Kelly Osbourne in brutal spat as rock star claims Ozzy didn't write own songs - and takes on Sharon (www.birminghammail.co.uk)

submitted 2 hours ago by velma@sh.itjust.works to c/music@lemmy.world

23 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The astonishing claims about the Birmingham-born Black Sabbath icon, who died last year, were made by American heavy metal star Dee Snider, of Twisted Sister.

In a post on X, he claimed Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler penned all of the band's lyrics.

He also claimed Ozzy's first two solo albums featured lyrics written by Bob Daisley, and that the No More Tears album had contributions from Lemmy Kilmister.

Snider also suggested that Sharon Osbourne "doesn't like to share" while discussing the legacy of Ozzy's music, but aded that while many artisits don't write their own material they can still make songs their own.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] baronvonj@piefed.social 18 points 2 hours ago

Dee is hardly dropping some breaking news, here.

https://rockandrollgarage.com/geezer-butler-explains-why-he-was-black-sabbaths-main-lyricist/

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, wtf. "The bassist writes the lyrics" has been an Ozzy thing forever. There's nothing wrong with it. Especially in Sabbath. They're a band, people contribute. What's the stink about?

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

IDK who penned the words, the album Paranoid is a masterpiece and nobody else has the vocal style of Ozzy and it is a major reason that it's a masterpiece.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago)

Yeah, it's like saying geddy lee didn't write Rush's lyrics.

AFAIK, as soon as they saw that besides being an excellent drummer, Neil Peart was a voracious reader, they went, phew, we can get him to write the lyrics.