I prefer tube amps, but god forbid they need to be serviced. Dropping $$$ on a tube amp these days to have some local guy F it up or take 10 weeks to fix it makes me just want to spend a few hundred dollars on a decent modeller.
It takes effort to listen to Bark at the Moon, and I am really only in the mood when it is raining. I really like Centre of Eternity, though. I dig the lyrics, and it has a fire breathing guitar solo
I have no skin in the game and am an Ozzy & Jake fan. Seeing Sharon absolutely shattered in the photos and short clips was too much for me. Jake seems to have let it go. Good for him
Just seeing the still images keeps me from watching. Though Ozzy was a big part of our lives, others lost a dad, a band mate, a friend, husband, etc. I was binging a lot of Sabbath and his solo stuff prior to his death. I need to step away from his work for a while, because some of the lyrics...
I have been on a huge jake kick as well. The song, The Ultimate Sin, is so freaking heavy! I generally resist alternate tunings, but i may have to buy another guitar for that purpose :)