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Tony Iommi Might Never Get Over the Loss of His Friend and Brother, Ozzy Osbourne
The world of rock is still reeling from the loss of one of its most iconic figures, and no one feels the void more deeply than Tony Iommi. To fans, they were Black Sabbath. To each other, they were family. Now, with Ozzy Osbourne gone, Iommi is left to mourn not just a bandmate, but a brother who shaped his life for more than half a century.
“It’s like a part of me is missing,” Iommi said quietly in a recent interview. “We went through everything together—madness, fame, addiction, recovery. We grew up side by side, and now it just feels like the end of a chapter I never wanted to finish.”
Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne met in Birmingham, England in the late 1960s, two working-class kids who had no idea they were about to redefine music forever. Through the dark, sludgy riffs and Ozzy’s haunting vocals, they helped create heavy metal from scratch. But their bond wasn’t just musical. It was deeply personal—formed in the fires of hardship, triumph, and a shared understanding of pain.
They had their clashes over the years. Breakups, reunions, long silences. But in the end, what endured was love.
“When Ozzy got sick, it tore me up. But even then, he never stopped being Ozzy—cracking jokes, giving me grief, making everyone laugh. That was him. Always trying to lift everyone else up, even when he was suffering.”
Iommi admits that some days, he still expects a phone call or a random text from Ozzy. “He’d send me the most ridiculous voice notes. I can’t delete them.”
He pauses, the grief catching in his throat. “I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over it. I don’t even want to. Because forgetting would mean letting go of him. And I can’t do that.”
For Iommi, music remains an outlet, but it’s no longer the same without the Prince of Darkness by his side. “We created magic together. Real, honest, ugly, beautiful magic. And now it’s just… quiet.”
As fans around the world honor Ozzy’s legacy, Iommi holds onto the memories that built not just a band, but a brotherhood. One that even death can’t erase.
“Ozzy’s not gone to me,” he says. “He’s just on the other side of the stage now.”
