OZZY OSBOURNE: “I Was Speaking To LEMMY On The Morning That He Died”

Legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister handed away in his Los Angeles condominium on December 28, 2015 from issues on account of prostate most cancers amongst different well being points. In an interview with Basic Rock, Ozzy Osbourne reveals he spoke to Lemmy the morning he died. Osbourne mentioned he could not work out what Lemmy was speaking about all through the dialog, and “needed to speak to another person who was there.” Which is tragic past phrases, however perhaps good that Osbourne received to listen to his good friend’s voice one final time.

“He was a very good man, Lemmy was. All the fellows from Motörhead have gone now, from the unique band. It is exhausting to lose anybody you like. I used to be speaking to Lemmy on the morning that he died, however I could not perceive what he was speaking about. I needed to speak to another person who was there, however they stored giving the telephone to Lemmy.”

Osbourne has all the time spoken extremely of Lemmy, and even named him his “rock god” in a 2021 interview.

“My rock god is Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy was a man – he shot from the hip each time. ‘That sucks,’ or, ‘I like that.’ I am good at beginning lyrics, however I can not end them. And he’d go – he’d write a bunch of lyrics for my songs – ‘Mama, I am Coming Dwelling.’

“So, I might give him a tape, and I had this e-book on World Struggle II. I have not learn it and I advised him, ‘Inform me what you assume. And I’ve a bunch of those lyrics – each time you possibly can…’ I am pondering, it is gonna be per week. And he says, ‘Come again in about 4 hours.’ So I received again, and he goes, ‘What do you consider these?’ And I’m going, ‘Oh, nice.’ He then goes, ‘What about these?’ I’m going, ‘Oh, you bought two…?’

“He goes, ‘No, I received one other one – three.’ I’m going, ‘You had written three units of lyrics?!’ He mentioned, ‘Yeah, and that e-book was crap!’ I mentioned, ‘What e-book?’ He says, ‘The e-book you gave me.’ He was a speed-reader! He might learn actually quick. He was superb! You have a look at individuals like Lemmy and also you assume, ‘Oh, he is a yob [a rude, noisy, and aggressive young person].’ However he was very well-educated.”

Osbourne additionally launched the 30^th anniversary version of No Extra Tears in 2021, which included a particular model of “Hellraiser” that includes Lemmy on vocals. Verify that out under.