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Rocking Moscow Youth

Rocking Moscow Youth

Young Russian Ozzy fans outside the concert venue. They didn't have tickets to the Black Sabbath concert, but were confident they would get in.

Ex-Police Officer….And Ozzy Fan

Ex-Police Officer….And Ozzy Fan

Moscow Portrait: I met this man at the Black Sabbath concert in Moscow this summer. It was the rock group's first performance in Russia since the Perestoika period. This man was at their previous concert held in 1989....working as a policeman guarding the group. He said he enjoyed working the cultural/entertainment events as a policeman in those days...perhaps because he had an artistic element within him...he said he loved to dance and went by the nickname "dancer."

Brothers & Ozzy Fans

Brothers & Ozzy Fans

These brothers said they attended Black Sabbath's first Moscow concert in the days of Perestroika. They returned to see the groups 2nd gig this year. I asked them how the concert atmosphere differed today from 1989. "Everything is different - it was a different country {USSR}, different people. There was more cohesion among people then ...they were hungry for music. They came to such concerts because they were a kind of outlet.