OZZY ISN'T RETIRING

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is Not Retiring: 'It's Called The 'No More Tours' Tour. It Doesn't Say 'No More Tours Ever.'' ozzyosbourne2017pressconfbetter_638.jpg
Despite the fact that he recently embarked on his farewell tour — dubbed "No More Tours 2"Ozzy Osbourne continues to insist that he is not calling it quits.

"What I'm stopping is doing what I'm doing now, going around the world all the time," Osbourne told Philadelphia's The Inquirer. "I wish people would understand I'm not retiring. Is it my bad English accent? It's called the 'No More Tours' tour. It doesn't say 'No more tours ever.'"

Osbourne, who spent the last few years touring with BLACK SABBATH before the legendary heavy metal act retired from the road, said that he "didn't have a great time" on his final run with the band. "I spent nine or 10 years in SABBATH, but I'd been away from them for over 30 years," he explained. "With them, I'm just a singer. With me, I get to do what I want to do. I was getting bad vibes from them for being Ozzy. I don't know — what the **** else can I be?"

Ozzy previously told Rolling Stone magazine that he wanted to "slow it down a little" and be there for his family. "I enjoy being a grandfather," he said. "I don't want to go through another generation of Osbournes without seeing them grow up."



"No More Tours 2" is a reference to Ozzy's 1992 "No More Tours" trek, which marked the first time the singer announced the end of his days as a touring artist. The tour name was a pun based on the title of his then-most recent solo album, "No More Tears". Ozzy returned to action three years later and has been on the road ever since.

Last year, Ozzy reunited with guitarist Zakk Wylde, who played on studio albums such as "No Rest For The Wicked", "No More Tears" and "Ozzmosis" and who has toured on and off with Ozzy for nearly thirty years.ozzyosbournestonesourtourposterfall2018.jpg
 

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I can't wait until he gets a residency at a place in Branson, MO.
 

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Is he trying to be even Scarier?

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I have to be honest, in a number of live videos that I've seen over the past few years, I question whether or not he's even singing half of the songs. Not because it sounds bad, but because he seems like he's hiding behind the microphone. When he looks like he's deepthroating the mic, I think it's cover for someone backstage / offstage that is doing the singing.

But I could be wrong. -shrug-
 

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Now....

I know this is 'Shocking', but it completely changed my attitude about Ozzy Osbourne. I picked it up from Wikipedia concerning the 'Speak of the Devil' incident and I had no idea that Ozzy was so mean!!!!!

"In early February 1982, a decision was made by Osbourne’s management and record label to record a live album consisting entirely of songs he had recorded in the 1970s with Black Sabbath. Several factors led to this decision. Sabbath’s publishing deal with their previous management had recently expired; by re-recording these songs all the songwriters (including Osbourne) would benefit from the publishing royalties. Additionally, Jet Records had cut a distribution deal with CBS Records which saw the small label stand to make a sizeable profit.

Business decisions aside, Sabbath was readying its own live album release and Osbourne wanted his album in stores first.[5] "We were both going through our own miseries," recalled Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. "We couldn't afford not to releaseLive Evil and Ozzy was forced into making Speak of the Devil."[6]

The plan to record an album of Sabbath covers was not met with enthusiasm by Osbourne's band. Guitarist Randy Rhoads and drummer Tommy Aldridge refused to participate, feeling that they had established themselves as recording artists and such an album would be a step backwards professionally. They shared their feelings with bassist Rudy Sarzo; though Sarzo wasn't completely comfortable refusing to participate, he chose to stand with his bandmates and the trio informed manager Sharon Arden of their decision.

Though Sharon took the news reasonably well, Osbourne was furious. He responded by going on what Sarzo described as "the worst drinking binges I had ever witnessed" and his relationship with Rhoads never fully recovered. It was during this tumultuous period that Osbourne was infamously arrested for drunkenly urinating on the Alamo. Several hours before the Alamo incident, he drunkenly fired the entire band (including Rhoads), though later had no memory of doing so. Osbourne frequently confronted Rhoads on the tour bus and taunted him with claims that the likes of Frank Zappa and Gary Moorewere willing to replace him. Osbourne's unstable and confrontational behavior soon convinced Rhoads to leave the band. He grudgingly agreed to perform on the live album but would depart after fulfilling his contractual obligations to Jet Records, which consisted of one more studio album and subsequent tour.[5]

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The original plan was to record the album at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens with Rhoads. The show, complete with half-naked girls on the stage in what manager Sharon anticipated would be "the greatest rock spectacle ever", would also be videotaped and released for the burgeoning home video market.[5] These plans all crumbled upon Rhoads' sudden death weeks later.

The album sleeve states that it was recorded at The Ritz in New York on 26 and 27 September 1982, during the Speak of the Devil Tour, however all tracks with the exception of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" were taken from the 27 September concert as verified against the soundboard recordings of both performances which exist as bootleg recordings.[7] "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" was not played at either of the Ritz concerts.[8][9]

Album producer Max Norman stated in 2007 that due to a limited budget, he had Osbourne perform an entire show in the afternoon (of which day he wasn't clear) with no audience. That performance was recorded in the event that the actual live performance that night was not of suitable quality for release. "At least we've got a choice and we'll have more material to draw from", he said. According to Norman, the finished album features three songs from that performance with crowd noise later added in post-production. Though Norman did not specifically identify which tracks he was referring to, he said "If you got nothing to do for a couple of days you could just lie there and listen to them in the headphones and figure out which songs had the real audience and which ones didn't."[10][11]

This is the only official Osbourne recording to feature Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis, who had temporarily stepped in for the recently deceased Randy Rhoads following Bernie Tormé's brief stint in the band. Gillis did tour with Osbourne during this time period, and the group also played material from Osbourne's first two solo albums during this tour.

A double album, Speak of the Devil represents the fulfillment of a contractual obligation, as Osbourne owed Jet Records two more records.[10] Osbourne has publicly renounced the album, stating that it was only released to satisfy his contractual obligation.[12] At the time, a live album featuring guitarist Randy Rhoads was being prepared, but it was scrapped indefinitely upon Rhoads's sudden death in a March 1982 plane crash. Speak of the Devil was hastily recorded and released in its place. The planned live album featuring Rhoads' work would eventually be released five years later in 1987, entitled Tribute.

Though they had been full-time members of Osbourne's band for some time, this is Osbourne's first album to feature bassistRudy Sarzo (who left to rejoin Quiet Riot less than a month later) and drummer Tommy Aldridge. The duo had been credited on the 1981 Diary of a Madman album but did not actually play on it. Guitarist Gillis would also soon depart to rejoin Night Ranger. Bob Daisley, who had performed as bassist on both of Osbourne's previous studio albums, would return in that role, while Jake E. Lee would replace Gillis on Osbourne's next studio album, 1983's Bark at the Moon.

Speak of the Devil's gatefold includes multiple photos of a member of Osbourne's road crew (who took part in the stage show by bringing the vocalist drinks between songs) who suffered from dwarfism and who the vocalist nicknamed "Ronnie",[13][14] a joke aimed at Ronnie James Dio. Dio had replaced Osbourne as Black Sabbath's lead vocalist and stood only 5' 4" tall.[15]

Speak of the Devil was released one month before Osbourne's former band, Black Sabbath, released their own live album entitled Live Evil, a situation which contributed to a growing rivalry between the two camps. In the US, sales of Speak of the Devil were much better than those of Live Evil, while in the UK it was Live Evil which attained the higher chart-placing: figures on ultimate sales are not widely available.

The original CD release of Speak of the Devil omitted the song "Sweet Leaf", presumably due to time constraints. It was, however, reinstated for the 1995 reissue of the album."

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In fact, if it weren't for Ozzy, Randy might have been allowed to live on.

It's just so upsetting that someone like Ozzy could be allowed to destroy the lives of other musicians and take so much credit for himself. I respect the man, but; he could have respected us a whole lot more.




 
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I have to be honest, in a number of live videos that I've seen over the past few years, I question whether or not he's even singing half of the songs. Not because it sounds bad, but because he seems like he's hiding behind the microphone. When he looks like he's deepthroating the mic, I think it's cover for someone backstage / offstage that is doing the singing.

But I could be wrong. -shrug-

You're like minded. I haven't enjoyed any of his solo material since 'No More Tears'; except maybe a track or two here and there. He seems like a has been making money off of the success of other musicians, but that's life! :DK
 

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