In a new Interview, Sharon Osbourne spoke about Bob Daisley‘s involvement in her husband’s career.
When asked about Ozzy‘s first post-BLACK SABBATH album was initially intended as a band project, Sharon responded:
“Never, never, never. The bass player, Bob Daisley, has said that over the years. He’s a sad old f*ck that played on two of the greatest albums in the [rock] genre, and he can’t get over the fact that we didn’t use him further. Like it was, ‘Goodbye. See ya.’ And he’s never gotten over it.
And several lawsuits later — he tried to sue us three times — each time thrown out of court. Thrown out of court three times. He’s tried to change history, and it just won’t fit. It was never a band. There’s no way. It was Ozzy Osbourne.”
Sharon also talked about her decision to remove the playing of Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake from the 2002 reissues of “Blizzard Of Ozz” and “Diary Of A Madman”.
She replaced the original recordings with tracks from Ozzy‘s then-current bassist and drummer, Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin, respectively. Admitting that she is a “mean b*tch,” Sharon said the tracks were re-recorded with new players “just to teach [Bob] a lesson.”
She further added:
“We started off in L.A. yeah. That is where Ozzy found Randy [Rhoads]. Couldn’t find a bass player or a drummer. Bob Daisley had been working with Jet Records for awhile with WIDOWMAKER. He was like a session player. If you look up Bob Daisley‘s list of credits, I think he was in about 12 different bands because he was a session player. So my brother said, ‘Well, we’ve worked with Bob. Why don’t you try him because he’s a good bass player?’ And he is and was a good bass player.
So we said, ‘All right, we will try him.’ Then when we couldn’t find a drummer, Bob said, ‘I have a mate, Lee Kerslake, looking for a gig’ and that’s how Lee Kerslake played on the first two records as well.”