Metallica Member Visits Ailing Ozzy Osbourne

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo visited Ozzy Osbourne as he struggles with his health, as seen in a new photo below.

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Few rock guitar gigs are as prestigious as landing a spot in the band of Ozzy Osbourne. It seemed like it would instantly make you a rock star and a guitar hero. However, in addition to having to navigate through the alleged unpredictable and seemingly inconsiderate behavior of Ozzy and Sharon, you would also be compared to the guitar legends who played with the singer before you.

Ozzy Osbourne fans react

During an interview with Tone Talk , Jake E. Lee recalled having to win over fans of Randy Rhoads at many gigs during his early stint with the former Black Sabbath vocalist.

“There was always people in the front rows with ‘Randy rules, you suck,'” Lee explains. “Every gig, there’d be somebody with a sign like that. I think maybe the ‘Ultimate Sin’ tour. I didn’t really see that as much. But the ‘Bark at the Moon’ tour, there was still a lot of that.”

“And in the beginning, I didn’t know that you’re supposed to check into a hotel under an assumed name. So, I just checked in with my real name. I used to get phone calls at the hotel: ‘I’m better than you. You suck. Listen to me over the phone.’ So that’s when I said, ‘Oh, that’s why you use it.'”

Lee also recalled a specific “well-wisher” who played a certain challenging rock guitar bit over the phone to prove he was a better player. But, there was only one small problem. He added:

“One guy was playing ‘Sails of Charon’ by Uli [Jon Roth], right? He was playing that. I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s Uli ! Uli, if you want the gig, you can have it, because you are awesome!’ But it’s some guy playing another guitar player’s shit, trying to tell me how much better he was than me. So, I didn’t feel like I was [that accepted yet].”

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