r/OzzyOsbourne

Honestly, I would have been happy if Jake had never been fired.

This is the second track from Ozzy Osbourne’s third album release Bark at the Moon (1983).

Rate this song out of 10!

Feel free to discuss what you like (or don’t like) about the song, as well as any favorite lyrics, studio anecdote or memory.

Studio Version

Live Version

Rating Results: Bark at the Moon (1983)

1. Bark at the Moon - 10/10
2. You’re No Different - ?/10

Down's long-awaited new album will feature a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and a collaboration with King Diamond.

Volume 5 - which is due in stores on Nov. 20 - will be the band's first full-length album since 2007's Down III: Over the Under, and their first release since the Down IV - Part II EP in 2014.

The New Orleans-based supergroup includes Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower and Crowbar guitarist and bassist Kirk Windstein and Pat Bruders.

“We were all excited about this,” Anselmo explains in a press release announcing Volume V. “There was a sense of lightness in the air. Everyone’s attitude was positive.

The singer is particularly excited about "Twice-Told Tales," the album's closing track. “It’s a conglomerate of tight riffs and blues rock mixed with the diligence of classic metal,” “It’s an important song to us. I could feel Ozzy Osbourne’s influence on me in the strangest way.” ("Twice-Told Tales" is preceded by a song named "Ozz" on Volume V.)

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Now completely filled! Many albums are in different versions (re-issues/remasters etc)

Feel free to discuss what you like (or don’t like) about the album, as well as any favorite lyrics, studio anecdote or memory.

Rating Results: Diary of a Madman (1981)

1. Over the Mountain - 9.5/10
2. Flying High Again - 9.62/10
3. You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll - 9.7/10
4. Believer - 9.55/10
5. Little Dolls - 8.51/10
6. Tonight - 9.48/10
7. S.A.T.O. - 9.5/10
8. Diary of a Madman - 9.94/10

I somewhat collect nich fragrances and I'm also a huge sabbath fan. I've known about Ozzys signature scent and purchased a bottle a couple years ago. As for the Iommi they came out more recently and just got them.

Attached is the profile image for each and the prince of darkenss version description by Sharon Osbourne

No 88 by Czech and Speake - This scent immediately reminds me of an old school style fragrance not afraid to lean slightly feminine. The floral rose notes really come through all the spice and pine. It's truly a night time evening out style fragrance which smells very sophisticated. I'd imagine a wealthy man in London in the 70s to wear this. I easily got six hours out of three sprays. Three being enough not to spice bomb the room out.

Defied Tony Iommi by Xjeroff - This is a heavy on the leather. I am not huge on very leathery fragrances but some I seem to love (Tom Ford) but this one lands right in the middle. This is very spicy to start off then the dry down turns into a new leather sofa. That sounds bad but not really, the woodyness comes out with a very slight rose note. Almost seems like it would be close to the No 88 but the leather over powers most of the notes to me. Two sprays all that's needed or you'll become a leather couch.

Monkey Special Tony Iommi by Xjeroff - This one is a bit of a turn off at the opening for me. I get blasted with a ton of alcohol and spice. Over powers my senses at first to where It hits like smelling a bottle of rum. The dry down is really where it changes and becomes something wearable. It turns into a woody smell that comes off bold, masculine and "fancy" in a way. I enjoyed it the longer I wore it. Also night time time fragrance as this would be extremely overpowering on a hot day.

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Overall my favorite is the No 88 by Czech and Speake. The floral notes on top of the strong masculine musk is really enjoyable. It has longevity and enough sillage to make other people notice but not choke them. I can see how and why Ozzy would make this his signature scent for over 30 years. It's very boutique also as you will not find this in stores at least in the states.

As for the Iommis they are enjoyable but the leather and spice is too much for me to start off. Maybe if it was dulled with some heavier gourmand notes, would have helped this for my tastes. Overall they're both great products and I'm a big fan of Xjeroff's many fragrances and own several. I'd just wear these less often than the No88.

That's it. I'm no writer or professional perfume reviewer. I like sampling different fragrances and I like black sabbath. That is all. Feel free to trash me.

Iommi Monkey - Retail $450 for 3.4oz on discounters for $245

Iommi Defied - Retail $305 for 1.7 oz discounters for $165

No 88 Prince of darkness edition $370 for 3.4oz not available on discounters

No 88 EDP - $175 for 1.7oz not available on discounters

This is the first track from Ozzy Osbourne’s third album release Bark at the Moon (1983).

Rate this song out of 10!

Feel free to discuss what you like (or don’t like) about the song, as well as any favorite lyrics, studio anecdote or memory.

Studio Version

Live Version

Rating Results: Bark at the Moon (1983)

1. Bark at the Moon - ?/10

During the Crazy Train live and loud video, when Ozzy Osbourne sings "To learn how to love," it cuts somebody in the audience holding a sign saying "F*CK ME ZAKK". She also makes an appearance in Mama I'm Coming Home, when Ozzy yells to the crowd to "Show me some t*t's, man!".

Just seen on Kelly's Instagram!

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This is the eighth and final track from Ozzy Osbourne’s second album release Diary of a Madman (1981), and also the last track to feature Randy Rhoads on guitar

Rate this song out of 10!

Feel free to discuss what you like (or don’t like) about the song, as well as any favorite lyrics, studio anecdote or memory.

Studio Version

Live Version

Rating Results: Diary of a Madman (1981)

1. Over the Mountain - 9.5/10
2. Flying High Again - 9.62/10
3. You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll - 9.7/10
4. Believer - 9.55/10
5. Little Dolls - 8.51/10
6. Tonight - 9.48/10
7. S.A.T.O. - 9.5/10
8. Diary of a Madman - ?/10

In 1980, Ozzy Osbourne recorded his first post-Black Sabbath album, Blizzard of Ozz. The comeback album featured the songs “Crazy Train” and “Goodbye to Romance,” as well as the standout single “Mr. Crowley.”

Written by Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, “Mr. Crowley” features a theatrical keyboard intro performed by Don Airey and an iconic guitar solo by Rhoads, as well as a lengthy outro. Osbourne’s vocals highlight the life of English occultist Aleister Crowley.

Daisley, the song’s lyricist, was careful with the dark subject matter.

“Because he was a satanist and into dark stuff and all that, I didn’t want to make a negative song,” he told Rolling Stone in 2021. “I wanted to make it a little bit like talking to Mr. Crowley and going, ‘What the f–k were you thinking? What were you doing? What went on in your head?’ He used to sign his autograph ‘Polemically Aleister Crowley.’ ‘Polemic’ just means ‘controversial.’ That’s why, at the end, I wrote, ‘polemically sent.’” 

Rhoads’ guitar work on “Mr. Crowley” was once ranked among Guitar World’s Top 50 greatest guitar solos of all time.

“I’d have to say that ‘Mr. Crowley’ is my most memorable solo,” Rhoads said shortly before his death in 1982. “I had spent hours trying to figure out a solo for the song but wasn’t getting anywhere. I finally put something down. Then Ozzy came in and said, ‘It’s crap—everything you’re playing is crap.’ He told me to get in there and just play how I felt. He made me really nervous, so I just played anything. When I came back to listen to it, he said it was great, and I had to agree.”

Guitar legend Tom Morello also agreed, once telling the outlet of Rhoads’ “Mr. Crowley” solos, “You could teach those on a college-level musicology course or bang your head [to them] in a heavy metal parking lot.”

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