I am ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres

Author:Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres [Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographie
ISBN: 9780446569903
Published: 2011-09-15T09:01:44+00:00

Randy loved Britain.

Every weekend, he’d get in the van and drive somewhere, just to have a look around. He went to Wales, Scotland, the Lake District, you name it. He also collected toy trains, so wherever he went, he’d buy one. He was a quiet bloke, very dedicated, didn’t like showing off, but he could be a laugh, too. One time we were in this bar and there was a guy in the corner playing classical music on the piano, so Randy goes up to him and says, ‘D’you mind if I join you?’ The guy looks at Randy, looks around the bar, sees me, and goes, ‘Er, sure.’ So then Randy gets out his Gibson, hooks up his little practice amp, and starts playing along to this Beethoven piece or whatever it was. But as he goes along, he starts throwing in all these rock ’n’ roll moves, and by the end of it he’s on his knees, doing this wild solo with his tongue hanging out. It was fucking hilarious. The whole bar was in stitches.

The funny thing is, I don’t think Randy really ever liked Black Sabbath much. He was a proper musician. I mean, a lot of rock ’n’ roll guitarists are good, but they have just one trick, one gimmick, so even if you don’t know the song, you go, ‘Oh, that’s so-and-so.’ But Randy could play anything. His influences ranged from Leslie West to jazz greats like Charlie Christian and classical guys like John Williams. He didn’t understand why people were into ‘Iron Man’, ’cos he thought it was so simple a kid could play it.

We had arguments about that, actually. I’d say, ‘Look, if it works, who cares if it’s simple? I mean, you can’t get much easier than the riff to “You Really Got Me” – but it’s awesome. When I first bought that single, I played it until the needle on my dad’s radiogram broke.’

Randy would just shrug and say, ‘I guess.’

One thing Sharon’s brother managed to get done when we were in England was find us a bass player – Bob Daisley, an Aussie bloke who’d been signed to Jet with a band called Widowmaker, which was how David knew him. I liked Bob immediately. He was a proper rock ’n’ roller – he wore denim jackets with cut-out sleeves and had his hair all blown out – and we’d go down the pub and do a bit of coke once in a while.

Another good thing about Bob was that he wasn’t just a bass player. He could chip in with songwriting, too.

And we had a laugh together – at first, anyway.

Getting a drummer wasn’t so easy.

We seemed to audition half of Britain before we finally came across Lee Kerslake, who’d played with Uriah Heep. He was all right, Lee – one of those big old pub blokes. Solid drummer, too. But the guy I’d really wanted – Tommy Aldridge, from the Pat Travers Band – wasn’t available.

Another early member of our line-up was a keyboard player from Ipswich called Lindsay Bridgewater.

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