In a new interview with Shaggy the 94.9 And 104.5 The selection Radio station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, CINDERELLA Front man Tom Keifer spoke about the recent death of legendary Black Sabbath Singer Ozzy Osbourne. He said (like transcribed by Blabbermouth.net): “Man, I loved SABBATH grow up. And for me he was the king of heavy music. I don't use the word 'metal' because – I don't know – he did so much more. But he was really the innovator for me, starting with Black Sabbath And then with the solo stuff only the heavy, heavy, hard, dark stone. His texts were just incredible. Obviously he was only – everyone loved Ozzy.
“I spent a lot of time with it [Ozzy] To [CINDERELLA‘s] Travel to Moscow [Russia] for the Moscow Music Friedensfestival [in 1989]. This is probably the most I was nearby, and he was just a great guy and just so funny. He let everyone laugh all the time. So it is a big loss – really big loss. “
Asked if he had a “crazy Ozzy Osbourne History “to share, Tom said: “Yes, I try to think. I think one of the funniest moments was, we did a press conference when we arrived there, and he was asked:” What is the difference between America and Russia? “And remember that this is back in the 80s, so domino's pizza [had] the whole [marketing campaign where they promised a pizza delivery in] '30 minutes or the free 'the pizza'. He only said something like in America, if we didn't get our pizza in 30 minutes, we are angry and we want it for free. 'And he said, “You are still waiting for your pizza here.” And only the whole room just broke it. [Laughs] I think everyone who was at this press conference will remember that moment because he only had one way over him. He was just funny. “
After Shaggy noticed that Ozzy It still sounded great with its final performance, which took place a little more than two weeks before his death. Tom agree. “I saw clips from it. It's really great,” he said. “And yes, I love this track that he recently published. “Götter from Rock N Roll” [Ozzy‘s collaborative song with Billy Morrison] is incredible. His voice is almost never before. And actually funny fact – Fred CouryThe drummer of CINDERELLAachieved the strings on this track and was involved in this track … yes, it is a beautiful track, man. I really love it. His voice still sounded so amazing. “
Ozzy On the morning of July 22nd, his family died in an explanation.
“It is with more sadness than just convey that we have to report that our lover Ozzy Osbourne died this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our privacy of our families privacy at this point, “said the family.
There was no cause of death, but Osbourne Had fought for a number of health problems in recent years, including Parkinson's disease and injuries that he had suffered from a night defender in 2019.
OzzyDeath came a little more than two weeks after looking at the stage for his final performance Black Sabbath In Villa Park in the original hometown of the band in Birmingham, Great Britain. They played four songs for more than 40,000 people in the stadium and 5.8 million more on a live stream. Ozzy Also played a five-song solo set while sitting in a throne with a bat.
Formed in Birmingham in 1968, Black Sabbath is widely recognized as one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, with a career of decades and over 75 million albums being sold worldwide. Its influence on the genre remains just as important today as in the early 1970s, with their music shape generations of Metal musicians.
Ozzy's Family Reality TV show “The Osbournes” won a 2002 Primetime Emmy.
In 2006, Osbourne and the other members of the original Black Sabbath were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ozzy was also included in the Rock hall As a solo artist in 2024.
Osbourne won several Grammysincluding one in 1993 for his solo song “I don't want to change the world”.
Ozzy and his wife and managers Share started her annual tour – Ozzle -in 1996 after he was rejected from the list of the top touring music festival. Lollapalooza. The first traveling version of Ozzle In 1997 included Marilyn Manson And Pantera as part of the list.
Osbourne leaves his wife, three children from his first marriage (including an adoptive son from the former wife of his first wife) and three Share: JackPresent Kelly And Aimee.