Music ignites the souls of plenty, and for those hearts it hits, it is quite impossible to imagine any other humans that can’t relate. Despite tragedy, despite chronic illness and loss, music gives many of us the strength of Superman along with the will to carry on. 2025 has been a year of successful tragedy from Ozzy Osborne’s Back To The Beginning farewell concert on July 5th, to Ozzy’s funeral on July 30th.
No matter how big or small Ozzy Osborne’s presence was in any individual’s life, the silence of sadness still sweeps over the world. What have we all gained from this experience that hit some of us as hard as the death of our childhood? Well, in addition to our solid unforgettable recollection of where we were and what we were doing when we learned of Ozzy Osborne’s death, the birth of awareness of the roots of heavy metal to the next generation has begun.
The freshly released film titled “Ordinary Man,” serves as a great documentary for those trial and tribulations of Ozzy Osborne’s last few years. His family and fans were always holding him up as high as they could, and through all the pain, suffering, and laughter, he still never really let them down. His final concert gave every fan closure of that legendary existence that he so timelessly lived. He truly lives on inside of us all.
As none of us are getting younger, including the Gen Z club, there is much to be passed on to create some tolerability and release of life’s daily stresses to the youngsters of today. Ozzy Osborne has massively paved the way with his collaborations and teachings to younger artists such as Yungblud and Post Malone which he felt it an important duty to give to the future of heavy metal. Some of the older blooded heavy metal artists have found it difficult to accept that 2025 will never be the same as 1975. None the less, awareness of the classics to influence the future is certainly a great step one. Legends must go on, rock and roll, and heavy metal are just two of those.
The Rainbow Bar And Grill, which has served musical artist meet ups and spawned celebrity collaborations for years, is still a viable breeding ground for the old die hard rocker club to pass along their knowledge of what makes a great rock and roll or heavy metal band thrive to the young coming of age crowd. As it happens, anyone who attended the recent debut Rainbow Bar show with “The Tragics” has certainly seen the future of punk n’ roll. This band features the two sons, Sebastian and Julian, of long time LA rock n’ roll guitarist Ruby Carrera who has clearly trained them well. They are rocking out in the best way on vocals and bass with this fired up with fresh talent band “The Tragics.” If the energy of Iggy Pop and the charisma of glam rock had a baby, this would be an example of “The Tragics'” sound.
Moving on to 2026, don’t forget to explore the biggest music networking and technology producing NAMM event yet. NAMM is celebrating 125 Years of existence at the Anaheim Convention Center, CA January 20th-24th, 2026 commemorating this special milestone with expanded programming, and plenty of live tributes. A grand melting pot of all types of musical instruments, music genres, and musical artists through the decades is what breathes out of NAMM year after year. California has it’s perks, and 2026 will thrive in whatever the future of musical collaborations hold. So, stay metal and save your soul! RIP to our beloved Prince Of Darkness.
