DISTURBED paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by performing a canopy of BLACK SABBATH‘s “Paranoid” throughout the David Draiman-fronted band’s set Tuesday evening (August 5) on the Sturgis Motorbike Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Earlier at this time, DISTURBED shared video of the group’s “Paranoid” efficiency and included the next message: “Ozzy Osbourne is not simply the Godfather of Metallic. He was the daddy to many people, he was somebody that we may look as much as, he was an idol, he was somebody that impressed us. Final evening marked two weeks since he left us. Thanks for sharing this second with us, Sturgis”.
This previous March, Draiman was requested in an interview with “Whiplash”, the KLOS radio present hosted by Full Metallic Jackie, to call one thing that he noticed and took away from touring with Ozzy previously. He responded: “A lot. Ozzy is the godfather of metallic. He is like a father to all of us. I like the person. I like his household. I could not have extra reverence for any human being on this planet.
“I believe that one of many occasions that positively stays in my thoughts that taught me that typically you simply want to search out the power to push via was one explicit Ozzfest — I believe it was our third one — and Ozzy wasn’t feeling so nicely that day,” he continued. “He was having a bit of little bit of issue. And I bear in mind Zakk [Wylde, Ozzy‘s guitarist] and Sharon [Osbourne, Ozzy‘s wife and manager] coming over to me, asking me if I might be prepared to take over the set. And I am, like, ‘No. They need Ozzy. They do not need me.’ I am, like, ‘I have never rehearsed.’ I stated to her, ‘I have never rehearsed. I do not know all of the songs by coronary heart.’ And she or he’s, like, ‘Effectively, there is a goddamn teleprompter on the stage. Simply learn the phrases.’ I am, like, ‘Yeah, nicely, it isn’t that easy.’ After which Ozzy had retreated again into his little vocal space, his little draped off space, and he was gargling and utilizing a sprig and attempting to get himself clear. And he took a number of extra minutes after which he got here again out and he began belting it out, and it is like he pushed via no matter frog was in his throat, and his face lit up, and the vitality instantly modified. And he ended up not solely ending the set, however I believe taking part in a further 15 or 20 minutes, and, and it was inspiring — it actually was.”
Addressing the truth that he was going to seem on the “Again To The Starting” charity present on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom, which marked the unique lineup of BLACK SABBATH‘s last-ever efficiency and Ozzy‘s final look as a solo artist, Draiman stated on the time: “The person has been via a lot. The person has achieved a lot, and between Ozzy, SABBATH, you are speaking about probably the most seminal frontman and probably the most seminal band for laborious rock and heavy metallic in existence.
“I could not be extra honored [to take part in the show],” he added. “I could not be extra humbled to be part of it. And I’ll be like a child in a sweet retailer that day. It’s extremely, very surreal for me.”
In February, David informed Billboard that he was “elated to be a part of” “Again To The Starting”, “humbled and honored. It is probably the most seminal frontman and band for laborious rock and heavy metallic,” he stated. “The second document I ever purchased, proper after KISS ‘Destroyer’, was [SABBATH‘s] ‘We Bought Our Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll’. I like Ozzy. I like the Osbourne household. They have been so supportive, such an enormous a part of we have turn out to be who we have turn out to be. We couldn’t have achieved it with out them, so I am intensely grateful. All of us are. I hope that I can simply do my little half to pay tribute to their legacy.”
When Draiman sang Ozzy‘s “Shot In The Darkish” and BLACK SABBATH‘s “Candy Leaf” at “Again The Starting” as a part of one of many day’s all-star supergroups, he was greeted with audible boos from some viewers members. Whereas the explanation for the response to Draiman wasn’t clear, it probably stemmed from his assist of the Israeli authorities’s ongoing assault on Palestinians within the Gaza strip, and the singer’s choice to signal IDF (Israeli Protection Pressure) bombs with the phrases “Fuck Hamas” throughout a go to to Israel in June 2024. Draiman later acknowledged the response that greeted his look, however he hit again at claims that he was booed offstage.