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Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has been reunited with rock’n’roll legend (and close friend) Lemmy Kilmister in a new animated music video for the song Hellraiser. Produced by Hey Beautiful Jerk and directed by Mark Szumski, the video is a tribute to the pair’s decades-long friendship.
In the video (linked below), Ozzy and Lemmy are playing an old-school arcade (by all accounts a favourite pastime of Lemmy’s) before being forced out onto the streets and through the hordes of hell as they try to retrieve Lemmy’s stolen bass from a winged demon that flees in a giant spaceship, getting assistance from an eye-patch wielding space pirate who looks suspiciously like legendary Motorhead drummer ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor. It’s utterly ludicrous, but also completely perfect for the over-the-top legends.
Speaking to Metal Hammer earlier this year as part of a 30th anniversary commemorative feature for No More Tears, long-time Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde recalled fond memories of Ozzy’s relationship with the Motorhead legend.
“Lemmy was buddies with Ozzy forever,” he said. “They toured Europe together when Saint Rhoads [Zakk’s nickname for legendary Ozzy Osbourne band guitarist Randy Rhoads] was in the band and Lemmy would take Randy out to go play Asteroids wherever they went. So it was just a quick phonecall – ‘can you write some songs?’ ‘sure’.”
In that same feature, Ozzy told Hammer‘s Rich Hobson that “[he] had great fun with Lemmy – you couldn’t be serious around him. Even just writing the songs, we could instinctively tell whether it was going to be good or not. We always used to go out to the pub and have a real laugh. It was a true rock n roll lifestyle he lived and I miss him terribly, you know.”
Hellraiser was one of four songs Lemmy contributed as a guest writer for Ozzy’s 1991 album No More Tears, an album that saw him freshly fit and sober after a decade of debauchery. The album revitalised Ozzy’s image and gave him his best chart performance since his 1980 solo debut Blizzard of Ozz, getting certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.
Motorhead themselves would later go on to cover Hellraiser on their 1992 record March Or Die, the song being one of the first to feature drummer Mikkey Dee as a member of the band.
The new version of the song combines both of these renditions for an all-star duet, with Ozzy and Lemmy sharing vocal duties. This version was featured on the No More Tears 30th anniversary reissue that was released on September 17th, but will also be released on limited edition Black 10″ vinyl on December 3rd – Ozzy’s 73rd birthday. The vinyl edition of the track features all 3 versions of the song. No More Tears is out now via Epic Records.
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- Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $62.50, €58.50 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2024 14:46)on April 26, 2024 at 10:16 pm
OZZY OSBOURNE Bark At The Moon (1986 UK issue of the 1983 8-track LP, includes the classics So Tired and the title track Bark At The Moon, picture sleeve with blue front titles and lyric insert. The sleeve has just a little light edgewear/creasing whilst the vinylshows just a few light scuffs to show for its age. A fantastic play copy!)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman - Red & Black Swirl Vinyl - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $33.74, €31.58 (New Item) (arrived 14-Nov-2023 17:30)on April 26, 2024 at 10:16 pm
OZZY OSBOURNE Diary Of A Madman (2021 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP pressed on Red & Black Swirl Vinyl>, Ozzy's second studio album originally released on 7th November 1981 and the last to feature guitar legend Randy Rhoads. Includesthe classics Over The Mountain and Flying High Again. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis - Japanese - CD album - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 03-Aug-2023 13:42)on April 26, 2024 at 10:16 pm
OZZY OSBOURNE Ozzmosis (1995 Japanese 11-track CD, including the bonus recording Whole World's Falling Down, housed in a standard jewel case with fold-out picture sleeve, lyric insert, bonus promo sticker and obi-strip SRCS-7776)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain - Japanese - CD album - Promo - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 03-Aug-2023 13:52)on April 26, 2024 at 10:16 pm
OZZY OSBOURNE Black Rain (2007 Japanese 12-track promo sample CD, issued to radio stations and reviewers ahead of the actual release date, including the bonus recordings I Can't Save You and Nightmare. Custom stamped inner rim on the disc andpromo stickered back insert, complete with picture sleeve, lyrics & obi-strip EICP-794)
- Ozzy Osbourne - An Interview with Ozzy Osbourne - UK - 7" vinyl - Promo - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 22-Sep-2023 15:05)on April 26, 2024 at 10:16 pm
OZZY OSBOURNE An Interview with Ozzy Osbourne (Scarce 1988 UK limited edition 7" featuring an interview with Ozzy, given away with issue 2 of Spiral Scratch, limited to 5000 copies!)
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