Lightning Chris

Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne holding up a poster for the Heavy Metal Holocaust, the one-day festival at Port Vale's Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent on August 1, 1981. Black Sabbath were originally on the bill but pulled out to finish Mob Rules, so Motörhead were promoted to headliners and Ozzy's band was added. The day ran Vardis, Riot, Triumph, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Ozzy and Motörhead, through a PA billed as one of the biggest ever used in Britain, on one of the hottest days of the year. Ozzy played with Randy Rhoads on guitar and previewed songs from Diary of a Madman, released later that year. Motörhead closed the night under their Bomber lighting rig. We lost Randy in 1982, Lemmy in 2015 and Ozzy in 2025. 🎸 Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, just streets from Vale Park. Were you at the Heavy Metal Holocaust? 🎸