Ozzy Osbourne

Latest about Ozzy Osbourne

Tony Iommi
“I said to Ozzy, ‘I don’t think we should do it’”: Tony Iommi says that Black Sabbath’s final show almost didn’t happen

By Paul Elliott Published

“I hadn’t seen Ozzy for a bit, and it was difficult seeing him like that”

Artists
Ozzy Osbourne and Slash perform together in 2009.
Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together

Artists
Sophie Lloyd shreds on her signature Kiesel
Sophie Lloyd pays tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with a shred cover of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and YouTube superstar marks the first anniversary of Ozzy's death by giving a Sabbath classic the full-shred treatment

Artists
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne attend the Billy Morrison - Aude Somnia Solo Exhibition at Elisabeth Weinstock on September 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
"As Ozzy would say...": Sharon Osbourne remembers her husband, a year on from his death

By Beth Simpson Published

Birmingham is celebrating the man today on Ozzy Day

Singers & Songwriters
“It’s gonna be so tasteful what we’re doing”: Jack Osbourne claims plans for an AI Ozzy won’t be “lame”

By Beth Simpson Published

But it is what he would have wanted?

Singers & Songwriters
Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne at the Howard Stern Show in New York City, 10/18/01
Ozzy Osbourne’s hilarious tales of idiot lawmen, werewolves, chimpanzees and Paul McCartney

By Paul Elliott Published

“Sharon’s going, ‘Smile!’ And this chimp is biting my thumb off!”

Artists
Zakk Wylde cups his hand to his ear as he asks the crowd for more during a 2026 Black Label Society performance.
“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style

Artists
Zakk Wylde [left] plays a lightning blue electric guitar live on the Pantera tribute tour. Randy Rhoads [right] plays his iconic polka-dot V.
“Without Ozzy as a foil, Randy would have never been able to do it": Zakk Wylde's favourite Randy Rhoads solo

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Plucked from Quiet Riot, Rhoads was the transfusion of virtuosity Ozzy needed to launch his solo career. But Wylde says it goes both ways, and the Prince Of Darkness was the "perfect foil" for Rhoads' classically trained style

Artists
“Ozzy said it was the creepiest thing he’d ever heard”: Nina Persson on the Cardigans’ Sabbath covers

By Will Simpson Published

Band recorded versions of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Iron Man

Bands
Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde shirtless onstage in 1989, with Wylde playing his Gibson Les Paul Custom Grail
Why Zakk Wylde brought his “Grail” Les Paul Custom out of retirement for Ozzy Osbourne tribute song

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The iconic cream Les Paul Custom with the bulls-eye graphic completed a full circle moment as Wylde salutes his old boss on new Black Label Society album

Artists
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Archives