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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
Ozzy and Sharon

“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about”: Sharon Osbourne wants to bring back Ozzfest

By Paul Elliott published

But there's a twist: “I’d like to mix up the genres”

Artists
Nuno Bettencourt riffs on his signature S-style with his Marshall JCM900s in the background. Right, Jake E Lee holds his signature Charvel backstage at Back to the Beginning, where he performed to honour his old boss Ozzy Osbourne.

Nuno Bettencourt on why he handed Shot Of The Dark over to Jake E Lee at Ozzy's farewell show

By Jonathan Horsley published

Bettencourt says Lee was far too humble and had to remind him that he had done the impossible by not only replacing Randy Rhoads but taking Ozzy Osbourne to “another place”

Artists

“Truly one of the most fun things I've ever done”: David Ellefson joins 1,000 musicians to tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

By Will Simpson published

They all play Paranoid together

Bass Guitars

"These people didn't f***ing know how involved Dom was in Ozzy's life”: Jack Osbourne backs Yungblud over Darkness criticism

By Will Simpson published

“All I was trying to do was my best for your old man” says Yungblud

Singers & Songwriters

“I’m so looking forward to an English summer”: The trailer for the BBC Ozzy Osbourne documentary is up online

By Will Simpson published

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is on BBC1 this Thursday

Singers & Songwriters

“He said bass is the most important thing in a rock song”: Andrew Watt on what Ozzy Osbourne taught him about mixing

By Will Simpson published

“He was a literal genius”, says producer

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Singers & Songwriters
Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde tear it up onstage in 1989. Ozzy is shirtless. Wylde his shirtless, too – and he plays his bullseye graphic Les Paul.

“That actually came from me and Oz jamming on the piano in my apartment in North Hollywood”: From Ozzy Osbourne to Papa Roach, Fleetwood Mac to George Harrison, here's 5 career-defining songs you didn’t know were written on the piano

By Daryl Robertson published

We take a deep dive into classic guitar-driven songs that actually started life on the piano

Keyboards & Pianos
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