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Bob Daisley recently appeared on the Artists On Record podcast, and what distinguishes this interview, he was answering questions from the listeners. The bulk of the conversation revolved around Ozzy, but there were a couple of questions about Rainbow (hint: look for segment titles in the progress bar).
Thanks to the Ultimate Guitar and BraveWords for the heads-up.
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Yawn. Ozzy fans sure have a knack for asking the same old, same old questions over
and over
and over
the mountainagain. 😑 I’m no Ozzy fan, but even I have heard those stories at least a dozen times by now.Why doesn’t anybody ask, if everything was so hunky-dory with Rainbow, why didn’t you ask in the late summer of 1978 whether you could stay with the band? Or: When Ariel Bender/Luther Grosvenor had backstage punch-ups with other Widowmaker members, who won? 😂 Why did Mothers Army never play live, not even in Japan where you had a recording contract and where a few club gigs could have been easily arranged? With a couple of Ozzy, Rainbow, Night Ranger and Vanilla Fudge/Cactus songs thrown in, you would have had quite a set!
I geddit why playing Sabbath songs was not really to Randy’s taste. He really didn’t like heavy music that much, preferring Mick Ronson with David Bowie to anything from the Holy Brit Heavy Triumvirate. Pre-success Quiet Riot with Randy was a power pop outfit whose music echoed Brit glam rock:
https://youtu.be/NRel_S-nR9E
That is why those first two Ozzy albums sound a lot poppier than anything Ozzy had done before.
August 29th, 2025 at 02:56The Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley songwriting and to an extent Lee Kerslake’s contribution to the songwriting is what made the first and second Ozzy albums stand out. Plus of course the more ‘classical’ approach and no doubt the USA influence in Rhoads and his guitar playing and good ole Lee Kerslake’s drumming too. They are both miles ahead of anything else that O$$y did after that to my ears. And even what Ozzy was involved in before in some aspects, with Sabbath. The third album Bark At The Moon had some good songs on it, but having to follow those first two, the overall songs, sound and delivery was always going to falter. This happens occasionally with a certain chemistry with certain musicians. They also both have that sort of British connection much more, evidently. A nice combination at the time, thankfully captured for all posterity. Not as MTV-ish, if you know what I mean. Cheers.
August 29th, 2025 at 22:18Plus the fact that Rhoads had to play Black Sabbath songs as Bob says. That was not what anyone really wanted to do, but it obviously had to happen. The same as poor ole Ronnie having to sing them. I remember mistakingly buying the O$bourne circus double live album of all the Sabbath songs, Speak of the Devil I think it was called. His sad attempt at getting back at the other guys because they released the Live Evil album. I frisbeed that double Ozzy album, no joking as it sailed away into an abyss of nothingness where it belonged. Brad Gillis was the guitarist on that live album of O$bourne’s and I clearly remember him dissing on the Sabbath songs. Boring, simplistic etc etc. He loathed having to play them. I have heard similar comments from certain guitarists I have known over the years. They didn’t think a lot of Black Sabbath, the simplistic and heavy aspect to it all. I won’t repeat what I have heard over time. Each to their own. Cheers.
August 29th, 2025 at 22:35Thanks for posting the Bob Daisley interview, I thought it was a good one. O$$y is the flavour of the month at the moment, so no surprises there. Bob rightfully directs a few questions back to his book because of the complexities of it all. I really enjoyed the final question about Revelation Mother Earth. The final song on the debut Blizzard album. The lyrics and how Bob loathes the predictable, ‘Oh how she left me, I am heartbroken” etc etc. So true so true. Write something that actually says something that gets the thoughts going. Also the mention of Don Airey’s piano on that epic song. Such a grand composition all round that song is, one of the best. Cheers.
August 29th, 2025 at 23:39