The longtime Ozzy Osbourne bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley was part of all the successful albums of the late Black Sabbath vocalist, including the first two classic ones: “Blizzard of Ozz” (1980) and “Diary of a Madman” (1981), which also had Randy Rhoads on guitar and Lee Kerslake on drums. Besides original songs from those two records, they used to play during the shows some Black Sabbath songs and Daisley recalled in an interview with Artists on Record that the late guitar player was not a fan of the previous band Osbourne was part of.
Bob Daisley recalls Randy Rhoads was not a Black Sabbath fan
“It was getting to the point where Randy didn’t want to be in a rock band, because he wanted to pursue his studies and get his master’s degree. So, he wanted to leave anyway, whether we would have gotten another album, or maybe two, out of that lineup before Randy left. Randy… He didn’t like playing the Black Sabbath songs. He was not a Black Sabbath fan.”
“We used to do a medley of Sabbath songs at the end of the set when we did the UK tour, ‘Paranoid’, ‘Iron Man’, and I think ‘Children of the Grave.’ He didn’t like doing those. But yeah, Randy was becoming more and more serious about his classical playing, so it may have lasted a third and a fourth album. I really don’t know, but it’s a nice thought. But who knows?” Bob Daisley said (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar).
Bob Daisley’s work with Ozzy
Despite the legal battles over the years, the longtime Ozzy Osbourne bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley recently lamented the death of his former boss and bandmate. Daisley was part of Ozzy’s band from 1979 to 1981, 1983 to 1985, 1988 (As a session musician), 1990 to 1991 (As a session musician) and from 1994 to 1995.
After leaving Ozzy’s band there were legal battles against Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon to claim songwriting credits and royalties over the successful lyrics he wrote for most of Ozzy’s successful records. In 2002, Sharon called Rob Trujillo and Mike Bordin to re-record the bass and drum tracks on “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman” to avoid paying Daisley and the drummer Lee Kerslake royalties. Eventually, the original versions were restored in later reissues.