{"id":117024,"date":"2025-10-07T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=117024"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:26:36","slug":"ozzys-last-rites-book-he-was-the-most-humble-egomaniac-you-could-ever-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=117024","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy’s Last Rites Book: “He was the most humble egomaniac you could ever meet!”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today marks the publication of OZZY OSBOURNE<\/strong>\u2019s second autobiography LAST RITES<\/u><\/strong><\/a> (Grand Central Publishing). The memoir was finished just days before the rock icon\u2019s untimely July 2025 passing and it chronicles the past seven or so years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy\u00ae-winning singer and songwriter\u2019s life. Read a moving Q&A with OZZY<\/strong>\u2019s son Jack Osbourne<\/strong> below. Purchase the book HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST RITES<\/u><\/strong><\/a> is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of OZZY<\/strong>\u2018s descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon<\/strong>, alongside his reflections on what it took for him to get back onstage for the triumphant \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d<\/strong> concert, streamed around the world, where OZZY<\/strong> finally reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates and surrounded by the musicians he\u2019d befriended throughout his storied career. Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, LAST RITES<\/u><\/strong><\/a> demonstrates once again why OZZY<\/strong> has transcended his status as \u201cThe Godfather of Metal\u201d and \u201cThe Prince of Darkness\u201d to become a modern-day folk hero and international treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of sixty-nine, OZZY OSBOURNE<\/strong> was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then disaster.  In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalized with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour\u2014and all public life\u2014as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, 1948, OZZY OSBOURNE <\/strong>is a rock music legend. He is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author (the new autobiography follows OZZY<\/strong>\u2019s New York Times bestsellers: 2010\u2019s autobiography I Am Ozzy and 2011\u2019s Trust Me, I\u2019m Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock\u2019s Ultimate Survivor). His music career, with more than 100 million records sold (with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist), has spanned five decades and as a solo artist and a member of Black Sabbath, OZZY<\/strong> is a multiple Grammy winner and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JACK OSBOURNE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TALKS ABOUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST RITES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How did the idea for doing LAST RITES<\/u> come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK OSBOURNE (JACK): <\/strong>My father had been working on Last Rites for a very long time\u2014chipping away at it over the last three or four years. He always felt he needed to do a follow-up to I Am Ozzy, because so much had happened in the 20 years since that book was released. From life after the TV show, to the Sabbath reunion, to releasing his last two albums, and finally his health issues. It was important to him to capture all of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you or other family members have favorites passages\/anecdotes from the book?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK: <\/strong>If I\u2019m being honest, not many of the family members have read the book yet\u2014it\u2019s been difficult time for everyone. For me, the last chapter is what I\u2019ve reflected on the most. He finished it just a few days before he passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Throughout LAST RITES<\/u> Ozzy reflects on his early life with the insight gained as we grow older. Were there things that changed about him and the way he experienced the world towards the end of his life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK: <\/strong>There\u2019s a lot to reflect on with that question. My father was always considered the \u201cwild man of rock,\u201d the \u201cPrince of Darkness,\u201d and so on, but the last seven years were the complete opposite. Because of his injuries and declining health, he slowed down. And sometimes with a curse comes a blessing. Slowing down gave him the space to really reflect on his journey\u2014his successes, his failures, his joys, his sadness and ultimately, what mattered most to him. This book captures some of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you recall any moments or conversations with Ozzy as he was working on the book\u2014funny, touching, surprising\u2014about the material he wanted to include or stories about working with a writer on the project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK: <\/strong>He was very private about the process and didn\u2019t share much about what he was including. I\u2019d try to ask, but he\u2019d often brush it off. I\u2019ve often said this about my father, he was the most humble egomaniac you could ever meet. He honestly didn\u2019t think anyone would care about what he was writing in LAST RITES. So when I asked him, he always downplayed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: It\u2019s so clear from reading LAST RITES<\/u> that Ozzy loved his fans. Is there anything that didn\u2019t make it into the book that you\u2019d like for them to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK: <\/strong>Here\u2019s the truth\u2014my father fought a very hard fight to get on that stage in Birmingham on July 5. He was determined to say goodbye to his fans, and that\u2019s exactly what he did. He loved them deeply because they gave him the life he had. He always said he would have been nothing without their love and support. That last show was his way of giving back one final time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What do you think Ozzy would like readers to take away from the book?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JACK: <\/strong>My father would want people to smile, laugh, and feel love when they read it. He absolutely hated when people felt sorry for him. I know some fans will get emotional\u2014it\u2019s hard not to\u2014but he couldn\u2019t stand when people cried in front of him or got sad around him. So enjoy his words. Feel his energy. Remember who he will always be. And never stop loving him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Screamer Magazine Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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