Top 10 Reasons Why Ozzy Osbourne is Overrated
Don't get me wrong, I love Ozzy! But to tell you the truth, the prince of darkness has done many embarrassing things in his career. What are they you may ask? Well just read this list and find out.The so-called "Godfather of Heavy Metal" did nothing important in creating metal (Tony Iommi wrote Black Sabbath's songs, and Deep Purple did much more to invent the genre than Sabbath) and has zero talent (can't even read music notes) and doesn't even know anything about Metal.
I truly believe Ozzy is the most overrated metal musician ever. Worshiping Ozzy is quite unhealthy for many reasons, some of them discussed on this list.
Metal was around during the 1960s. Even Black Sabbath themselves said they're ONE of the creators of metal. Not the ultimate creator.
He did many times in many different ways. Releasing poppy metal songs, having a reality show, and doing songs on MTV.
Yep, Ozzy certainly did it. Many times. In different ways.
Look, he's a crappy singer. Why go further?
Such as, Ozzy created metal and is the Godfather of metal, and also credits for songs he didn't write. There are many sources about that, one of them being Bob Daisley's autobiography, 'For Facts Sake'. Bob Daisley was Ozzy's bassist and songwriter.
He was never a great singer, to begin with. He's got some singing ability but he isn't very talented and his vocal skills are mediocre according to the metal standards (metal standards are higher than the average though).
I'm not impressed with his voice. It sounds as if it deteriorated over the years.
Especially Dio who is a much better singer and person than Ozzy. R.I.P. Dio.
In 2005, Iron Maiden co-headlined the US festival tour, Ozzfest, with Black Sabbath. Ozzy's wife, Sharon, encouraged family friends and members of other bands to sabotage Iron Maiden's last performance at Hyundai Pavilion in San Bernardino, California, in an attack which Ron Smallwood called "vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly", as well as disrespectful to fans who had paid to see the band perform "a full unhindered performance". Ozzy ordered interference with the band's PA, delayed the entrance of the band's mascot (Eddie), and encouraged members of the Osbourne camp to throw eggs, lighters and bottle tops from the front of the audience.
This was probably the ugliest thing done by a metal musician in metal history. Metal musicians usually don't do such things and don't sabotage their colleagues. Moreover, Iron Maiden were invited by Ozzy and wife!
Everything Aragorn98 described really happened, plus: during Iron Maiden's show the power was cut off 7 times; after Iron Maiden left the stage, Sharon took the mic and called Bruce Dickinson 'a prick'. After that she was booed off the stage.
This was more Sharon's doing than Ozzy's, but still disgusting.
Ozzy is overrated even within Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi did much more for metal than Ozzy. Also, Dio was a much better singer than Ozzy and did more for metal than Ozzy.
On top of that, the theme song for the show was a cover of Ozzy's song "Crazy Train" made in a jazz-swing style reminiscent of Pat Boone! Disgrace to metal. If you're a metal fan, you would vomit instantly.
A funny YouTuber, Andy Rehfeldt, makes similar absurd covers but he makes them for fun, such as Enter Sandman - Metallica (smooth jazz version), Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth (reggae version), The Trooper - Iron Maiden (bossa nova version), and many more.
His show was The Osbournes which lasted from 2002-2005. It's like a metal version of the Kardashians! (even though this show came out before The Kardashians did)
Shot in the Dark and Mama I'm Coming Home sound like pop songs mixed with rock riffs. I like those songs but my guess is he wrote them just to get more airplay on the radio.
*Cought* *Cough* Sabbath bloody sabbath.
That songs sounds too poppy during the chorus, to the point that it is pop song with a rock instrumental.
This guy literally sang in a band that wrote songs about heaven, hell and Satan. And he does a Christmas song with some mediocre pop star? No wonder why most people don't take him seriously.
'He Did a Christmas Song with Jessica Simpson.' Rob Halford performs with Suzuka Nakamoto and he is angel. But when Ozzy Osbourne did a Christmas song he is overrated!
No doubt, Ozzy is the biggest sellout in metal history.
I remember seeing it.
I would title this item "He did too much drugs and gave metal musicians a bad name".
Similarly to all musicians, most of the metal musicians do drugs or drink alcohol but they aren't known for that, except Ozzy. And because Ozzy is the most popular metal musician even among the non-metal fans, people conclude that all metal musicians are like Ozzy, which is far from the truth.
In fact, drug/alcohol abuse among metal musicians is much less than in the other music genres, such as rock, rap, pop, grunge, blues. No major metal musician died of drugs or alcohol. No major metal musician committed suicide, etc. In general, metal musicians don't (need to) go to rehab as often as musicians from the other genres.
Out of the major metal musicians Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) had serious drug issues for which he was kicked out of Metallica (later he went to rehab). James Hetfield (Metallica) was an alcoholic for a while but he got help. Rob Halford (Judas Priest) did drugs in the 70s but ...more
"You are clueless if you think everyone in rock does drugs ". Drugs made Ozzy Osbourne overrated? How does it make him overrated?
Freddie Mercury or Ronnie James Dio didn't do drugs? Everyone did drugs.
Lol so did Pink Floyd. Guess they're overrated too huh?
Kind of goes with Number 4 but listen to Changes by Black Sabbath there's a reason Sabbath never did another Piano Ballad after that one and that's because it sucks and even when Ozzy still had his voice he still wasn't that good
He said he wanted to be in Slipknot. I don't hate Slipknot but I don't think they're one of the best in history.
He Likes Slipknot, then what? Anyone liking Slipknot is overrated.
In my opinion this is probably the worst thing a Metal musician has ever done that relates to music, the song is awful on every level and it's even worse that they put it on a BS tribute album, and I must ask how the hell is Busta Rhymes influenced by Black Sabbath? because he sampled/stole the riff of Iron Man and made it into a crappy rap beat? Ozzy raps in this song as well... and he's awful at it. Godfather of Metal my ass, a Godfather of metal wouldn't do that.
On Black Sabbath he depended on Iommi and Geezer, in his solo career he depended on their talented guitarists.
And they're not even good ones (Fish Hooks and Bubble Guppies).
According to him, AC/DC's Highway to Hell is the best metal album. How can he be called the Godfather of Metal when he's not the biggest metal expert?