Throughout a current look on the “Beardo & Weirdo” podcast, Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch mentioned Ozzy Osbourne – who handed away final week (July twenty second) on the age of 76 – and the affect that the late Black Sabbath singer had on him.
“If Angus Younger and AC/DC was the band that lit the hearth, Ozzy and [late Ozzy guitarist] Randy Rhoads poured the gasoline on that fireplace,” Welch stated of Osbourne’s affect on his musical upbringing.
“I had Ozzy posters on my wall… What these two data did for me in sixth grade, ‘Diary Of A Madman’ and ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’, that’s when the obsession got here with music,” he added.
Welch went on to speak in regards to the unusual timing of Osbourne’s demise – which occurred simply days after his and Black Sabbath’s closing present “Again to the Starting.”
“I feel we’re all similar to tripping proper now that [he died] 17 days later [after his farewell concert on July 5th]. I do know he was struggling, however no person most likely predicted this was gonna occur so quickly,” Welch stated.
“I’m a religious particular person, and I have a look at it just like the kindness of God. As a result of the timing’s stunning. And it’s, like, he may have handed earlier than the live performance. It simply appears like variety gesture that the circumstances — name it what you need, however the circumstances have been unimaginable that he was ready to do this one final time with all of his closest buddies.”
Though a reason behind demise has but to be introduced, Osbourne had been battling quite a few well being points over the previous few years, together with Parkinson’s illness.
