David Arden at Jet Records arranged for Randy to be flown over to England and on the 27th of November we three met at Jet Records in London, then caught a train up to Ozzy's to start writing and auditioning drummers. Then he told me that he knew a guitarist in Los Angeles who was a guitar teacher at a music school, a great player by the name of Randy Rhoads. Then he phoned Arthur Sharp at Jet and told him, "Bob and I get on like a house on fire, the fire brigade's just left." I remember those words as if it were yesterday. He immediately went in and told them to pack up and go home, that it wasn't working out. During a tea break I said to Ozzy in his kitchen that I thought the other two were nice chaps and good players but not what I considered 'world class' and if he wanted to get serious about the band I'd be interested but we'd have to find top-notch players. I went to his house where he had a home-rehearsal studio and we jammed with a couple of other local musicians, a drummer and a guitarist, friends of Ozzy's. A train ticket was arranged for me and on the 14th of November I caught the train to Stafford station where Ozzy met me. Ozzy asked me if I'd be interested in putting a band together with him and invited me up to his house in Stafford for a jam. Ozzy, who had just signed to Jet, was there that night and Arthur introduced us. After the show, I went backstage and met up with a Jet employee, Arthur Sharp, who I'd known from Widowmaker days. Being that Widowmaker, a previous band of mine, had been on the Jet Records label, I expected people from Jet who I knew to be there. That connection came when I went to see a Jet Records band by the name of 'Girl' at a venue called the Music Machine in Camden, North London, on the 22nd of October, 1979. I had come out of Rainbow and was looking for a work opportunity and used to go to various gigs and venues around London hoping for a connection. Ozzy left California and returned to Stafford, England where he lived with his wife Thelma and their kids. in 1979 but although an attempt at putting a band together was made, it only lasted a day or so. Who were the original band members and in what order were they recruited?īD. The answers in the following interview are an accurate account of what really happened and go some way to setting the record straight until Bob's autobiography reveals the whole story.ġ. It's worth noting that not only does Bob have an amazing memory, he's kept a detailed diary since 1976, these continue to prove useful. Bob has kindly agreed to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and a few of my own. Over the years, many people have written in to the website to ask Bob Daisley about his work with Ozzy and the legal action taken against the Osbournes.
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