Bob Daisley Reflects on Ozzy Bark at the Moon, Being Fired w/ Jake E. Lee, Ultimate Sin, US Festival 

I doubt Ozzy would have gotten anywhere [in his solo career] without Bob's songwriting.

The more you know about Ozzy , ..the less you like about Ozzy. There is no chance in hell this guy would have made it without the people he had around him.

Underrated bassist and songwriter. Sharon and Ozzy did him and Lee wrong. #teambob #teamlee

Jake and Bob did a hell of a job , ultimate sin is one of my all time favorite albums

My bass hero!! He made the Ozzy solo sound, and never got the credit. Those of us who know, we KNOW! Daisley's songwriting is unmistakable.

It’s a shame how Sharon would do that to Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Jake E. Lee. If Randy Rhoads was alive as well, he would’ve been screwed over by the Osborne’s as well. The Rhoads family had to sue the Osborne’s for Randy’s share on those albums. The only thing good about all this is that all the die hard fans like us know who played what and who wrote.

Sharon learned to be ruthless from her dad, Ozzy was no angel either to say the least.

I’ve been a veteran sideman/ bassist for a long time. Guys like me are always the best musician in the room and highly sought after. We make the less talented look great. But then, they start to resent you because you remind them constantly of their shortcomings. It doesn’t last.

Bob Daisley is such a force of nature when it comes to song writing. It's a crime whenever he doesn't get credit for his work.

Bob was the “man behind the curtain” of all of the Ozzy solo records up to ‘No More Tears.’ A true heavy metal hero 🤘🤘

Oddly enough, "The Ultimate Sin" is one of my favorite early Ozzy albums. I recall Jake talking about how he took a much more active role in songwriting on that album, since he'd gotten screwed over on "BATM" by Sharon because "You're the new guy, you just do as you're told." That album has Jake's wonderfully quirky and melodic playing and writing all over it, and I hugely enjoy it to this day. Bob has every reason to speak up and make his side known, and here's to hoping that the Sharon camp (since Ozzy's a non-entity) doesn't destroy him for it. That woman is ruthless and downright cruel, and I lost respect for her a long time ago.

For years I considered Ozzy Osbourne to be my greatest mentor. Then I found out my real mentors were Geezer Butler and Bob Daisley. Ozzy was a great melody maker. But it was the lyrics and music that inspired me the most. I'll give credit where credit is due, unlike Ozzy and Sharon.

I was lucky enough to be at US Festival that day. The whole band was amazing! Bob's a legendary songwriter and musician. Sauron Osbourne is notorious for her greed and screwing over almost every musician that helped make her husband's career!

Bob's book, "For Facts Sake" is a priceless view of the REAL music world from the inside. He is one the most iconic rock musicians and authors in history. Sharon protected and propped up Ozzy irregardless to who she messed over in the process. All of their great interviews praising Randy Rhoads never mentioned how he was only paid a few hundred a week because he signed a BS contract. His mother had to sue Ozzy and Sharon for his earnings after he died. Had he lived, he was leaving Ozzy anyway because of the raw deal he had been given. By the time they got Zakk, maybe they finally changed on how they treated "the help." I love Ozzy music but "The Prince of Darkness" is truly only a figure head for the true evil demon named Sharon.

Bob is a musical genius!!! Long live the memory of Lee Kerslake. xoxo The Clarences

How shabbily Sharon treated Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake ! It's a crime Sharon always controlled every single facet of BO Ozz. To the point of redubbing all bass and drums on the first 2 Blizzard of Oz albums, as if to erase the existence of either Bob or Lee! Money talks and B.S. walks!

read Bob's book. Such a good read. Recommended buy

Bob Daisley is an all time A leaguer, mentored 3 great guitarists and forged a great songwriting tandem with Randy Rhoads.

Sharon, are you reading this?………Do the right thing by Bob. Throw this chap the recognition and compensation that is rightly his.

I've met people like them and it really turns you down on the music business.

So funny because Ultimate is my favorite Ozzy album, and Ozzy hadn't nothing really to do with it. It was all Jake and Bob

Everyone always blames Sharon and I get that. Ozzy knew what was going on and was complicit in the screw job of Bob, Lee, and Jake so he's a bit of a prick himself.

Thank you so much For posting the whole interview. The part I wanted to know about is how Richie Blackmore treated him ? So happy to hear Blackmore is not an idiot like Ozzy Osbourne. I saw rainbow in Winter land San Francisco 78 I've never seen a band to this day that good Blackmore was a freak on guitar . So I've been a Blackmore nut ever since. I just happened to see Alvin Lee Maybe 5 days before I saw rainbow and I thought Alvin Lee was the best guitarist I'd ever seen And then I witnessed Richie Blackmore when hes on his a game.

The Ultimate Sin was great for Jake though! Every middle solo section goes off to guitar land! A real education in minor scale melodies!

Great info !!

i saw ozzy in the 80ies... it was jake who carried the whole show... sharon and ozzy own to a lot of musicians a lot of royalties...

I shook hands with Bob ,Ronnie and Ritchie Blackmore at a Rainbow concert in Granby Halls Leicestershire England during a stage invasion. My first major Rock concert and still one of the best . It’s always best to be on the front row

I WAS THERE RIGHT IN FRONT ... IT WAS AWESOME !!!

Dude Bob was the Blizzard of Oz, love hearing his take on things

The song The Ultimate Sin is a great song and probably written ABOUT Ozzy.

So...seems like most people here don’t know that Geezer wrote most of Ozzy’s lyrics in Sabbath...Ozzy’s always just been a voice and a front man...

Mr. Robert "Bob" John Daisley 🎵🎼🎶🎸💪😎👊

Thanks for another interesting and informative informative video 🤘🏻

Jake rules but Jake and Bob together were a force to be reckoned with.

Thanks!

I saw Ozzy back at the Texas Jam when Jake E. was with him. Funny, Jake was about the only one in the band I was interested in watching and listening to.

Ozzy Osbourne is the Forrest Gump of music. All the people around him made things happen and he got all the credit for it.

Ozzy never wrote an entire song on his own throughout his entire career, was Geezer, Randy, Bob, and Lee, Jake, Zakk, he contributes words and melodies and that's about all he's ever done, but QTF he's Ozzy right!

Ozzy, Daisley and Jake all complaint about the Ultimate Sin production, and it's a shame because it's one of Ozzy's best works. All songs are strong and the guitar work is amazing! By far the best Jake E Lee work, and TOP3 of all Ozzy records.

What an album. Amazing.

"ozzy osbourne" is merely a brand name... the real talent has always been the great musicians and songwriters the brand attracted. everyone knows this...

I understand making tough business decisions (and it was a HUGE business at the time). But when you fuck over the one guy that is solely responsible for writing the music and lyrics to your biggest hits ever… wtf?

The more stories I hear about OZZY..

I've done numerous albums and I hate it when after the release you find out they've taken credit for everything, writhing the music,doing most of the instruments, singing and arrangements, to final mix down. I got paid, but no credit for the work. Kinda' sucks.

Jake e lee made my favorite song rockin roll rebl

Ozzy..The ultimate creep.

Bob must have been making good money with Ozzy to keep coming back after the way they treated him. He should have put his energy and talent into another band.

I wonder if Bob wrote 'Secret Loser' for that album as a burn, knowing Ozzy would have to sing it and the joke would likely go right over his head.

Bob and Randy saved Ozzys career

dont blame bob..........ever.

Ultimate sin is perfectly crafted both musically and sonically

Bob did a great job a true musician

Bob played with Dio, Blackmore, Ozzy, Cozy, and Randy. Not a bad pedigree.

"The Ultimate Din"...more like 'The Ultimate Chin' looking at that photo.😂

It's funny to hear 40 years later all the mess that was recording music with Ozzy. Ozzy was the face and the frontman, but Bob and Jake were the reliable machines churning it out. Randy Castillo's drums were great too on this album. I loved The Ultimate Sin probably because I was 16 and was into Jake's guitar style - very underrated.

Well I don’t know how he wanted it to turn out but it’s always been one of my favorites (ultimate sin) and I don’t see how it’s such a bad album. I’ve been listening since it came out and have never stopped.

There is NO DOUBT in my mind that Ozzy was behind the failure of his stint with Sabbath, and Sharon was behind all the rest of the greedy, heartless things they had done to their bandmates. Bob Daisley is a KILLER bass player, and raises everyone's playing a level or two when he's in the band. Look what he did for Tony/Sabbath on The Eternal Idol. It really pisses me off that guys like Bob get the short end of the stick when it comes to credits.

Those first two albums were Bob, Lee, and Randy. The second two albums were Bob and Jake. Ozzy and Randy were not as great of friends as ozzy claims. I think Randy was better friends with Rudy then Ozzy. Read Rudy's book and it sheds light on how ozzy treated Randy like crap at times. Randy didn't care about being a rock star or any of that BS. Randy just wanted to play his guitar, go back to school for classical guitar, teach. That was Randy's thing he was musicians and not a rock star. No ego just a down to earth person.

Ozzy probably has no idea how many people he screwed over. I have never heard anyone bring it up in interviews with him. Those first two Ozzy albums were the best.

Good sounds on ultimate sin.

Ozzy has a lot of things going for him. Integrity is not one of them. What a talented POS.

To all musicians ...read your contracts, dont just collect your money. Its a business not just a party.

I imagine had there been a third album with Rhoads Daisley Aldridge , I dont think Sharon would have brought Kerslake back , Sharon would have ruined it with her meddling,

I liked the ultimate sin

Another bright rock star “I wrote all the songs but I never got credit so I better write all the lyrics as well”. These guys deserve what they got. Sorry, but if you don’t have elbows and teeth in rock the business you lose.

Don't try to meet your heros. They probably will not remain your heroes if you do.

I always thought that 'Shot in the Dark' is the best song "I guess" that Bob Daisley ever wrote.

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Any musician worth his salt would not deal with Ozzy or Sharon at all - unless of course the money is paid upfront and in full.

Thats why they call it music industry . Less ego and more bandsharing

The man who shape ozzy.

So HE was responsible for MY favorite Ozzy record, The Ultimate Sin. Fuck Yau Sharonnnn!!!

When it came to Ozzy's solo band, it was his band members that were the talent.Alot of stories out there about Ozzy and Sharon.Seems like they wanted all the money and credit.Again, the band members made the magic happen

Honest question: Why would someone just hand over work without a contract then act surprised they got screwed out of money & recognition!?

Well,. Ozzy may have been the main attraction, but Jake e Lee, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Tommy Alderidge, Don Airey, Rudy Sarzo and of course Randy Rhoads, and later others, worked very hard to bring that whole "Ozzy" deal to fruition. I think most know the story.

Should've let Costa do The US festival!!!

The problem with Daisley is that he is like a battered and abused woman who keeps returning to the same man who is abusing her, except in this case the abuser was probably Sharon (& Ozzy to some extent). As for Bark at the Moon, other than the title track, it's good but something isn't right, like the guitar is not prominent enough, not the centerpiece (but there is a certain darkness or mysteriousness to the album that I like about it). The Ultimate Sin is Ozzy in his glam period and it suffers for it. I have listened to this album multiple times thinking that it must be better than I'm giving it credit for, but each time I listen, I'm left with the same negative feelings. Sure, there's some catchy tunes, but in the end, it just underwhelms. I prefer Bark at the Moon. I know some people think Jake's two albums with Ozzy are better than Blizzard and Diary. I don't think they're even close. Blizzard and Diary are truly special, not because of what happened to Randy but because Randy got to use his warehouse of riffs in a setting far removed from Quiet Riot's largely amateur efforts. He had this stockpile of riffs and licks and with Daisley's help (and I'm sure Ozzy played some part) they were all put to excellent use. Rhoads' sense of melody and his structured playing (as opposed to EVH's off the cuff sound, brilliant in its own right) fit perfectly with Ozzy's voice and Daisley's lyrics. I think those two albums stand the test of time. After Bark at the Moon -- which was a step down in quality from Blizzard and Diary -- Ozzy never fully recovered. Zakk Wylde has his fans. I guess I'm just not one of them. To my way of thinking, Ozzy -- in regards to his solo career -- has been living off of Blizzard and Diary the last 40 years. Back to Bob Daisley, he's either a genius who never got the credit he deserved or maybe his account of things is partly true but not entirely true. I don't know. Funny, I just typed that without realizing at first the significance of those words.

The ultimate kick in the shin .

Can't complain about it but has done for almost 40 years 🤣🤣🤣

Is there anyone who sharon hasnt sacked? Did randy rhodes die before she could sack him?

I've never understood how Bob has remained relatively loyal to Ozzy all these years despite how bad he, Lee and Jake got fucked over financially and artistically. Like a lot of the other posters, I really like ''Ultimate Sin". I think it's a lot heavier and better produced than BatM.

Ozzy would have never reach the fame he got by himself,Without Randy, without Aldridge, without Daisley etcetera...... basically without his wife and dad's wife great mafious management behind him which paid all these fucking great talented musicians.

Bob is Oz's best bassist lyricist...the Taupin of Oz past

Fuck that I love that album. I listened to dairy of a madman and ultimate sin the most hell even speak of the devil was better then the rest of them. It's like splitting hairs thoe on the first five albums

a great great error ozzy, you need today much much much much much JAKE E. .LEE for a good good album.

BOB, you got to leave it go sometime bro! About every year we hear you say the same Ole story about what Ozzy & or Sharon may have done or did to you & Randy & Tommy or Lee. If Sharon & Ozzy did do anything, as there are 2 sides to every story, then we all know about it by now. You keep digging & digging & won't leave wll enough alone. Just drop it already.

Bob Daisley: I signed the agreement so I can't complain but here I am complaining.🤦‍♂

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Those lyrics should have said "Fuck You" over and over again haha.

Daisley and Jake should have put something together after Ozzy, missed opportunity, they could also have had Tommy Aldridge join them.

Ozzy owes alot of cool musicians alot of money and credit for his success, poor Lee Kerslake was on deaths door before he got recognition, Sharon is just a carbon copy of her father if not worse, do you honestly think Ozzy would come into the studio straight ready to record??? I don't think so

Sings " Yea it's the ultimate din " lol

Just for the record Bark at the Moon and the Ultimate Sin were the best of Ozzy albums by far.

Bob was on “no rest for the wicked” I just realized. Think things changed by then since Zakk demand writing credit

So unfair, anyway he a legend

I was at the US Fest and it was hot but not 110. One of the best times of my life ever. Fuck what a weekend that was.

Ozzy is and always has been a hack. I can't stand his voice, and the only reason I ever bought an Ozzy or Black Sabbath album was to hear the guitar players work. What pisses me off is he actually takes credit for all the songs he never wrote.

So ozzy provided very little other than the voice.

Has Ozzy actually written any lyrics or songs? I know Geezer and Tony wrote all the Sabbath songs.

I like The Ultimate Sin. Good album.