Then the record company asked me if I was still into doing the covers album, and Sharon said that it would be something extra for the box set, so people are getting more than the same songs they've heard 50,000 times before." So the box set originally started out as mainly a collection of rarities. There's already been 'The Best of Ozzy' and 'The Ozzman Cometh' and all these other fucking things, and they're all just the same fucking album with a different cover. I thought, 'A box set of what?' The record company has already raped my back catalog! They can't do it anymore. "Jumping a year forward, Sharon tells me about the box set. So we started making a list of songs, and we narrowed it down. So anyway, on the Ozzfest in 2003, I was talking to someone from the record company and I said that I've always wanted to do a covers album. Ozzy Osbourne: "For many years now, I've thought that it would be great to do some covers, old songs that mean something to me. Revolver: What made you decide to record a covers album at this point in your career? A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: And being in a hotel and seeing him walk through the hotel in his mask and people wondering 'what is going on?'.Ozzy Osbourne recently spoke to Revolver magazine about his four-disc retrospective box set, "Prince of Darkness", and the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of his Ozzfest traveling festival, among other topics. Some of the best times I've ever had on tour have been with Buckethead. Nobody thinks that from what I've seen or heard. Because It never was.īut I don't think anybody has. I'm sorry to any Buckethead fan's that took it the wrong way and thought it was at his expense. I've said some stuff where he went “why did you tell that story?”. Because they're our personal journeys and stories and the things we've done. Like, what's the reason other than being a slime ball?Įxactly! Buckethead and I have had our differences because sometimes I will say funny things in these interviews that kind of hurt him. Why would you say that about a guy you know isn't gonna respond. That's bullshit!!! That's bullshit!!! That's just mean and rude.Īnd I even made a video basically calling Tom Zutaut out. Tom Zutaut said about this porn story, that Buckethead was in the studio watching hardcore pornography to get inspired and Buckethead fans were like 'that's bullshit'. There really was a cage that was built for him to record in. They just tried to put Buckethead in a cage, no pun intended. And people like Tom Zutaut poked at Buckethead to try and make an excuse for what was happening with the band. Nobody really learns from their success, its from the hardship and mistakes they make.
The best thing to happen to him was for him to leave, because then realized he wanted to go and do his own thing. And it didn't make it easier that everyone was trying to take things from him. He was struggling with it in his own way. He was kind of a punk to everybody.Īnd I'm not saying I know Tom to where I can say these things. He was put in the band thinking he could save the band and project. What are your thoughts on Tom Zutaut and were you aware of what he said about Buckethead. Today, Bryan 'Brain' Mantia, who was the drummer for Guns N Roses at the time, sets the record straight.
No other member of Guns N' Roses has spoken of Tom Zutauts claims until now. Since the mid-2000's former Guns N Roses A&R representative Tom Zutaut has said a number of derogatory things about guitarist Buckethead.Ĭalling him “emotionless”, blaming him for tour cancellations and the delay of the Chinese Democracy album. Is THAT Buckethead GNR Story True? - Bryan Brain Mantia sets the record straight! Pike 54 - Frankensteins Monsters Blinds.History of Michael Jackson & Buckethead.Death Cube K -Darker Shade of Buckethead.100 Weirdest Guitar Riffs by Buckethead.10 Crazy Difficult Licks by BH - NonPike.Buckethead Rewind 2019 - Year in Review.Marty Friedman talks Buckethead /Gilbert.