RIP Ozzy Osbourne

[Frank Bunn]

I have a tear in my eye. Sabbath was one of my first gigs. I never met him but it sort of felt like you knew him.

He had to sit down for the reunion/tribute gig but otherwise he seemed in good form. Maybe they pumped him with drugs to keep him going for a little while longer. The Back to the Beginning concert raised £140 million for charity.

RIP to a true rock legend.

 

[SeaOfFire]

Yep, a true legend.

Finished with my woman
Coz she couldn’t help me
With my mind.

Just perfect.

 

[revo333]

I enjoyed his solo stuff much more than Sabbath.

I was 17 when I first heard his solo stuff and still remember Shot in the Dark, Bark at the Moon and No More Tears blowing me away.

I admit before listening to any of his music , I thought he was a gimmick like Spinal Tap and not a serious artist, oh boy was I wrong.

I had a ticket to see him at the Hollywood Bowl in 2018 but it got cancelled a few days before the event and he never really performed again. It was a harsh but good lesson to learn that you need to see artists and bands while you can because there might never be another tour.

RIP Ozzy

 

[HairyO]

Very sad news. Amazing that he got to go out with a final bang. Lived a hundred lives. Just a shame he was victim to a doctor who prescribed away a decade of his life.

 

[kalex6251]

a true talent, musical pioneer and straight up legend ...... RIP

 

[The Casey Cat]

RIP Ozzy. One of my favourite people in music.

 

[Mofra]

We've lost an icon

 

[DaRick]

With Black Sabbath, he basically helped create heavy metal. And then he crafted a highly successful solo career because he was one of the few artists who knew how to fuse pop and metal together. And he could always pick a good guitarist!

According to doctors, his lifestyle should have killed him several times over, so in some ways it's a miracle that he's lived this long, but I still feel his loss deeply. The world won't be the same without the Godfather of Metal.

At least he never stopped doing what he's always done - putting on a good show.

RIP.

 

[giggler99]

Man this one hurts but I always dreaded this day will come sooner or later. Ozzy always seemed like he lived life on the edge. I just finished reading the 'How Black Was Our Sabbath book' which gives a great insight into Ozzy's early life. He was a central part to that early Heavy Metal scene and than keeping it alive without him the genre probably wouldn't have survived going into the 80's.

R.I.P Ozzy

From the greatest live Album ever! Live & Loud 1993

 

[smasha]

Bloody legend that is all.
Mum bought me Paranoid on cassette back in the early 70's as well as Led Zep II.

Lived with those two records all my life even though they were on cassette.

The hiss of the tape gave it a special retro vibe.

War Pigs has to be the greatest metal song of all time.

And we can't forget his solo work.

Blizzard Of Oz.


R.I.P. Prince Of Darkness.

 

[Munich]

Saw Sabbath in Berlin about 10 years ago - glad I did!

 

[TimZoo]

Been doing a deep dive on his Sabbath stuff,Sabotage is a cracking album & underrated

 

[Frank Bunn]

 

[Registered User]

I didn't know that Working Dog finally put this on Youtube. I went looking for it a couple of years ago

 

[giggler99]

I didn't know that Working Dog finally put this on Youtube. I went looking for it a couple of years ago

Thanks for this mate. I was wanting to watch this again. I was thinking about this interview that Billy Pennell did with Ozzy some years ago Yesterday and whether I could find it, well someone did for me cheers

 

[Mesc]

Such a legend, Loved him to bits with Sabbath but kinda lost him when he got Americanised with his solo stuff.

Thanks Ozzy, We will all miss you .

 

[DaRick]

Been doing a deep dive on his Sabbath stuff,Sabotage is a cracking album & underrated

Symptom of the Universe is arguably proto-thrash. Played at a faster tempo than your average Sabbath song, Iommi begins with a typically memorable riff and Ozzy gives an impassioned performance.

Wheels of Confusion (from Vol 4) is an overlooked crackerjack. Iommi spits out riff after riff, the song shifts tempo constantly, Ozzy gives an impassioned performance, and Iommi wraps the song up with a terrific solo.

 

[IAMDASH]

I didn't know that Working Dog finally put this on Youtube. I went looking for it a couple of years ago

I too have gone down a rabbit hole listening to Sabbath and Ozzy solo.

What an amazing interview this is. Pinnell really brings out Ozzy's personality here.

Regrettably never saw Sabbath live.

Vale Ozzy!