@@rainbowspace994 he bullied everyone. Iommi was growing up in Birmingham, one of the roughest areas is england, even today. There was constant gang warfare, so he always had to protect himself and be tough.
I worked with an old bloke & he told me when he was young he got a brand new bike for Christmas & Ozzy saw him on it & asked to borrow it to get cigarettes, he never saw his bike again 😂😂
One of my friends went for a beer on his bike during the party and came back on another bike:D somebody stole his so he "borrowed" somebody elses bike:D
@@ravenfeathesDVM Uh, people who live to be 100 don't abuse themselves with drugs and alcohol like Ozzy did, he's lucky to be alive. THINK, if you can do so...
I was only fourteen when the album Paranoid hit the record stores back in 1970. It was the first album I ever got. I would play it loud in my mum's living room with the windows wide open. The neighbors would walk by and look in with that, WTF is that look on their faces, and hurry on horrified!!
Tony has created the most amazing riffs in heavy metal history. But without Ozzy's incredible vocal melodies black Sabbath wouldn't have been the best heavy metal band in history
@@thathandleistakentrythisone Well I read and both books say the truth, but they focus on a different things. Ozzy autobiography focuses more on their crazy drug stories. Tommy book is more about the music aspect
No Matter what anyone thinks about John (OZZY) Osbourne's vocal quality or ability to sing. Look Man he was able to establish an entire career in the music industry through decades and really Their is no other singer in music who can duplicate his unique vocal characteristics and style and their never will be. Their is and will only be one individual like OZZY OSBOURNE ever period case closed.
@@TheSteinbittYou can read "I Am Ozzy":"As he was older than me he might have kicked me in the bollocks a few times and given me some shit, but nothing more than that."And"Now I knew for certain who he was. And he knew me, too. I froze. He groaned. 'Aw, fucking hell,' he said. 'It's you.' I couldn't believe it. The bloke on my doorstep was Tony Iommi: the good-looking kid from the year above me at Birchfield Road, who'd brought his electric guitar to school one Christmas, driving the teachers crazy with the noise. I hadn't seen him for about five years, but I'd heard about him. He'd become a bit of an Aston legend since leaving school. All the kids knew who he was. If you wanted to be in a band with anyone, it was Tony. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to feel the same way about me. 'C'mon, Bill,' he said to the homeless-looking bloke. 'This is a waste of time. Let's go.' 'Wait a minute,' said Bill. 'Who is this guy?' 'I'll tell you one thing: his name ain't "Ozzy Zig". And he ain't no singer, either. He's Ozzy Osbourne and he's an idiot. C'mon, let's get out of here.' 'Hang on a minute,' I interrupted. 'How did you get this address? How d'you know about Ozzy Zig?' '"Ozzy Zig Needs Gig,"' said Bill, with a shrug. 'I told 'em to take that fucking sign down months ago.' 'Well, you should go and tell them again, 'cos it was up there today.' 'At Ringway Music?' 'In the window.' I tried not to look too pleased. 'Tony,' said Bill, 'can't we give this guy a break? He seems all right.' 'Give him a break?' Tony had already lost patience. 'He was the school clown! I'm not being in a band with that fucking moron.'I couldn't think of anything to say, so I just stood there staring at my feet. 'Beggars can't be choosers, Tony,' hissed Bill. 'That's why we're here, isn't it?' But Tony just huffed and started to walk back towards the van.
I used to read that Ozzy was one crazy rebellious youth . Tough too before and during the Sabbath days , he could fight a few blokes at one time . He grew up in a mean and poor neighborhood. Hell, he headbutted that bass player who used to scrape his dick with a cheese grinder...that guy Don Costa . Ozzy Zig headbutted him in the tour bus in 1983 and accused Don of caressing Ozzy's nuts. Ozzy laughed his ass off after. Thats how Ozzy fired the guy .
I could see Tony saying that, lets be real here, Ozzy was most likely the lowest of sea slugs on the rung as a teen, just look at early footage. Tony and Bill probably based there meeting on that. Good thing it went further.
I like the way the interviewer says “Ozzy was insecure because he wasn’t a musician like you, he couldn’t read music”. I’m sure Tony has always written out all his compositions in full transcript 😄
Video where Ozzy talks about Tony : Ozzy gets hated on in the comments and Tony gets praised Video where Tony talks about Ozzy and says he wasn't sure about him at first : Tony gets criticized in the comments and Ozzy gets praised. Weird.
That's the Black Sabbath fan base for you. If you go on a song that Ozzy really, really, really performed well the fan base will focus on Geezer and Tony, And if you go on a song that Tony performed really, really, really well Ozzy and Geezer will get the praise. And, you know, this cycle just repeats with all the other members.
@@Losrandir I guess, but if that's the case then they're breaking their own rule, because they leave out the one who performed really well and focus on other members, leaving the one who performed good without attention and praise.
Geezer said that he had his own crazy run in with Ozzy. He had placed an ad in the paper looking for musicians to start a band with. A few days later his older brother told him that there was "This thing" at the door asking for him, so Geezer went "What do you mean 'This thing?' " at which his brother told him to have a look. There in the doorway stood a skinhead, wearing a long brown leather jacket, wearing no shoes and having a dog leash with a sneaker attached to it, who extended his hand to Geezer and went "Ullo, I'm Ozzy."
@@plasticweapon Skinheads where something completely during the 60's-70's. I just checked wikipedia (dutch version) where there it also says that in 1988 SHARP was founded which was against racism. Look up skinhead reggae.
@@OrlandoEeckhout I don't think he meant "what's a skinhead?". More like "wtf?" Most people only know Ozzy with long hair (except the buzzcut stint in the 80's)
YES I SAW OZZY with BLACK SABBATH live at every OZZ FEAST in San Bernardino CA area. SADLY METAL NEWS!!!! That Tony lommi passed away *))) PRAYERS for OZZY & his Black Sabbath family too
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@@ozzyosbourne7695 I don’t know if this is really ozzy but I saw you in Nashville like 2 weeks before Randy’s tragedy. To this day I tell people about that concert and people don’t believe me. Rip randy & god bless Ozzy
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It's great to hear these stories of heroes from long ago. Happenstance. Iommi is so under rated as was the rest of the band. I still listen to the band to this day. BS is on my regular playlist.
What is Truly Funny to me is that I did not know Ozzy Osbourne, I only knew of Black Sabbath! And had their Albums! But Get this, My Highschool Shop Teacher's Name, was Mr. Osbourne!!! YES MR. OZZY OSBOURNE!!! My Best Friend was laughing and I didn't know why!?!?!?! But Now I know, In 1980 My Shop Teacher, the nicest man I have ever met! Was named Oswald Osbourne at birth!!! Some times we called him Ozzy, but most of the time out of respect we called him Mr, Osbourne!!! :D Highlands High Sac CA.
im not a massive black sabbath fan, but im teaching myself to sing, in part by mimicing ozzy (my voice resonates with his well, makes it fun) tony is the reason i decided i could be stubborn enough to stick with an instrument, so i got a guitar. now i have a bass..50% becuase of Duff, 50% becuase of Geezer!
i always notice tony takes credit for ozzy a lot. to what extent it’s true i’ll imagine 40% but tony will never give ozzy the 60% he deserves meanwhile ozzy talks up tony till the day is done. give me a break.
I like the point made about Ozzy Osbourne merit for one of the greatest frontman in music. Haters might doubt his musical habilities but he knew how to move crowds.
The way Ozzy tells it, Tony was the cool guy at school, and he was the class clown, and neither had anything to do with each other. The only way they hooked up as a band was they all knew Geezer. Ozzy knew Geezer, and Tony and Bill were like you know Geezer, ok he's cool, let's do it. If Ozzy hadn't known Geezer it probably wouldn't have happened since Tony obviously disliked Ozzy from the get go
Back in the pre 80's , record stores were great for checking to see who was into the same music as I was. Not always though. I liked the record store environment, always music being played in the background.
Tony is putting it very mildly here. In an interview decades ago, he said he not just didn't associate with Ozzie but knew him from school and (quote) "Couldn't stand the sight of him." LOL
Black Sabbath are Black Sabbath, there is no-one else, no other musician, artist, vocalist or band to replace these 4 original men who formed the greatest heavy rock band in the world with a blues twist of harmony, echoes of enchantment and real ROCK! You guys who are slagging off any of these Greats need your heads tested, they are the best, they were the Best and they always will be. When I first heard the original album, I was completely blown away and for anyone to highlight any faults in these guys, can we understand to make anything GREAT, we need GREAT characters, these gents were all of their own making and together they gelled like no other. Black Sabbath no1.
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So, do I understand correctly that Bill is the only guy whom Ozzy should always salute about his whole career? And we all know what was the pay back from Ozzy to Bill. That's how much a friendship costs in a show business.
It was definitely Bill who told Ozzy he was fired, he's mentioned it in a few interviews. So far as Bill not rejoining Sabbath on their last album & tours it does seem like it's probably unrelated to Ozzy, as Bill gave the same reason (an unsignable contract) when he dropped out of the reunion with Dio, which Ozzy (& his management) obviously had nothing to do with
Agustin, Ozzy Osbourne would be dead without Sharon. There would've never been a black sabbath reunion without her. And bill Ward shouldn't have been such a fucking pussy, He should've went out there with them and played for the fans, NOT THE MONEY. Fuck William Ward on this one. But....hey, maybe they needed a little controversy to get the album going....it did top the charts in 50 countries. Black sabbaths my favorite band, but you cant forget, THEYVE ALWAYS HAD SOME FAKE BULLSHIT GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND TO ENDORSE THEM IN THE PUBLIC NEWS. dumbasses
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"didn't really associate with him at school" (Scratches head, nervous look hidden by glasses) yeah, That's codeword for He kicked the shit out of ozzy at school. They both don't like talking about eachother during their school days. I wonder how bad of a bully iommi was to him.
Yeah, but I defiantly understand it. They both seem to, since they know they were both just kids. Iommi is a bully, He had to be where he grew up, otherwise he wouldn't have made it this far.
I've been seeing/reading interviews from Tony for 30 years, and he has *never* owned up to how viciously he bullied Oz. And boy, did he ever beat the tar out of him. It says a lot about Ozzy that he still perused being in a band controlled by his old school bully. The guy has balls.
Tommy: "So how much money is this interview paying me?" "Well, damn, now I suppose I'll be bound by law to give Ozzy his 98% as my contract states, which Sharon handed me earlier"...
Tony please comment on my black sabbath cover's that I played I just love playing black sabbath music, and you are a great guitarists. God bless sabbath and God bless you bro.
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all them going together was faith cause they couldnt have sounded better if one was replaced, the Dio era was ok since Dio was an amazing singer already, and if im not wrong ozzy still is a bit unsure if people will like his shows
Ozzy sort of was like Dennis Wilson and Keith Moon. Manic energy, very friendly but impossible to contain. No discipline. So you have to keep this talent captive. Back in that era, it meant throwing punches, flushing pills, forcing a team of teenage chicks out of the room so this little dude could do his job. But Tony also knew that Ozzy had an irreplaceable voice, incredible soul, beautiful composition. So you are basically fighting your right arm to do it’s job. Tough situation. With Elvis, he had no one to keep in check. With Keith, Roger could sort of keep him in check. With Dennis, we’re going to have to fight this bastard every time he goes on a bender. With Ozzy… he was too good and had no understanding of his talent. How do you reign people in? I think Tony probably overdid it, but it was crazy.
I recently re- listened to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" for the first time in a while. It was late at night, I had a good buzz, and my stereo is rather kick-ass. That song gave me the ebgb's so bad! It was awesome in that it scared the sh*t out of me. What a total classic Sabbath song! I defy anyone to tell me that this ranks as one of the best metal vocals of all time?!
@@ckcisapplings Well, he can keep talking. Iommi has created every great riff that every good riff was based on. Blackmore is a virtuoso...different kind of player. Great guitarist, but not a riff lord.
@@sydIRISH evwry metal and rock magazine would disagree with you on Iron man over Smoke. Thats a joke and you know it. And go listen to In Rock and get back to me about them being metal.
God damn, without geezer and ozzy, black sabbath would've been complete shit. Like they were after Dio did an album with them. Complete shit to me after heaven and he'll, last good sabbath album but honestly, nothing fucking beats geezer and ozzy sabbath. First 4 albums are fucking masterpieces.
@@bikersoncall yeah but he only did 1 good album with them. Did is talented but the kind of singer who's career was giving whatever band he was in at the time 1 great album but only 1 great album.
Tony and Ozzie's relationship is like. John Lenon and Paul McCartney. They could not stand each other but they could not stand being away from each other. Unfortunately Paul and John never had a chance to reunite but had John not of gotten killed there would have been a Beatles reunion then they would fight again. Paul McCartney said it best "There is no such thing as a perfect marriage In the Music industry only fighting and arguing".
@@AustinDallasPictures let make one minor correction on what Paul McCartney said "There is no such thing as a perfect marriage In the Music industry only arruging and fighting then it ends in a divorce. The Beatles break up was in fact a messy divorce.
Funny thing is Tony used to bully Ozzy in school , that’s probably why he said never mind when he took one look at Ozzy coming to the door. Funny how life works huh?
@@stevenjackson2967 bully just means you like to fight. Roger Daltrey is another "bully " (self admitted). Ozzy was a wannabe skinhead in his youth. May be why Iommi would smash his face in
@@elinino5275 We all humans go through some of racist phase even if its just a year or two or less. I just hope ozzy is not racist today. But I have a feeling he might be. who knows?