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Rich Hobson

"They'd throw shrapnel at us - coins. I collected enough to buy a beer." Burton C. Bell recalls the trials of supporting Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath in the 90s

Burton C. Bell/Ozzy Osbourne.

Former Fear Factory frontman has opened up on what it was like supporting Ozzy Osbourne in the mid-90s - and a special Black Sabbath event in Birmingham. Speaking to the Everblack Podcast, Bell admitted the industrial metal band had their work cut out for them.

"Fear Factory had been opening for Ozzy already on his Retirement Sucks tour, which was, like, '96," Burton explains. "We did three months throughout the United States and Europe. And Europe was fucking tough, because we were the only opening band and all those people in Europe, they didn't wanna see us. They just wanted to see Ozzy. So they were literally just standing there watching us.

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