“He began drinking and smoking pot and wanting to change parts. I told him he should have come to rehearsals. The next day I got the phone call – I was out”: Bob Daisley recalls his rollercoaster years with Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne performs on stage on the 'Blizzard Of Ozz' tour, United Kingdom, September-October 1980. Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Bob Daisley (bass). (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images).

Regardless of misinformation, Bob Daisley played bass on, wrote the lyrics for, and was bandleader during the recording of Ozzy’s first two post-Sabbath solo albums, 1980’s The Blizzard of Ozz, and 1981’s Diary of a Madman.

Though his role as an “official member” of Ozzy’s band changed, his role didn’t. During the sessions for 1983’s Bark at the Moon, 1986’s The Ultimate Sin, 1988’s No Rest for the Wicked and 1991’s No More Tears, – aka the Prince of Darkness’ golden era – Daisley was pivotal.