Ozzy Osbourne on Jake E. Lee "He wanted to take over," & on Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi - Interview X 

Exactly. They have a track record. Blaming Jake sounds hollow. Interesting that Ozzy doesn’t mention the fact that Randy wanted to leave too. The relationship wasn’t all wine and roses.

Ding! Behold the truth!

LOL 😂 Once again proven funniest comedy is just astute observation of facts

Sounds about right Elvis.

@@channingyourtatum6726 Fucking loving that name.

Bingo

$haron

John is the AIDS in the background waiting to take them out in case the cancer doesn't work.

Agreed on Sharon. But to be fair I don't think he was calling Jake the cancer, rather the lack of relationship and communication between them was.

She’s still festering to this day.

probably why jake had the attitude he had...."if i'm not getting paid fairly, fuck it."

Couple that with the fact that he called Tony a tyrant because he expected Ozzy to do his job, lol.

Well, I must say, videos from the later years of Sabbath's original lineup where Ozzy (the animated front man) is stuck off to the side while Tony (the guy who just stands still and riffs out) stood center stage, appear to be a Testament to the man's overwhelming ego at that time.

@@jesseoreilly1792 Please, Tony had the Ego and played about "Devils and Bullshit" too long?? What did Ozzy do when he went "solo"? - he sang about Devils and Bullshit....the Ego of the man...wow.

@@MrDeadstu Don't get all riled up now. I have never accused 80's Ozzy of being coherent! Haha. I am just saying, Tony Iommi did develop a pretty extreme ego in his hayday. I still think he's a legend and Ozzy was definitely spouting some shit here. He probably couldn't even remember what half of Sabbath's songs were actually about. Haha.

Jake simply wanted credit. It wasn't just about money. It was about credit for a thing you created. It's a basic human need. Humans are builders, and artists create art, whether visually or sonically. Jake, Daisley, Kerslake and so many others sculpted masterful songs for Ozzy, and they made his career. He should be more greatful.

agreed

@@angusorvid8840 I would agree, what is the point in offering up an idea if it's just going to basically be taken from you without any song writing credit, acknowledgement or royalties. And nobody is going to "takeover" with that shrew Sharon Osborne around calling all the shots.

@@robertglancy4474 it's possible that JAKE E. LEE saw it as a ticket to the BIG TIME Which it was. It's probably the only thing that people remember him for. He's a little hard headed about performing the Ozzy material nowadays. He's had a lifetime to make up the money he may have given up in the early 80s. So I don't feel sorry for the dude. I don't doubt he's a little difficult to work with and it sounds like that sealed his fate. He should have been a butt kisser like ZAKK and he might have retired with some money in the bank. .

* *Seagull Rock,* * - I'm more inclined it was Sharon who screws over Ozzy's muscicans. That bitch is a witch.

Depends on how you listen to it bud🤷‍♂️

Even a 12-year old me realized it was bullshit at the time.

Seriously. Let that sink in. It's cold out and he's gonna freeze his pipes and faucet off.

"I wrote it one handed on the piano." Sure you did, Johnny. Sure.

He never wrotte a song

Ozzy wrote those songs and you know it.

@@ThomasHeatherlyOzzy did not write them, even Black Sabbath members said Ozzy wasn’t one bit creative, what a joke, everyone knows Jake wrote bark at the Moon and Soussan wrote Shot in the Dark 🤦‍♂️

wrong clown...@@ThomasHeatherly

​@@ThomasHeatherlySharon wrote them

It's unbelievable. One of the best metal riffs ever.

As good as anything Randy did.

so true...still blows me away - what a talent

And it's really hard to think of anything else Jake wrote, to be quite honest. Although I should go back and give those two albums a fair listen.

​@@j_freed hey guys! Found the Poison fan who heard that one Jake Ozzy song at a Zakk show

actually he's a genius,he comprehends the neck of a guitar

I don’t think he plays much anymore

100%.

right. great insight. "Jake wanted to take over" translation: Jake E. Lee wanted credit where credit was due

absolutely. He's clearly still quite pissed about it now, and has every right to be. I think he's gotten his writing credits for BATM by now at least.

Ozzy is just said that because that's what his wife told him was going on.

Jake insisted on getting paid for his writing on the second album he did with Ozzy Osbourne. That pretty much got him fired… His refusal to give away work for free, and he was not being treated as an equal“band member” in the way Ozzy was describing. Ozzy and Sharon thought that they could gaslight Jake.

I ALWAYS knew BATM was Jake and Daisley. I never for a second believed any lyrics or music was written by Ozzy. The man couldn't cut his way out of a paper bag with a katana. He's a schmuck.

I don't disagree with anything you said but I do wonder if some of his decisions weren't the result of substance abuse. Granted that doesnt explain skrewing over Kerslake and Daisley later when he was supposedly sober, but in the early 80s he was damn near comatose much of the time.

@@darkstar6909 I'm in agreement with you, but laughing my butt off at "damn near comatose much of the time." 😆

@@angusorvid8840 I have to disagree politely Angus. Ozzy between 1973 - 1975 was on fire. He did contribute lyrics to Black Sabbath's career, and one of his best is THE WRIT on Sabotage. And what people forget is, Ozzy wrote everything he sang. It's melody. Melody is composition. If Paul McCartney can get accolades for his sense of melody (but to me there's nothing else in his songs but that), Ozzy should get the same respect. Because he is an excellent melodist. Far better than Dio. Ozzy's sense of melody is the kind that sticks in your head.

@@angusorvid8840 to quote Bob Daisley: "Ozzy wrote too...he'd come up with a lot of the vocal melodies". Zakk Wylde has also called Ozzy "the master of melodies" and someone else (I've forgotten who) said that "you could play Ozzy anything and he'd come up with a great melody for it". AND there is a certain consistency in the style and scales of the vocal melodies on Ozzy albums regardless of who's writing the lyrics or the music behind it. So yes, he is a schmuck who owns his success largely to the people he's worked with, but he certainly DID contribute, and that's not even debatable.

Absolutely. have you seen Ozzy with Jake at the US festival? Smokin!

@@michaelatkins2890 yeah and I love how he toys with the Randy Rhoads riffs to put his own flare to them.

Wow! Jake Lee was no where near Randy's ability ... Jake Lee was a competent guitar player,that's it... poor composition abilities... weak song structure... Jake relies to much on power chords. Ozzy will always be known for the first 2 albums with randy... not Jake's

@@Blitzkrieg.u812 What absolute BOLLOCKS

@@Blitzkrieg.u812 - You don’t have a single clue what you’re talking about, dumbfuck.

Best player for that time? Meaning for the people who Ozzy had to pick from, Jake was the best? I can see that being valid. Personally I was 15 when I got a ticket for the Ultimate Sin Tour, truthfully I bought the ticket to witness Metallica, Ozzy was just a sidenote to the event that forever stays in my memories of youthful blessings. Jake E. Lee was most certainly the highlight of the Ozzy performance, and that would be the last time I saw Ozzy actually move on stage and not need a teleprompter. All though I did. See No Rest for The Wicked Tour and Ozzy was still not completely lethargic, Zack was the Ultimate guitarist that night and by far the best guitar solo I ever witnessed. There was an actual lightening storm in the distance coming towards the concert when Zack was playing his solo which was extra special dew to the mosaic cracked mirrored Les Paul that the laser bouncing off of and plus the lightning in the background. P.S. on was tripping on LSD as well. Bonus

Mr Sahm, you are correct....much better than Zack....sorry but true

Jake was amazing

By far.

The reason Zakk is better for Ozzy, 1 he wrote the meanest riffs that transitioned from the late 80’s into the 90’s era, 2 he dreamed of playing for Ozzy and got the gig. His favorite guitarist is Randy and his playing is untouchable. Jake nowadays looks like an old man and plays alright. Zakk is defying what is possible speed wise pentatonic wise for over 20 minute solos every show. And according to Ozzy, Jake was a boring introvert roommate/band mate. That must be awkward and borderline torture to deal with being a rockstar. Zakk isn’t given the respect he deserves from a lot of metals heads out there and at the end of the day, we can like Jake more then Zakk, but No More Tears out sold every album he ever sold. Zakk is the best Ozzy ever had. He never stopped producing music. Jake cried for over 20 years or something about being kicked out. Obviously was about the fame rather then writing music for the fans.

Criminal? No. Jake knew going in he was getting no writing credits and continued to write with Ozzy. So...no criminal acts at all. I'm not defending what they did but Jake knowingly went into it and kept going so they is on him.

@@daveg4236 No, that isn't what happened and how things went down. Jaake didn't know he was getting screwed, at all, quite the opposite.

@@fistoftulkas7335 when you're told this is how it is and here's the contract and doesn't include any royalties, etc.. Yeah. That's how it happened.

@@fistoftulkas7335 Jake was in control of his own career, he could’ve just left ozzys band if he felt that he didn’t get enough credit

@@daveg4236 Jake already recorded his tracks when Sharon came up with the changed contract, early he was promised publishing, credit and everything else. That's how slimy they are. What was Jake supposed to do, leave and sue them while another guitarist gets credit for using his riffs and solos? Again JT, Jake had nothing going at that point and was ready to quit music, then got the Ozzy's opportunity, arguably the most important spot for a rock/metal guitarist in those years. Like i said he already recorded his tracks for BATM when Sharon changed the terms of his contract. He made the right choice staying there, at least he got a career out of it and became who he is. But that doesn't mean that what the Osbournes did was right or that Jake shouldn't talk about it.

Ozzy never wrote his songs either. We all know the man that wrote ozzys songs. Bob daisly

Jake did yeoman's work with Ozzy. Daisley and Kerslake and the others as well. They made Ozzy what he is. But Sharon propagates the myth that it's all Ozzy and that he seemed to happen all on his own. But we know the truth.

@@angusorvid8840 yet she cackles all the way to the bank. She doesn’t give a shit what anybody thinks or knows. A horrible person.

Dana was promised a spot in Ozzy's new solo group. He hooked Ozzy up with Randy, but then Ozzy reneged on his part of the agreement thus Dana was not part of the Blizzard of Ozz band. After Randy's death, Dana hooked up Ozzy with Jake, yet Ozzy can't even mention Dana's name here. Ozzy and Sharon are both horrible, horrible people.

Thats so true. Once read he punched Randy in the face when Randy told him he was quitting

@@jiveturkey1257 I suspect a big reason Randy wanted to leave was because Ozzy was contractually obliged to record a live album full of Black Sabbath covers and Randy was totally against the idea. Randy wasn't known to be a fan of Black Sabbath's songs and probably felt insulted at the thought of doing a whole album of them. It's not hard to imagine there being huge pressure on him to record it from Ozzy and Sharon, enough to get into a fight about it with Ozzy, particularly since the owner of the record company (Jet Records) was Sharon's father. Ozzy also married Sharon that same year, just a few months after Randy's death. The live album would ultimately be recorded later that year, six months after Randy died, with Brad Gillis on guitar. It was released as Speak Of The Devil just before Christmas in 1982. It's now kind of Ozzy's "forgotten album" from the 1980s: unavailable to stream online and only really available on the used CD market, from what I can tell.

Ozzy, Sharon and the infamous "bus driver/pilot" aka "Doctor Train Wreck" all had a secret deal (ritual sacrificed) with the "unknown" (Sabbaths highly controversial but recognized spiritual 5th member) Iommi made a deal with this spiritual being as well and was supposed to sacrifice Ozzy, but instead fate stepped in and Ozzy was just fired but he was spiritually sacrificed which Iommi thought his commitment was met but it wasnt so the ominous 5th member casted the group of Black Sabbath to be placed in a hex of "holding period" where they neither demised nor advanced (which explains why Sabbath had such a confusing career/history after Ozzy's departure. Next the spiritual being went on to continue to play with Ozzy's soul by offering him a second chance of super-stardom based on conditional requirements that must be kept. After that Ozzy knew he was gonna comeback big because he had his personal "mojo/high priest" 5th member back at his side. Unfortunately for Randy this also meant he would be the sacrificial conditional requirement that Ozzy agreed to for a life long of fame and notoriety (which hindsight clearly shows happened even though Ozzy really should have went defunct with all those other 80s heavy metal acts that did back in the day) Sharon was given her instructions on who to hire (the bus driver with the black aura surrounding him (see Ritchie Blackmore's spiritual awareness of this dark man that he refused to hire to drive them on their tour months prior to Sharon hiring him, just by doing a quick reading and assessment of the guy) Anyways Randy did have a guardian angel watching over him but unfortunately Randy decided to against his normal behavior (which was part of the "guardian's" will, and did freely accept to go along for a quick ride up in that plane. It was a ritual of "3" for that day and that meant 3 must go and be offfered up as to Ozzy and Sharons commitment for the life they are still allowed to have up to this day. But time is catching up with old Ozzy and he has failed to live up to his conditional commitments as of late.......by now one of his children should have been offered up and that clearly hasnt happened so now Ozzy is hexed with a plague of problems which will surely be his demise. Now you know the "real" story.

Right! “Hey oz let me give ya my opinion, I won’t get paid for”

I would just read them at Walden Books while waiting for my guitar lesson at the Richland Mall in Johnstown, PA.

Yeah I still have that issue too. I wasn’t a fan of Ozzy back then, and the more I see and hear about him and Sharon the less I like them.

Ozzy can't remember anything from 1975 on wards. All that coke, smoke & dope. He has the Parkinson's. Next thing it will be Alzheimer's. Love Oz but he is done. No more tours ror real this time. Don't disgrace himself. He was barely making it that Last Sab tour.

I've listened to Dana Strum tell the story. He picked up Ozzy, who didn't even want to go to Randy's audition (Dana talked him into it). He was of course drunk as hell and pissed all over the back seat in Dana's car. I'm surprised he could even remember attending that audition.

@@gerardspringer8576 I seen ozzy both on the last sabbath tour and in 2018 with Zack Wylde. He did sound rough with sabbath but surprisingly he sounded great with his solo band. I mean really good compared to with sabbath. I think his sickness comes and goes. Good days and bad.

@@shanebroussard6262 yeah. I saw the farewell tour, Sabbath. His voice was little bit strained. Happens. How many nights in a row he was goin? There is a sweet spot.Saw Geoff Tate 2 months back. Sounds good. A little worn but it happens. Not terrible. Vince from Motley is shot. Paul Stanley too

@@brianborstein8456 ozzy woke up after Randy started playing. Randy was warming up or just getting going. Ozzy was drunk, wasted and tired of listening to guys. Ozzy was burnt on a bunch of Iommi sound alikes.

Jake mentioned that in an interview that if him and Ozzybcould work things out that he would join ozzy again!

Jake was offered a Ozzy Osbourne BATM 30th year anniversary tour contract to go out and play live shows with Ozzy again by Sharon several years ago and Jake's only stipulation for agreeing to it was if they added his name to the Bark At The Moon song credit list, he wasn't asking for publishing to receive royalty money all he wanted was his name to be credited for the songs on the Bark album Sharon's response was no response and that ended that.

Idk cool I guess if it happened but ozzy is old. I think he along with many others- vince meal outta hang it up. But whatever. If there's more then it's their prerogative

As cool as that would be I'd rather let the past be the past for Jake's sake. Just enjoy the work he did do.

By far the best two albums. Daisley & Kerslake wrote so much of that incredible material. With highly talented bass & drums. And Rhoads on guitar. Wow. Best ever

@@JT-sl3ui Indeed. If you haven't read it, Bob Daisley's book, For Facts Sake, is a great read. Tony Iommi's book, Iron Man is excellent as well. Both give readers an inside look at how some of our favorite albums were made, their personal lives at those times, and a lot of laughs. Also how Bob, Lee and Jake were screwed over financially. Learning stuff about our favorite bands by reading and watching Full In Bloom interviews and reading books by the artists makes listening to their albums a much more intimate experience IMO.

@@juve3690 yes I agree!! Haven’t read those however heard before that they are great reads. With that being said, Sharon is evil 😈 greed.

@@JT-sl3ui SO evil!! To have other musicians play on the remastered versions of those albums when they went to CD so Bob and Lee wouldn't have to be paid royalties is unforgivable IMO. I suggest Tony's book first and then Bob Daisely's just because of the timeline.

Ozzy contributed astrolutely 0 to both of those albums or anyting on Bark at the Moon or Ultimate Sin and screwed everybody out of royalties especially Bob and Lee, Jake got a little something on Ultimate sin because he was smart enough to sign a contract after he got shitted on Bark at the Moon, but Bob got screwed more than anybody.

Umm.........Jake AND Ozzy??

@@karlmccarron3318 YES I THOUGHT SO

Only thing Ozzy did was perform vocals.

but what about gus g?

@@CurdledmayonnaiseI get Gus mixed up for Alexi Aloha

IKR?? Seriously, fuck that sociopathic couple.

I caught that too. Although Dana helped this selfish asshole !

Motley Crue / Shout at the Devil opening for Ozzy / Bark at the Moon? Ozzy running around dressed like Shirley Temple before the show flashing panties? Yeah - great show.

Speak of the Devil with Brad is my favorite live album..Still awesome..

Brad Gillis wanted to go back to his band night ranger and they went on to produce several good songs with him in the band. I don't really think that anyone else could have replaced Brad in night ranger.

@@patrickshannon4516 For sure, Brad Is Night Ranger imo. Seen them in 84. Great show!

@@bodyman1109 Brad Gillis is one of the best guitarist ever he learned the Randy songs and Black Sabbath songs in a very short time I don't think to many guitarist could have done that.

Exactly until Zak Wylde came along.

If it wasn't for Rhoads Ozzy wouldn't have had those first two albums, and it would have went nowhere

Couldn’t agree more. BLIZZARD OF OZZ in particular gave him relevance again, and he’s milked that album every day since then. Have a look at a live set list. Lots of BOO songs on there. They’re usually the biggest crowd pleasers as well.

but what about gus g?

@@Curdledmayonnaise He did have some pretty big shoes to fill. He was ok but definitely no Randy Rhoads, but than again no one in my opinion is as good as Randy Rhoads. Jake E Lee did a good job too..

Dana Strum remembers perfectly clear when Ozzy pissed in his car though....

Couldn't agree more. "band of men, ... as long as I am fully in charge" - John 'lets get fucking craaaaazyyyy. louder! LOUDER!!!' Osbourne

@@machupikachu1085 -- As long as SHE is fully in charge...

People put it all on sharon, but ozzy is just as shrewd as her, they are a team, though he can play like he's a really sweet guy.

@@barneyrubble8255 Yup, the fact that the behavior continued means he approved

Absolutely. Peak irony right there.

Randy didn't get writing credit for Bark, he absolutely got it TUS. He refused to write for it till he had it on contract. He was smart enough to not repeat the mistakes of Bark.

@@docvader82 Randy was long dead by these albums.

@@docvader82 Man THAT was NEVER said! What are you reading?

@@docvader82 Found the poser. Lol what!?

And Ozzy was just blasted out of his mind during every rehearsal I would be mad too if I wrote most of the songs on bark at the moon and ultimate sin and wasn’t getting credit

but what about gus g?

@@grankvehaugen3494 it was supposed to be a joke lol. but yeah he is a great player. Rhoads is king though

@@grankvehaugen3494 who is your favorite ozzy player?

@@grankvehaugen3494 nice, i love jake e. lee as well i would say for me rhoads, lee, iommi, wylde, gus g

@@grankvehaugen3494 i dont understand how anyone could dislike the guitar work on bark at the moon and the ultimate sin, theyre both incredible albums. perfect mid 80s vibe. also in terms of zakk wylde i love the no rest for the wicked and no more tears albums. Some of my fav guitar work on those. ozzmosis was alright, but after that i didn't really enjoy too much of his playing on later albums

RHOADS....NOT rhodes

And yes, actually they did end up screwing him over. That’s why his mom ended up suing Ozzie…

@@notajp what did she sue him for?

Randy was getting ready to leave the band. He hated that circus Sharon created. She is not a good person and never was. Jake E. Was fantastic with Ozzie. I think his presence was a threat to Ozzie’s popularity so Sharon let him go. And they prob didn’t pay him shit.

Iommi has written hardly any lyrics in his career. Butler wrote almost all of the 70's Sabbath lyrics. Dio, Tony Martin or Gillan (unfortunately) wrote 'em when they were in the band, and Bob Daisley, Glenn Hughes & Geoff Nichols contributed to the mid-80's albums they were involved in.

wow... i did not know that hard driver and the last time (the music i guess) were presented to OO in 87... is this confirmed by Jake?

@@signsmusic1 Yes, i think on the dean delray podcast

I liked no rest for the wicked

No More Tears, Ozzmosis and Ordinary Man are great records too

@@robertoricci3393 they are ok records. Imo, everything after the Randy albums were a step down

@@rticle15 you have dementia or something?

@@chrisbond6406 just working ears and the ability to tell good from great. If those are symptoms of dementia then yes i do.

100% accurate brad !

They abused Them especially Bailey and they recorded his parts and they would call him again to write more music. They are the ones with the talent. He was just a junkie out of his mind being controlled by Sharon she got taught by her gangster father how to screw over musicians. They just want to make music and live the dream and so many came out with nothing

100% TRUE!!!!

but what about gus g?

Yeah I think ozzy is fibbing a bit on this one

Think he just wanted to finally get paid. Take over.?…. Funny.

Jake over Randy? Or Zak for that matter. Ok to each their own I guess.

Listen to the songs without vocals and they still sound awesome. Take away the music and just have vocals and lyrics. Terrible.

I think the word you're looking for is intelligibly. Also, it was 1990. Ozzy could talk a lot better than he does now.

Add Joe Holmes to that.

Randy Rhoads , Jake E Lee..that's all folks.

Zakk is a total hakk and nowhere near a list of greatest guitarists.

Whats great is, it doesnt have the circus tricks like whammy bar and finger taps. Just blazing fast playing and very melodic.

but what about gus g?

What songs did ozzy write?

just for a few alboums them 2 did anythig there is nuthing if they have no gutars they just have words GET IT??

@@mufozomby7637 unfortunately, someone who can seriously REALLY believe that Rhoads, Lee or Wylde were not the primary songwriters for Ozzy, will never get it. There is always someone like that on the internet forums...saying stuff like JP Jones (or even Bonham) was the REAL musical creative force behind Zeppelin, and not Jimmy Page, or Jon Lord was the REAL reason for Deep Purple's success and certainly not Ritchie Blackmore. Well, it's super entertaining at least.

oh, and I do know that Bob Daisley wrote almost all the lyrics for the first 4 or 5 Ozzy albums. Kerslake joined after Blizzard was already written so he contributed to the writing of Diary Of A Madman-album only. And as Kerslake's musical history shows...he was a great drummer, but hardly much of a creative songwriter.

Oh, make no mistake, if Randy lived until now, we'd be hearing interviews where he got screwed by Ozzy/Sharon as well. They didn't treat everyone else terribly and then treat Randy well.

@@SealofPerfection My thoughts exactly.

Kerslake is such an underrated drummer. Most ppl don't even know who he is.

I remember reading somewhere that Ozzy was actually quite a prick to Randy. Threatening to fire him and going off about shit. This was when Ozzy was at the height of his drug use too. It must have been a real headache dealing with him.

@Henry Rollin A lot of it is Sharon as well. He just let's her deal with everything and she is no peach.

It's not because of Jake actually, it's because of Phil Soussan.

Obviously it’s because they fucked every band member he ever played with. Doesn’t matter if it was Jake or Phil. The fact is that Ozzy and Sharon are greedy,selfish and intolerable.

Randy DID NOT want anything to do with SOTD. he was leaving before that. Unfortunately we know what happened 😕

Makes sense. Think Aldridge was against sotd too.

I guess DOAM is Diary of a Madman, but whats SOTD?

Speak of the devil. The live album.

@@nissansentraglx "live" ...the audience noise is fake 🤣

☝ This ☝

Ozmosis a good album with Wilder

Ozmosis a good album with Wilder

Supposedly, Sharon pulled him out of a drug-addled haze, gave him confidence and connections, and basically saved his life. After that, she made sure he made tons of money, didn't blow it, and had a semi-normal family life. Because of that, Ozzy kind of sold his soul and submitted to her dominant personality. It's really a strange dynamic that you seldom see...

@@polarvortex3294 He was her meal ticket

@@clownpocket and vice versa

@@mattrock12 True.

Abc think we

Bummer... you missed out on some great stuff.

but what about gus g?

Hell yeah Jake e. Lee was the s*** and an awesome showman too.

I agree. It's all subjective but his soloing had such a natural feel like it was a language all It's own. Love all the solos in rock n roll rebel. I listened to Batm more than any other.

to be fair, if he had such an amazing 'looks, presence, style, and skill on the guitar' that he would totally eclipse Ozzy, surely Jake would have also made it pretty big on his own without Ozzy?? Yet, we got Badlands album, which is pretty good, but after that...meh. Zakk has shown that if you really got 'it' along with the creative consistency, you can be successful after Ozzy too.

@@arto2533 Jake was so disillusioned after the Osbournes and the Ray Gillian situation, he basically quit the music industry and disappeared. That does not make Zakk better, to be fair.

You should enroll yourself in an English course. Seriously.

He should be honored to have had and played with 3 awesome guitar players and they all made some of the best music ever period ! Mr. Blizzard of Buzz!

Did you mean always instead of also

Ozzy have been blessed having great musicians around him to balance out his lack of... anything. Crap singer, boring frontman, total moron.

@@jonlvstad2861 I think he was a good frontman back in the day (not a great one) but I agree with everything else you said.

If Ozzy had nothing, none of these musicians would have worked with him and he would not have had the career he had.

Ozzy is a complete piece of s*** his vocals are so awful. A bullfrog sounds better than this malicious deviant. Even if you try to listen to Ozzie's music to hear the guitarists you have to turn it off after a while because his voice is so annoying. He didn't get over on Brad Gillis though Brad Gillis was way too smart and talented for that clown Ozzy Osbourne.

Sharon called Jake and told him that they were on the outs with Zakk and was he interested in coming back. Jake said he would, if they would just put his name as the writer of Bark at the Moon....don't even pay him, just credit him. She never called him back.

Jake has a reputation for having been a, if not raging, alcoholic for years. Add that (IMO) he doesn’t come off as very bright (his “brother, pastor, bishop, cardinal” BLS banter is cringe at best). Maybe just being content to be part of the band (or gang/brotherhood) is all he needs? Maybe he doesn’t give a shit about money or maybe he doesn’t care or realize that he was/is ripped off (ie; Ignorance is be bliss)? He’s a different beast.

Its very commercial and polished but Killer of Giants is the stand out. Jake had big shoes to fill and he just about filled them.