As I said yesterday, I found this crazy book in my music book collection. It’s hilarious, full of weird, anti-satan paranoid ranting. Even though the book is called Backwards Masking Unmasked it has barely anything to do with backwards masking.

It did have plenty to say about bands that were Satanic, though, and that’s where the fun comes in.

Iron Maiden

This group’s latest album is titled The Number Of The Beast. With songs like “Invaders” and “Children Of The Damned” it makes one wonder as to what this band’s appeal is.

“Maiden is far from a band of devil worshippers, although certain experiences they had while recording their latest album have taught them to respect the power of the occult” said one of the members of the group. “There were a lot of strange things going on while we were recording this record,” he added. “In our new stage show, Eddie (the rottingcorpse that serves as the band’s mascot) comes on stage to do battle with the devil and I can tell you that Eddie kicks —-. It’s Maiden’s way of showing that rock and roll can overcome anything”

When asked if they were using the occult and horror as a drawing card for the band, bassist Steve Harris replied, “I dunno about the occult because lemme make this clear… we’re not ‘into’ the occult in the way that some other bands might be. I mean we don’t go around casting spells or indulging in it.”

The Iron Maiden’s album The Number Of The Beast is heavy into the black theme of the devil.

Ozzy Osbourne

As Black Sabbath’s frontman until 1979, Osbourne was one of the first rock singers to link an image of satanic power with the gut-wrenching kick of the music he performs.

Since being on his own he has released two albums. One The Blizzard Of Ozz and his latest Diary Of A Madman.

On one of his albums he has a song titled “Mr. Crowley” referring to Aleister Crowley, the late satanist who reportedly had human sacrifices in his home.

Osbourne claims he was compelled to see the movie “The Exorcist” 26 times.

Osbourne was quoted as saying, “I don’t know if I’m a medium for some outside force or not. Frankly, whatever it is I hope it’s not what I think it is, Satan.”

Osbourne also said in a recent interview, “No matter what you do, you’ve got to admit that there are certain minority groups in America that always want to screw things up for other people - always want to stop people from enjoying themselves. And the thing is they can’t because rock and roll is a religion in itself. What’s wrong with it?”

Osbourne recieved precautionary treatment for rabies after biting off the head of a bat at a recent concert.

He was commtted to a London sanitarium for, according to his exasperated manager, “taking all his clothes off in a record company board meeting…”.

Bonus!

Fleetwood Mac

Many times Stevie Nicks has been known to dedicate songs to “all the witches of the world.”

Stevie added in a later interview, “All these relationships between us are so close and they were so heavy, even in the beginning, that it’s easy for me to think that we were together before in another life.”

Rumours may be the hit album for Fleetwood Mac, but it is no rumor that this group is indulging in the occult; it is the bare facts.

The Police

The Police is the new hit sensation from England. With their newly proclaimed “sex symbol” bassist Sting, they have become one of the many uprising new groups from overseas.

They already have one song which refers to the Eastern religion Zen. My caution about this group is simple and practicle: watch out for The Police!

Tomorrow: Who the hell does Jacob Aranza think he is?