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“I figured we’d see him later on. But no”: Zakk Wylde reflects on the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne
By Will Simpson published
He says metal icon was “like an older brother”

How a Mike Inez bassline kick-started Ozzy classic No More Tears – but he wasn't there to record it
By Jonathan Horsley published
Ozzy's top-tier guitarists get all the glory but on No More Tears you've got to give the bass player his dues. Make that bass players, plural

Zak Starkey reveals that he once turned down the chance to join Black Sabbath
By Will Simpson published
The drummer has shared a letter that was sent to him by Sharon Osbourne in 2013

“We were doing that riff and cracking up laughing the whole time”: Zakk Wylde on how a “joke” riff won Ozzy Osbourne his first ever Grammy
By Jonathan Horsley published
The No More Tears sessions found the Ozzy camp in high spirits and ready to lay down a record that would take the Prince of Darkness' solo career to new heights

"He held out to do that show”: Tony Iommi speaks of his shock at Ozzy Osbourne’s sudden passing
By Will Simpson published
Guitarist says he’s “really glad” band did Back To The Beginning show

“Spend a day in my head and you’d realise how crazy I really am”: A close encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
By Paul Elliott published
The legendary singer's prized possessions included John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine

“The day Randy died was the greatest tragedy of my life": Ozzy Osbourne thought he was finished after he was fired by Black Sabbath. Then along came a guitarist named Randy Rhoads
By Paul Elliott published
Rhoads inspired the greatest music Ozzy ever made outside of Sabbath

Vivian Campbell on his relationship with Ronnie James Dio – and what Dio told Ozzy about his playing
By Jonathan Horsley published
Campbell says working with the late, great Ronnie James Dio wasn't always easy – and it didn't help that Campbell once likened him to Tom Jones
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