RonJonSurfer Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 LONDON - Stolen gold and silver discs won by Ozzy Osbourne's band Black Sabbath were recovered Wednesday after thieves dumped them behind trash cans. The discs were reported missing last week after a burglary at the home of Osbourne's former manager Patrick Meehan, in southeastern England. Kent Police said an anonymous tip had led them to the eight discs, found in a plastic bag dumped behind recycling bins. Two other discs stolen in the haul — which included the albums "Master of Reality," "Paranoid" and "Volume 4" — had already been returned after being offered for sale on Internet auction site eBay. Osbourne, who earned fame as a heavy metal rocker in the 1970s, was a victim of burglars himself last month. He unsuccessfully attempted to tackle thieves who broke into his Buckinghamshire mansion, west of London, and made off with valuable jewelry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ListenToBlackSabbath Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Ozzy's Black Sabbath?!? Ozzy's Black Sabbath?!? I hope you meant to say Tony Iommi's Black Sabbath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Sorry.......I just cut 'em and paste 'em. You need to complain to the Associated Press. However, you are correct! :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Haven't heard much from them since he left..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ListenToBlackSabbath Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Then you don't know of the marvel that is Ronnie James Dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I know all about him. I lived through it. I was 18 in 1982. Rainbow in the Dark, etc. He's no Ozzy, as evidenced by the plummeting album sales when Ozzy left. But, everyone's entitled to their opinion. And as long as it's Tony's BS, what difference does it make? BTW....in your profile...your occupation...you can't be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 'Never Say Die' was alright, as far as I can remember. Didn't buy it though as I lost heart after 'Technical Ecstacy'. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ListenToBlackSabbath Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I'll argue that Ozzy leaving the band had little effect on plummeting album sales. That all started when Tony Iommi decided to encorporate more Progressive elements in Sabbath's sound, starting with Sabotage. That, and the fact that Ozzy's voice (or lack thereof) was unable to keep up with the band's change in direction led to a loss of interest in Sabbath long before he left. If I were to compare Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die with Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules, I'd have to say that the latter two are much more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I'll argue that Ozzy leaving the band had little effect on plummeting album sales. Does anyone besides me see the humor in this? As far as Ozzy's lacking voice, I'd like to see a comparison between Ozzy's sales and Tony's BS after he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I thought Ozzy Osbourne was Black Sabbath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Sue, you're mistaken. Ozzy's the reason their albums stopped selling. (well, one of the reasons). So he took his voice (or lack thereof) and went and sold a bajillion albums on his own. Thank goodness we've been straightened out on this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I don't know how album sales were going at the time, but I do know that I preferred the voice of the black country Prince of Darkness to the more 'typical' heavy metal tones of Ronnie James D. Like so many other singers, RJD's voice had nothing to distinguish it in the rapidly expanding gendre of what became known as 'heavy metal', whereas Ozzy's did. As an aside, I went on't lash with a nanny of the Osbourne's kids many years ago. Jolly nice girl from Birmingham if I recall. Never got to meet the great man though. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Ozzy is such a strange guy... he went from dark heavy to TV star with family inc., total reality TV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellie rockin in the free world Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 You cant talk about Black Sabbath and Ozzy not come up!...They were so much better with him....they were one of the first rocks bands to eva appear on MTV..and of course Ozzy was in the video so Black Sabbath and Ozzy fit together like Santa Claus and Christmas although Ozzy made some wicked singles solo ex...Crazy Train , No More Tears, Dreamer. Momma I'm Coming Home so on and so forth. Ozzy just makes good music what eva he is doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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