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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Prince of Darkness has died. The legendary Ozzy Osbourne
passed away yesterday at the age of seventy six. Known
for being the front man for Black Sabbath, then later
in his solo work, and then even later in his
reality TV work, Osbourne has left.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Quite a legacy. Joining us now in the kay Common
Spirit Health Studio is a colleague in a renowned metal writer,
Chad Bauer.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I wouldn't say renowned, you'd say what mediocre?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Mediocre, But you write extensively in the space you have
for decades decades, and you obviously you know about Ozzie.
You've written about Ozzie. What was your first reaction when
you realized he passed.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
It's you know, he's had a major health issues for years,
so it wasn't a surprise, but it's always a shock,
and it was just the outpouring from the music industry
specifically was just overwhelming, probably the biggest in the metal world,
probably the It was even bigger than when Lemmy from
Motorhead died. That was a huge reaction, but he transcended metal.
(00:56):
I mean everybody, people that didn't listen to metal music
said the name Ozzy Osbourne they at least have heard
the name.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
And I know a lot of people were pretty shocked
to hear of this because it just came weeks after
that Farewell concert that took place in England, which was
a huge deal but also very bittersweet. People were looking
at his condition there he sat the entire time, obviously,
and I know someone who was actually at when he
was there doing the warm up and before the show,
and they were saying it it took a lot out
(01:25):
of him just to even be on that stage to
begin with.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
It certainly did so, and I think what seventeen days
after that show was when he passed away. But it
is great that he got the chance to do that,
to say goodbye to the fans on his own terms,
to play his solo material and to play a few
songs as well with Black Sabbath and anybody that plays
(01:48):
heavy music, they owe a debt to Ozzy Osbourne and
Black Sabbath because they pioneered the genre heavy metal. Yeah,
a lot of the groups like led Zeppelin and others,
but Sabbath are thought to be the original heavy metal band.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
By It's really funny because I know people always call
him the godfather of heavy metal too, but he said
he prefers the prince of darkness. He doesn't want to
be called the godfather of heavy metal. But you say
he's obviously a big pioneer when it comes to heavy metals.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, just from a musical standpoint, that legacy is unbelievable.
Then you put on that his his he's so iconic
as a personality from all the you know, the debauchery
and things, you know, biting the head off a bird
in the eighties and urinating on the Alamo, and he was,
you know, this larger than life heavy metal figures, so
(02:36):
that he became iconic in that way as well as
a personality in over and above. And he was unbelievably
successful as a solo artist. He had nine platinum solo albums,
and he even he was still going. His last solo
album was Patient number nine in twenty twenty two, which
had a number one rock song that is that is
(02:57):
a title track in the I mean for decades and decades,
and he had been working on new music. So I'm
guessing that there will be some sort of posthumous release,
whether it be an EP. I don't know how much
material there was, but I'm guessing we'll probably get some
stuff that he had been working on recently as well.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I know you're not a doctor, you don't play one
on the radio, but I'm sure the Parkinson's diagnosis, and
I remember watching the reality show a lot of the
shakiness going on even way back then before then, and
then when it realized he had that, then that made
a lot more sense. You talk about his legacy, I mean,
it's he was famously fired from Black Sabbath because you know,
he had what substance in major substance issues at that time.
(03:33):
But the fact is, you point out, I don't want
to see you reinvented himself, but stepped away and said
I'm gonna do my own solo thing. And you could
argue that Ozzie as a solo artist became bigger than
Black Sabbath obviously.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Oh you don't have to argue that's the numbers are.
It's not even close. Ozzy had new Black Sabbath never
had a radio hit on mainstream radio. Iron Man peaked
at number fifty two. Ozzy had a ton of mainstream
top forty songs along with you know, all kinds of
rock songs and the other thing too, that we talk
about the reality show that he helped, you know, usher in
(04:05):
the reality TV era and his musical legacy. One thing
that you can't forget is oz Fest because you know,
in Europe they've had you know, successful music festivals for
decades and decades, but until Ozfest, they had kind of
a trouble getting a foothold in the US. And you know,
from the I think the nineties until like two thousand
and five, that thing lasted and that helped pave the
(04:27):
way because now there's all kinds of US festivals that
they're you know, the traveling festivals right that there weren't
before that. So that's another thing. And most of that
was Sharon, Yeah, that was you know, she founded that,
but you know, Ozzy's name is on that and that.
So that was another huge influence that he's had in
popular culture.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And boy, their relationship was unmatched too. You look at
that video I revic came back to light of Sharon
pouring a drink on someone who said something rude about
Ozzie and stuff. They were just really tied together for
so long. Was it was a very special relationship that
they had. But Jed also rock and roll Hall of
fame for both Lack Sabbath and Ozzy, and he.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Just got in solo twenty twenty four. It was way
long overdue. So yeah, he's one of the few that
were in both a band and as a solo artist.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Well deserved. You mentioned the crossover appeal. We had it
in the news, Mumford and sons. You were at the
show last night, Gina. They came to the stage playing
paranoid Lady Gaga played crazy trained to enter her show.
Was it last night? So all these artists from all
these genres, if they haven't heard it, like you know,
appreciate his music even if it's not what they perform,
it's not their genre.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
If you've ever been to any sporting event ever, you've
heard an Ozzie song, absolutely yeah, they played. They played constantly,
you know, a crazy train and all those.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
What do you think he's going to be most remembered for.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
One thing, Boy, Probably for music fans, it's going to
be the music. For the average person's probably just his
iconicness and the reality TV show and just the personality
than he was. Yeah, but yeap, certainly a legend and
we'll definitely be missed.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Chad Bauer, thank you for coming in with us and
sharing your expertise and knowledge of Ozzie my pleasure. We
appreciate it.
The Prince of Darkness has died. The legendary Ozzy Osbourne
passed away yesterday at the age of seventy six. Known
for being the front man for Black Sabbath, then later
in his solo work, and then even later in his
reality TV work, Osbourne has left.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Quite a legacy. Joining us now in the kay Common
Spirit Health Studio is a colleague in a renowned metal writer,
Chad Bauer.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I wouldn't say renowned, you'd say what mediocre?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Mediocre, But you write extensively in the space you have
for decades decades, and you obviously you know about Ozzie.
You've written about Ozzie. What was your first reaction when
you realized he passed.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
It's you know, he's had a major health issues for years,
so it wasn't a surprise, but it's always a shock,
and it was just the outpouring from the music industry
specifically was just overwhelming, probably the biggest in the metal world,
probably the It was even bigger than when Lemmy from
Motorhead died. That was a huge reaction, but he transcended metal.
(00:56):
I mean everybody, people that didn't listen to metal music
said the name Ozzy Osbourne they at least have heard
the name.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
And I know a lot of people were pretty shocked
to hear of this because it just came weeks after
that Farewell concert that took place in England, which was
a huge deal but also very bittersweet. People were looking
at his condition there he sat the entire time, obviously,
and I know someone who was actually at when he
was there doing the warm up and before the show,
and they were saying it it took a lot out
(01:25):
of him just to even be on that stage to
begin with.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
It certainly did so, and I think what seventeen days
after that show was when he passed away. But it
is great that he got the chance to do that,
to say goodbye to the fans on his own terms,
to play his solo material and to play a few
songs as well with Black Sabbath and anybody that plays
(01:48):
heavy music, they owe a debt to Ozzy Osbourne and
Black Sabbath because they pioneered the genre heavy metal. Yeah,
a lot of the groups like led Zeppelin and others,
but Sabbath are thought to be the original heavy metal band.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
By It's really funny because I know people always call
him the godfather of heavy metal too, but he said
he prefers the prince of darkness. He doesn't want to
be called the godfather of heavy metal. But you say
he's obviously a big pioneer when it comes to heavy metals.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, just from a musical standpoint, that legacy is unbelievable.
Then you put on that his his he's so iconic
as a personality from all the you know, the debauchery
and things, you know, biting the head off a bird
in the eighties and urinating on the Alamo, and he was,
you know, this larger than life heavy metal figures, so
(02:36):
that he became iconic in that way as well as
a personality in over and above. And he was unbelievably
successful as a solo artist. He had nine platinum solo albums,
and he even he was still going. His last solo
album was Patient number nine in twenty twenty two, which
had a number one rock song that is that is
(02:57):
a title track in the I mean for decades and decades,
and he had been working on new music. So I'm
guessing that there will be some sort of posthumous release,
whether it be an EP. I don't know how much
material there was, but I'm guessing we'll probably get some
stuff that he had been working on recently as well.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I know you're not a doctor, you don't play one
on the radio, but I'm sure the Parkinson's diagnosis, and
I remember watching the reality show a lot of the
shakiness going on even way back then before then, and
then when it realized he had that, then that made
a lot more sense. You talk about his legacy, I mean,
it's he was famously fired from Black Sabbath because you know,
he had what substance in major substance issues at that time.
(03:33):
But the fact is, you point out, I don't want
to see you reinvented himself, but stepped away and said
I'm gonna do my own solo thing. And you could
argue that Ozzie as a solo artist became bigger than
Black Sabbath obviously.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Oh you don't have to argue that's the numbers are.
It's not even close. Ozzy had new Black Sabbath never
had a radio hit on mainstream radio. Iron Man peaked
at number fifty two. Ozzy had a ton of mainstream
top forty songs along with you know, all kinds of
rock songs and the other thing too, that we talk
about the reality show that he helped, you know, usher in
(04:05):
the reality TV era and his musical legacy. One thing
that you can't forget is oz Fest because you know,
in Europe they've had you know, successful music festivals for
decades and decades, but until Ozfest, they had kind of
a trouble getting a foothold in the US. And you know,
from the I think the nineties until like two thousand
and five, that thing lasted and that helped pave the
(04:27):
way because now there's all kinds of US festivals that
they're you know, the traveling festivals right that there weren't
before that. So that's another thing. And most of that
was Sharon, Yeah, that was you know, she founded that,
but you know, Ozzy's name is on that and that.
So that was another huge influence that he's had in
popular culture.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And boy, their relationship was unmatched too. You look at
that video I revic came back to light of Sharon
pouring a drink on someone who said something rude about
Ozzie and stuff. They were just really tied together for
so long. Was it was a very special relationship that
they had. But Jed also rock and roll Hall of
fame for both Lack Sabbath and Ozzy, and he.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Just got in solo twenty twenty four. It was way
long overdue. So yeah, he's one of the few that
were in both a band and as a solo artist.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Well deserved. You mentioned the crossover appeal. We had it
in the news, Mumford and sons. You were at the
show last night, Gina. They came to the stage playing
paranoid Lady Gaga played crazy trained to enter her show.
Was it last night? So all these artists from all
these genres, if they haven't heard it, like you know,
appreciate his music even if it's not what they perform,
it's not their genre.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
If you've ever been to any sporting event ever, you've
heard an Ozzie song, absolutely yeah, they played. They played constantly,
you know, a crazy train and all those.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
What do you think he's going to be most remembered for.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
One thing, Boy, Probably for music fans, it's going to
be the music. For the average person's probably just his
iconicness and the reality TV show and just the personality
than he was. Yeah, but yeap, certainly a legend and
we'll definitely be missed.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Chad Bauer, thank you for coming in with us and
sharing your expertise and knowledge of Ozzie my pleasure. We
appreciate it.
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