Veteran musician Bob Daisley, who performed on and wrote/co-wrote the lyrics/music for — a good portion of Ozzy’s early solo catalog, was asked about the fact that he didn’t get a mention during Osbourne’s induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction last month.
In a new interview with Tone-Talk, he said:
“Well, to be honest with you, I didn’t expect to be mentioned, only because of the dirty water that’s gone under the bridge between us. And how [former Ozzy drummer] Lee [Kerslake] and I have been taken out of photographs, been taken out of films, had credits removed, had photographs removed, all that stuff. So, it was no surprise to me that I didn’t get mentioned. But somebody used a good analogy about my situation with that, and that was in comparison with Elton John and Bernie Taupin, that all those songs were written, lyrically, by Bernie Taupin and Elton John wrote the music. And it was a similar situation with [me and Ozzy] — I wrote all the lyrics for those albums and songs.”
When asked what he thought of Ozzy’s speech at the Rock Hall, Bob said: “He looked unwell. He looked unhappy. And I don’t get off on seeing people, regardless of who they are or what they’ve done, looking unwell or looking unhappy or whatever. He probably just went through the motions. But it’s kind of what I expected. I didn’t expect to be mentioned or anything. Regardless of how important my role was or what I created or helped to create or whatever, I really didn’t expect to even get a mention… I mean, it would have been nice.”
The 74-year-old Daisley, who has sued the Osbournes several times over unpaid royalties, added:
“Amanda Peters is a female guitarist in Los Angeles that I will be working with next year. And she’s a lovely person, very supportive and all of that. But she started up a petition saying that I should be inducted with Ozzy — if he’s going in, then I should be, because [late Ozzy guitarist] Randy’s [Rhoads] already in there. Then Ozzy was being inducted, and all the stuff that we did together. If anybody should be in there, Lee and I should be in there as well. And a lot of people did sign the petition, but it didn’t get anywhere or do anything. It was a nice gesture on her part and all the people that that signed it. I felt nice. It was nice to see supportive people thinking that way.”
