Ozzy went solo and become one of the greatest metal gods of all time meanwhile, Sabbath found their footing once more with Ronnie James Dio and enjoyed success with several lead vocalists from then on. If you’re stoned and I’m stoned and you’re telling me that I’m fired because I’m stoned how can that be? Because I’m slightly more stoned than you are?”īut the turbulent story of the original Black Sabbath had to come to an end for them to rise again. “And firing me for being f***ed up was hypocritical bulls**t. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel betrayed by what happened with Black Sabbath,” he wrote in the book. Drummer Bill Ward and Iommi were also chained with that pleasure Geezer Butler quit 2 years ago. In his autobiography “I Am Ozzy,” the singer explained the brutal punishment of departing the band, which to him was a bit unfair, knowing that it wasn’t only him who was making excuses for getting high and being a raging alcoholic. By firing him, it meant that his confidence plummeted as well. The Prince of Darkness, laughing, spreads his wings and rises once again. when i first met you, didnt realize i cant forget you, for your suprize you introduced me, to my mind and left me wanting, you and your kind i love you, oh you know it my life was empty forever. Sabbath was the one thing that Osbourne was confident enough to be himself, seeing that he’d suffered severe abuse from both his family and friends. What needs to be done has to be done sooner, or else, they have to break themselves up. This affected the dynamic inside the group they couldn’t function well without their singer.

Osbourne was being a total slacker: excessively doing drugs, making up excuses why he can’t do rehearsals and refusing to do what needed to be done. We didn’t want to fire him but we had to if we wanted to continue.” Nothing was happening and it would have meant the end of the band. Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne (Stories Behind the Songs) Hardcover Illustrated, Februby Carol Clerk (Author), Paul Elliott (Author) 51 ratings Hardcover 35. “As much as everyone wanted us to, we just couldn’t do it.

“We just couldn’t continue with Ozzy,” Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath’s guitarist, said in an interview.

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