Jennifer Batten says being a woman prevented her landing an audition with Ozzy Osbourne in the ‘80s

[L-R] Jennifer Batten and Ozzy Osbourne
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Jennifer Batten has suggested that her being a woman prevented her from being considered as Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist in the ‘80s.

In a new interview with Ultimate Guitar, the former Michael Jackson guitarist discusses the sexism she has faced throughout her career, and elaborates on how she believes it could have cost her the gig with the Prince of Darkness.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.