How much did it cost Black Sabbath to fire Ozzy Osbourne?

How much did it cost Black Sabbath to fire Ozzy Osbourne?

[stevelandmartin-khan]

Saying Ozzy was stoned in that time period was an understatement

[mr.logicpants]

It was the BEST thing for both parties. Sabbath became better, and so did Ozzy.

[felipeaguena]

One of the best firing in history. We got legendary Dio and Ozzy stuff out of it. Can't get much better than that!

[captrexkramer]

I'm pretty sure Tony is pretty comfortable with 140 mil., considering where they came from.

[Milno-fqbg]

Ozzy was like "hold my cocaine"

[SepticMunch]

“He found a talented young guitarist, RANDY RHOADS”

(Shows photo of Jake E. Lee)

[MDY-hjy]

Ozzy needed that kick in the ass. And Sharon had to kick him in the ass for many years to keep him going. If it wasn't for Sharon's drive keeping Ozzy going, Ozzy would have faded out or overdosed. Thank you to Sharon Osbourne, for keeping Ozzy going and caring enough about him, and keeping him from overdosing.

[Jeffry-jl]

Sharon scooped him up, used her business and marketing savvy and made a successful business out of him. I don't think he even knew it.

[Bluest_Berry]

Y’all are also forgetting that the “new hire” that Black Sabbath recruited was THE Ronnie James Dio, who later went on to have an excellent solo career as well. Truly a win-win-win

[ErickMixer]

Things change and i respect both Ozz and Black Sabbath

[OppositeOfTheLeft]

Both Sabbath and Ozzy needed a jolt to move their creative processes to the next level. It worked out well for all of them individually and in future collaborations.

[almunoz]

I was lucky to see Randy play with Ozzy when I was young.

[hemihead]

Ozzy didn’t decide to move forward with creating Ozzy, Sharon decided for him the knucklehead

[Windykun]

It wasn’t like they wanted to kick Ozzy out but Iommi thought that he wasn’t taking gigs and rehearsals seriously and thought that his life in the band was having severe affects on his alcoholism.

[sourkoyote]

"Stoned" 😂

My guy we're literally lucky he's still breathing.

[noofey]

Only 140 million. I may not sleep tonight thinking of how tragic that is. I hope he somehow finds a warm meal this evening.

[ThomasRogan-gcpi]

Sounds like Tony's NOT worrying about his next meal! 😂

[jimmyb]

Randy Rhoads gave both Ozzy and Sharon their careers. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be talking about either of those two. End of story!!!

[jeffhollers]

It's like the the Dave Mustaine Metallica story now we have two epic thrash metal bands. Ozzy leaving Black Sabbath and starting a new project that has stood the test of time that's just more records and more great music to listen to

[Skycladatdusk]

I love that this split happened, it gave us masterpieces like Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman.