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Halestorm reveal the song they were originally set to play at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show
The band ended up putting their own spin on Perry Mason, from Ozzy’s 1995 record, Ozzmosis
Bass journeyman Jo Burt on playing with Freddie Mercury, Brian Setzer and The Troggs – and getting booted from Black Sabbath
The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s smile when Geezer Butler’s Ampeg rig made a bass feel like an animal
The life and times of Ozzy Osbourne – metal’s godfather and Prince of Darkness
Remembering John “Ozzy” Osbourne, the frontman who breathed life into heavy metal and found some of its greatest guitar players
Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show
15 Head Of Doom amp heads will be sold exclusively via Ashdown’s Reverb Shop
How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments
Geezer Butler’s iconic bassline announces this tune from the classic 1970 LP Paranoid
Nuno Bettencourt remembers his final exchange with Ozzy Osbourne – a reminder of the gig he once turned down
As a 15-year-old, Bettencourt auditioned to become Randy Rhoads’ replacement. When the gig presented itself years later, he declined
Jerry Cantrell looks back at the “walk-off home run” of Ozzy Osbourne’s final show
The Alice in Chains guitarist didn’t catch up with the Prince of Darkness before his death, but he’s satisfied to have been part of Back to the Beginning with musician friends Slash, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and others
Gus G on growing up on Black Sabbath, playing with Ozzy Osbourne – and why Tony Iommi’s style was the hardest to master
Gus G reflects on a life-changing moment when he joined the likes of Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde as one of the few to be chosen by Ozzy as his shredder-in-chief
Tony Iommi on why he never became a Les Paul player – despite wanting to become one
The Black Sabbath riff lord made the reveal at the launch of his newly revived signature Gibson humbuckers
Jimi Bell may have lost out to Zakk Wylde in his Ozzy Osbourne audition, but he has no regrets
The drummer turned guitarist remains grateful for what Sharon Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Joan Jett and Randy Rand did for him, as he preps original music from his Deep Purple tribute band
