“He’d been getting out of it, being drunk, unprofessional, unreliable, and all the rest of it. But I had a feeling of: ‘I’ve got to do this.’” Original Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley was “warned” against joining The Prince Of Darkness’ band

Ozzy Osbourne with his solo band in 1980.

Ozzy Osbourne’s first bassist says people “warned” him against joining The Prince Of Darkness’ solo band.

Bob Daisley, who played with Osbourne on-and-off from 1980 to 1995, makes the revelation in a new interview with Guitar World. The singer had recently been fired from Black Sabbath, and the bassist says talk of his bad behaviour had become rampant.