Ozzy Osbourne 's official merch store released two limited-edition t-shirt designs on Monday, the 1st, with a direct jab at Roger Waters .
The piece, titled Another Pr-ck in the Wall Tee , features provocative artwork: a figure urinating (with a rainbow) on a wall, reminiscent of the iconic cover of The Wall , the classic album by the former Pink Floyd . The other design features the cover of Roger Waters' album The Wall – Live in Berlin , with the words "Ozzy Rules" written on it. Furthermore, the pieces will only be available for 48 hours.
The release, announced on Ozzy's official social media accounts , coincides with a new statement from Ozzy's wife, Sharon Osbourne , in which she reprimands Waters with scathing criticism. In the posted video, there's a snippet of Sharon saying: “He has no charisma, he looks like Frankenstein. The guy is mentally ill, he has nothing to do with today's world. Nobody likes him. He's boring, he has no charisma, no stage presence… he's envious and a bad influence” [via Loudwire ]. The audio is from a relatively recent episode of The Osbournes , in which the family gathered to publicly discuss Ozzy's death for the first time.
The controversy between Ozzy Osbourne and Roger Waters.
The controversy stems from Roger Waters' recent statements, in which he downplayed the legacy of Ozzy and the band Black Sabbath , stating that he didn't care about their music. In an interview with The Independent Ink on August 12th, Roger Waters said:
“Ozzy Osbourne, who just passed away, may God bless him in whatever state he was in throughout his life. We’ll never know. Although he appeared on TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense. As for music, I have no idea. I don’t give a damn. I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never have. Nor am I interested in biting chicken heads off or whatever they do. I don’t give a damn, you know.”
During an interview with Rolling Stone [via Blabbermouth ] in 2004, Ozzy said that Pink Floyd's song "Money" was one of his favorite rock songs, and that it brought back vivid memories of his wilder years. "It reminds me of my LSD days. I'm glad I survived."
Roger Waters, on the other hand, reportedly gave a negative review of Black Sabbath's debut song, "Evil Woman," in 1970, saying at the time: "Well, well, well... I'm speechless—well, almost... You keep thinking it's going to start. You think that for the first minute, but then, if you're really perceptive, you realize it's not going to start, and that's all that happens."
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