The music world is reacting to the information that Ozzy Osbourne has died. Osbourne’s surviving bandmates in Black Sabbath led the way in which with a simple message: “Ozzy Endlessly.”
Black Sabbath’s different founding members—guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward—every penned their very own tributes to Osbourne as effectively. “The place will I discover you now? Within the reminiscences, our unstated embraces, our missed cellphone calls, no, you’re perpetually in my coronary heart,” Ward shared, whereas Iommi wrote, “It’s simply such heartbreaking information that I can’t actually discover the phrases, there received’t ever be one other like him.” Butler put it most succinctly: “4 youngsters from Aston- who’d have thought, eh?”
“He was a pricey good friend and an enormous trailblazer who secured his place within the pantheon of rock gods – a real legend,” wrote Elton John, who featured on the title track of Osbourne’s Ordinary Man. “He was additionally one of many funniest individuals I’ve ever met. I’ll miss him dearly. To Sharon and the household, I ship my condolences and love.”
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, a collaborator on Osbourne’s last album, Patient Number 9, shared: “Unhappy to listen to Ozzy died right this moment. After I was in highschool I found Sabbath. ‘Warfare Pigs’ was terrifying and mesmerizing on the identical time. It was Ozzy’s voice that took me away to a darkish universe. An ideal escape. Then when The ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ document got here out I used to be immediately a fan. Randy Rhoads was an affect on me to play lead guitar. Fortunately I obtained to play on the track ‘Immortal’ on the final document. Thanks for the music, Ozzy it makes our journey in life higher.”
Additional notes have been shared by Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav, Metallica, Nirvana, John Maus, Yungblud, Rage Towards the Machine’s Tom Morello, the Roots’ Questlove, Inexperienced Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Disturbed’s David Draiman, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, Zane Lowe, T-Pain, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sean Ono Lennon, Julian Lennon, Pantera, Sammy Hagar, and Jack White.
