Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde recently revealed that Ozzy demanded his doctor give him black duct tape during a recent hospital stint. Wylde also recently made a gross weight loss revelation.
Zakk told Consequence of Sound, “When I left the boss in the hospital, Ozz was like, ‘Zakk, do me a favor … tell them not to use Elmer’s Glue this time, something stronger — I need either Krazee Glue, Gorilla Glue, something that bonds better than Elmer’s. That’s not gonna cut it. And when they wrap the duct tape around me … tell them to use flat black … it goes better with my clothing.’”
“We’ve always kept in touch through the years, and [guitarist Gus G.] was in there killing it … Ever since I joined the band, it’s been a miracle that any work gets done, because all you have to do is hang around Ozz for 5 or 10 minutes, and if you don’t have a pair of Depends on, forget about it … between him taking the piss out of himself or whatever current events are going on around the world, it’s hilarious.”
When we asked if it was possible to just keep Ozzy in a hyperbaric chamber until he needs to go onstage, Wylde responded, “We do that with him now.”
You can watch the full video interview on Consequence of Sound.
Ozzy Osbourne making a surprising offer to Raven frontman John Gallagher backstage in the dressing room area of a show was recently discussed by Gallagher in an interview with Andrew McKaysmith of the Scars And Guitars podcast.
On playing with Ozzy Osbourne on tour in 1980:
“We did shows. It was Ozzy’s first solo tour. He heard our single, ‘Don’t Need Your Money’ on the John Peel [radio] show. John Peel was a DJ who played new music, didn’t matter who it was. He played our single and Ozzy heard it when he was somewhere and went, ‘I want that band.’ We played Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesboro and the Hammersmith Odeon. It was awesome, Randy Rhoads [guitar], Lee Kerslake [drums], Bob Daisley [bass]. Bob’s a genius, genius lyricist, incredible bass player. What a musician. Very influential. Really cool.”
On speaking to Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne backstage:
“We didn’t talk to him a great deal. We talked to him quite a bit at the first show. I really didn’t talk to Ozzy on the last show. Ozzy and [wife/manager] Sharon [Osbourne] had me sat at a table and Sharon said, ‘Ozzy wants a hand in your future.’ My jaw hit the floor. We talked for a minute, then Sharon’s father [record label exec Don Arden] turned up. That was the end of that. [Laughs] You could maybe say we dodged a bullet. [Laughs] We played with Ozzy, a guy on that tour who was just a kid wandering around was Ozzy’s minder. He was on all the TV shows and everything. There’s a connection there with Newcastle. We played a couple of festivals and stuff with him over the years. Black Sabbath is like royalty, you know? There’s always that. Those early Ozzy albums are incredible. Can’t take that away, that’s for sure.”
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