The Heavy Metal Holocaust has gone down as one of the more memorable events in Port Vale’s history. And OVF has some photos to share with you…
It featured the likes of Motorhead, Triumph, Mahogany Rush and a certain Ozzy Osbourne (then fronting “The Blizzard of Ozz”).
With thanks to Alan Perry at www.concertphotos.uk.com for several of these images, here are some photos of the event taking place.
was a hot day, you wernt allowed to take any drinks in , they were selling small plastic bottles of kids pop,,at exstortionate prices,!!,, the crowed over ran one stall, started a mass bottle battle,, then took pallets of pop ,for everyone to get free,…remember a cloude of pink sweet mist hanging over the terraces across from the stage,,and fans coming by with more and more pop bottles,ha!..
The sound system was megga,,we were sitting diagonally across the pitch from the stage ,in the terraces,,When Ozzy got on the ground was vibrating, dust and debrie were falling from the roof,the terrace railings were vibrating so much, you couldnt touch them..loud…