{"id":42299,"date":"2025-07-29T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/zakk-wylde-pays-tribute-to-ozzy-osbourne-just-the-best\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:46:08","slug":"zakk-wylde-pays-tribute-to-ozzy-osbourne-just-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/zakk-wylde-pays-tribute-to-ozzy-osbourne-just-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakk Wylde Pays Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne: ‘Just the Best’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tZakk Wylde<\/a> spoke warmly about his long relationship with Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, and shared a few memories from their final performances together, in a new interview with Guitar World<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe conversation marks the first time Wylde has spoken publicly since Osbourne\u2019s death last week<\/a>. Wylde started playing with Osbourne in 1987 and continued to perform and record with him at regular intervals over the decades. Even when they weren\u2019t working together, Wylde and Osbourne remained close friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOz was just the best,\u201d Wylde said. \u201cI have my father, who was a World War II veteran; and then Ozzy, who was almost like an older brother. There was almost a 20-year age gap between us. With our relationship, there was the fun drinking \u2013 but if I ever needed advice, I could talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWylde then joked: \u201cThere were issues on how to drink and how not to drink. You know, the important factors in life!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWylde was part of Osbourne\u2019s all-star farewell concert<\/a> earlier this month in Birmingham, England. That was the last time he saw Osbourne, but Wylde also admitted it was a bit too hectic for the two to get any quality time together.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEverybody and their mother were in the backstage dressing room and I just wanted to give him a break,\u201d Wylde said. \u201cI figured we\u2019d see him later on \u2014 the next day or whatever. But no. The last text I got from Oz was saying, \u2018Zakky, sorry, it was like a madhouse back there. I didn\u2019t see you.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Thanks for everything.\u2019 It was just us talking, saying, \u2018I love you, buddy.\u2019 That was it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d show, Wylde was onstage for a handful of Osbourne classics, including \u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u201d and \u201cCrazy Train.\u201d During \u201cMama,\u201d Wylde said he tried to keep his acoustic guitar away from the microphone so he could better help Osbourne sing, because he was \u201chaving trouble at certain notes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tWylde continued: \u201cI was like, \u2018I need to make sure I\u2019m always there so I can double him.\u2019 I was like three feet away from the microphone when I started playing the song. I was like, \u2018I gotta get near the microphone,\u2019 so I had to almost stop playing, lift the guitar up and put it over the mic. It was like juggling balls or chainsaws while being on a skateboard! It was actually pretty funny \u2014 but it was business as usual. It\u2019s supposed to be the most important show ever, but everything\u2019s on the fly!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the beginning, Wylde said, he and Osbourne had serious chemistry. \u201cLions attract lions,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the hyenas you hang out with, that sorts itself out later! But Ozzy was the easiest-going, warmest guy. He was so easy to get along with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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