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We've found the world's most grotesque tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and it's in a Birmingham pub

A new Wetherspoons pub in the Home Of Metal has paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and it's not good at all

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Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne apparently no longer speak to each other because their wives won't let them

Former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler reveals in his new memoir that he's no longer on talking terms with Ozzy Osbourne because of a conflict between their wives

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Robert Trujillo: “We have more riffs than we know what to do with. With every handful of riffs we get out of Kirk, there’s another 500 we didn’t hear”

Now a 20-year veteran as Metallica bassist, Trujillo details the secret weapons that locked in with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's guitar tones on 72 Seasons, and the key to getting extra grit from fingerstyle bass

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The Story Behind The Song: Corrosion Of Conformity’s Vote With A Bullet

Pepper Keenan’s furious call-to-arms was the song that transformed Corrosion Of Conformity from hardcore bruisers into stoner metal revolutionaries

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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Free's Paul Rodgers reviewed Black Sabbath in 1970, and were not at all impressed

In 1970 Melody Maker got Roger Waters and Paul Rodgers to offer their opinions on two Black Sabbath singles

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The guitar gear secrets behind James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett’s tones on 72 Seasons

Metallica co-producer Greg Fidelman reveals how the new album was made with the help of a Marshall modded by Eddie Van Halen’s amp wizard and a rack full of battle-hardened guitars, including one that makes Hetfield “immediately want to play fast riffs”

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Tony Iommi is loving the new Black Sabbath ballet: "I never thought we would have people dancing to War Pigs and Iron Man"

Tony Iommi has visited rehearsals for the Birmingham Royal Ballet's forthcoming production of Black Sabbath - The Ballet, and he very much likes what he sees

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‘Hate to be predictable’: Acosta brings Black Sabbath ballet to Birmingham

City gets ready for ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ celebrating the music of Ozzy and co

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"With no disrespect to Cliff Burton, I think my picking brought a new tightness to Metallica. Cliff's sound wasn't very defined": An interview with Jason Newsted on the release of The Black Album

From the Bass Player archive: Jason Newsted on picking vs fingers, the gear and technique behind The Black Album and how it feels to fill Cliff Burton's shoes...

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Paul Gilbert reveals the surprising guitars he used to emulate Ronnie James Dio's voice, the lead that took 100 takes and his grand guitar solo plans for Mr. Big's farewell tour

The much-loved virtuoso details his approach to tackling parts by Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi and Vivian Campbell for The Dio Album, snapping up vintage Ibanez guitar bargains, and the younger players who are catching his ear

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Ozzy Osbourne was the wild man of metal on stage – but vulnerability was his secret weapon

The Black Sabbath legend’s announcement at 74 that he will never tour again marks an end to the rabble-rousing live career of a singular rock star

The Guardian - UK

Ozzy Osbourne: Patient Number 9 review – immortal king of heavy metal cheats death again

The irrepressible rocker offsets his usual forays into the occult with moving contemplations of illness on a star-studded return

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