Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Brought by Former Band Members
Los Angeles - A Federal Appeals Court has unanimously upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit brought by former session musicians Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake. The lawsuit, filed against Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in 1998, had sought royalties and credits on Ozzy's classic studio albums, Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman. The lawsuit was dismissed this last year by the United States District Court in Los Angeles, and this week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal, ruling that Ozzy does not owe any royalties or credit to the former session musicians, who were let go in 1981. Since their initial release twenty-three years ago, these two classic Ozzy records have sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Ozzy Osbourne stated: "The truth always prevails."
Orin Snyder, the attorney for Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, stated: "This decision is a complete vindication of Ozzy and Sharon and confirms what we have been saying all long - that this worthless lawsuit was a waste of the courts' precious time.”
C_O_Z_M_O - 3/1/2008 11:42:15 PM OK, first off FUCK YOU hairballxavier, I'd love to run into you someday so I can make you look like all the shit Ozzy has been through in 30 seconds you piece of shit... now that I got that out, let's move on... Everybody wants a freaking piece of the pie when you are someone and got something. If Ozzy had not made such a tremendous SUCCESS (eat your heart out asswipe hairball...) with the obvious help of his beloved Sharon then we would have never heard of any of these shitheads that want to jump in on his wagon. The bottom line is he is what he is... a fucking SUPERSTAR (how right you are) and if you dont believe it check out his latest release in 2007 at the age of 59 that rivals his better days as some would put it. Personally I say the man still has it and if everyone would just get out of his way and let him rock til he drops (as he says) he will continue to bless his fans with one of a kind tunes like only the "Prince" can.
PS... he sounds and writes and produces better music at 59 than probably 95% of the so-called talents of today's musicians so if you can't handle it... buzz off
peter_tripp - 11/15/2007 9:01:47 AM ok listen up you douche bags. i really dont believe that ozzy has the mental faculities, or maybe even the desire to screw people over. but hey thats rock & roll. pay close attention,...all this legal ranglin, backdoor bullshit and backstabbing is 100% sharon osbourne. she is the business end of ozzy and just like her shiester old man who taught her the biz ,she has screwed over daisley and kerslake. who really knows what deal they made back 20 years ago. alot of those back room deals were shady at best, and ozzy DID NOT write these songs like angusrules just said. ozzy was the front man, most of the writing and producing was done by other people. and for you ass clowns who call ozzy a god, he is an aging rocker with a very unique voice and some talent, nothing more. so dont blame ozzy, its that filthy, manipulating bitch of a wife of his that has screwed over alot of people in the last 20 years, so she could line her pockets.
ABANDON - 7/12/2007 4:00:05 PM That's just the nature of a jew
cire67 - 5/26/2007 11:26:52 AM It's like this folks. There were 20 years from the debut of "Blizzard", and "Diary" was close to 19 years since it's debut before the albums were defaced. That means everyone had close to 20 years to buy the albums. I don't like the new recordings any more than anyone else, but I have the originals. If you don't like the new ones don't listen to them. Daisley and Kerslake got money when they were working for and with Ozzy. So, the way I see it everyone got their due. Eventually, the albums will revert back to the originals anyways. I just wish "Speak of the Devil" and the "ultimate Sin" were still on the catalogs...cuz even though they aren't as strong as some of Ozzy's other work, they are still better than 99 percent of anything else out there. There is no reason to bitch..if Ozzy pisses you off don't listen to him anymore. I'm sure he'll miss each and every one of you.
UnderADarkMoon - 5/5/2007 12:40:35 PM To all you ignorant Ozzy worshippers out there defending Ozzy. Let me remind you that Ozzy and Sharon have DESTROYED 2 classic rock albums in the name of money and spite. These albums are PUBLIC DOMAIN as far as I'm concerned, I see them the same as a great painting worth a gtreat deal of money. Are you saying this is acceptable? They are not just "remastered", they are RE-RECORDED with DIFFERENT MUSICIANS and they sound absolutely terrible. The original versions of these albums ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, you cannot buy them in the stores anymore. And from what I understand several other albums have been simply deleted altogether, such as the Ultimate Sin. How can any reasonable, intelligent person defend Ozzy and Sharon under these circumstances? And as far as that comment someone made about Zakk Wylde....he's a good guitar player but as far as being a badass....he's the same pretty boy pussy that he was when he first joined Ozzy in the 80's. Greasy hair and a leather jacket do not make you tough, I'm sorry
rock6661 - 1/21/2007 1:45:17 PM good riddance of the Sin
fyre_st0rm - 3/15/2006 1:19:46 AM what Ultimate Sin is not reprinting anymore?
Crackatoa - 2/4/2006 6:44:56 PM every man, sometime during the course of his life has fucked someone over in some form or another, so why do you expect any less than that from the king of Heavy Metal. Ozzy is a God to me, ever since the first time I saw him at the Spectrum in Philadelphia in 77-78 ? May he live forever Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy.........
drdoink - 10/9/2005 7:09:37 PM I think that Ozzy wrote that song about me cause everyone wishes I was dead and Ozzy knows I am the biggest piece of shit there is and I should drink some suicide solution. go to WWW.drdoink.com to hear my tunes free and no pop ups or any other b.s.
Macharius - 8/22/2005 10:49:34 AM Ozzy's such a fuck omg. i thought all along that he was the God, now hes just a peice of trash. to bad his loyal zombie fans wont relize the fact that hisonly talent is lying and looking like a saint. On live and loud he mentions he wrote suicide solution about ben scott. BULLSHIT Bob Daisley (with help of Randy Rhoads) wrote it about Ozzy. Because he would start drinking during lunch and then when bob and randy would go looking for him theyd find him passed out infront of the fireplace. Ozzy took so many drugs and shit he pretty much forgot his past and now is one greedy son of a bitch. fuck that bastard and his whore wife. all they wanted was money and Randy all to themselves. If he [Randy] was to become rich and famous, Ozzy and Sharon would want to be his only friend. thats how i see it. Randy only wanted to be a muscisian along with Bob and Lee. Ozzy just needed to look good after being dumped from Sabbath (the greatest band ever) so he hired talent then fired talent to look like he was a God, thats why hes more popular then Iommi, Ward and Butler, because they didnt go around fucking people over and lying about shit. im glad Sabbath dumped him, i used to be mad, but now im glad. and if i ever go to ozfest, im booing ozzy off the stage for being a fraud fucking old man gimpoid. Tis a shame Randy passed. He must be turing in his grave. I think if he was still alive, he would tell ozzy to shove his microphone up his ass and then hed quit.
FukTzu - 4/14/2005 1:50:01 PM Whats With all you ass's talking shit about Oz thers not a one of you out ther doesn't wish they had just half of what Oz has made and done . I guess all you shittalkers out there aren't human, and are successful at every thing you do.|Oz is the same az everyone else in the word He wants to make a living and take care of his family the best he can.And if that means having a savy Wife that can you can work with to increase his wealth and success. Isn't that what we are suppose to do or do you of the Butthead clan just plan on living off someone else and acomplishing nothing in life.In 100...200...500...1000 ...On Ad Infinitum all they will have is his music and I bet They will KEEP rocking on forever
DracoIgnis - 4/4/2005 8:41:57 PM 1.I don't like the fact that Ozzy has replaced bass and drums tracks on Blizzard and Diary,though I'm a huge Ozzy fan(as for those candy ass motherfuckers that talk mambo jumbo on Ozzy above,please call Zakk and tell that horseshit to him,if you have the balls!)
2.I haven't studied law as my sis(who is the best judge in my hometown, I think there might be a situation somehow different than what you imagine:it is possible that the original contract didn't mention royalties for Bob and Lee.It is wellknown that some musicians get only some "down payment", probably as a consequence of their own choice.Remember that Blizzard....was a miracle to be released and that Ozzy recalls that they did it for only 50,000 $.By the time no one wanted to release an Ozzy solo album, every record label replying that "heavy metal is dead!".Maybe Ozzy is right, they signed a deal and now they changed their mind cause he sold 7,000 000 copies altogether from those albums.
Anyway,even if I am a huge fan of "the Godfather over all"(Zakk Wylde), I hate him for replacing original bass and drums on those records, and for excluding Ultimate Sin from reprinting jut because he cannot stand it and because he is not in friendly terms with Jake E. Lee.And I don't like the fact that he didn't reissued Ultimate Ozzy and Bark At The Moon on DVD(as he did with Live&Loud) for the same reason.
But he is the Godfather of Heavy Metal, so you cocksucking sons of whores(ye know who you are!) do me a favor a get a fucking life!!!!!!!!!!Candy ass motherfuckers!
jajaja - 9/22/2004 6:02:08 PM what you all probably do not know is sometime in 2001 daisley and kersake made a deal to forget about 20 years worth of royaltieson the condition that they start getting royalties as of then. This may have seemed like a smart move but then ozzie went a rereleased the albums without them in it so they got double fuked
hairballxavier - 2/26/2004 2:46:13 PM Ozzy ain't nuthin but a pussywhipped has been anymore. His voice sucks nowadays and the ghost of Randy Rhoads has got him so screwed up in the head that he trembles, shakes and mumbles constantly. Good for him. He deserves it for letting some stupid whore turn a once great rocker into miserable joke of a man. And I use the term "man" loosly. And to all you dumbasses that think this is a new lawsuit. FUCK OFF. They started this lawsuit like 20 fucking years ago right after that bitch sharon called them from the states to tell them they intended to screw them over and hire some talentless cheap help to go on the tour to perform the songs they wrote and co-produced. Dumbasses. Bob Daisly wrote almost all the lyrics on those two albums and Lee, Bob, and Randy wrote all the music. They got screwed over because Sharon and her daddy (don arden)planned it all along. They kept delaying the contract signings until the album was finished then booted them. I wouldn't even doubt if that bitch had a hand in Randy Rhode's "accident". OZZY and his stupid irritating family should be shot.
And the "remasters" suck. What the fuck happened to the cool descending bass line in the verse sections of Crazy Train. GONE. The new bass line sucks. Ozzy is a piece of shit!! Someone should let John Hinkley out of prison so he can shoot the son of a bitch.
iamtheone - 11/12/2003 11:39:54 AM could be worse...we could witness jack wailing 'baaawwwkk at tha mooooon'!!!!!!!
