‘This is like losing a brother’

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iomi has said that the loss of his bandmat Ozi Osbourne is “like a brother losing”.

The pair, met at school in Aston, Birmingham, were the best friends for 57 years, before making headlines with Black Sabbath and making a heavy metal style.

Osbourne’s family announced his death on Tuesday a few weeks after performing the last performance with Black Sabbath for his farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham on Tuesday.

“It’s difficult, because it is actually a shock. I could not organize myself properly since I hearing it. It is really strange,” Iomi said.

He said that Sabbath Bandmet Geyser Butler expressed a similar feeling when the pair spoke after Osborne’s death.

“He is a lot, simply can’t pull himself together. It really affects us,” he said.

“I find it difficult at this time that I really accept it. I still think he is there, I still go to him on text and luggage – [but] He is not there anymore. ,

The pair was rehearsing together two weeks ago for the band’s farewell gig for charity.

“We will rehearsal and then Ozy came down – but we didn’t want to do too much with ooze because he was under great pressure,” Iomi said.

“And he really wanted to do so, but at the same time we did not want to push him into ‘Let’s do that again’.

“But I am glad we did this, and I am happy that we did it for ooze because it really inspired him.”

Iomi said that the gigalo gave her friend in recent years and “towards doing some work”.

“It was really worth doing for all of us, to live together on our last thing for the band, neither knows that Ozi was going to go away shortly after, but just to get together again because we are trying to get the original four back for years.”

The pair often spoke on the phone for years, but Iomi laughed and said: “Oji and what do I talk – ‘I have had this pain from my side, Oh my arm game, oh my foot’. This is one of them. We always start this way.

“Then how is the weather?” ,

Since the death of Osbourne, Birmingham has flooded with fans wishing to pay homage to heavy metal legend.

The Black Sabbath Bridge, the recently depicted wall of the band on the Navigation Street, and the Birmingham Museum and the Art Gallery have hundreds of people, where an official book mourning is placed.

Many people of the city have asked what will be a suitable tribute to a person who has secured their place in music history, while always proud of their roots and their beloved Birmingham.

Some have called one statue and other people an annual day of remembrance.

Iomi said that perhaps a statue was appropriate, but it is also believed that there should be a statue of the full band.

“We are all a team and we’re going to some point,” he said.

“I think he will be happy that everyone remembers him and everyone loves him and everyone comes out as he has.”