July 23, 2025 • 4 mins
More tributes for heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne, who's died aged 76.
Band-mates of Black Sabbath's lead singer say they've lost a brother.
Musos from Pearl Jam, Metallica and Aerosmith are calling Osbourne a hero, and an inspiration for generations.
US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Osbourne helped bring metal music into the mainstream - at least, in the US.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dan Mitchenson US correspondence with US. Hello Dan, Hello Heather,
long time, no chet. Should we start with Ozzie Osborne?
Did you ever see him in concert?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh? Gosh, yeah, I don't know. No, No, Ozzie was
a little a little hard was there not just a.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Straight usual no answer.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We're trying to remember, Okay, No, No, I have never
seen him perform. It doesn't mean that I wasn't intrigued
by him. I mean, and and I'll tell you why.
I think because he was so real. And that's what
everybody I've been talking to here in the States have
said about this. I mean, he was very open about
his drug issues and his family issues, and you know,
(00:40):
the ups and downs with his relationship with his wife
Sharon in later years. And we like that kind of stuff.
We like that transparency here in the US too, And
like most of the musicians have been saying here in
the US, if it wasn't for you know, Osborne, we
probably never would have been introduced to have you met,
or at least it would have become I guess, so
widespread to the masses over here.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, he was certainly, I mean, and he's been credited
with kind of making it mainstream.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Right, Yeah, he has. And if you'll listen to some
of the musicians and the fans over here that talk
about him and why they loved him, a lot said
it was because he made it kind of more available
to the everyman. And you know, it was his unique
voice and he kind of had this specific vibe I
think about the music, and he had chrisma and let's
face it, he had a cool factor going for him too.
(01:24):
And I think he enjoyed the theater right that he
brought to the music and we saw him enjoying it,
so he enjoyed it on stage, so we enjoyed it
in the crowd. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Well, I mean when you think about it, every single
mega star out there, apart from Edge here and actually
does have a lot of theater around them. Right, So
it goes to the territory. Yes, Now, okay, is subpoena serious
about wanting to subpoena Gilain Maxwell?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah? I think so. I mean, this is the GOP
House Oversight Committee and they want a subpoena her. And
she of course was or is a British socialite who
was found guilty as serving you know, a twenty year
sentence for convicted of sex trafficking and conspiracy. So the
idea is to subpoena her to see what kind of
information she may have. And the House Speaker, Mike Johnson
(02:08):
made this announcement, said he was going to shut down
operations in the chamber. He was going to let everybody
go on recess though early before there's summer recess, to
try and stop this from happening. But you know, there's
a lot of other Republican you know, conservative hardliners I
guess that are saying, well, wait a minute. You know,
this is about thirteen and fourteen and fifteen year old
girls being abuse, So this is this is beyond politics.
(02:30):
And you know, nearly eighty percent of the American public
say they want some sort of transparency on this. So
I don't think this is going to This is not
going to go away.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Has this started to hurt Trump's approval ratings?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Not yet. This is something that the Trump wanted to
kind of get out of the news cycle about a
week ago, and then all of a sudden, when he
saw that the tide was kind of turning and Republicans,
not just Democrats, but Republicans were starting to say, well,
wait a minute, we need to know a little bit
more about this. We need a little bit more transparency.
He was the one that said, well, okay, I'm going
(03:03):
to have you know, my people be as transparent. He
didn't say he was, but he had his people be
as transparent as they possibly could in getting all these
files and information out.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Okay. Interesting. So Putin doesn't want to deal with Trump,
does he?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
No? And you know, I was thinking about this earlier, Heather.
You know, we go back to the relationship and we've
talked about this before that Trump had with Elon Musk
and we said this wasn't going to last. And I
don't think anybody could have seriously thought the same thing
with with Vladimir Putin was going to go his way.
I mean, Russia is souring on the relationship they've got
with Trump. He's given them this time to wrap up
the war with the Ukraine or threatening sanctions, and he's
(03:39):
announced a deal to armed Ukraine, and Putin is always
going to prioritize war. And I think he's pretty confident
Russia has sort of got the upper hand on this,
and he's gone out of his way, you know, for months,
to flatter Trump, but he hasn't commented on the threats,
and I think Trump is really getting frustrated and aggravated
that he's reached out to putin you know, four or five,
six times with phone calls and nothing's happened, and he's
(04:01):
not getting any kind of response, and he's not used
to that.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Well, I should have expected it. Everybody warned him. Hey,
thank you very much, Dan appreciated. It's Dan Mitchinson, now
US correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive, listen
live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Dan Mitchenson US correspondence with US. Hello Dan, Hello Heather,
long time, no chet. Should we start with Ozzie Osborne?
Did you ever see him in concert?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh? Gosh, yeah, I don't know. No, No, Ozzie was
a little a little hard was there not just a.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Straight usual no answer.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We're trying to remember, Okay, No, No, I have never
seen him perform. It doesn't mean that I wasn't intrigued
by him. I mean, and and I'll tell you why.
I think because he was so real. And that's what
everybody I've been talking to here in the States have
said about this. I mean, he was very open about
his drug issues and his family issues, and you know,
(00:40):
the ups and downs with his relationship with his wife
Sharon in later years. And we like that kind of stuff.
We like that transparency here in the US too, And
like most of the musicians have been saying here in
the US, if it wasn't for you know, Osborne, we
probably never would have been introduced to have you met,
or at least it would have become I guess, so
widespread to the masses over here.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, he was certainly, I mean, and he's been credited
with kind of making it mainstream.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Right, Yeah, he has. And if you'll listen to some
of the musicians and the fans over here that talk
about him and why they loved him, a lot said
it was because he made it kind of more available
to the everyman. And you know, it was his unique
voice and he kind of had this specific vibe I
think about the music, and he had chrisma and let's
face it, he had a cool factor going for him too.
(01:24):
And I think he enjoyed the theater right that he
brought to the music and we saw him enjoying it,
so he enjoyed it on stage, so we enjoyed it
in the crowd. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Well, I mean when you think about it, every single
mega star out there, apart from Edge here and actually
does have a lot of theater around them. Right, So
it goes to the territory. Yes, Now, okay, is subpoena serious
about wanting to subpoena Gilain Maxwell?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah? I think so. I mean, this is the GOP
House Oversight Committee and they want a subpoena her. And
she of course was or is a British socialite who
was found guilty as serving you know, a twenty year
sentence for convicted of sex trafficking and conspiracy. So the
idea is to subpoena her to see what kind of
information she may have. And the House Speaker, Mike Johnson
(02:08):
made this announcement, said he was going to shut down
operations in the chamber. He was going to let everybody
go on recess though early before there's summer recess, to
try and stop this from happening. But you know, there's
a lot of other Republican you know, conservative hardliners I
guess that are saying, well, wait a minute. You know,
this is about thirteen and fourteen and fifteen year old
girls being abuse, So this is this is beyond politics.
(02:30):
And you know, nearly eighty percent of the American public
say they want some sort of transparency on this. So
I don't think this is going to This is not
going to go away.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Has this started to hurt Trump's approval ratings?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Not yet. This is something that the Trump wanted to
kind of get out of the news cycle about a
week ago, and then all of a sudden, when he
saw that the tide was kind of turning and Republicans,
not just Democrats, but Republicans were starting to say, well,
wait a minute, we need to know a little bit
more about this. We need a little bit more transparency.
He was the one that said, well, okay, I'm going
(03:03):
to have you know, my people be as transparent. He
didn't say he was, but he had his people be
as transparent as they possibly could in getting all these
files and information out.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Okay. Interesting. So Putin doesn't want to deal with Trump,
does he?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
No? And you know, I was thinking about this earlier, Heather.
You know, we go back to the relationship and we've
talked about this before that Trump had with Elon Musk
and we said this wasn't going to last. And I
don't think anybody could have seriously thought the same thing
with with Vladimir Putin was going to go his way.
I mean, Russia is souring on the relationship they've got
with Trump. He's given them this time to wrap up
the war with the Ukraine or threatening sanctions, and he's
(03:39):
announced a deal to armed Ukraine, and Putin is always
going to prioritize war. And I think he's pretty confident
Russia has sort of got the upper hand on this,
and he's gone out of his way, you know, for months,
to flatter Trump, but he hasn't commented on the threats,
and I think Trump is really getting frustrated and aggravated
that he's reached out to putin you know, four or five,
six times with phone calls and nothing's happened, and he's
(04:01):
not getting any kind of response, and he's not used
to that.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Well, I should have expected it. Everybody warned him. Hey,
thank you very much, Dan appreciated. It's Dan Mitchinson, now
US correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive, listen
live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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