The bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley was one of the musicians who were most important for Ozzy Osbourne on his solo career. Daisley said in an interview with Sefan Adika that shortly before Randy Rhoads' tragic death, the guitarist was wanting to leave the band and the Black Sabbath vocalist wasn't happy with it. According to the bassist, the drummer Tommy Aldridge, who replaced Lee Kerslake in the band in the early 80s, told him later that Ozzy allegedly hit Rhoads and called him ungrateful once. Bob Daisley says Ozzy allegedly hit Randy Rhoads and called him ungrateful "(They fired me in the early 80s) because I wouldn't agree to something that I thought was wrong, and that was getting rid of Lee (Kerslake). I kept on being asked and approached about, 'Let's get rid of Lee, let's get Tommy Aldridge in the band.' And I said, 'No, I can't agree to that.' And I wouldn't agree to that." "So, eventually, they got rid of both of us. And then, six weeks later, I got the phone call, 'Will you come back and do the third album.' So, I suppose it was their way of getting rid of Lee without me being able to have a say, because I wasn't there for a while." "But I did want to work with Ozzy and Randy again. So I agreed to come back and do the third album, which I said earlier, was 'Bark at the Moon,' after Randy got killed. That third album was meant to happen in 1982 with me and Randy and Ozzy and Tommy Aldridge. But Randy was killed on the 19th of March '82, and that was it. Everything else was put on the back burner after that." "(Before Randy's death) I know that Ozzy wasn't pleased about finding out about Randy wanting to leave. Because he did know. I wasn't there, but Tommy Aldridge told me that he hit Randy and called him 'an ungrateful little shit.' (Laughs) So who knows what would have happened. I don't know, and I wasn't there, so it's alleged," Bob Daisley said (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar). Bob Daisley's work with Ozzy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVUGp-qoi2E Despite the legal battles over the years, the longtime Ozzy Osbourne bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley recently lamented the death of his former boss and bandmate. Daisley was part of Ozzy’s band from 1979 to 1981, 1983 to 1985, 1988 (As a session musician), 1990 to 1991 (As a session musician) and from 1994 to 1995. After leaving Ozzy’s band there were legal battles against Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon to claim songwriting credits and royalties over the successful lyrics he wrote for most of Ozzy’s successful records. In 2002, Sharon called Rob Trujillo and Mike Bordin to re-record the bass and drum tracks on “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman” to avoid paying Daisley and the drummer Lee Kerslake royalties. Eventually, the original versions were restored in later reissues. The post Bob Daisley says Ozzy allegedly hit Randy Rhoads and called him ungrateful appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.