On the latest episode of SiriusXM’s Ozzy Speaks, Ozzy Osbourne sat down with co-host Billy Morrison and gave a health update. He also shared a story about how American fans confused Black Sabbath with a black jazz band at first. Ozzy Speaks airs monthly on SiriusXM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard, Ozzy Osbourne’s exclusive SiriusXM channel. The newest episode airs Thursday, July 27 at 5:00 pm ET and will be available on the SXM App.

 

Ozzy Osbourne Gives Health Update

 

 

Billy Morrison: This is Ozzy Speaks on SiriusXM channel 38. I’m Billy Morrison.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: And I’m Ozzy Osborne.

 

Billy Morrison: You are Ozzy Osborne. How are you mate?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: I’m battling through, like for instance last Monday, I went to have a filter removed and I went-

 

Billy Morrison: You texted me that. What’s a filter?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: When I had the blood clots in my legs, they put a filter in your artery to stop the blood clots going to your heart and your brain. It sounds worse than it is.

 

Billy Morrison: It sounds terrible.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: So, on Monday I went to have it removed. The blood clots have jammed you all up. It’s just disappointment after disappointment. Just get this thing fucking done so I can go get on with my life.

 

Billy Morrison: What a pain in the ass. I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: So, they put a thing down there in my neck, straight down to my groin.

 

Billy Morrison: What? Inside you?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Oh yeah.

 

Billy Morrison: Oh my God. They put you out?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Oh yeah. Bing.

 

Billy Morrison: We like that bit.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Yeah, but they can’t even find a vein on me.

 

Billy Morrison: Ozzy, I had them send in for specialists to try and get a vein on me.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Do you have that thing where they put a scan on you and find one inside?

 

Billy Morrison: Yeah, but then they’ve actually gotta get it and I always, do you ever have this? They go, “Right. Show me your arm.” I’m like, “Listen, I’ve got more experience than all of you put together.”

 

Ozzy Osbourne: You know what, you ain’t gonna get that vein. Listen bro-

 

Billy Morrison: Leave it to me.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: I knew this for all days.

 

Billy Morrison: I’m the professional here. “Yeah, alright. Go on then,” and 14 stabs later they’re listening to me.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: You look like you’ve been fucking attacked.

 

Billy Morrison: I hate it.

 

 

 

Ozzy Osbourne Says American Fans Confused Black Sabbath with a Black Jazz Band

 

 

Billy Morrison: What about Live Aid? How was that?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Well, it was kind of, there was a complaint. There was a complaint there was not enough Black acts on Live Aid.

 

Billy Morrison: Back then there was that complaint or now?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: No, back then, so we had fucking Billy Ocean, Black Sabbath, but they thought it would be funny. They’re called Black Sabbath.

 

Billy Morrison: Did you have any idea of that-

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Do you know when we first came to America, people used to think we were a Black group.

 

Billy Morrison: No, a Black jazz band.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Oh, at a gig in Philadelphia and everything in between. There was a guy going, “Black guy.” Three quarters of the audience were Black, and they go, “Hey, you Black Sabbath,” because they thought the singer was. We were always called Black. “You guys ain’t Black.”

 

Billy Morrison: Really?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Yeah.

 

Billy Morrison: I’ve never heard that story. When you did Live Aid, did you understand how big it was like the London and Philly?

 

Ozzy Osbourne: Oh yeah, but it was like we went on at fucking 10 o’clock in the morning.

 

Billy Morrison: Oh, right because it was being televised and all the rest of it.

 

Ozzy Osbourne: We got up at fucking five.

 

Billy Morrison: Well, you probably didn’t go to bed.