Lengthy-shelved Ozzfest‘ 1999 documentary ‘We Offered Our Souls For Rock ‘N’ Roll‘, is inching in direction of lastly receiving an official launch. That movie was shot by director Penelope Spheeris (‘The Decline Of Western Civilization‘, ‘Wayne’s World‘) amid the since defunct touring competition’s 1999 run and obtained preliminary screenings, earlier than being buried behind authorized points.

It will seem that these points have begun to be resolved, as a screening of the movie was heled on the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles, CA this previous August. In a current interview with The Metallic Voice, Spheeris revealed that Osbourne matriarch Sharon is shifting ahead with plans to formally launch the album.

She mentioned of it:

“I did go to the movement image Academy Museum as a result of they screened ‘We Offered Our Souls For Rock And Roll‘ not too long ago which is a film that I did with Sharon and Ozzy [Osbourne] 20 years in the past and it was by no means launched. It has Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, System Of A Down, um it’s obtained Godsmack, Worry Manufacturing facility, 10 bands in it. With Buckethead enjoying guitar in a cemetery.

It’s an incredible movie and Sharon says she’s going to launch it now after 20 years. I went on a tour bus and went to love 30 cities and filmed all the ten bands. So it’s actually in my view my finest documentary, no ‘Decline Three’ is. However in any case, my second finest documentary is ‘We Offered Our Souls For Rock And Roll‘ and Sharon says she’s going to launch it quickly.

It’s like you’re going on tour on the Ozzfest and also you’re seeing all these bands and I respect the bands. Slayer is within the film. No matter Metropolis we went to, for instance San Francisco we have been there and I went oh the place can I movie Slayer ah uh Alcatraz (jail).. okay.

Slipknot we’re in D.C. the place I can movie Slipknot? On the Nationwide Monument, so that you see Slipknot strolling round on the Nationwide monument in entrance of Abraham Lincoln. I put them [bands] in several places and I went backstage with all of the band and Ozzy.

Lots of Ozzy, did a variety of stuff with Ozzy backstage. I labored three years on that film and it by no means obtained launched. I used to get up within the morning, lay in mattress and cry for a half an hour earlier than I obtained away from bed as a result of I by no means obtained the film launched.

And now I imply it’s a historic doc of the 1999 Ozzfest. I’m gonna get in contact together with her [Sharon Osbourne] subsequent week although and do no matter I can to assist her get the film out.”

The 1999 ‘Ozzfest featured Black Sabbath, Slayer, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Primus, Godsmack and lots of extra.