Ozzy Osbourne vs. Ronnie James Dio

[doswizard]

Taking my Time with this thread, but.........

I never knew Ozzy was cool until I heard Black Sabbath, so.......

Ozzy over Dio as Lead or Front Man for Sabbath!

I like Dio in his own Right!

 

[Vader]

I don't really know what th. e truth is regarding Daisley and Kerslake, but one thing I do know for a fact, they didn't write Randy Rhodes' guitar tracks. One thing that always bothered me about Daisley's claim, that he wrote all the music on Ozzys first two albums,...if he was such a gifted writer, why didn't he go on to write more epic rock songs after he was fired from Ozzy's band? I don't even know what he did after Diary of a Madman, maybe someone can shed some light on this?

No shit. Never said they wrote Randy's parts ...could anthing be more obvious.
Ive never seen Dasily make that claim , BTW. But if he has ...which I doubt....hes lying.
By the way, the claims I've seen that he has made were backed up by a good number of people who worked on those same albums. And Daisly was one of the most in demain session players and session writers on a number of albums after the Ozzy stuff. Mostly stuff I'm not into . More hair "Metal" type stuff .

 

[mac]

Two gods of metal for sure.

But Dio takes the crown.

 

[Nora]

Ozzy is a legend but Dio gets my vote, he is the voice.

 

[doswizard]

Ooh. I'm a fan of both solo artists and it's hard enough that Sabbath is in the middle of it all. This is tough because they are both very strong, intense lead singers; but as to whether or not one could 'replace' the other is highly doubtful. Straight up, it's like asking me if I prefer 'Holy Diver' to 'Diary of a Madman' I'm stuck because I don't think one is better than the other; it just depends on my mood. The choice was simple for a lot of you, but it's not about their personal appeal or mystique for me. David Bowie took the stage with both Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger. Nothing was lost. So I guess this really is a question of personal preference and I love them both!

 

[doswizard]

Sorry Ozzy!

 

[Old School]

Dio. He was 100 times the vocalist.

Technically of course it's Dio but Ozzy made it work on all those classic Sabbath tunes. That's all I'll say.

 

[Riff Raff]

Technically of course it's Dio but Ozzy made it work on all those classic Sabbath tunes. That's all I'll say.

I don't think so. That was down to great musicianship by Butler, Iommi and Ward to me. Ozzy was decent on the albums but the other 3 made it truly work.

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

perhaps Ozzy's deeper tone was a bit more suitable for the Sabs' gloom and doom approach.Kinda like rock's great Grim Reaper...…………...

 

[Old School]

I don't think so. That was down to great musicianship by Butler, Iommi and Ward to me. Ozzy was decent on the albums but the other 3 made it truly work.

What I meant was that Dio was technically the better singer. As great as he sounded as a member of Sabbath I can't imagine all the classic Sabbath songs without Ozzy. Ozzy's vocals fit perfectly