In a rare interview with his brother Jack, the eldest son of'Ozzy looks back at the huge crowd that came to honor the Prince of Darkness in Birmingham. A moment of intensity “impressive” who marked the family
The eldest son ofOzzy Osbourne, Louis Osbournedescribed the feeling of humility felt in the face of the sea of people who came to celebrate and mourn his father after the death of the metal legend earlier this year.
During a rare interview given Tuesday, November 18 to his half-brother's podcast Jack, Trying Not to Die, Louis confessed his amazement at the number of people present at the funeral procession in Birmingham, the birthplace ofOzzyin England. Still residing there, Louis expected a crowd of “two or three rows thick” on the main artery leading to the bridge Black Sabbath. The reality was quite different.
He adds: “I knew people loved him, but I had no idea how many people there were or how much. It was humbling in many ways. »
Beyond emotion, Louis confides having taken the full measure of the immense “cultural impact” of his father. He stressed that he did not get fame and success fromOzzy for granted, what Jack replied: “It’s just that when you’re in it, you don’t see it… It’s just Dad.” »
Louis felt a similar emotion during the farewell concert “Back to the Beginning”observing the musicians who came to pay homage to the Prince of Darkness backstage. Among them were James Hetfield by Metallica and Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, that, curiously, Ozzy had never encountered before.
“I think it was the 80s, people probably kept them apart because they were both so crazy, each in their own way, it could have gone horribly wrong”joked Louis.
