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July 13, 2024 linda linda Others 0

Who would Ozzy Osbourne choose to make up his ultimate dream band? This legendary vocalist had two iconic guitarists and a world-renowned bassist at the ready when answering the question and also offered up one player with whom he’s previously shared concert stages on tour.

Who Did Ozzy Osbourne Pick for His Dream Band?

Once the question was posed during The Osbournes podcast by a viewer and read off by Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy wasted little time in rattling off several key positions around him.

“I’d have John Lennon, Paul McCartney, me, Jimi Hendrix,” stated the Black Sabbath legend.

Reminded by Sharon Osbourne that he hadn’t named a drummer, Osbourne chose a player he’s previously played with, taking a second to think about it before answering “Tommy Clufetos” which earned a head nod from Sharon and Jack Osbourne with Ozzy’s son adding, “That’d be quite the gig.”

Clufetos has enjoyed a long stint playing drums for Osbourne in his solo band and was the drummer chosen to fill-in for Bill Ward on Black Sabbath’s final tour when Ward bowed out over a contractual dispute.

Ozzy Osbourne’s Love of The Beatles

Osbourne has previously gone on record with his love of The Beatles, whom he told Rolling Stone in 2022 was his favorite artist to this day. Osbourne says that the Beatles are a part of his daily listening habits, and he revealed that “Darkside Blues” off the Patient Number 9 solo album is his conceptual homage to the Beatles runout groove on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

Osbourne also tried to get McCartney to play bass on his 2001 song “Dreamer,” but McCartney claimed that Robert Trujillo’s bass track was too good to replace.

Ozzy told Classic Rock that The Beatles’ “She Loves You” was the song that changed his life, explaining, “‘She Loves You’ had such an impact on me. I remember exactly where I was. I was walking down Witton Road in Aston, I had a blue transistor radio and when that song came on I knew from then on what I wanted to do with my life.”

He continued, “This was so brand new and it gave me a great feeling. Then I became an avid Beatles fan – they were great. I owe my career to them because they gave me the desire to want to be in the music game.”

Earlier this year, Ozzy confessed on The Osbournes podcast, “”I’m a big Beatle fan and when I first met Paul McCartney, it was like meeting Jesus Christ.”

He then added, “He was a very nice man. And when I got a Grammy, he followed up with my producer to congratulate me. That was very, very special.”

Thrash Metal: Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986)
Here we’ve got the most highly regarded album by thrash metal’s biggest band. There’s not a dud on Metallica’s Master of Puppets, and thanks to the Netflix series Stranger Things, a whole new generation is embracing the brilliance of this 1986 classic.

At eight songs, there’s no fat to cut here. The title track, “Battery” and “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” are all out jams and Cliff Burton’s mastery on “Orion” will always leave us wondering what might have later been.

As you’ll see as you continue, there were some thrash classics we couldn’t do without, but other thrash metal favorites that didn’t make the cut include Anthrax’s Among the Living and Exodus’ Bonded by Blood.

Revenge Album: Megadeth, Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying? (1986)

Megadeth truly established themselves as a metal force with their sophomore set, Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying? The album arrived with more bite, more confidence, more rebellion. The title track was meant to rail against many of the metal stereotypes propagated by the media. Other songs had a more political bend, with Dave Mustaine not holding back in taking his shots.
Then, of course, there’s the revenge of having a revered record after the indignity of being booted from Metallica. Peace Sells gave Megadeth a place at the table as one of the ‘80s standout metal acts, right alongside his former band.
Mustaine and Metallica will always seemingly be tied together, and this album brought new juice to one of the ‘80s biggest band beefs.

Of the Moment: Guns N’ Roses’Appetite for Destruction (1987)

The ‘80s gave us certain albums that seemed to transcend everything else going on in music at the time. In this category, we’re going with the 1987 breakout of the brash, raucous, in-your-face rock of Guns N’ Roses.
While hair metal was starting to command the airwaves, Guns N’ Roses stood out from the herd giving us something a little bit more traditional hard rock in nature – angsty and melodic guitar leads, a charismatic and powerful vocalist and a driving rock machine ready to take out anyone in its path.
Everyone knows the three big singles, but cuts such as “Mr. Brownstone,” “It’s So Easy,” “Nightrain” and “Rocket Queen” make this a “no-skip” record, one that must be digested for generations to come.
This almost feels like it needs its own separate category, but Misfits took punk a way that many did not see coming with 1982’s Walk Among Us. Branching off from the ‘70s punk explosion, the Glenn Danzig band brought a dose of theatricality and leaned into darker sci-fi and horror themes musically.
“All Hell Breaks Loose,” “Hatebreeders,” “Skulls” and the amazing album closer “Braineaters” make this a standout release which truly forged its own path back in 1982.
Some of the other punk and hardcore albums considered included X’s Los Angeles, The Clash’s Combat Rock, Bad Religion’s Suffer, Descendents’ Milo Goes to College, Minor Threat’s Out of Step, Black Flag’s Damaged, Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Bad Brains’ self-titled release and Talking Heads’ Remain in Light.

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