Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics, and topped by Osbourne's eerie vocals, early records such as their eponymous debut album and Paranoid sold huge numbers, as well as getting airplay. In 1979, Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath largely for unreliability due to substance abuse. All the members in the band did drugs, but Osbourne did them to a much greater extent than other members of the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio. In the late 1970s, the band Necromandus rehearsed with Ozzy Osbourne and briefly became the first incarnation of his Blizzard of Ozz solo project. The Ozzy Osbourne Band began as The Blizzard of Ozz, formed by Osbourne's new manager and future wife, Sharon Arden. The first line-up of the band featured drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep), bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and later Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot). The record company would eventually title the record Blizzard of Ozz credited simply under Osbourne's name. Even those two that I mentioned as not-as-good are just as good as the rest of the album.įavourite Tracks: No More Tears Hellraiser Road To Nowhere Mama, I'm Coming Home Mr.Largely written by Daisley and Rhoads, Osbourne met with considerable success on his first solo effort, the debut collection selling well with heavy metal fans. They all make this album as good as it is. which I really don't care about, and maybe I Don't Want To Change The World, there aren't many tracks that I would get rid of. I mean, I do think that maybe 57 minutes is a bit too long for an Ozzy album? But then again, aside from A.V.H. But then again, considering no more albums from Ozzy's solo stuff are seen in a good light, it is very possible that he falls from grace at some point. The way I see it, Rhoades is more of a guitar solo guy - making some of the best solos in metal history - but Wylde is able to keep a consistently great riff all throughout the track. I do have to admit that I don't think Zakk is anywhere near as good as Rhoades, but he is definitely a phenomenal one who holds his own very well, as shown in songs like S.I.N. Hell, I even think he made those first two records as good as they are. This may be my favourite Ozzy record, but even I can't deny that Rhoades' is one of the greatest guitarists out there. While I did mention in my review for No Rest For The Wicked that Zakk Wylde was an incredibly good guitarist, it was only here that he convinced me that he is not only better than Jake Lee - guitarist for Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin - he actually convinced me that he is a much better successor to the great Randy Rhoades. This album has everything that made me fall in love with the work that Ozzy was apart of, both in Sabbath and in his early solo career.
From classic headbangers like Hellraiser, to unrelenting guitar riffs on Road To Nowhere. Tinkertrain, to more emotional songs like Mama, I'm Coming Home. The writing here is up there with some of the best written songs on Vol. His follow-up to this is seen as his worst work yet, for chrissakes!) And when I say "return to form," I don't mean Blizzard Of Ozz, I mean Black Sabbath.
No More Tears is a very much needed return to form for Ozzy, albeit brief (because, let's admit it, he isn't going to get better than this. There may have been some aspects to his first two albums that were better, and they are certainly seen more as the classics and held in higher regard, but this album is just so much better for me. Yeah, this is now my favourite solo Ozzy record.
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