.
2002 (Poland & Czech Republic edition)
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Slayer, AntiProduct, Decapitated, Metalium, Royal Playboy Cartel, Black Label Society, Skwor, Astro Metro.
2002 (Netherlands edition)
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Slayer, Within Temptation, Kittie, Ill Nino, Drowning Pool.
2002 (Portugal edition)
Steven Ferdman/Getty ImagesMain stage: Tool, Slayer, Ill Nino, Kittie, Drowning Pool, AntiProduct, 500 & Crave Ramp.
2002 (United State edition)
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Rob Zombie, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Adema, Black Label Society, Tommy Lee.
2003
Robert Mora/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed, Chevelle, The Datsuns.
2004
Dave Etheridge-Barnes/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, Black Label Society.
2005 (U.K. Download Festival edition)
Ned Dishman/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM, Anthrax, Alter Bridge, A, Bowling for Soup, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Dwarves, Trivium.
2005 (United States edition)
MJ Kim/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Mudvayne, Shadows Fall, Black Label Society, In Flames, Velvet Revolver, Slipknot, Drowning Pool.
2006
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil, DragonForce.
2007
Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb of God, Static-X, Lordi, Black Tide.
2008
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Serj Tankian, Hellyeah, Jonathan Davis, Cavalera Conspiracy, Shadows Fall, Apocalyptica, In This Moment, All Star Dimebag Darrell Tribute.
2010 (United States edition)
Charley Gallay/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Halford, Devildriver, Nonpoint.
2010 (U.K. edition)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Murderdolls, Steel Panther, Skindred.
2010 (Israel edition)
Ian Hitchcock/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Soulfly, Betzefer.
2013 (Japan edition)
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSlipknot, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Deftones, Maximum the Hormone, Man with a Mission, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Treatment, Namba 69, crossfaith, Galneryus, Momoiro Clover Z, Knock Out Monkey, Artema, Black Sabbath, Tool, Stone Sour, Dir En Grey, Anthem, coldrain, Steel Panther, Mucc, AA=, Ningen Isu, Head Phones President, and fade.
2015 (Japan edition)
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesKorn, Evanescence, Bullet for My Valentine, Noisemaker, VAMPS, ONE OK ROCK, Crossfaith, Corey Taylor, MEANING, Crystal Lake, SiM, Ozzy and Friends, Jane's Addiction, Hatebreed, A Day to Remember, Black Label Society, Babymetal, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Her Name in Blood, Ningen Isu, and OLDCODEX.
2016 (Ozzfest Meets Knotfest)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage (aka: Lemmy Stage): Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Megadeth, Opeth, Black Label Society, Rival Sons, Slipknot, Slayer, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Trivium, Motionless in White.
2017 (Ozzfest Meets Knotfest
Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Prophets of Rage, Deftones, Children of Bodom, Orange Goblin, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Stone Sour, Eighteen Visions, Prayers.
2018
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Jonathan Davis, Body Count.
