{"id":85424,"date":"2025-07-23T08:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85424\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:10:21","slug":"phoenix-music-industry-reacts-to-ozzy-osbournes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85424\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix music industry reacts to Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 The music industry in the Valley is mourning the loss of the conductor of the crazy train, Ozzy Osbourne, who died at 76<\/a>. Also known as the Prince of Darkness, Osbourne\u2019s impact and influence was worldwide including in Arizona. \u201cBlack Sabbath and Ozzy will live on forever,\u201d said long time Arizona radio personality Dave Pratt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine the rock world without Ozzy Osbourne in it. It\u2019s quite a blow,\u201d said concert promoter Danny Zelisko<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a life. I mean, what an impact he made, not just on music, but on entertainment,\u201d said Pratt. <\/p>\n

Pratt first met Osbourne back in the early 1980s. He has interviewed the metal icon numerous times and the two quickly developed a long-time friendship. \u201cHe\u2019s thought of as the \u2018Prince of Darkness,\u2019 but the truth is, he was a warm guy. I had him in studio once around the holidays and he was explaining to me how he loved the holidays,\u201d said Pratt. \u201cHe was a very giving, generous, humble man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pratt said he will never forget when Osbourne called him one day to express support over his decision to go from rock radio to country. \u201cHe called my house and he felt the need to say, \u2018This is Ozzy.\u2019 He didn\u2019t need to do that because nobody else sounds like Ozzy,\u201d said Pratt, \u201cInstead of bagging me on it, he supported me and he was one of my first interviews on country radio, which I thought was really funny. Great guy, great guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it came to performing in Arizona, Osborne worked closely with Zelisko. \u201cHe was like, pretty much every other musician in the sense that they cared about their craft and their music and what they did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Zelisko said he always kept in touch with the Osbourne family and had a great time working with the metal icon over the years. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame when anything runs out of steam and has to go but you know, I don\u2019t know if you could have written a better ending,\u201d said Zelisko.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever wondered what the legend thought of Arizona, Pratt said he can answer that one. \u201cKeep in mind a lot of his friends had connections to Arizona. Rob Halford from Judas Priest lived here for quite a while, so Ozzy was very familiar with Arizona. Paul McCartney had a place down in Tucson, so he was very familiar with Arizona. A couple times we had Ozzy around Labor Day for Ozzfest out of what used to be Desert Sky Pavilion on the west side and he thought the heat was, he\u2019d say it in his Ozzy way and, \u2018That\u2019s \u2018rock n\u2019 roll baby.\u2019 That\u2019s rock n\u2019 roll.\u2019 He loved it,\u201d Pratt said.<\/p>\n

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