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Black Sabbath play at The Phillipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe, supported by ZZ Top and Chapman And Whitney's Streetwalkers.Full article:
David Tangye (PA to Ozzy Osbourne) : Werner, the local promoter, took us out to The Why Not? Club in Dusseldorf. Roger Chapman’s Streetwalkers were the support band on that particular date, and their drummer Nicko McBrain got involved in a punch-up in the club. There was a few having a go at him, so I got up to try and pull him out of there, because it wasn’t fair, and then Albert Chapman, a big lad who had been a boxer, followed me over.
One of these guys landed one on the side of my head, but I didn’t react and we managed to pull Nicko out. After that you could feel a heavy presence. I remember there was two lesbians kissin’ and cuddlin’ and Ozzy went over and mooned at them, then he set off up the stairs to the toilet. Halfway up, he took a swing at this fella who had been in the fight but missed him by a country mile. So another bloke waded in and I knocked him down like a bag of shit, and then it all erupted. They were just waiting for us to do anything.
So it became this big fight with me, Albert, Tony, Geoff Lucas who was a big 6 foot 5, and there were iron bars and everything, and next thing I heard this bang which was this guy shooting Albert in the mouth. Knocked his teeth out. If it had been any higher it would have killed him.
So we had to fight our way out of the club, and we ran out into this courtyard where there were taxis. So Tony and I jumped in the back of this taxi and the driver turned round, stuck a gun in our faces, and told us to get out.
Then the police came and arrested us. Werner came down and explained what had happened, so we were allowed to go back to the hotel. We took some extra security on after that.
(Source : interview by Johnny Black, Jan 2015)
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One of these guys landed one on the side of my head, but I didn’t react and we managed to pull Nicko out. After that you could feel a heavy presence. I remember there was two lesbians kissin’ and cuddlin’ and Ozzy went over and mooned at them, then he set off up the stairs to the toilet. Halfway up, he took a swing at this fella who had been in the fight but missed him by a country mile. So another bloke waded in and I knocked him down like a bag of shit, and then it all erupted. They were just waiting for us to do anything.
So it became this big fight with me, Albert, Tony, Geoff Lucas who was a big 6 foot 5, and there were iron bars and everything, and next thing I heard this bang which was this guy shooting Albert in the mouth. Knocked his teeth out. If it had been any higher it would have killed him.
So we had to fight our way out of the club, and we ran out into this courtyard where there were taxis. So Tony and I jumped in the back of this taxi and the driver turned round, stuck a gun in our faces, and told us to get out.
Then the police came and arrested us. Werner came down and explained what had happened, so we were allowed to go back to the hotel. We took some extra security on after that.
(Source : interview by Johnny Black, Jan 2015)