You can't deny Bob, Lee and Don's contributions. These guys are rock and roll legends. Randy's greatness on guitar aside, no way would Ozzy have had the success that he has enjoyed without them.
Don Airey was no slouch. He is a very talented musician, and that's putting it lightly. He composed for orchestras and symphonies. H was discussing concepts with Randy for the third album right before Randy passed. Nothing was recorded it was just conceptual. The third record was going to be HEAVILY influenced by classical. If you thought Diary was classically influenced the third record was going to go further in that direction.
Acredito que o terceiro álbum da Blizzard of OZZ,com o novo line-up Rudy Sarzo e Tommy Aldridge e um direcionamento com o erudito mais evidente seria um sonho,que infelizmente jamais aconteceu!
Ozzy wrote none of the lyrics for Blizzard and Diary. He did contribute vocal melodies. Sharon learned from her father how to screw anyone but herself and Ozzy
I think most real fans of those first two albums have turned on Ozzy and Darth Hideous, and feel for Bob and Jake e Lee on Bark at the Moon. I only recognize those first two albums as Blizzard of Ozz, than Band.
Randy was an A Leaguer. Just his actual peers recognizing him. That’s all. Even Dave Mustaine had nice things to say. “Randy was a creator.” But imo, Randy was greater than all of them. He was on the level of Hendrix, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, etc. The truly great musicians that rise above simple “popular music”. These are the music creators and composers who stand the test of time and create “art music” - literally artworks. So in a way, even Bruce isn’t even on Randy’s level, rather than Randy being recognized by someone above him. And I’m sure many of them know it. This guy was not an ordinary guitarist. He was special.
Old school RnR ... great musicians terrible business men, they were not screwed, from their own words they accepted the money and sold their rights. Proof being the 2nd album they played and the photo on the inner sleeve pictures another band! Incredible what they have accepted....then is too late
From what I understand is that Ozzy was being basically very deceitful and lied to Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Randy Rhoads as well about the whole band name thing. Ozzy has a good voice but all these years since I was a kid I always thought Ozzy wrote all the lyrics and helped out with the music, after all he did play the harmonica on 'the wizard' by Black Sabbath, but boy I sure was wrong about how I thought Ozzy helped with the music and lyrics, I was totally blown away when I heard that Bob Daisley wrote all the Lyrics, and helped Randy Rhoads with all the music with both albums, the title track from the album 'Diary of a madman' Bob wrote about his mental issues back to when he was young, and that is some VERY deep lyrics, Bob Daisley is TRULY an unsung hero when it came to music contributions, Bob Daisley is the most under rated musician ever in heavy metal. Ozzy and Sharon both should have treated Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake with ALOT more appreciation, rather than Ozzy and Sharon screwing them over, AND YES! OZZY, AND SHARON OSBOURNE SCREWED BOB DAISLEY, AND LEE KERSLAKE OVER. Ozzy, and Sharon were so wrong for how they treated almost all of the musicians that were in the band, I don't know how Zakk Wylde did it for all those years, now that's incredible, it's just so sad that people have to be ugly, and selfish towards other people.
Bob Daisley was the genius behind it all. Randy was great (one of my favorite guitarists), but just listen to him with Quiet riot! It was horrible! Daisley knew how to bring out the best in someone like Randy Rhoads.
Mr. X A huge problem with Quiet Riot during their time with Randy was the record label they were under. Randy had great ideas under Quiet Riot, but were suppressed with the label wanting a "Pop Rock" sound. The lyrics weren't the greatest and some songs were quite boring (all the labels fault) Randy still made great material. And yes, with Daisley's help, he was able to flesh out his music. You can hear him helping Randy with Dee in the Tribute live album.
Mr. X Randy was great with Quiet Riot but with B.o.O he was with musicians who were just as good or better than he was so he had to rise to the occasion it made him up his game to be the player we all know and love
First album is pretty much based on QR riffs and is a lot more "rock'n roll" than Diary and later albums. Bob Daisley did exactly the same as Geezer Butler did in Sabbath. He re-wrote Ozzys crappy lyrics. No doubt Ozzy came up with the melody lines. If Ozzy wasn't married to the devil, he would have been just as fucked as the rest of them. It was the eighties. Just get over it....
Quiet Riot with Randy was horrible. Oddly, they were much better without him. Daisley definitely grabbed Randy and whipped him into shape. He had the chops for days but he didn't know the application. He went from good to exponentially better in a span of a year. How do you explain that? Raw talent + Bob + Lee and a bit of Oz vocal melodies (that truly is a talent).
QR with Randy was horrible, but the riffs of songs like No Bone Movies and Steal Away are based on riffs from QR. And those are the type of songs that Daisley, Rhoads and Kerslake "came up with". . Suicide Solution is also based on a riff from QR, but Ozzy suggested to do the first part twice syn-coped. and dropping the following riff. (that ended up as No Bone Movies.) and added his classic dark melody line to it. QR song is called Force of Habit. Check it out! :) Intro also might have influenced Crazy Train.
Always loved Lee Kerslake's drumming in Uriah Heep, so of course loved it with Ozzy as well. However, there wasn't a band that Bob Daisley touched that didn't turn into GOLD. The guy is/was a PHENOMENAL metal bass player. I know because I play bass. He even took it to another level on Eternal Idol with Sabbath (Tony). There's not a doubt that Tony's playing was the best in years on that album, and I have no doubt it was Bob's influence that caused that. Will never forget how Ozzy/Sharon screwed those guys out of their royalties, though. Soured my opinion of Oz permanently.
Bob Daisley is an all time A leaguer, I mean look at the guys he played with from Blackmore to Moore to Rhoads...to Iommi....Eternal Idol is an underappreciated album, of course came in redid the bass and wrote lyrics on that no surprise it is so good.
@SW627 I think Bob gets his writing credits... Its the performance credits that are in dispute which is why Sharon tried and failed to replace Bob and Lee's album parts in 2002.
@@markbro4427 Well..she did replace them with Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillo rerecording the parts..but the backlash she got for it made her put the original parts back on. Either way..they got rich off the backs of Randy, Bob and Lee... and couldn't be more greedy if they tried.
I always knew Ozzy didn't write all those songs. Even before I knew really anything about music, I had these albums when i was 14-15. I already knew Ozzy didn't play guitar. I thought that his name on the song writing credits was just a part of laziness on the record company. Back then, a lot of albums didn't have ANYTHING on the inside sleeves, especially cassettes. Many times there would be misprints and mistakes in the sleeves. I figured Ozzy just wrote most of the lyrics and vocal parts.
It was my great pleasure to catch Mr. Airy on DP's 1972 MAchine Head re-visited tour @ The Beacon Theatre in NYC and at the Cape Cod Melody Tent tour for Bananas. I've been thinking about Randy, and it's been so long since I've gone over the details that Don Airy has gone from stranger to highly able and talented musician.I now have a face and a music persona to attach to Mr. Airy. Isn't it possible that RR saved all their lives by pulling the plane to the left and avoiding the bus head on?
@Vaizorg I would guess it was about 50/50. Bob and Randy were masters at songwriting together. Bob had a lot more experience though. Randy was very young.
Why did Ozzy hire Bob Daisly to write on "EVERY ALBUM" from Blizzard to No More Tears, (maybe even beyond, not sure) and Ozzy/Sharon show their appreciation by re- recording the Bass and Drums on Blizzard and Diary with Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillio, just so they didn't have to pay royalties to Daisly and Kerslake. Why ?
Because Bob is a great songwriter. Ozzy and Darth Hideous are disgraces. Darth Hideous and Ozzy were so pissed off with the lawsuits, they decided to minimize performance royalties they would have them re-recorded. Both blame the other, luckily the fan backlash was huge and swift. Darth Hideous made sure Bob and Lee were not in the band picture on Diary of a Madman to make the case they did not perform on the album and they could hide payments from them. And to show it was Ozzy's band, not a 4 piece band of equal partnership
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I think what I was trying to ask or say (sadly I do not remember posting this) is why would Bob Daisly keep coming back to help OZZY or how could OZZY have the balls to keep asking him back when he went out of his way to screw him and Lee on Diary so badly, but thank you for your knowledge and insight in answering my question much appreciated.
Sharon's daddy Don Arden royally screwed Sabbath and she screwed Blizzard. The rotten apple don't fall far from the tree do it ? And Ozzy's a giant hypocrite for going along with it after it happened to him. Don't think for a second if Randy lived that he wouldn't have gotten screwed too. They love him now that he's dead but if he left Oz when he said he would they wouldn't give 2 shits about him.
Also, let’s never ever forget that the idea that Randy got a fair contract is highly dubious. They ride the Randy wave where the evidence points to the fact that we will never know what Randy’s contract was.
@@operating Very true. Randy's siblings don't even get any of his royalties. Sharon and Ozz have screwed over just about every musician that made his career. They're multi millionaires directly off the backs of Randy, Bob and Lee.
@@operating Thanks man. It's also really shitty that she hasn't released one of the shows that they have with Randy after all these years. They claim to love him so much.. and I don't doubt Ozzy has love for him..but it's just such a dishonor and shitty thing to do to Randy's legacy and memory that she'd sit on the film's for this long. And she absolutely has them! Esp from the Diary tour.
Which is an amazing record. I knew Ray Gillen well around those times. I was a young kid just got my license and would pick him up at train station to bring him to the Rondinelli rehearsals took lessons from Teddy R. And was a fly on the wall for many amazing moments before Ray left last minute for sabbath. Those are all his vocal lines and melodies Martin re sang. It was James Lorenzo on bass from white lion. Dlr. Ace frehley, megadeth bands teddy guitar Bobby drums Ray voice. They would have been HUGE. Find it on Spotify RONDINELLI. I was there for all those rehearsals and recordings. Good times. I remember the day the call came during my lesson..911 Ray has left us for sabbath !
@@j.reveille6815 I like the Ray Gillen demos he did well on that, but Tony realized he could not write the kind of lyrics he wanted so he went to the legend: Bob Daisley
Ozzy's contribution to the first two albums: He hummed a melody that the band wrote completely called Goodbye to Romance. Yes, the great Ozzy. LOL!!!!!!
he did the melody lines on Blizzard of ozz, he would suggest themes or phrases But we all know he did not write the music, Bark at the Moon is laughable on the credits
Ozzy loved Randy like a brother and he did write a lot of his own songs. He's a showman but has a bit of insecurity because of his background and some of the things he did when he was young. You can't fault him for that. He's a phenomenal success, (mostly because of Sahron) but his concerts still sell out and he's very much loved.
Rudy Sarzo's book says that "witnesses" - I don't think it says exactly who, but I may have forgot, say that Randy was seen in the cockpit area as if he was wrestling the controls as best he could. The ex-wife had stepped out and was in the doorway of the bus and the two had some not-so-good relationship things going on AND aycock was high, had been up all night, and was an odd cat they say anyway. So the theory is aycock was aiming for her.
@rokarolla No, it's not possible Randy saved their lives. A simple reading of the facts of the crash prove it - the attitude of the plane (deep bank) would have made it impossible for any passenger to "pull" the controls. This particular model of Bonanza may have had dual controls but Randy was in the back passenger area. Very sad but it was simply a freak accident with a pilot who had no business flying a plane at the time.
Mike, that may be true but that’s not the title he gave it when he wrote it. He has said he didn’t find out it was called SATO until the album was released which was after his firing. Bob’s title was originally Strange Voyage.
Yeah......Ozzys albums have been shit since he stopped working with Bob......Daisley plays HIS songs with Living Loud,if Ozzy owns the songs why cant he stop Daisley using them......simple ,Daisley wrote them.
Daft statement. ALL of his albums were successful and are awesome, but the work with the Blizzard of Ozz band will never be matched. Randy is a genius virtuoso, and I have mad respect for Ozzy helping Randy get the recognition he always deserved.
Did he perform with Ozzy at US Fest? Is that Don Airey? I am desperately trying to find out who is the bassist there..In 1983 US Fest? Or Bob D? So many people around and around at that time
Gravi Corde Yes I finally figured it out. The reason I was confused is because I read Bob was fired in 82, so I didn't think that was him. After researching I found that they took him back to perform/ and or write for them off and on until early 90's. He has an impressive resume. he worked with a lot of really good bands throughout his career (Dio, Sabbath, Rainbow for example)
+Gravi Corde Yes, he did, and Daisley was on bass, Jake E Lee on guitar, Tommy Aldridge on drums. I've seen some footage of the US performance on UA-cam, I remember that Airey was cranked in the mix, too much so.....
I saw Bob Daisley (btw. yes he played US Fest) and Lee Kerslake play with Uriah Heep in December of 1982 opening for Judas Priest. They were both on the then current UH LP. The next UH album in 1983 had a different bass player on tour (a Spider from Mars) as Bob came back to Ozzy. Lee stayed with UH and was with them through most of the 70's. After Ozzy he stayed with UH until '07! I'm sure the Sharon Osbourne experience caused him to reevaluate his career and stick with good people instead of scum like her.
More so Randy's mother Delores made a reluctant Randy go audition for Ozzy. Randy's natural talent came through and he could fully express himself and approached new territory with Ozzy. Listening to early Quiet Riot, Randy recycled some of his favorite personal riffs. Now, the Quiet Riot albums in Japan were way cheesy, but there were some excellent tunes on them. QRII was the better of the two albums in my opinion. The band's best tunes with Randy weren't on the albums and are quite hard to find, though you might find some on UA-cam. Avoid the Randy Rhoads Years album, as most of those tracks were redone, but Laughing Gas and Force of Habit are killer!
If you listen to Quiet Riot songs, clearly Randy had this enormous God given talent, and you can hear those blues tapes now on youtube when he was 15. But Bob helped him funnel his talent into songwriting. Bob was a tremendous mentor to 3 great players, but Randy was a cut above all of them. Randy when he went to England his world opened up, he learned how to write from a seasoned songwriter in Bob and Lee on Diary. Diary is arguably the greatest rock album ever written, if they had more than 6 weeks to do it, how great would it have been in addition to what it is. A young kid in his early 20's needs guidance.
@@Ozzmosisf35 the talent was always there, but the issue in Quiet Riot is Randy was really the only songwriter, and a young kid, is not going to be great at something right away. He needed Bob to help evoke the true greatness. Every great guitar player has that one guy who helped bring out the best in them.
@beowulven no its now proven that ozzy didnt write shit...bob daisley wrote the lyrics for both diary and blizzard of ozz, the only thing ozzy wrote was " wine is fine but whiskeys quicker" the rest is bullshit, bob daisley wrote it about osbourne, osbourne says he wrote it about bon scott....ozzy was a drunken buffoon most of the time...read rudy sarzos book " off the rails -tribute to randy rhoads" and bobs book which will be released later this year...as for sharon....( no comment)
don stated that he could hear Randy screaming after the plane crashed. even if that were true , that's a horrible thing to make public , I'm sure the rhoads family didn't want or need to hear that. RR was more than likely knocked unconscious, so I'm calling bullshit on that one.
if anyone is interested: www.ozzyhead.com/articles.htm ... you can find autopsy reports on randy here. sad to say, but it is unlikely that don airey heard any screams from randy
@gayskunk RIGHT I AGREE 100% BOBS BOOK (WORKING TITLE) FOR FACT'S SAKE IS DUE THIS SPRING!! BUT OZZY & Co CAME CRAWLING BACK TO BOB FOR LYRICS UP THROUGH NO MORE TEARS.....& GEEZER WROTE THEM IN SABBATH ASIDE FROM (I THINK,AM I GOING INSANE & JUNIORS EYES) I THINK OZZ WROTE COMPLETE.BUT OZZY DID WRITE THE VOCAL MELODIES & HE SAID & CAN BE HEARD ON THE RECORDS ,WHENEVER HE COULDNT THINK OF A MELODY HED SING THE GUITAR RIFF (IRON MAN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE) LEE WROTE ALOT ON DIARY & YOU CAN TELL
But Ozzy wrote Goodbye to Romance as a lamentation of his time in Sabbath. And Ozzy was in an ethereal state pondering John Bonham's tragic death when he wrote Suicide Solution... of course this all being the power of a clairvoyant. Ozzy is as big a piece of shit as Sharon. I absolutely love the Sabbath era and the Rhoads era albums, but everything is tainted now that we all know the truth and the evidence speaks loudly. Humming a couple bars does not make a song of the likes Blizzard and Diary produced. Re-releasing materials with alternate musicians to screw humble and beloved musicians out of royalties is unforgivable. Lee finally got his gold records, but don't mistake that for a good deed. It was just another way to rewrite history and benefit from a dying man's final wish.
everyone that was there at the time confirmed it. no one disputes it. he wrote all the 80s lyrics. even the ultimate sin where he wrote no other music.
These guys were working including Randy for probably 200 bucks a week and there is a reason the Rhoades family had to sue Sharon and Ozzy for Royalties. Heres what these guys wanna say We got Ripped off and signed a piece a paper that says we cant really say ee got ripped off .We get it it was Ozzy's band but when you re record the rhythm section to not pay people royalties..
not sure they sued them for royalties, I think they sued for control of his likeness and to show that in fact Sharon may not have been using the real contract Randy signed which Mrs Rhoads had.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Oh, you're WAY off base with that comment. Hillary is evil incarnate. Sharon just screwed some musicians, but people like Hillary screwed Americans of every shape, size and color. While her husband was screwing everything that moved.
@@JamesMoore-un3cu no I am spot on, Darth Hideous is a lowlife POS, she has no ethics she still talks like she is some angry teen with a limited vocabulary. I could not care any less aboutHillary or Billary the fact she was brought up here is meaningless. Sharon is a POS.
I bet you all didn't know that Randy, Ozzy, and Sharon both had tea early that morning as well with the house owener. They had hired a proffesional photographer to take arial pics of the bus on the property but the guy never showed up so Randy volunteered to go up and take the pics. yes, he was afraid of flying but not in the small planes, just in the big ones. This stems from an incident when they were in California. Do your research and find out about it. Rachael Youngblood had a heart attack and slumped on the controls. The conflict in the cockpit was Randy trying to get her off the controls. Yes, Aycock should never have been allowed in the plane nor doing dive bombs to put Rachael in Caridac arrest. A sad day for us all. I think we will never ever hear the 'FINAL' truth to the matter, but that's about as close I think as we are going to get to the actual events that transpired that fateful day.
Nonsense. Why didn't Sarzo, Aldridge, Airey or anyone else for that matter mention this? Have you read the autopsy report on Youngblood? No internal organs were left unharmed, as such a possible heart attack would be impossible to diagnose. Nice story though...
+John Prescott You are so full of it. The other band members don't mention this at all. Aldredge was credited with saving the elderly home owners life because they didn't realize that their house was on fire.
First off if ozzy wasn't being an arrogant drunkard as bad as he was in the early 80's Randy wouldn't have got on a plane piloted by a coke head and he'd be alive today and would've had a better a career as a solo artist. Imo i wish Randy would have stayed in QR and ozzy would have just chose Jake E Lee to begin with
@@backtoshallabal6662 no i prefer randy by far i just feel if he stayed in QR he'd be here still today, hell he'd probably even have a solo career and would be doing Neoclassical/Instrumental shred metal
@@User_Unknown123 True but no way he would have written songs like he did with Ozzy with QR. QR was too much part of the hair metal scene. If Jake was with Ozzy he probably wouldn't have gotten on that plane cause he wasn't close to Ozzy on a personal level and he didn't do drugs or drink as much. Although Jake did a great job.
Yep,Dolores should have sued Ozzy's ass to hell and back Asked Schenker to join the day Randy was killed. Michael ask Rudy what he thought and Rudy said "Well they already killed one guitarist". Low as they get.
The bottom line is you can say all you want about Sharon Osbourne. But she is the reason that Ozzy even continued in rock music after getting fired from Sabbath. Ozzy was a drunken and drugged out wreck and propably would have overdosed or drank himself to death if she didn't come into his life. And they started with nothing after they had to buy out his contract from her dad Don Arden. So if she is a tough business woman that's the way it is.
While true, she still could've treated bandmembers more fairly, and Ozzy would still be where he is today. I dont see how treating the band better, would have been detrimental to his career.
That's more than an extra generous view of the woman. She and Oz screwed band mates out of a LOT and its been documented over and over. A "tough business person" does not make one ethical at the same time, far from it in fact.
Ozzy's non-Sabbath albums were all fairly even in quality. Not brilliant, but pretty good, no matter who co-wrote them or played on them. As for Living Loud, it's simple indeed. Daisley is credited as a co-writer on them, so he's legally allowed to perform them. Doesn't mean that he had more of a hand in writing them than any other co-writer, Ozzy included.
It's no secret this band was "concocted" so to speak. Randy had music lesson chops but was no leader or pioneer in any sense, take a listen to any quiet riot stuff before hand, abysmal tunes and riffs. They were done, Randy was depressed, then Ozzy came along and a fuck ton of studio pro's that molded everything. A boy metal band so to speak.
not accurate at all, some of those riffs appeared on the Blizzard of ozz. he was absolutely a pioneer, he was doing things no one else was when he joined the blizzard of ozz. The songs are not great in Quiet riot but not abysmal, his mom knew he could do a lot better. Randy was not depressed. Studio pros? you mean Bob Daisley who helped construct the songs and do the lyrics. but he untapped the greatness of Randy. How is a band where everyone but the guitarist is over 30 and veterans? this has to be done of the most bizarre comments on here. A boy metal band said by no one ever
You can't deny Bob, Lee and Don's contributions. These guys are rock and roll legends. Randy's greatness on guitar aside, no way would Ozzy have had the success that he has enjoyed without them.
I strongly believe so too.
Brings a smile to my face that Bruce recognizes Randy's greatness.
It's great how Bob's depiction of events is proven over and over again.
he has a lot of credibility
For decades, I’ve always felt that the most dangerous band of all time was “The Blizzard Of Ozz”.
Daisley, Kerslake, Airey and Rhoads. +Vox
I believe they are the greatest band ever...those first two Albums are so A league and underappreciated still.
Don Airey and Bruce Dickinson laughing about Sharon Osbourne is something I didn‘t know I needed
Don Airey was no slouch. He is a very talented musician, and that's putting it lightly. He composed for orchestras and symphonies. H was discussing concepts with Randy for the third album right before Randy passed. Nothing was recorded it was just conceptual. The third record was going to be HEAVILY influenced by classical. If you thought Diary was classically influenced the third record was going to go further in that direction.
Don is an all time A leaguer too, legendary keyboardist.
Acredito que o terceiro álbum da Blizzard of OZZ,com o novo line-up Rudy Sarzo e Tommy Aldridge e um direcionamento com o erudito mais evidente seria um sonho,que infelizmente jamais aconteceu!
Ozzy wrote none of the lyrics for Blizzard and Diary. He did contribute vocal melodies. Sharon learned from her father how to screw anyone but herself and Ozzy
and her dad wanted to call it "Son of Sabbath". What a dirtbag.
I feel like Ozzy may have written the lyrics for You Looking At Me.
+alain charnier Just clarifying if you wrote a song shouldn't you get the writing credit and royalties?
The devil cried - you know precisely four fifths of fuck all.
John Reece smart
Us true fans were pissed about the Blizzard of Ozz band becoming simply Ozzy.
I think most real fans of those first two albums have turned on Ozzy and Darth Hideous, and feel for Bob and Jake e Lee on Bark at the Moon. I only recognize those first two albums as Blizzard of Ozz, than Band.
something awesome about having an A leaguer acknowledge how great Randy was, I like how Don is candid about what Darth Hideous lied about....
Randy was an A Leaguer. Just his actual peers recognizing him. That’s all. Even Dave Mustaine had nice things to say. “Randy was a creator.”
But imo, Randy was greater than all of them. He was on the level of Hendrix, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, etc. The truly great musicians that rise above simple “popular music”. These are the music creators and composers who stand the test of time and create “art music” - literally artworks.
So in a way, even Bruce isn’t even on Randy’s level, rather than Randy being recognized by someone above him. And I’m sure many of them know it. This guy was not an ordinary guitarist. He was special.
Sharon screwed over everyone in "Ozzy's band" but I think poor Randy got screwed the worst. R.I.P.
they would have done him wrong too
Old school RnR ... great musicians terrible business men, they were not screwed, from their own words they accepted the money and sold their rights. Proof being the 2nd album they played and the photo on the inner sleeve pictures another band! Incredible what they have accepted....then is too late
From what I understand is that Ozzy was being basically very deceitful and lied to Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Randy Rhoads as well about the whole band name thing. Ozzy has a good voice but all these years since I was a kid I always thought Ozzy wrote all the lyrics and helped out with the music, after all he did play the harmonica on 'the wizard' by Black Sabbath, but boy I sure was wrong about how I thought Ozzy helped with the music and lyrics, I was totally blown away when I heard that Bob Daisley wrote all the Lyrics, and helped Randy Rhoads with all the music with both albums, the title track from the album 'Diary of a madman' Bob wrote about his mental issues back to when he was young, and that is some VERY deep lyrics, Bob Daisley is TRULY an unsung hero when it came to music contributions, Bob Daisley is the most under rated musician ever in heavy metal. Ozzy and Sharon both should have treated Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake with ALOT more appreciation, rather than Ozzy and Sharon screwing them over, AND YES! OZZY, AND SHARON OSBOURNE SCREWED BOB DAISLEY, AND LEE KERSLAKE OVER. Ozzy, and Sharon were so wrong for how they treated almost all of the musicians that were in the band, I don't know how Zakk Wylde did it for all those years, now that's incredible, it's just so sad that people have to be ugly, and selfish towards other people.
Words and music by Ozzy Osbourne.
Laughable.
the biggest fraud promoted since milli vanilli but at least that is Ozzy's voice on the songs
Bob Daisley was the genius behind it all. Randy was great (one of my favorite guitarists), but just listen to him with Quiet riot! It was horrible! Daisley knew how to bring out the best in someone like Randy Rhoads.
Mr. X A huge problem with Quiet Riot during their time with Randy was the record label they were under. Randy had great ideas under Quiet Riot, but were suppressed with the label wanting a "Pop Rock" sound. The lyrics weren't the greatest and some songs were quite boring (all the labels fault) Randy still made great material. And yes, with Daisley's help, he was able to flesh out his music. You can hear him helping Randy with Dee in the Tribute live album.
Mr. X Randy was great with Quiet Riot but with B.o.O he was with musicians who were just as good or better than he was so he had to rise to the occasion it made him up his game to be the player we all know and love
First album is pretty much based on QR riffs and is a lot more "rock'n roll" than Diary and later albums. Bob Daisley did exactly the same as Geezer Butler did in Sabbath. He re-wrote Ozzys crappy lyrics. No doubt Ozzy came up with the melody lines. If Ozzy wasn't married to the devil, he would have been just as fucked as the rest of them. It was the eighties. Just get over it....
Quiet Riot with Randy was horrible. Oddly, they were much better without him. Daisley definitely grabbed Randy and whipped him into shape. He had the chops for days but he didn't know the application. He went from good to exponentially better in a span of a year. How do you explain that? Raw talent + Bob + Lee and a bit of Oz vocal melodies (that truly is a talent).
QR with Randy was horrible, but the riffs of songs like No Bone Movies and Steal Away are based on riffs from QR. And those are the type of songs that Daisley, Rhoads and Kerslake "came up with". . Suicide Solution is also based on a riff from QR, but Ozzy suggested to do the first part twice syn-coped. and dropping the following riff. (that ended up as No Bone Movies.) and added his classic dark melody line to it. QR song is called Force of Habit. Check it out! :) Intro also might have influenced Crazy Train.
Always loved Lee Kerslake's drumming in Uriah Heep, so of course loved it with Ozzy as well. However, there wasn't a band that Bob Daisley touched that didn't turn into GOLD. The guy is/was a PHENOMENAL metal bass player. I know because I play bass. He even took it to another level on Eternal Idol with Sabbath (Tony). There's not a doubt that Tony's playing was the best in years on that album, and I have no doubt it was Bob's influence that caused that. Will never forget how Ozzy/Sharon screwed those guys out of their royalties, though. Soured my opinion of Oz permanently.
Bob Daisley is an all time A leaguer, I mean look at the guys he played with from Blackmore to Moore to Rhoads...to Iommi....Eternal Idol is an underappreciated album, of course came in redid the bass and wrote lyrics on that no surprise it is so good.
Agreed. I consider Ozzy a piece of shit on par with Sharon. They're a team.
I had no idea that Blizzard of Ozz was gonna the name of the band and not just the record
Harry Zimmerman stay tuned my friends lots of interesting stuff
and why exactly did they change the name ?
@SW627 I think Bob gets his writing credits... Its the performance credits that are in dispute which is why Sharon tried and failed to replace Bob and Lee's album parts in 2002.
@@markbro4427 Well..she did replace them with Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillo rerecording the parts..but the backlash she got for it made her put the original parts back on. Either way..they got rich off the backs of Randy, Bob and Lee... and couldn't be more greedy if they tried.
@@markbro4427 yes they put Rudy and Tommy on the record sleeve for DOAM to make it seem like Bob and Lee were just hired hands pretty pitiful
The Clarences love & support Don, Randy & Bob & Lee!
I always knew Ozzy didn't write all those songs. Even before I knew really anything about music, I had these albums when i was 14-15. I already knew Ozzy didn't play guitar. I thought that his name on the song writing credits was just a part of laziness on the record company. Back then, a lot of albums didn't have ANYTHING on the inside sleeves, especially cassettes. Many times there would be misprints and mistakes in the sleeves. I figured Ozzy just wrote most of the lyrics and vocal parts.
That what Bob Daisley says in his upcoming book. And I believe him. When is his book coming out, if you know. I can't wait to read it.
It was my great pleasure to catch Mr. Airy on DP's 1972 MAchine Head re-visited tour @ The Beacon Theatre in NYC and at the Cape Cod Melody Tent tour for Bananas. I've been thinking about Randy, and it's been so long since I've gone over the details that Don Airy has gone from stranger to highly able and talented musician.I now have a face and a music persona to attach to Mr. Airy. Isn't it possible that RR saved all their lives by pulling the plane to the left and avoiding the bus head on?
and a talented, responsible, pilot.
@Vaizorg I would guess it was about 50/50. Bob and Randy were masters at songwriting together. Bob had a lot more experience though. Randy was very young.
Why did Ozzy hire Bob Daisly to write on "EVERY ALBUM" from Blizzard to No More Tears, (maybe even beyond, not sure) and Ozzy/Sharon show their appreciation by re- recording the Bass and Drums on Blizzard and Diary with Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillio, just so they didn't have to pay royalties to Daisly and Kerslake. Why ?
Because Bob is a great songwriter. Ozzy and Darth Hideous are disgraces. Darth Hideous and Ozzy were so pissed off with the lawsuits, they decided to minimize performance royalties they would have them re-recorded. Both blame the other, luckily the fan backlash was huge and swift.
Darth Hideous made sure Bob and Lee were not in the band picture on Diary of a Madman to make the case they did not perform on the album and they could hide payments from them. And to show it was Ozzy's band, not a 4 piece band of equal partnership
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I think what I was trying to ask or say (sadly I do not remember posting this) is why would Bob Daisly keep coming back to help OZZY or how could OZZY have the balls to keep asking him back when he went out of his way to screw him and Lee on Diary so badly, but thank you for your knowledge and insight in answering my question much appreciated.
@@edlaw51501 Bob covers that in his book, he never had an issue wiht ozzy , they got along well. He enjoyed Ozzy. Ozzy has no sense of integrity
Ozzy wouldn't have done s*** if he didn't have Randy
Sharon's daddy Don Arden royally screwed Sabbath and she screwed Blizzard. The rotten apple don't fall far from the tree do it ? And Ozzy's a giant hypocrite for going along with it after it happened to him. Don't think for a second if Randy lived that he wouldn't have gotten screwed too. They love him now that he's dead but if he left Oz when he said he would they wouldn't give 2 shits about him.
They did Steve Marriot wrong also
Also, let’s never ever forget that the idea that Randy got a fair contract is highly dubious. They ride the Randy wave where the evidence points to the fact that we will never know what Randy’s contract was.
@@operating Very true. Randy's siblings don't even get any of his royalties. Sharon and Ozz have screwed over just about every musician that made his career. They're multi millionaires directly off the backs of Randy, Bob and Lee.
@@mbass718 big time thumbs up on that.
@@operating Thanks man. It's also really shitty that she hasn't released one of the shows that they have with Randy after all these years. They claim to love him so much.. and I don't doubt Ozzy has love for him..but it's just such a dishonor and shitty thing to do to Randy's legacy and memory that she'd sit on the film's for this long. And she absolutely has them! Esp from the Diary tour.
....and then, for an encore, Bob wrote all the songs on ETERNAL IDOL!
Which is an amazing record. I knew Ray Gillen well around those times. I was a young kid just got my license and would pick him up at train station to bring him to the Rondinelli rehearsals took lessons from Teddy R. And was a fly on the wall for many amazing moments before Ray left last minute for sabbath. Those are all his vocal lines and melodies Martin re sang. It was James Lorenzo on bass from white lion. Dlr. Ace frehley, megadeth bands teddy guitar Bobby drums Ray voice. They would have been HUGE. Find it on Spotify RONDINELLI. I was there for all those rehearsals and recordings. Good times. I remember the day the call came during my lesson..911 Ray has left us for sabbath !
absolutely , which explains the lyrics being so good
@@j.reveille6815 I like the Ray Gillen demos he did well on that, but Tony realized he could not write the kind of lyrics he wanted so he went to the legend: Bob Daisley
Really wish Bob stayed with Sabbath during the Tony Martin era. Imagine him along with Tony Iommi and Cozy Powell crafting great music all together.
Why was there a picture of Bruce Dickinson in this video?
RJC 72 Because Bruce is interviewing Don.
And we all know how BRUCE feels about Sharon.
Ozzy's contribution to the first two albums: He hummed a melody that the band wrote completely called Goodbye to Romance. Yes, the great Ozzy. LOL!!!!!!
dakotaescher1 totally agree!
he did the melody lines on Blizzard of ozz, he would suggest themes or phrases
But we all know he did not write the music, Bark at the Moon is laughable on the credits
Ozzy loved Randy like a brother and he did write a lot of his own songs. He's a showman but has a bit of insecurity because of his background and some of the things he did when he was young. You can't fault him for that. He's a phenomenal success, (mostly because of Sahron) but his concerts still sell out and he's very much loved.
Ozzy did not write any of the songs. Bob and Randy did the writing, Ozzy did the melody lines on the first album
Ozzy never wrote a note or a lyric lol , and him and Randy weren't really all that close . The truth has come out over the years .
Even Geezer Butler wrote all of Ozz's lyrics in Sabbath.
I never heard of that, The Blizzard Oz Band.
Rudy Sarzo's book says that "witnesses" - I don't think it says exactly who, but I may have forgot, say that Randy was seen in the cockpit area as if he was wrestling the controls as best he could. The ex-wife had stepped out and was in the doorway of the bus and the two had some not-so-good relationship things going on AND aycock was high, had been up all night, and was an odd cat they say anyway. So the theory is aycock was aiming for her.
@rokarolla No, it's not possible Randy saved their lives. A simple reading of the facts of the crash prove it - the attitude of the plane (deep bank) would have made it impossible for any passenger to "pull" the controls. This particular model of Bonanza may have had dual controls but Randy was in the back passenger area. Very sad but it was simply a freak accident with a pilot who had no business flying a plane at the time.
@beowulven Bob Daisley said he wrote that song about Ozzy's drinking.
Damn right.
Mike, that may be true but that’s not the title he gave it when he wrote it.
He has said he didn’t find out it was called SATO until the album was released which was after his firing.
Bob’s title was originally Strange Voyage.
Yeah......Ozzys albums have been shit since he stopped working with Bob......Daisley plays HIS songs with Living Loud,if Ozzy owns the songs why cant he stop Daisley using them......simple ,Daisley wrote them.
brox68 their not as good because randyrhoads not on them
Daft statement. ALL of his albums were successful and are awesome, but the work with the Blizzard of Ozz band will never be matched. Randy is a genius virtuoso, and I have mad respect for Ozzy helping Randy get the recognition he always deserved.
Should be coming out shortly. Go to his facebook page for updates.
@0:16... why Bruce Dickinson?
Bruce is giving the interview
Did he perform with Ozzy at US Fest? Is that Don Airey? I am desperately trying to find out who is the bassist there..In 1983 US Fest? Or Bob D? So many people around and around at that time
+metalblind83
Bob D Don did some keys I think during Bark tour?
Gravi Corde Yes I finally figured it out. The reason I was confused is because I read Bob was fired in 82, so I didn't think that was him. After researching I found that they took him back to perform/ and or write for them off and on until early 90's. He has an impressive resume. he worked with a lot of really good bands throughout his career (Dio, Sabbath, Rainbow for example)
Yes, Don was playing Keys for Ozzy at the US Fest 1983.
+Gravi Corde Yes, he did, and Daisley was on bass, Jake E Lee on guitar, Tommy Aldridge on drums. I've seen some footage of the US performance on UA-cam, I remember that Airey was cranked in the mix, too much so.....
I saw Bob Daisley (btw. yes he played US Fest) and Lee Kerslake play with Uriah Heep in December of 1982 opening for Judas Priest. They were both on the then current UH LP. The next UH album in 1983 had a different bass player on tour (a Spider from Mars) as Bob came back to Ozzy. Lee stayed with UH and was with them through most of the 70's. After Ozzy he stayed with UH until '07! I'm sure the Sharon Osbourne experience caused him to reevaluate his career and stick with good people instead of scum like her.
“Getting randy by the scruff of the neck and knocking him into shape”????
I’d love to know what he meant by this.
Anyone...???
More so Randy's mother Delores made a reluctant Randy go audition for Ozzy. Randy's natural talent came through and he could fully express himself and approached new territory with Ozzy. Listening to early Quiet Riot, Randy recycled some of his favorite personal riffs. Now, the Quiet Riot albums in Japan were way cheesy, but there were some excellent tunes on them. QRII was the better of the two albums in my opinion. The band's best tunes with Randy weren't on the albums and are quite hard to find, though you might find some on UA-cam. Avoid the Randy Rhoads Years album, as most of those tracks were redone, but Laughing Gas and Force of Habit are killer!
If you listen to Quiet Riot songs, clearly Randy had this enormous God given talent, and you can hear those blues tapes now on youtube when he was 15. But Bob helped him funnel his talent into songwriting. Bob was a tremendous mentor to 3 great players, but Randy was a cut above all of them. Randy when he went to England his world opened up, he learned how to write from a seasoned songwriter in Bob and Lee on Diary. Diary is arguably the greatest rock album ever written, if they had more than 6 weeks to do it, how great would it have been in addition to what it is. A young kid in his early 20's needs guidance.
@@Ozzmosisf35 the talent was always there, but the issue in Quiet Riot is Randy was really the only songwriter, and a young kid, is not going to be great at something right away. He needed Bob to help evoke the true greatness. Every great guitar player has that one guy who helped bring out the best in them.
The absolute truth...as spoke by Donald Sutherland. :P
Hmm, Don doesn't mention that Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics, though.
@beowulven no its now proven that ozzy didnt write shit...bob daisley wrote the lyrics for both diary and blizzard of ozz, the only thing ozzy wrote was " wine is fine but whiskeys quicker" the rest is bullshit, bob daisley wrote it about osbourne, osbourne says he wrote it about bon scott....ozzy was a drunken buffoon most of the time...read rudy sarzos book " off the rails -tribute to randy rhoads" and bobs book which will be released later this year...as for sharon....( no comment)
don stated that he could hear Randy screaming after the plane crashed. even if that were true , that's a horrible thing to make public , I'm sure the rhoads family didn't want or need to hear that. RR was more than likely knocked unconscious, so I'm calling bullshit on that one.
+Kathleen Mack Can you give me the source of this? Genuinely interested. Thank you.
+Chilli Griffitt look up Diary of an ax man by Jeff Kitts . Don has stated this several times since the accident..... this is just one of them.
+Chilli Griffitt diary of an axe man rather....
+Kathleen Mack Didn't see it can I bother you for a link?
if anyone is interested: www.ozzyhead.com/articles.htm ... you can find autopsy reports on randy here. sad to say, but it is unlikely that don airey heard any screams from randy
Has Ozzy ever wrote a love song about Sharon?
War Pigs!
ua-cam.com/video/uPsHgn4KqM0/v-deo.html
The song "S.A.T.O.
The letters stand for:
Sharon Arden
Thelma Osbourne
Bark at the Moon
Chris A SATO stands for Sailing Across The Ocean
Uhhh im, sorry but she was Ozzy's hairdresser not Randys
I know .....
@gayskunk RIGHT I AGREE 100% BOBS BOOK (WORKING TITLE) FOR FACT'S SAKE IS DUE THIS SPRING!! BUT OZZY & Co CAME CRAWLING BACK TO BOB FOR LYRICS UP THROUGH NO MORE TEARS.....& GEEZER WROTE THEM IN SABBATH ASIDE FROM (I THINK,AM I GOING INSANE & JUNIORS EYES) I THINK OZZ WROTE COMPLETE.BUT OZZY DID WRITE THE VOCAL MELODIES & HE SAID & CAN BE HEARD ON THE RECORDS ,WHENEVER HE COULDNT THINK OF A MELODY HED SING THE GUITAR RIFF (IRON MAN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE) LEE WROTE ALOT ON DIARY & YOU CAN TELL
Ozzy hardly wrote any lyrics. He came up with some melodies though.
But Ozzy wrote Goodbye to Romance as a lamentation of his time in Sabbath. And Ozzy was in an ethereal state pondering John Bonham's tragic death when he wrote Suicide Solution... of course this all being the power of a clairvoyant.
Ozzy is as big a piece of shit as Sharon. I absolutely love the Sabbath era and the Rhoads era albums, but everything is tainted now that we all know the truth and the evidence speaks loudly. Humming a couple bars does not make a song of the likes Blizzard and Diary produced. Re-releasing materials with alternate musicians to screw humble and beloved musicians out of royalties is unforgivable. Lee finally got his gold records, but don't mistake that for a good deed. It was just another way to rewrite history and benefit from a dying man's final wish.
It is by me, right now. You have any proof that Daisley wrote the lyrics?
everyone that was there at the time confirmed it. no one disputes it. he wrote all the 80s lyrics. even the ultimate sin where he wrote no other music.
These guys were working including Randy for probably 200 bucks a week and there is a reason the Rhoades family had to sue Sharon and Ozzy for Royalties. Heres what these guys wanna say We got Ripped off and signed a piece a paper that says we cant really say ee got ripped off .We get it it was Ozzy's band but when you re record the rhythm section to not pay people royalties..
not sure they sued them for royalties, I think they sued for control of his likeness and to show that in fact Sharon may not have been using the real contract Randy signed which Mrs Rhoads had.
Ozzy Osbourne = Shakespeare of Heavy Metal. For those that are not hip it means he's a fraud.
I think Sharon and hillary are the same person.
Nice! I believe you're right.
Hillary is not that evil
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Oh, you're WAY off base with that comment. Hillary is evil incarnate. Sharon just screwed some musicians, but people like Hillary screwed Americans of every shape, size and color. While her husband was screwing everything that moved.
@@JamesMoore-un3cu no I am spot on, Darth Hideous is a lowlife POS, she has no ethics she still talks like she is some angry teen with a limited vocabulary.
I could not care any less aboutHillary or Billary the fact she was brought up here is meaningless.
Sharon is a POS.
Its a shame that greed and egos get in the way
WHERE ARE THOSE PHOTOS DON.......FAA.....ONLY KIDDING....HA HA
Sharron is a gangster
nobody ever talks about how we lost a great hairdresser that day too! I mean look at Randy's Hair man!
he cut his own
@@louisfriendhastaste No, actually he didn't.
I bet you all didn't know that Randy, Ozzy, and Sharon both had tea early that morning as well with the house owener. They had hired a proffesional photographer to take arial pics of the bus on the property but the guy never showed up so Randy volunteered to go up and take the pics. yes, he was afraid of flying but not in the small planes, just in the big ones. This stems from an incident when they were in California. Do your research and find out about it. Rachael Youngblood had a heart attack and slumped on the controls. The conflict in the cockpit was Randy trying to get her off the controls. Yes, Aycock should never have been allowed in the plane nor doing dive bombs to put Rachael in Caridac arrest. A sad day for us all. I think we will never ever hear the 'FINAL' truth to the matter, but that's about as close I think as we are going to get to the actual events that transpired that fateful day.
Nonsense. Why didn't Sarzo, Aldridge, Airey or anyone else for that matter mention this? Have you read the autopsy report on Youngblood? No internal organs were left unharmed, as such a possible heart attack would be impossible to diagnose. Nice story though...
+John Prescott You are so full of it. The other band members don't mention this at all. Aldredge was credited with saving the elderly home owners life because they didn't realize that their house was on fire.
Keep believing the story they feed, guys...keep on eating it up....
John Prescott where did you get that information, I would like to see that
John Prescott you sir are a liar
Not by anyone reputable.
First off if ozzy wasn't being an arrogant drunkard as bad as he was in the early 80's Randy wouldn't have got on a plane piloted by a coke head and he'd be alive today and would've had a better a career as a solo artist. Imo i wish Randy would have stayed in QR and ozzy would have just chose Jake E Lee to begin with
you like Jake over Randy?
@@backtoshallabal6662 no i prefer randy by far i just feel if he stayed in QR he'd be here still today, hell he'd probably even have a solo career and would be doing Neoclassical/Instrumental shred metal
@@User_Unknown123 True but no way he would have written songs like he did with Ozzy with QR. QR was too much part of the hair metal scene. If Jake was with Ozzy he probably wouldn't have gotten on that plane cause he wasn't close to Ozzy on a personal level and he didn't do drugs or drink as much. Although Jake did a great job.
Yep,Dolores should have sued Ozzy's ass to hell and back
Asked Schenker to join the day Randy was killed.
Michael ask Rudy what he thought and Rudy said "Well they already killed one guitarist".
Low as they get.
Randy did his own hair.
The bottom line is you can say all you want about Sharon Osbourne. But she is the reason that Ozzy even continued in rock music after getting fired from Sabbath. Ozzy was a drunken and drugged out wreck and propably would have overdosed or drank himself to death if she didn't come into his life. And they started with nothing after they had to buy out his contract from her dad Don Arden. So if she is a tough business woman that's the way it is.
While true, she still could've treated bandmembers more fairly, and Ozzy would still be where he is today. I dont see how treating the band better, would have been detrimental to his career.
That's more than an extra generous view of the woman. She and Oz screwed band mates out of a LOT and its been documented over and over. A "tough business person" does not make one ethical at the same time, far from it in fact.
Ozzy's non-Sabbath albums were all fairly even in quality. Not brilliant, but pretty good, no matter who co-wrote them or played on them.
As for Living Loud, it's simple indeed. Daisley is credited as a co-writer on them, so he's legally allowed to perform them. Doesn't mean that he had more of a hand in writing them than any other co-writer, Ozzy included.
KirichenkoSucksAss fairly equal? none were as big as blizzard,and diary
No More Tears would probably disagree with that statement
And yet you will all still buy tickets
It's no secret this band was "concocted" so to speak. Randy had music lesson chops but was no leader or pioneer in any sense, take a listen to any quiet riot stuff before hand, abysmal tunes and riffs. They were done, Randy was depressed, then Ozzy came along and a fuck ton of studio pro's that molded everything. A boy metal band so to speak.
not accurate at all, some of those riffs appeared on the Blizzard of ozz. he was absolutely a pioneer, he was doing things no one else was when he joined the blizzard of ozz. The songs are not great in Quiet riot but not abysmal, his mom knew he could do a lot better. Randy was not depressed. Studio pros? you mean Bob Daisley who helped construct the songs and do the lyrics. but he untapped the greatness of Randy. How is a band where everyone but the guitarist is over 30 and veterans? this has to be done of the most bizarre comments on here. A boy metal band said by no one ever
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