I understand exactly. That was my reaction to Diary.

That's a great story bro 👍

@@angelripper_420 February 27, 1982. Saturday night, I'm in 8th grade, think about the music I got from 7th grade (1980 up to sr yr high school 1986). I tell my parents I'm staying the night at a friends, their mom covered for me. My friends older brother was in high school and had one of those killer 70s party vans with the shag carpet and fish bowl windows. We are going to see Ozzy Osbourne live with Randy F'n Rhoads. I was a drummer at the time so I was looking forward to seeing who I thought would be Lee Kerslake on drums. On the way there I had my first beer and took one puff of "something" that was being passed around ...I was LIT! We walk into the Coliseum and I am trippin. I am lazer focused on the drums, but this tiny skinny blonde haired kid on guitar is blowing my mind. Where did he grow up to sound like that. In my mind he had grown up chained in the dungeon of a medieval castle. Everyone thought he was British. It was like the Coliseum had been lifted and landed on my head ...mind blown. Randy Rhoads about 3 weeks before the plane crash that killed him. This was 8th grade, I quit drums in 9th grade, started guitar my Jr year in High School 1985 and Randy was one of my main influences. That Saturday night rocked my world! Mind blown!

arguably the greatest rock album ever written

I remember the first two "albums" I bought with my own money, they were actually cassettes by then and although I don't remember exactly how old I was it must have been around 7 or 8 since we still lived in the house that moved from when I was 9. I remember picking them out at the mall and paying with my "allowance" Queens greatest hits and Ozzy Osborne Bark at the Moon. I remember that album cover and being genuinely scared and at the same time totally enchanted by the music on that album. Ive been an Ozzy fan ever since and working both backwards and forwards I began to collect and study everything I could get my hands on by Ozzy. Soon I discovered Blizzard and Diary of course and I always paid attention to the different line ups, especially the guitarist because I was totally bitten by the guitar bug at a very early age. In those days you couldn't just get on the internet and find out everything you wanted to know about these things. It was kind of like professional wrestling when there's some change and no one ever mentions it and just acts like nothing happened. And so it was years before I learned the whole backstory of Ozzys various line up changes. Of course now its well known that Bob Daisly was a mainstay throughout the best Oz albums and did the bulk of the writing. I discovered black Sabbath by hearing the speak of the devil album and then I began to seek out those records. Wait a minute! Ozzy was in a band before all his solo stuff?! Once I got into Sabbath it was a wrap. I still consider them the best ever.

we know since bob recorded all of their studio stuff

poor management. Every act should document every performance in high definition

I would add one of the best rock lyricists of all time.

You and a million other of us.

@@Marshall_EL34 undoubtedly and mentored 3 young guitar prodigies

you didn't read the book, dumbass, Ozzy always wrote ALL the melodies and even came up with a couple titles, read the book next time, dum dum..

Yeah, and ever since then, and before then he never had any talent. Fuck off man, we all know Ozzy has never been the primary lyricist in any of his bands, but it’s annoying to see people running him down like he has absolutely no musical talent. It’s not one way or the other.

lee kerslake too added to the chemistry especially on Diary

all time great lyricist

Yes! Poetry. Truly. That my favorite Blizzard of Ozz song. What a masterpiece.

some call them masterpieces

he is a great songwriter and lyricist who helped mentor 3 young guitar players, the greatest of which was Randy

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but the best band he was ever in: osbourne; Rhoads; Kerslake; Airey; Daisley

that's abusrd, the stuff he did with the Blizzard of ozz dwarfs the Rainbow stuff, Rhoads made blackmore seem like a novice in songwtiting. I mean come on, diary of a madman might be the greatest rock album ever written.....BOO is the top selling metal debut of all time, it's not even close what his most important work was and songwriting

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle no.

all time A league songwriter

I think he says "Nichiren Buddhism", I was just investigating that right now.

he was fired for being unreliable because of drugs and alcohol. Sharon rallied him but without Daisley the blizzard of ozz never happens, it was bob who told ozzy to ditch the stiffs he was jamming with .. Most od Ozzy's melodies were written by the guitar Bob was the most important songwriter in Ozzy's career....

YogaArmy look at the karma of how calm Bob is and irrespective of the money, the constant issues Sharon and Ozzie have. Bob won.

Sharon is the evil one.

@@markwilson3026 Ozzy too

@@ovaisnaqvi1965 also, Bob's a Buddhist..

what about randy rhoads mom having to sue ozzy osbourne and the record company for his royalties ?

no he got stabbed in the back

hack take he is a legend

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle what ?

@@outoforder9348 Bob is a legend, person appearance comments are hack takes

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I’m well aware of his legendary work having written pretty much of blizzard and madman and the bands he’s worked with BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE MY FUCKING GRANDMA ! Prick

* Darth hideous

darth hideous is the worst