Ozzy Osbourne Named 'Greatest Rock Star In The World'

According to Blabbermouth.net, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne was named as the "greatest rock star in the world today" by the readers of the U.K. music magazine Kerrang!

In hailing Ozzy as the world's greatest rock star, Kerrang said: "In June he proved why he's the biggest musical star in the firmament. He sang like the devil himself [during an appearance at the U.K.'s Download festival with Black Sabbath]: wild power thundering from his mic."

Ozzy's Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi also landed in the top ten, with Kerrang! magazine describing him as "a metal god with a backbone of pure steel".

Iommi was diagnosed with cancer late last year, forcing Sabbath to drastically curtail its touring plans and move the recording of the band's new album to London, so that Iommi could remain close to his doctors.

Comments

[simon19096]

Tbh the whole thing doesn't mean much when the douche from BVB got third

[schirripar]

It's all subjective. I think the real story should be the lack of modern day rock stars in comparison to years past. Who cares which one is the biggest.

[sonicblack]

The rest of the list was terrible though :L

[Agent 00Awesome]

He's definantly one of the most infamous.

[SirBiggithBrian]

simon19096 wrote:

Tbh the whole thing doesn't mean much when the douche from BVB got third

I totally agree with you

[fede01_8]

Ozzy is one step closer to need diapers...

[TripleN666]

Who the **** is BVB?

[rPOWELL1251]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

simon19096 wrote:

Tbh the whole thing doesn't mean much when the douche from BVB got third

I totally agree with you

But he actually got 4th.
That still doesn't mean the list is any good but other than that, not a horrible list.

[simon19096]

TripleN666 wrote:

Who the **** is BVB?

Its probably best if it stays that way

[razor888razor88]

only thing that matters is 1st and I actually agree with this I m a huge Scott Weiland fan as well as Kurt Cobain fan but OZZY kicks ass

[MetalFreakje]

say what you want, no disrespect to ozzy but i'd say Lemmy is way more a rockstar than ozzy!

[Abacus11]

At least it's Kerrang! which is a somewhat respectable source. These polls lately have been beyond stupid.

Ozzy deserves to be called "greatest rock star in the world today". Awesome!

[ibanez124]

I didn't get to see the list yet, but I think i'm gonna go Mick Jagger on this one

[BVBKilljoy]

razor888razor88 wrote:

only thing that matters is 1st and I actually agree with this I m a huge Scott Weiland fan as well as Kurt Cobain fan but OZZY kicks ass

With all due respect, the list was 'The greatest rockstars in the world today ."

[Root Beer]

*Sees article title*
"WTF"
*Sees Kerrang! is responsible*
"NVM"

[Kain Highwind]

tbh, I'd say Dave Grohl or Josh Homme probably

What has Ozzy done in the past 15 years besides mumble incoherently in his reality show and WoW commercials?

[Root Beer]

Dave Grohl, bitches.

[Woffelz]

Everyone in the UK can watch the Classic Albums: Black Sabbath: Paranoid on BBC iPlayer. There's also a documentary about Ozzy's road to sobriety on there. Just thought some of you may be interested.

[What's a genre?]

While he's an unquestionable rock god, I wouldn't put in no.1, especially in the modern day.

[accadacca97]

Angus should have been higher than 22nd

[metallica-#1]

I wish UG would get a better front page picture of Ozzy than that one where he looks like they caught him putting his contacts in.

[rapprocka1017]

John Perrucci didn't wasn't included because it wouldnt be fair

[pantallica13]

Terrible choice. Ozzy is extremely overrated - possibly the worst Black Sabbath singer, if you ask me.

[ProgJazzMath]

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

[rapprocka1017]

^true

[ProgJazzMath]

pantallica13 wrote:

Terrible choice. Ozzy is extremely overrated - possibly the worst Black Sabbath singer, if you ask me.

You can thank Black Sabbath Ozzy era that your beloved Metallica is around.

[Kain Highwind]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

you have no idea what you're talking about

[ProgJazzMath]

Kain Highwind wrote:

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

you have no idea what you're talking about

Yeah? Well please elaborate on why Foo Fighters are so amazing.

[Root Beer]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

Are you high? Dave Grohl is one of the few true rock stars of the modern world. I can't even list everything he's been involved in that's had huge impacts on rock today. The only person alive today whom I feel comes close to beating him is Josh Homme.

[Kain Highwind]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Kain Highwind wrote:

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

you have no idea what you're talking about

Yeah? Well please elaborate on why Foo Fighters are so amazing.

He's done more than Foo Fighters

He's probably done more session work and played for a bigger amount of bands than any other musician as well known as he is

And besides, Foo Fighters is related to Sunny Day Real Estate and that automatically makes them better than Nickelback

[rapprocka1017]

Okay, so he has a Rock Star personality and he's a cool guy. How does that make the Foo Fighters' music different from Nickelback?

[Nitnatsnok]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

I agree Foo Fighter are a pop rock band, I don't see the fascination with them.

[Kain Highwind]

rapprocka1017 wrote:

Okay, so he has a Rock Star personality and he's a cool guy. How does that make the Foo Fighters' music different from Nickelback?

What the **** are you even rambling about?

This article is about the greatest rock star in the world and you even admit he is one

[rapprocka1017]

Yeah, I'm not arguing about THAT, Dave Grohl isn't even on the list. I'm wondering why everyone likes them so much if they're so mediocre.

[Kain Highwind]

rapprocka1017 wrote:

Yeah, I'm not arguing about THAT, Dave Grohl isn't even on the list. I'm wondering why everyone likes them so much if they're so mediocre.

They're better than 3OH!3

[hyxshare]

how is that possible, he's not as good as Bruce Dickinson

[Most_Triumphant]

Obviously Paul McCartney is the best.

[Kain Highwind]

Most_Triumphant wrote:

Obviously Paul McCartney is the best.

He's more pop than rock tbh

[Metalreaper13]

pantallica13 wrote:

Terrible choice. Ozzy is extremely overrated - possibly the worst Black Sabbath singer, if you ask me.

I do agree with you on the fact that ozzy himself is not a great singer. He has a limited vocal range and stuff, but the way he sang in black sabbath just suited the early style Of sabbath. Ronnie James Dio is tons better vocal wise, but it just didn't match sabbath the same as Ozzys doom way. Both made awesome music in sabbath though

[Metalreaper13]

I dont care for putting labels on "the best", it's so subjective. Of course you could name off multiple people and call them the best, depends what point you're looking from. Same as other polls, you're going to have people that disagree and think other underrated acts are better, sometimes they are. Ozzy has been a face for rock ad metal, and hardly anyone doesn't know who he is. So he's not a terrible choice, even if I don't like his more recent stuff. It's like how Jimi Hendrix is the "greatest guitarist", there's too many factors to name a best

[MetalRock4ever]

IDC if this gets thumbed down btw. Whoever made it in the list have made records and are popular. It's better than getting Dappy or other posers on the list. And I can't see you guys being more productive than them, if you're so good, let's see you become as popular as them. If you compose a piece, you'd hate it if everyone said it was shit.
Fine the list isn't perfect (far off it) but stop with the hate. Already some nobs got rid of patrick stump. I've had it with haters and have no respect for them.

[iakirov]

I totally agree

pantallica13 wrote:

Terrible choice. Ozzy is extremely overrated - possibly the worst Black Sabbath singer, if you ask me.

[X-Vision]

Ozzy isn't the best singer out there but his voice and delivery suited early Sabbath perfectly.

[BudSlayer]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.


Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

Regardless of what you think of Foo Fighters Nickleback is far worse, Dave could probably shit a Nickleback song.

[teknoman]

He sang like the devil himself

I always thought that the devil would have a very deep and raspy voice... Whitechapel style.

[TheFly_1990]

ProgJazzMath wrote:

Root Beer wrote:

Dave Grohl, bitches.

Dave Grohl is the king of radio rock. Why the hell do you guys worship him? Foo Fighters are no better than Seether or Nickelback.

Hell, Nickelback has more talent than those guys do. Frigg off.

I'm gonna get shot to hell for this, but I couldn't agree more

[samthemusicman]

There are two men that I would place higher than ozzy, either Lemmy or Keith Richards, both of them are much better rock stars, in my opinion that is...

[DexterF]

"Somebody released a top-something list" serves no other purpose than get certain names to appear and are pure PR manipulations.

[chris_m_7fold]

BVB or Black Veil Brides are a world renowned band that only recently came to fame, they have a very loyal and respectful fan base that promote anti-bullying and camraderie among rockers and have recieved support from alice cooper and motley crue. i dont see why people need to hate on them

[Punkhuskie6]

Love me some Ozzy.

But Dave Grohl lives like a God.

[JuteJute]

bitches gone mad, cool list bro

[kill it]

total joke

this guy can't sing anymore, walks like he's 100, can barely speak and needs to hire pro songwriters to record an album.

[sunburstshredde]

TripleN666 wrote:

Who the **** is BVB?

You're better off not knowing.

[Showiddlydiddly]

So how is this supposed to work?

What are the criteria for being a 'Great Rock Star'?

[Dynamight]

It's like these lists are made for the sole purposeof brewing a shîtstorm.

[Darth_Pietrus]

Gotta have some respect for the man, he's 70 and still tours the world, (ozzy could never sing but his presence is enough) Love the way he walks across the stage now xD

[wjd329]

I suppose I just have to chime in here....first of all, Ozzy DEF deserves to be on the list, and way up there. Maybe not the winner but still up there. And all these bitches who complain about the way he sings?...you're f**kin high! The guy can sing and he does have a decent range. Not only that but NO ONE sounds like Ozzy. Whenever you hear his voice, especially if it's a song you've never heard, you just KNOW it's him. That's distinction. A stand-out. He's an icon for the whole CONCEPT of rock music for Christ 's sake! You can't argue it, it's just a fact. And I'm not even an Ozzy fan! I like a bunch of his songs but don't follow him too much. As far as the Dave Grohl s**t goes....sorry fellas, he IS highly overrated. Great musician and guy all around but seriously people?...he isn't a rock god. Not yet anyway. He is a radio friendly rocker....no different than Nickelback, just more talented and doing what he does for the RIGHT reasons, not selling out. Seether? Totally different category bcuz they are just NOW (with latest album) becoming radio friendly. Go back to their earlier work, except Broken, and it'll knock you on your ass.

[wjd329]

And you people who say he's washed up, old, crazy, or whatever just bug the shit outta me! It DOESNT matter what hes like NOW!...the guy is a legend. He can be whatever the hell he wants. He's already established himself and has a legacy. That's the problem with this younger generation of music fans....always waiting for the "next best thing" that you don't even understand what it means to have respect and appreciate where all YOUR shit came from. If Steve Jobs were still alive would you say "Jeez Steve, the IPod totally sucks now that we've got IPads and IPhones." etc. The IPod was still a genius invention when it came out and paved the way for all the new stuff. Same deal here. It doesn't matter what Ozzy is now...he's f**kin Ozzy Osbourne! Gee, Roger Waters you haven't done anything cool since dark side of the moon. Ya know what I'd say to you retards?....."so what, I f**kin wrote dark side of the moon bitches!"

[Nero Galon]

Suprised nobody has mentioned Dio yet...

[smittyanthrax]

I wouldnt agree but he is awesome and a total rock and roll legend so fair enough.

[TheExterminator]

teknoman wrote:

He sang like the devil himself
I always thought that the devil would have a very deep and raspy voice... Whitechapel style.

The Devil sings in a dumbed-down, commercial -core band that only attracts 13 year old girls?
...

Naaah.

[Guitareffect]

Dont get me wrong, i like Ozzy, but this seems like a publicity stunt.

Who the hell decides who is the best? It all varies.

[KG6_Steven]

Ozzy the best? I think I'm gonna puke.

[Supersonic1]

Kain Highwind wrote:

Most_Triumphant wrote:

Obviously Paul McCartney is the best.

He's more pop than rock tbh

Yeah? And Ozzy is metal.

[Supersonic1]

Also, why are the Gallager brothers not both tied at number one?! This is an outrage!

[swave75]

Iggy Pop! Then Ozzy.

[Air_Stryker]

As much as I generally hate "World's greatest" etc. opinion polls, this isn't really one I can argue with. Considering his talents, success, influence and sheer perseverance to live through s**t that would kill 99.9% of other people; there aren't a lot of rockstars around on a par with Ozzy =D

[Reizei]

wow if bvb was #3 ill make sure to never read kerrang....

[Slap-happy]

So we;re all going to start fighting over something that is completely subjective, based on opinion and highly influenced by modern trends, tastes, media exposure and opinions...?

meh...

[jbob145]

Lemmy deserves it more than Ozzy because lemmy is still going balls to the wall.

[MoreGilmourII]

I wonder what redneck/hillbilly magazine this poll was in.

[funkymonk23]

Cool story bro. I really couldn't give a **** less about who some douchebag thinks is the greatest rock star in the world. I love Ozzy, but those type of statements don't mean shit.

[link no1]

People are complaining about this? Pretty sure he deserves to be there.
1) He was an original member that helped to shape metal
2) He wrote songs that are still popular and well known today
3) He has had some of the most memorable stage acts around (no, not the bat thing, accidents don't count)
4) He is one of the biggest influences to many artists in many genres of music, even to this day
5) He is a darn talented singer with one of the most recognizable voices around. Never heard the song before? You still know it's Ozzy. His vocal range is also better than people think, it's just UG is filled with idiots that think they know things.
6) He has done enough abusive substances to kill a large country
7) He lived his life doing, well, whatever. Why? Because the fame and money could have stopped at any moment, so may aswell get f**ked up and do everything before it happens.

All this and more. He makes most other musicians lives seem boring and uneventful. He is the definition of rock star.

You know what...Read 'I am Ozzy', then argue that he shouldn't be number 1.

[ZealXarah]

Did I srsly just ****ing read that nickelback is more talented than the foo fighters?? wtf is wrong with the world, how many people on ultimate guitar actually play guitar? The foo fighters use interesting chords aside from the standard major and minor. Foo fighters may have a popesque sound to their music but last time I checked Dave Grohl was the only person (I've heard of anyway) to record his drum tracks one drum at a time for maximum clarity. He played with john paul jones in them crooked vultures and his guitars always have bitchin harmonies wtf? nickleback? NICKELBACK!!? Fuckn srsly? Bitch you best be trollin

[theblackwell]

BVB are a talented group, but not a single one of them should be in any list referring to the greatest rock stars. Ever.

[theblackwell]

link no1 wrote:

People are complaining about this? Pretty sure he deserves to be there.
1) He was an original member that helped to shape metal
2) He wrote songs that are still popular and well known today
3) He has had some of the most memorable stage acts around (no, not the bat thing, accidents don't count)
4) He is one of the biggest influences to many artists in many genres of music, even to this day
5) He is a darn talented singer with one of the most recognizable voices around. Never heard the song before? You still know it's Ozzy. His vocal range is also better than people think, it's just UG is filled with idiots that think they know things.
6) He has done enough abusive substances to kill a large country
7) He lived his life doing, well, whatever. Why? Because the fame and money could have stopped at any moment, so may aswell get f**ked up and do everything before it happens.

All this and more. He makes most other musicians lives seem boring and uneventful. He is the definition of rock star.

You know what...Read 'I am Ozzy', then argue that he shouldn't be number 1.

Well said man.

[zomgguitarz1234]

I personally hate ozzy because it seems like he sort of piggybacked his way to fame off black sabbath, and then trash talked the band that made him famous. He didn't even write the lyrics, and he probably didn't write anything in his solo band either.

[TheExterminator]

link no1 wrote:

People are complaining about this? Pretty sure he deserves to be there.
1) He was an original member that helped to shape metal
2) He wrote songs that are still popular and well known today
3) He has had some of the most memorable stage acts around (no, not the bat thing, accidents don't count)
4) He is one of the biggest influences to many artists in many genres of music, even to this day
5) He is a darn talented singer with one of the most recognizable voices around.
6) He has done enough abusive substances to kill a large country
7) He lived his life doing, well, whatever. Why? Because the fame and money could have stopped at any moment, so may aswell get f**ked up and do everything before it happens.

Lemmy, is that you?

If so:

8) Still makes good music, and didn't turn into a joke at the end of the 90's like Ozzy did.
9) Didn't get his balls cut off by a she-bitch.
10) One of the only - if not THE only - true rockstars left.

[Jimmyboba]

chris_m_7fold wrote:

BVB or Black Veil Brides are a world renowned band that only recently came to fame, they have a very loyal and respectful fan base that promote anti-bullying and camraderie among rockers and have recieved support from alice cooper and motley crue. i dont see why people need to hate on them

Because their music is piss poor?

[spiff-corgi]

“I bit a head off a bat the other night. It was like eating a crunchie in a bit of chamois leather.” - Ozzy Osbourne on biting the head off a bat.

[calstercal]

Its Kerrang, the list is bound to be terrible. The guys from bmth and bvb will be deemed as the coolest most hard rocking guys in music. It's all fan voted, and they have completely forget about music from the past 50 years.

[calstercal]

And to the guy who said BVB promote anti - bullying. Every band has promoted that at one point, BVB say they don't intend to save lives (Although its great if they do!)

[Skuzzmo]

TheExterminator wrote:

link no1 wrote:

People are complaining about this? Pretty sure he deserves to be there.
1) He was an original member that helped to shape metal
2) He wrote songs that are still popular and well known today
3) He has had some of the most memorable stage acts around (no, not the bat thing, accidents don't count)
4) He is one of the biggest influences to many artists in many genres of music, even to this day
5) He is a darn talented singer with one of the most recognizable voices around.
6) He has done enough abusive substances to kill a large country
7) He lived his life doing, well, whatever. Why? Because the fame and money could have stopped at any moment, so may aswell get f**ked up and do everything before it happens.

Lemmy, is that you?

If so:

8) Still makes good music, and didn't turn into a joke at the end of the 90's like Ozzy did.
9) Didn't get his balls cut off by a she-bitch.
10) One of the only - if not THE only - true rockstars left.

Well played sir, well played.

[ShredKing123]

One of the best ok but Jimmy Page ****s all sooo....no competition with the god of rock

[JoshPillar96]

''I wonder what redneck/hillbilly magazine this poll was in.''

For your information, it was in Kerrang, one of the main rock magazines thats been around for 30 years and is still going strong, thank God.

[rokr258]

Jack White anyone? Been in the public sphere all of about 15 years and every single one of bands has been successful. I'd put him above Dave Grohl simply because his music is better. Even though Grohl does have slightly more radio success. This is not to Ozzy isn't a legend. Just not as productive for a long time until very recently.