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Ozzy Osbourne

Великобритания

Heavy Metal

http://www.ozzy.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ozzyosbourne
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28 июл 2025 :	TONY IOMMI On OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'It's Like Losing A Brother'
28 июл 2025 :	GEEZER BUTLER On OZZY OSBOURNE: 'Nobody Knew He'd Be Gone From Us Little More Than Two Weeks After The Final Show'
28 июл 2025 :	YUNGBLUD Vows To Play BLACK SABBATH's 'Changes' 'Every Night For The Rest' Of His Life in Honor of 'Hero' OZZY OSBOURNE
28 июл 2025 :	Watch: Fans Turn Birmingham's BLACK SABBATH Bench Into Makeshift Memorial For OZZY OSBOURNE
28 июл 2025 :	Watch: BREAKING BENJAMIN's BENJAMIN BURNLEY And FLYLEAF's LACEY STURM Cover OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Mama, I'm Coming Home'
27 июл 2025 :	KERMIT THE FROG Shares Moving Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE: 'No One Rocked Harder'
27 июл 2025 :	DAVID LEE ROTH Pays Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE At U.S. Tour Kick-Off: 'Save Me A Seat, And When I Get To Hell, We'll Have A Drink'
27 июл 2025 :	Watch: DEF LEPPARD Pays Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE With 'Changes' Cover At Saratoga Springs Concert
27 июл 2025 :	JOAN JETT On OZZY OSBOURNE: 'He Holds A Special Place In My Heart'
27 июл 2025 :	PAT BOONE Pays Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I'll Always Remember His Warm Friendliness As My Next-Door Neighbor'
26 июл 2025 :	JETHRO TULL's IAN ANDERSON On OZZY OSBOURNE: He Was 'A Slightly Roguish, Crazy Character Full Of Stories'
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26 июл 2025 :	HENRY ROLLINS On OZZY OSBOURNE: 'The Man You Saw On Stage Was The Guy That You Got; He Was The Same Person'
25 июл 2025 :	TONY IOMMI Opens Up About OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'It Was A Shock; It Just Seemed Unreal, Surreal'
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25 июл 2025 :	MAX CAVALERA Remembers OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Just Thought He Was Really Funny'
25 июл 2025 :
25 июл 2025 :	OZZY OSBOURNE Documentary 'No Escape From Now' Still Set For Release This Fall
25 июл 2025 :	RICK WAKEMAN On OZZY OSBOURNE: He Was 'An Absolute Character, An Absolute Personality'
25 июл 2025 :
24 июл 2025 :	Report: Paramedics Spent Hours Trying To Save OZZY OSBOURNE Before His Death
24 июл 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS вспоминает Оззи
24 июл 2025 :	ALICE COOPER On OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'Even Though Everybody Saw It Coming, It Just Took Our Breath Away When It Happened'
24 июл 2025 :	Watch: PANTERA Pays Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE At Cincinnati Concert
24 июл 2025 :	FOREIGNER's MICK JONES Remembers OZZY OSBOURNE: 'He Always Had A Wicked Sense Of Humor And A Kind Heart'

25 июл 2025

TONY IOMMI Opens Up About OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'It Was A Shock; It Just Seemed Unreal, Surreal'

Earlier today (Wednesday, July 23),Tony Iommi spoke to ITV News about the passing of his longtime BLACK SABBATH bandmate Ozzy Osbourne. SABBATH's founding guitarist said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, it was a shock for us [to find out that Ozzy had died]. I mean, when I heard yesterday, it couldn't sink in. I thought, 'It can't be.' I only had a text from him the day before. It just seemed unreal, surreal. And it really didn't sink in. And in the night I started thinking about it: 'God, am I dreaming all this?' But as I said before, he's not looked well through the rehearsals [for BLACK SABBATH's farewell performance at 'Back To The Beginning']. And I think he really just held out to do that show. I really feel, and me and Geezer [Butler, SABBATH bassist] were talking about it last night, that we think he held out to do it, and just after that, he's done it and said goodbye to the fans. And that was the end of it, really."

When the interviewer noted that playing that one final concert in SABBATH's original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom "meant everything" to Ozzy, Tony concurred. "Oh, he's built up for it for a while now," he said. "He's been sort of training and trying to do what he can, so he could do this gig, so he could do it. And that's really what he wanted to do. I think he must have had something in his head that said, 'Well, this is gonna be it, the last thing I'm ever gonna do.' Whether he thought he was gonna die or what, I don't know. But he really wanted to do it and he was determined to do it. And fair dues, he'd done it."

On the topic of what it meant to all of the members of SABBATH to be together in Birmingham with Ozzy out there in front, around the corner from where they all grew up, Tony said: "It was really moving, I think. We all felt like, 'Wow.' And again, it was almost like a dream. Before you know it, we're off stage. And [we were thinking], 'What happened?'"

Asked what Ozzy was like when he came off stage, Tony said: "Well, he went to his dressing room and I went to mine and Geez went to his and so on. And then he came over. He came around before he was leaving on a wheelchair that brought him in to say goodbye and have a little chat for a bit. And he seemed all right. He enjoyed it. And he said, 'Oh, it went all right, didn't it?' I said, 'Yeah, it did.' But as I say, when I had the text off him the day before yesterday saying he's tired and he's really got no energy. And I thought, 'Oh, dear.' 'Cause it's a lot for him to do that under the problems he's got. And we could see it in rehearsal. We didn't want him there every day at rehearsal, because it's too much. He just wouldn't be able to stand it. So they'd bring him in and he'd sit down and sing a few songs, and then we'd talk about some rubbish old times or whatever, have a laugh, and then he'd go. And that's sort of what we did, really. But the gig was for him [to say goodbye], really, and for us to say goodbye, 'cause also SABBATH saying goodbye; it was the end of the band, and we'll never do that again. And to have Bill [Ward, SABBATH drummer] with us as well after all these years, after 20 years of not playing with Bill. I can't believe it's 20 years, to be honest."

Reflecting on SABBATH's early days when the band was formed, Tony said: "Oh, yeah. I think all those thoughts went through our heads. In fact, we talked about that when we were in the studio, when we were rehearsing. We sat down on the couch and we were all talking about old times, really. 'Cause you always remember that. You can't remember what happened yesterday, but you could remember what happened all that time ago. And so that's really what we were doing. We were talking about all the things that happened. 'Remember that, when we did this?' 'Remember?' And it was great. It was just bringing us all together again, as it was in the early days. And to have Bill there as well. And Bill [laughs] — I mean, Bill's Bill. [Laughs] He never changed. We said, 'Don't take your shirt off, Bill, please.' [Laughs]"

Asked if he thinks Ozzy enjoyed being on stage for that concert, Tony said: "I think he was moved and frustrated as well, 'cause he wanted to stand up. You could see he was trying to get up. But yeah, it meant everything to him. This is what we built up for, for that big ending where he could see all the people and we could all see all the people, and close it in that way. But we didn't expect to close it so quick with Ozz; we didn't expect him to go that quick, really. Well, we didn't expect him to go. So it's been a shock."

Iommi went on to say that he is happy that SABBATH got a chance to perform together one final time. "I'm really glad we did it, 'cause it was a final thing for everybody," he explained. "And I think if we hadn't done it, people couldn't have seen the band and Ozzy. It would've been a shame. But they've got a chance to see us all and see Ozz for the last time in that situation."

Asked how he will remember Ozzy, Tony said: "God, we go back so many years. I knew Ozzy before everybody, 'cause we went to the same school. He was always funny. Ozzy was Ozzy. There's never gonna be another Ozzy. He's the only one — [there was] one Ozzy and that's it. [And he's] just a special person, just the way he is. He says what he thinks. Many times we said to him, 'Now, don't get saying anything.' And, of course, he does. But it was funny. It really was funny. He did do some funny antics. And we did have a laugh on stage. As much as we were serious about the music, we'd always have this thing, and Ozz would always come over to me and pull faces. Of course, the audience couldn't see that, and he'd be pulling all these funny faces, and I'd just crack up. Then he'd go over to Geezer and do the same. He was just that sort of person. He was a showman."

As for Ozzy's contribution to the world of music, Tony said: "He had a special way, and that was it. There's not another Ozzy. And his antics and everything — we never knew what he was gonna do in all the years we've known him. So it was all a bit of a thing, 'I wonder what he's gonna do now.'"

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.

At the "Back To The Beginning" concert, Ozzy and the rest of BLACK SABBATH 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.

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26 июл 2025

Kliops144

Помню, как услышал "God Only Knows" с последнего альбома, стало как-то тошно и скорбно. Три года назад это как-то звучало чересчур депрессивно, что-ли. И что более всего удивительно - когда я услышал о смерти Оззи, я не почувствовал какой-то грусти или тоски. Как и в случае с Лемми - это какое-то совсем иное чувство. Не знаю, словно всё идёт своим чередом, именно "как надо быть". И Оззи, и Лемми - достойно окончили свой путь и ушли почти буквально "со сцены". Невероятные жизни и пути.

26 июл 2025

Mike Barlow

Kliops144, оззи (как и Лемми), был очевидно измучен своими болячками, и становилось бы ему только хуже. Что хорошего человеку переживать агонию, а другим - за ней наблюдать? Так что смерть тут выглядит скорее как ожидаемый конец пути, чем как некая несправедливость, вырвавшая человека из жизни.
И да, у обоих закадык получилось "уйти красиво", буквально со сцены - на тот свет.

26 июл 2025

Possessed

Тони не упомянул другой фирменный "ритуал" Оззи, повторявшийся почти на всех концертах, начиная с конца 70-х, иногда с раскрытием всех анатомических подробностей. Один из таких случаев был запечатлён на профессиональном видео из 97-го, опять-таки в родном Бирмингеме. Тогда уж Тони посмеялся от души.
Но да, Оззи есть Оззи.

26 июл 2025

Demon Seed

Possessed, https://sun9-6.userapi.com/s/v1/ig2/idpWlyeC2ABDSFdDDLL_OXBbDP7eR3knuaoEEl2Xz0qBLIOwjxt5BAK13b1vxLE6W3IWSGQgjOX35cK_4cNxBjFt.jpg?quality=96&as=32x32,48x48,72x72,108x108,160x160,240x240,360x359,480x479,540x539,640x639,700x699&from=bu&cs=700x0

26 июл 2025

Possessed

Demon Seed, это ты к чему?

26 июл 2025

Northe

Будет голографический Оззи, дайте немного времени, и все будет

26 июл 2025

Rocky Wolfsson

Northe, в игре Brutal Legend есть персонаж похожий на Оззи, может оттуда возьмут модельку для голографии?)

26 июл 2025

Fo0x

Титаны рока как памятники былой эпохи. И рок вроде есть и талантливые ребята, а вот той беззаботной свободы уже нет. Сейчас рок-образ это скорее Мальвина, которая вся эко-пидоро-климато-вегано-френдли любительница сои.

26 июл 2025

mohnatiy

Fo0x, тогда тоже рок року был рознь. До сих пор не понимаю, как смогли появиться всякие твистед систеры, где мужики выглядят как самые дешёвые портовые бляди.

26 июл 2025

Fo0x

mohnatiy, я когда видео Принса впервые лет 20 назад увидел, подумал, что за член запрещённой организации? Ничто в его образе не выдавало, что он ни одной юбки не пропустит. Только потом узнал, что в общем-то он обычный нормальный мужик, но в таком вот образе. Так и твистед-систерсы и прочие глэмеры скорее просто троллили излишне закостннелую общественность своим образом. Надо сказать, весьма успешно. Как ни странно, в этом тоже одна из разновидностей рокерского духа свободы.

26 июл 2025

Вашингтон Ирвинг

Fo0x, у черных артистов тех времен был свой глэм. Ну а Принс - такой бриллиант, что ему можно вообще все простить

26 июл 2025

Вашингтон Ирвинг

mohnatiy, >твистед систеры, где мужики выглядят как самые дешёвые портовые бляди
Они выглядели хуже портовых блядей) ну а фукс все правильно сказал внизу

27 июл 2025

olly71

я всё ждал сообщения от Блэкмора но не будет . Ричи никогда не считал Озза даже средним вокалистом .

28 июл 2025

for example

olly71, ну почему же, вот оно:
https://www.facebook.com/ritchieblackmore/posts/i-had-the-good-fortune-to-meet-ozzy-a-couple-of-times-he-was-a-very-humble-man-w/1266587638163513/