Johannes Kastl<p>What I did in the last couple of weeks (part 667):</p><p>As Black Sabbath was hard for me to get into, I started binging Ozzy Osbourne's solo records.</p><p>After some weeks of on/off listening to Ozzy solo and Black Sabbath, I must say that the first two of his solo albums are really something special compared to the rest of his discography.</p><p>Oh, there are hits and bangers in later records. But the first two really stand out.</p><p>Randy Rhoads was a genius. That guitar playing is off the charts.</p><p>Not sure if it is Randy's influence and songwriting that makes those two so much more noticeable than the rest. Or Ozzy's alcohol problems. Or him and his songwriters running out of ideas. But the albums after those two are mostly mediocre, the melodies are standard, the guitars are standard.</p><p>(Yes, I know, Zakk Wylde is a great guitarist, but at the moment all Ozzy records with him are sounding very much alike)</p><p>I'll give them some more time to see what happens...</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ozzy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ozzy</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OzzyOsbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzzyOsbourne</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/hellyeah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hellyeah</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/musicnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musicnerd</span></a></p>