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Kelly Osbourne in brutal spat as rock star claims Ozzy didn't write own songs - and takes on Sharon (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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The astonishing claims about the Birmingham-born Black Sabbath icon, who died last year, were made by American heavy metal star Dee Snider, of Twisted Sister.

In a post on X, he claimed Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler penned all of the band's lyrics.

He also claimed Ozzy's first two solo albums featured lyrics written by Bob Daisley, and that the No More Tears album had contributions from Lemmy Kilmister.

Snider also suggested that Sharon Osbourne "doesn't like to share" while discussing the legacy of Ozzy's music, but aded that while many artisits don't write their own material they can still make songs their own.

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[–] 31 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, wtf. "The bassist writes the lyrics" has been an Ozzy thing forever. There's nothing wrong with it. Especially in Sabbath. They're a band, people contribute. What's the stink about?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    IDK who penned the words, the album Paranoid is a masterpiece and nobody else has the vocal style of Ozzy and it is a major reason that it's a masterpiece.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    nobody else has the vocal style of Ozzy

    Meanwhile there's a whole industry of doom-metal working off Sabbath's and Ozzy's style. E.g. Druidess, Hail Darkness, Stoned Jesus, Castle Rat, etc.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I don't know these bands, thank you! I will check them out

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Oh if you like any of those, I have some for you too. In no particular order, and they don't necessarily sound like Sabbath or Ozzy and they all vary a little, and have varying levels of heavyness, but they follow a general vibe (of one of like 4 genres) that was kinda sorta born from the Sabbath roots (an album rec in parentheses, where remembered lol):

    Electric Wizard (Dopethrone), Sleep (Holy Mountain), Acid Witch (Witchtanic Hallucinations), Om (Pilgrimage), Baroness (Red Album), Bongripper, Dozer, Kyuss, Earth (Earth 2), Noothgrush, Neurosis, Dystopia, High on Fire, Mastodon, Orange Goblin, Torche, Inter Arma, Weedeater, Yob.

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