Gus G:
Unboxing the limited Firewind “Between Heaven and Hell” 20th anniversary vinyl.
Tag: Ozzy
WWE:
Ozzy Osbourne shares a message with the WWE Universe about his latest album, “Patient Number 9.”
Tony Iommi:
A special tribute to Brummie rock music legends Black Sabbath has been unveiled in Birmingham. The hand-engraved mirror with neon lighting, which will eventually hang in Tony Iommi’s studio, depicts the iconic heavy metal bench that adorns the Black Sabbath Bridge on Broad St.
Ozzy Osbourne:
Patient Number 9 (Storyboard Version) now on YouTube!
Watch via the embedded clip below.
Rudy Sarzo:
This Is 72! Happy Birthday to Me 🎸🎂👴🏼🎂🎸
Happy Birthday, Rudy! 🎉🎈🤘🏻@rudysarzo pic.twitter.com/YZacpzchsy
— Lauren (@nickels_lauren) November 18, 2022
Billy Ray Cyrus kinda lookin’ like a wannabe Zakk Wylde…
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Ozzy Osbourne:
I’m honestly overwhelmed. Making this record was a great way to me to get back to work as I continued to heal. It’s pretty great to be acknowledged at this point in my career. #PatientNumber9
OZZY OSBOURNE
EARNS FOUR GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
INCLUDING “BEST ROCK ALBUM”
FOR HIS INTERNATIONAL CHART-TOPPING
AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
‘PATIENT NUMBER 9’ ALBUM
THESE HONORS FOLLOW OZZY’S THREE GRAMMY WINS
AND EIGHT NOMINATIONS IN HIS 50+ YEAR CAREER AS A
SOLO ARTIST AND MEMBER OF BLACK SABBATH
OZZY OSBOURNE yesterday (November 15) earned four Grammy nominations for his hugely successful and critically acclaimed PATIENT NUMBER 9 album. These mark the most nominations he’s ever received for a single album. The 2022 nominations are for: Best Rock Performance: “Patient Number 9,” Ozzy Osbourne feat. Jeff Beck”; Best Metal Performance: “Degradation Rules,” Ozzy Osbourne feat. Tony lommi; Best Rock Song: “Patient Number 9,” John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne feat. Jeff Beck); and Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9. Read a Q&A with OZZY below where he talks about the nominations and more.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter previously has won three Grammy Awards and received eight nominations. In 1993 OZZY won a solo Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for “I Don’t Want To Change the World” and two Grammys as a member of Black Sabbath for “Best Metal Performance” in 2000 for “Iron Man” and in 2013 for “Best Metal Performance” for “God Is Dead?” from 13.
PATIENT NUMBER 9–released September 9 and marking OZZY’s 13th solo studio album–triumphantly sets new career highs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter. The critically acclaimed album has topped his previous chart entries with record-breaking numbers around the world. In the U.S., the album debuted at #1 on multiple charts: Top Album Sales (Ozzy’s first #1 ever on this chart), Top Current Album Sales (another first), Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Vinyl Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts; and at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Globally, the album charted at #1 in Canada (OZZY’s first-ever #1 there); career high #2 entries in the UK, Australia, Finland and Italy; #6 in the Netherlands and New Zealand; #8 in Belgium; and #14 France. Other highlights include #2 Austria, Germany and Sweden; #3 in Switzerland; and #4 in Norway.
Working with producer Andrew Watt for the second time, OZZY welcomed a dynamic A-list featured guests on the album. For the first time ever, Black Sabbath co-founder, guitarist, and riff-master Tony Iommi appears on an OZZY solo album. The record also boasts guitarists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, and longstanding righthand man and six-string beast Zakk Wylde who plays on the majority of the tracks. For the bulk of the album, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers held down drums, while the late Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters appears on three songs. Old friend and one-time OZZY band member Robert Trujillo of Metallica plays bass on most of the album’s tracks, with Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses and Chris Chaney supplying bass on a few songs.
Q&A WITH
OZZY OSBOURNE
Q: How does it feel to have received four nominations for the new album?
OZZY: “I’m honestly overwhelmed. Making this record was a great way to me to get back to work as I continued to heal. It’s pretty great to be acknowledged at this point in my career.”
Q: Between the pandemic and you going through your surgeries, do you think that contributed to making another record so quickly?
OZZY: “Well, the thing was I had all this time–we all did through the pandemic. Instead of lying there and just doing my physical therapy, the record actually got me doing something that I love.”
Q: What was your mindset when you were writing and recording the album?
OZZY: “I was thinking about the times we’ve been living in. There wasn’t much good news. It was a fucking war in Ukraine and the pandemic. The world seemed to be on the brink of a bad thing.”
Q: How do you feel at this point in your career having the kind of notoriety you’ve achieved with this album?
OZZY: “The business forever surprises me. It’s never a safe bet. I’ve done things in the past where I tell myself ‘this is going to be a hit.’ Then it’s gone down the shitter and other things I’ve done…It’s done the opposite. I’m very cheered up by the support.”
Q: The interesting thing about the album is it features top musicians, including some old friends.
OZZY: “Oh yeah. I mean the guitars are Tony [Iommi], Zakk [Wylde], Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck’s fucking phenomenal work, plus Robert Trujillo on bass. It’s turned out better than I ever expected. And having Taylor Hawkins with me in the studio like a week or two before he died was amazing. To think he’s gone breaks my heart.”
Q: It must be special that “Degradation Rules” which features Tony Iommi, was nominated for a Grammy.
OZZY: “Such great news. I mean that song would’ve made a great Black Sabbath track. It’s a very well-structured song. I’ve known Tony since I was 12 years old and I’m glad to say we’ve continued a really good friendship. Tony’s been very supportive of me while I’ve been recovering from surgery. He’s been in constant contact, which has been great.”
Q: What’s the collaboration like with producer Andrew Watt?
OZZY: “He’s a lot better than most producers at collaboration. The fact that he plays guitar, and I don’t, and he works with machines and I don’t, makes it easier. It’s just great working with him. We end up arguing a bit with…sometimes, but not a lot!”
Happy Birthday DJ Ashba 🥂🍾 the party of all parties ✌️🎤🎸🎤🎸😎 I ran into one of the great guitarists and friend Jake E. Lee.
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Gus G:
Check out KRITERION, my brand-new project w Rob Chapman & Felipe Andreoli 🤘🏻🤘🏻 First single & video “Poseidon” out now! Watch video below.
Michael Sweet: Which 3 guitarists (who emerged in the ’80s) impressed me the most?
Based on tone, feel, technique and pure raw energy:
Randy Rhoads
George Lynch
Vito Bratta
Although there were many great guitarists throughout the ’80s, these 3 stood out and were on a whole different level IMO👊💪
One of my favorite players to come out of the ’80s (and overall) was and is Vito Bratta. I’ve always wanted to work with Vito and I’m still hoping and praying that it works out. We had a conversation a few years back and he was gracious and very complimentary. If he ever makes his way back to music again it would be an honor to work to do something together and I know we would create something absolutely amazing. Love & Respect to you Vito🙏💛
Gus G:
Unboxing the new Jackson Rhoads Concept Series
Stephen Pearcy:
RATT’s Stephen Pearcy and former RATT/OZZY guitarist Jake E. Lee reunited at the Alice Cooper concert in Las Vegas at The Dollar Loan Center Arena on Saturday, October 8, 2022. “Never say never,” Pearcy says. “I’m telling him, WTF! Let’s write, play, record. It’s been fkn years. I appreciate great players, bring it.”
From Stephen’s wife, Kristi Adair:
Alice Cooper hit the Las Vegas scene at The Dollar Loan Center Arena last night and it was EPIC!
But the best part of the evening was walking through the door into a surprise reunion between old friends & RATT bandmates, Jake E. Lee & Stephen Pearcy…..is a jam session not too far away? In true Stephen Pearcy fashion, he was quick to bring up the subject of writing and recording together, “Let’s go, brother!”
The history of Jake and Stephen runs deep…. Jake was in a band named Teaser in San Diego (late ’70s), Stephen had his band Mickey Ratt (pre-RATT), both would play at San Diego’s venue Straight Ahead Sound. Jake eventually joined Mickey Ratt in 81-82, playing the Sunset Strip scene, The Country Club, ect….Mickey Ratt turned into a 2-guitar band of which Jake decided he wanted to be in a 1 guitar player band…. soon he would audition for Ozzy….. “Bark at the Moon” would soon follow.
Little unknown piece of history is that Jake and Warren DeMartini shared an apartment for a while, and as Warren was working on “Round and Round,” Jake was working on “Bark at the Moon.” Ohhhh to be a fly on the wall of that apartment with so much talent.
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@alicecooper kicked it last night at #dollarloancenterarena It was @misstruthadare date night baby. ☠️❤️☠️🏴☠️ thank you @Chuck_Brennan for the hospitality 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/Rz890RToK5
— STEPHEN E PEARCY (@StephenEPearcy) October 9, 2022
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This collectible set punches a “Hole in the Sky” taking us back to 1975.
Product Dimensions: (each statue)
9″ (h) x 7.25″ (w) x 7.25″ (d)
Zakk Wylde: The online course is broken down into 10 sections with over 94 individual videos and over 12 hours of lessons for the student to dive into. In each section, Zakk offers insight into each topic being explored and shows firsthand how they play and learn these integral parts of guitar playing. The lessons will enhance all players’ knowledge of the guitar in fun and informative videos as only Zakk can deliver.
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Learn Zakk’s signature techniques from songs like “Mama I’m Coming Home,” “Stillborn” and “No More Tears”
The course breakdown for the Zakk Wylde Berzerker Guitar Camp is:
Section 1: Welcome
Section 2: Palm Muting and Power Chords
Section 3: Harmonics
Section 4: Open Chords/Inversions
Section 5: Scale Basics & Pentatonics
Section 6: Diatonic Modes & Licks
Section 7: Bending And Vibrato
Section 8: Arpeggios, Triads & 7TH Chords
Section 9: Putting It All Together
Section 10: Bonus Section – Chicken Picking
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Stereogum:
Ozzy Osbourne told us about his new album, meeting Randy Rhoads, his memories of Ozzfest, Black Sabbath’s reunions, the dangerous Beatlemania-like fame that came with ‘The Osbournes,’ his recent spinal surgery, and more.
You can read the entire feature @ this location. An excerpt from the interview has been provided below.
On reuniting with Black Sabbath at Live Aid in 1985:
Ozzy Osbourne:
Fucking hell. Going back a bit now. Well, they were managed by my father-in-law [Don Arden], and my father-in-law and my wife [Sharon] and I were in a fucking war. I was fucking served [a lawsuit] at Live Aid by my father-in-law, for interference or some bullshit, and nothing ever materialized from it. And I was drinking lots of fucking booze in them days, and I was bloated.
It wasn’t a great experience. It was more like [an] “I’ll have my revenge on them,” kind of thing. Or no, it wasn’t revenge. It was just the first time I’d seen them all since the breakup.
It wasn’t a life-shattering experience where I went, “Fuck, why did I go and get fired,” and all this shit. It was just Sabbath. By that time, I’d felt freedom as well, whereas with Sabbath, I didn’t feel that important in the band. I used to feel I was just a sideman for their show. I’d come up with my own melodies and that, but I didn’t feel on an equal part with them, because I couldn’t play an instrument. But that was a long time ago, and when you start thinking about this shit now, it doesn’t seem necessary anymore, does it?
You did continue to get back together with them at a few other points. Did you feel at that time like that door was open?
It was for the fans who thought they would never get the chance to see the original lineup. It was a bit awkward because the fans would write and say, “Oh, we’d like to see the original lineup.” And Sharon would show these to me from time to time. But I never wanted to go back full-time on tour with them.
It’s been almost 10 years now since 13, and that’s still the last Black Sabbath album. Do you feel good about where 13 left things?
Not really, because to be perfectly honest, I didn’t really get a charge from the album. Although Rick Rubin is a good friend of mine, I wasn’t really… I was just singing. It was like stepping back in time, but it wasn’t a glorious period. Though Geezer [Butler] did a lot of lyric writing for me, which he’s very, very good at. It wasn’t an earth-shattering experience for me.