“He pretty much wrote the whole song!He just started playing that bass line and we all knew it was killer”: How Alice In Chains’ Mike Inez got the ball rolling for Ozzy Osbourne classic No More Tears – but he never got the chance to record it

Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde tear it up onstage in 1989. Ozzy is shirtless. Wylde his shirtless, too – and he plays his bullseye graphic Les Paul.

Ozzy Osbourne hiring a then-unknown 19-year-old by the name of Zakk Wylde might have seemed risky but 1988’s No Rest For The Wicked soon proved they had chemistry together. This coltish firebrand had a flair for the electric guitar – and he proved he had the temperament to handle the gig.

When it was time to record its follow-up, No More Tears, Ozzy, Wylde et al were on a roll.