The Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has been a huge fan of Black Sabbath, band originally formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. He grew up listening to them, learned to play their songs and also enjoyed the Ronnie James Dio era as he said during a Q&A session. Duff McKagan shares his love for Black Sabbath "When I was a little kid, FM radio started, and I had all these older siblings. And we had a stereo in the living room of our house, and they would play FM radio. And what FM radio did then was play a whole side of a record, and it was rock — rock and roll music. So it'd be (Jimi) Hendrix and whatever." "I remember hearing 'Iron Man' for the first time, whatever year that was, and however old I was — young — thinking 'Iron Man' was, 'Wow.' It was like a cartoon thing. And 'What is this song?' And (it) was kind of accessible for me. And a few years later, when I started playing guitar, I could figure that song out. And Sabbath and Ozzy just remained a constant." "I love the 'Never Say Die!' record, which is '78. Some people kind of passed over that stuff. Sabbath going with Dio was a really cool period. And Ozzy going on his own and doing his thing was… He became an icon, I think, when he went solo, whatever that means. But there's certain… Iggy (Pop), Lemmy, Ozzy, Prince — there was these constants in rock and roll, and Ozzy remains that.," Duff McKagan said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). Guns N' Roses will be part of the upcoming final Black Sabbath show that will happen next July 5 in Birmingham. It will also be Ozzy's final solo career concert. The bassist was part of Ozzy's band during his most recent albums "Ordinary Man" (2020) and "Patient Number 9" (2022). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBF78tA443A&pp=ygUMb3JkaW5hcnkgbWFu0gcJCd4JAYcqIYzv
