Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne were good friends for decades and the American musician recalled in an interview with 93.3 WMMR radio how he reacted when he first heard that the Black Sabbath vocalist had passed. He said that at first he thought it was something fake but then decided to call Johnny Depp to join him on stage during the show he would perform so that they could pay tribute to his late friend, playing the classic "Paranoid". Alice Cooper recalls his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne's death "I was on my way on stage in Scotland, I think it was, going on stage, and somebody said, 'Ozzy just passed.' And I went, 'Oh, it's one of those A.I. stories that you can never believe any of these stories.' And then somebody said, 'No, for real. He's gone.' And I went, 'How weird. Just two weeks ago they had the big thing in Birmingham. And then they must have known — he must have known that he was on his way.' But at the same time, the O2, I said, 'Well, yeah, we have to tip our hat to Ozzy.'" "Of course, he was an old, 40-year-old friend for me; I've known him forever. So, I called up Johnny Depp, who's in the Hollywood Vampires with me. And Johnny's a killer guitar player. I mean, he's a really good guitar player. He was playing with Jeff Beck when Jeff Beck passed away. So, you don't play with Jeff Beck unless you're a guitar player. And he came up, and we never told the audience what we were gonna do." He continued: "At the end of 'School's Out', they figured, 'Well, there's nothing else after that,' with the balloons and the confetti and the whole thing. Then the guitar player starts 'Paranoid', and the place went crazy. And at the end, I just said, 'Hey,' I said, 'Everybody say good night to Ozzy.' There must have been knowledge of, you don't have that much longer. And [Ozzy's wife and manager] Sharon's such a great lady, and [their kids] Jack and Kelly, they're really a cool family. I felt very, very sorry. But I think at least it wasn't sudden. I think that they saw it coming and prepared for it," Alice Cooper said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). Ozzy Osbourne passed away at the age of 76 last July 22, earlier that month he had played his final solo show and the last one with Black Sabbath at the Villa Park in Birmingham, the band's hometown. During that festival, many bands like Metallica, Slayer, Guns N' Roses and supergroups formed by former members of Ozzy's solo years, paid tribute to him and Sabbath playing some of their famous tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD3jeUq7sm0The post Alice Cooper recalls his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.