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29 июл 2025
MATT SORUM: 'My Life Would Be Completely Different Without OZZY OSBOURNE And BLACK SABBATH'
Sorum took to his Instagram to write: "My life would be completely different without Ozzy and BLACK SABBATH. As a young kid growing up in Southern California was the polar opposite of the music coming out of England.
"At 15 my mind was completely blown when I got tickets for BLACK SABBATH at the Long Beach Arena in 1975 almost 50 years ago. SABBATH was the heaviest thing anyone had ever heard and it scared our parents which made me love them more. 'Iron Man' was a mainstream rock hit and you could play it on the guitar. [LED] ZEPPELIN was everyone's band in those days but I chose SABBATH and DEEP PURPLE as my bands. After seeing Bill Ward crush the drums with brute force I chose the hit hard like my hero Bill.
"Ozzy was the master of ceremonies guiding the audience through a mystic ritual where only your imagination brought you to dark castles in the Black Country of England. There was no internet or digital music. Just the visual of album covers of 'Black Sabbath', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' and 'Paranoid'. The experience was more simple yet more mind expanding. Taking you on a journey. "
Referencing BLACK SABBATH's final performance earlier this month at the "Back To The Beginning" event in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Sorum added: "I was so happy to see Bill behind the kit one last time and I know Ozzy wanted that. What a beautiful celebration of Ozzy's life in Rock N Roll.
"Thank you Ozzy.. the music remains and you will always be a Legend and one of the greatest ever. RIP".
Ozzy died Tuesday morning (July 22),his family announced in a statement.
"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time," the family said.
No cause of death was given, but Osbourne had battled a number of health issues over the past several years, including Parkinson's disease and injuries he sustained from a late-night fall in 2019.
Ozzy's death came a little more than two weeks after he took the stage for his final performance with BLACK SABBATH at Villa Park in the band's original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom. They performed four songs for more than 40,000 people in the stadium and 5.8 million more on a livestream. Ozzy also played a five-song solo set while seated in a bat-adorned throne.
The legendary BLACK SABBATH frontman was diagnosed in 2003 with Parkin 2 — a very rare genetic form of Parkinson's. During a TV appearance in January 2020, the singer disclosed that he was 'stricken" with the disease which occurs when the nerve cells of the body degenerate and levels of dopamine are reduced. Dopamine is an essential chemical that is produced by these nerve cells which send signals to different parts of the brain to control movements of the body.
Ozzy's health issues, including suffering a nasty fall and dislodging metal rods placed in his spine following a quad-bike accident in 2003, as well as catching COVID-19 three years ago, forced him to cancel some of his previously announced tours.
Despite his health problems, Osbourne had performed a couple of times in the last three years, including at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August 2022 and at the NFL halftime show at the season opener Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills game in September 2022.
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