Don't know how many folks are interested, but fuck it.
Ozzy's semi-autobiography "I Am Ozzy" is actually a very entertaining read. You'd expect a non-coherent rambling mess, but it's quite well done. At some passages I was literally laughing my ass off, tears streaming, the whole bit. It's also very open and honest, with the exception of a couple areas that I'll get to in a sec.
I'm not so much an Ozzy fan as I am a Randy Rhoads fan. Randy was one of my biggest influences playing guitar, and it was devastating when he died. Ozzy has never really spoken very much about what happened the day of the plane crash, and it was nice to finally hear at least his version of events. The book also doesn't dwell on the time Randy was in the band either, which I guess is understandable, since Ozzy to this day still doesn't really like thinking about it.
Ozzy did avoid completely the entire Iron Maiden feud, not mentioning the band even once in his book. I don't know if he did it for legal reasons, or if he didn't want to paint his wife Sh.aron in a bad light. Speaking of Sharon, I've never liked her, and after reading the book I can't say I've gotten any more sympatheic towards her. On one hand she's married to a guy that spent the last 40 years completely wasted out of his mind on booze and drugs and has even beat her a couple of times, but on the other hand she's a greedy, scheming, evil bitch. Not that Ozzy would say that, he's pretty much googoo eyed gushing in love with her, which means he's apparently overlooking some major character flaws. Other than that, Ozzy pretty much pulls no punches in discussing his relationships with other band members, and other bands Like Yes, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Emerson lake and Palmer, etc.
But all in all, it's a great book if you've grown up digging Black Sabbath/Ozzy and the rest of the metal scene from the 70s/80s. Two bongs way way up.
Ozzy's semi-autobiography "I Am Ozzy" is actually a very entertaining read. You'd expect a non-coherent rambling mess, but it's quite well done. At some passages I was literally laughing my ass off, tears streaming, the whole bit. It's also very open and honest, with the exception of a couple areas that I'll get to in a sec.
I'm not so much an Ozzy fan as I am a Randy Rhoads fan. Randy was one of my biggest influences playing guitar, and it was devastating when he died. Ozzy has never really spoken very much about what happened the day of the plane crash, and it was nice to finally hear at least his version of events. The book also doesn't dwell on the time Randy was in the band either, which I guess is understandable, since Ozzy to this day still doesn't really like thinking about it.
Ozzy did avoid completely the entire Iron Maiden feud, not mentioning the band even once in his book. I don't know if he did it for legal reasons, or if he didn't want to paint his wife Sh.aron in a bad light. Speaking of Sharon, I've never liked her, and after reading the book I can't say I've gotten any more sympatheic towards her. On one hand she's married to a guy that spent the last 40 years completely wasted out of his mind on booze and drugs and has even beat her a couple of times, but on the other hand she's a greedy, scheming, evil bitch. Not that Ozzy would say that, he's pretty much googoo eyed gushing in love with her, which means he's apparently overlooking some major character flaws. Other than that, Ozzy pretty much pulls no punches in discussing his relationships with other band members, and other bands Like Yes, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Emerson lake and Palmer, etc.
But all in all, it's a great book if you've grown up digging Black Sabbath/Ozzy and the rest of the metal scene from the 70s/80s. Two bongs way way up.
