Customer Reviews

Fozzy

5 star:		(33)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Yeah, yeah. Fozzy is the combination of the real group, "Stuck Mojo" and WWF wrestling superstar, Chris Jericho. The last time I heard anything about Stuck Mojo was when Chris Jericho wrestled for WCW. But as this new "fake band" with a pretty humorous back-story takes the stage with some classic heavy metal songs from the likes of Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Dio, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Ozzy, etc. I think they pull it off quite well, actually.

As a heavy metal listener since the late 80's, but with a collection that goes back to the 70's, I personally get off with hearing old songs in a new "thicker" sound. With Iron Maiden's sub-classic song, "The Prisoner" from "Number of the Beast", I relished in the memories of the emotion from the original. "I'm not a prisoner...I'm a free man.." says it all.

As I first ploped in my cassete, I'm like, "eh", but as I continued to listen to it and the more familiar songs came up, I'm like, "Hey I kinda like this." I could just see Ozzy joining them on "Over the Mountain" during an OzzFest concert.

The fake back story of them being stuck in Japan for 20 years is pretty hilarious. Hell, they were only around ~10 years old in 1980. Hell, I'm as old as "The Rock" right now. That puts Dwayne Johnson aka "The Rock", at about 8 years old in 1980.

The story would have been more believable if they would have said 10 years (in Japan), but then they coouldn't have covered any 80's metal songs of which these are all of.

The only qualm I have with the album, IS Jericho's vocals. Although he did try to emmulate the original artists' vocals, he doesn't have the range necessary to pull it off. This is the reason for 4 stars. But overall, I think this album will grow on ya.

Now we all know that this is a gimmick from the WWF about a fake band
headed by none other than their superstar, Chris Jericho. We all know
that, but do we really want to hear more about that this has been done
and that's not how you're supposed to do things. Actually now. This is
a music CD, so why not assess the music itself and leave their history
begind shall we?

OK. Any person listening to rock has heard these
somgs in his/her life. WE know that they are good or else they would
have not been chosen to be covered here by Fozzy. Does the band cover
the songs right? The answer is very very right... The music is so well
produced, so well compact that it's just pleasurable to listen to the
music itself. This is a very solid offerring from the players
themselves. They're excellent musicians and they have been playing as
members of Stuck Mojo for some time now. But is the vocalist any good?
Can Chris/Mongoose actually sing? Well yes, he definitely can, to the
surprise and astonishment of all else who think otherwise. We all know
that Chris is a very good critic for heavy metal music, and now we
know that he's a good singer too. His voice truly transcends the song
and makes you believe that they were actually written for him in
mind.

If you never heard any of these songs ever in their original
form, then it really won't hurt to listen to them first here. Fozzy
really bring the magic that made those other songs excellent, even for
a first time listener. You listen to the songs as an individual entity
and try not to compare it with the originals and even if you can't
help it and you actually do, then you'd be surprised that these same
songs are equally as good and truly worth it...

For those of you who probably read my review of Fozzy's "All That Remains," I had become interested in the band because of Chris Jericho being the vocalist, and being a "Jerichoholic" myself (although I refuse to watch WWE anymore), I wanted to check this band out. I had heard "Happenstance" before the other two, and bought "All That Remains" when it came out. Not long after that was when I purchased their debut album from 2000, and here is where the spoof begins. By spoof, I mean that the band (which is also partially the rap-metal band Stuck Mojo) originally started out as. Much like Spinal Tap, the story of Fozzy goes that they spent the last 20 years in Japan being megastars and once they return to America, they realize that many famous artists have ripped off their songs! Naturally, this isn't to be taken seriously, just a funny concept with which to shell out some cover songs and two of their own.

The album kicks off with their cover of Dio's Stand Up and Shout, an awesome anthemic rocker from one of Metal's greatest bands. One of their best covers by far. They also do outstanding covers of Krokus' Eat the Rich (with some particularly good vocals from Chris Jericho here), Ozzy's Over the Mountain, and Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry. Their most perfect cover, I think, is their version of Motley Crue's Live Wire, with everyone in fine form (they even got the solos right here). The Scorpions cover Blackout is not that great, but decent overall. The only ones I was disappointed with were their covers of Iron Maiden's The Prisoner (although it had a funny intro making fun of the original show) and Judas Priest's Riding on the Wind, which sounded really lame to me. The original song was rich and heavy; their cover sounds static and sparse.

The two "original" songs of theirs are End of Days and Feel the Burn. Feel the Burn is the only indication that they would adopt the modern metal sound later on (when they turn into a serious rock band), and it's a decent rocker. End of Days is a classic, 80's sounding metal tune which fits in perfectly with the cover songs. It makes me wonder why they didn't include more like this on the album, or even why they didn't produce any more songs like this on "All That Remains."

Overall, I find their debut to be a decent CD from Jericho and the boys, although I found their later albums to be more required. Still, for what it's worth, it's a decent cover disc, and the band would ultimately improve on their next album, "Happenstance."

WWF Wrestler Chris Jericho sure...can sing. Don't pay attention to the editorial review for this album it is garbage. This is a great cover band, and cover songs from the likes of Dio, Krokus, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and more. Each and every song is rockin and Fozzy has a great sound put together with the release of this album. My personal favorite on the album is Fozzy's version of "Eat The Rich". They are pretty funny too they say how they got trapped in Japan for 20 years and all these bands stole they're songs. Then on one of the pages in the booklet it says .. All Songs Written By Fozzy Except.... and then it lists all of them, haha pretty funny stuff. Definetly check this album out it is well worth it.

My only beef with Fozzy is that the CD is lacking in new material. While most of the older stuff surpasses in quality the covers other lowly bands did (Live Wire being the obvious example), it would have been exciting to hear more new stuff. The two new songs (End of Days and Feel the Burn) hold in them the promise of another hard rocking, head banging album -- I look forward to it now that the recording contract problems have been resolved.

On a serious note: Jericho & Co's cover of Iron Maiden's The Prisoner is wonderful. Makes me happy that it's the longest song on the album. As previously mentioned, the rendition of Live Wire puts Motley Crue to shame. The two originals have the happy, headbanging feel of party Metal we've been lacking for so many years. I hope Fozzy gets more chances to play live, but with everyone's other commitments this might not be the case. I have the feeling that these guys put on one heck of a show and would love to see them in Vegas one day. In the meantime, we'll always have http://www.chrisjericho.com/ where die-hard fans can find a live performance of Iron Maiden's The Trooper -- do check it out.

I never gave much thought to Chris Jericho being a singer when I first learned of Fozzy. Then I heard the sample of Chris singing on the WWE Originals commercial, and decided to check Fozzy out.
VERY good.
I'm a big metal fan b4 I'm a big "rasslin" fan. This album is OUTSTANDING!
Stuck Mojo has DEFINATELY gotten a better vocalist!

OK Chris Jericho is ther real singer...I doon't think that its a fake band because first of all, I am Obsessed with him so I can Tell his voice. SO This is the best CD in the world. His Voice really ranges from low to high! And he sounds hot! yay!! OK My favorite songs are Eat the Rich and End oF the days. This Cd is really good and Moongoose/Chris Jericho is a very VERY good singer. If you don't think that this is a real band then hear end of the days. You want to tell me that, that is not his voice then fine. Moongoose Rocks! PEace Out!

CheE

P.S i am 13 so there

The lead singer of Fozzy is not just wrestler Chris Jericho, he a great vocalist. He gaind popularity as a wrestler, and now he is using his fame to do something else he always wanted to do. As I listen to over the mountain, I don't just notice the singing, there is a great band behind the Jericho and they rock two! Do buy this just because you love wrestling, buy this because you love great music. This is great music made greater!

This cd is awesome...Fozzy does a great job performing these classic 80's metal/rock tracks. Also, the whole history that the band set up for themselves is amusing. All in all this cd rocks...as moongoose/jericho says "Fozzy Rocks".

Being the enormous Jerichoholic that I am, I knew I had to buy the Fozzy CD -- especially after having seen a live performance on WWF programming and hearing samples from the CD! Being the superb entertainer that Chris Jericho is, he even has a story for the band that they were trapped in Japan for 20 years and other bands stole their songs. He's very funny! The day I got the CD, I listened to it twice -- it's THAT GOOD. If you like bands like Judas Priest, Ozzy & Motley Crue, then you'll LOVE Fozzy!