'Battle For Ozzfest' Winners A DOZEN FURIES Are Still Fighting For Respect

January 12, 2006

A DOZEN FURIES, who won a highly coveted tour spot on Ozzfest 2005 after beating out North Carolina's CYNDER (now CYN) in MTV's "Battle for Ozzfest" finale, told MTV.com that while they are grateful to Ozzy and Sharon for all the attention they received in "Battle", they consider the experience a mixed blessing that yielded as many disappointments and aggravations as triumphs.

"While we were doing it, we figured, 'Wow, we're on MTV. We're gonna meet all these people and go to all these parties. It's gonna be crazy all the time,' " guitarist Marc Serrano told MTV.com. "It wasn't anything like that. And we couldn't tour while the show was on because we needed to be on call for the show — and none of us have jobs, so touring is how we make our money."

Perhaps worst of all, while many suddenly knew who A DOZEN FURIES were, there were a large number of naysayers that hated them just for being a part of a popular reality show. "Some people assumed we weren't even a real band, like we were something that was just put together for a television show, even though some of us have been playing together for 10 years," Serrano said.

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