Aside from making songs with Post Malone and working on a new solo record, Ozzy Osbourne has also found the time to shit-talk his former Black Sabbath bandmates.
It’s been a rough year for Osbourne, who’s had three major operations this year and labelled 2019 as “one of the most fucked years of my life.”
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Luckily for Ozzy, he’s had the support of most of his friends, noting that Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was touching base with him “every day” when things were rough.
It seems that Bassist Geezer Butler and former drummer Bill Ward haven’t been able to return the favour.
In a recent interview with The Sun, Ozzy claimed he’d yet to hear from the two men, noting that “I’ve not heard a thing from Geezer Butler or Bill Ward though, which is OK because you don’t have to call.
“But if it was any of them I’d be on the phone all the time.”
Bill Ward went his own way after the Black Sabbath reunion in 2011, citing financial reasons.
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The band would go on to record a final album, 13, and do one last tour without him.
With Butler, however, the two have a creative relationship spanning almost 50 years, making the news both confusing and sad.
Osbourne in hospital earlier this year. Image courtesy of The Sun
“Tony has called daily to ask how I’m feeling. That means so much when you can’t fucking move”, revealed Osbourne, adding that Korn frontman Johnathan Davis had also been in touch.
“You would be surprised, when you are feeling miserable you find out who is a friend and who doesn’t give a shit.
“I overdosed on drugs many times so I am lucky to be here anyway. I’ve had so many brushes with death that I’m the Comeback Kid. If I was a cat I’d have 33 lives.”
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