Ozzy Osbourne 1981 | The Blizzard of Ozz Interviews
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Two 1981 interviews with former Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne. At the time of the interviews in 1981, Ozzy was 31 years old and was promoting his Blizzard of Ozz tour and his upcoming Diary of a Madman album. In the interview, he talks about how glad he is to be out of Black Sabbath, buying fireworks, Randy Rhoads, and how Donny Osmond influenced a Black Sabbath song. 00:00 - Intro to Ozzy Osbourne interview 00:43 - Start of Ozzy interview 01:17 - His upcoming stage show for his new album Diary of a Madman 03:58 - A crazy Black Sabbath on tour story where the cops show up 05:51 - How he may be cursed 07:11 - How he’s not like normal people 07:40 - How he made a stray dog’s day 09:38 - His first time drinking tequila 11:23 - Buying fireworks in the United States 12:20 - Trying to get out of jail 13:16 - Being banned by the Mormons 14:24 - Randy Rhoads is not pretty like Boston 14:59 - The extremes he goes to so his fans will not be let down 16:59 - What happened to drummer Lee Kerslake 19:01 - How cool Motorhead’s Lemmy is 20:17 - Start of the second interview 20:50 - If people still think of him with Black Sabbath 21:18 - The difference between him and Black Sabbath 21:58 - How the Blizzard of Ozz album is doing 22:46 - His upcoming album Diary of a Madman 23:24 - His band, Randy Rhoads, Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge 24:32 - If Ozzy likes New Wave music 26:08 - What he likes besides music 26:46 - How Donny Osmond influenced a Black Sabbath song 27:29 - Touring plans
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