Black Sabbath - The Last Supper
There was something genuinely heartwarming about the decision by Black  Sabbath's founding members to take to the road again in 1999. The fractious  intra-band relationships that have characterized Black Sabbath's long career  were a major inspiration for the writers ofThis Is Spinal Tap, and so  the Sabs' reunion created something pleasingly symmetrical and evocative of the  closing scenes of that fine film.The concert footage was taken from six of the concerts on that tour. It is  conclusive proof that the original quartet of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and       Ward (or, in Osbourne's words, "four dickheads from Aston, near Birmingham")  were every bit as exuberantly juvenile a rock & roll band in their early 50s as  their late teens. Also included is a sketchy biography and interviews with the  band by Henry Rollins, one of the countless contemporary musicians influenced by  Sabbath. It's a nice idea, but the only real weakness of the package is that  Ozzy is never granted time to wheel out any of his peerless reserve of grotesque  rock & roll anecdotes. Nevertheless, the already formidable case for Osbourne's  knighthood is strengthened further.--Andrew Mueller, Amazon.co.uk