B Traven said:

nocap said:

I’ve been feeling a deep sense of loss about Ozzy, ngl. 
Not at all done mourning that yet.

Doesn’t really track since I don’t actually know the guy or his family.

We are all one.

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Yeah.

Well, I don’t know, he was one of the first "celebrity" musicians I knew about as a kid. First song I learned to play on guitar was Iron Man. Grew up with all the "Satanic Panic" shit, and gradually took in the entirety of his discography over the course of my adult life. And he had a whole second career as a sort of reality TV star/public figure. It was a little corny, but it kept him peripherally "in" my life all the while, with his voice still always somewhere on my playlist.

And unlike most celebrities/musicians/public figures, he always struck me as a genuinely real and nice dude who didn't get into any of the real sordid shit that most people in his position did. Ok, well, not always: as a kid, I believed he was possessed by the devil, and bit a real bat's head off on purpose, and glorified drug use, etc. But, it's like I spent my whole life learning more and realizing that was all just an overblown part of his public persona, then entered this phase where I'd be arguing with my wife about this sort of shit or whatever, and then, wham, he's gone. And even if Geezer wrote most of Sabbath's lyrics, it's still Ozzy's voice in my head. And oh, how they've aged like wine.

Anyway, I guess, like Lemmy, I FEEL like I knew him.

Either way, it's the end of an era, and a reminder that none of us are getting any younger.

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boxtrotalpha said:

It's always wild to me hearing about all the satanic panic stuff cause at the same time that was happening my dad was doing all the drugs drinking hard and cranking up sabbath and zeppelin. Different strokes for different folks I guess

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Mr Piggy said:

Hail Satan.

I liked sabbath, but I always found it kinda disgusting that he put his kid's super cringy teenage years on TV for everyone to see.  I don't think young teenagers are capable of understanding that kind of exposure or the lasting effects of having your most cringe years preserved in detail on television/ the internet.  I always saw it as a moral failing of them as parents.


That said, "Who's the beer thief?"

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Agreed. The animal abuse stuff never sat right with me either. Still love his music though and his influence over all rock music that came after is undeniable

boxtrotalpha said:

The animal abuse stuff never sat right with me either.

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tree frog said:

He definitely wasn't a perfect person, but he was willing to admit his mistakes and try to do better.  That's mostly what I gleaned from stuff I read.

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boxtrotalpha said:

It's always wild to me hearing about all the satanic panic stuff cause at the same time that was happening my dad was doing all the drugs drinking hard and cranking up sabbath and zeppelin. Different strokes for different folks I guess

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stubb said:

boxtrotalpha said:

It's always wild to me hearing about all the satanic panic stuff cause at the same time that was happening my dad was doing all the drugs drinking hard and cranking up sabbath and zeppelin. Different strokes for different folks I guess

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tree frog said:

I think he's just a douche.

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