Bob Daisley, who played bass on Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo albums, has responded to the Osbournes’ claims about his $2 million lawsuit seeking unpaid royalties.
In a statement released last week, the Osbournes said, “We understand that Mr. Daisley is now in retirement and that these funds are his main source of income, so it is his right to be diligent with his money, but after 36 years, this is tantamount to harassment. We would have hoped that after 36 years that Mr. Daisley would have lost his unhealthy personal obsession and resentment towards Mr. Osbourne’s success.”
Daisley subsequently told journalist Joel Gausten, “They’ve said ‘Mr. Daisley’s now in retirement,’ and they try to make it look like, ‘Oh, he’s in retirement and now he needs money because he’s not doing anything.’ I wouldn’t care if I had $50 trillion — if somebody’s taking advantage of me, I want to put a stop to it.”
Daisley added that he harbors no resentment. “I’m not obsessed. It’s great that Ozzy built a lot of his success on the stuff that we wrote, because his whole career and empire was built on the foundation of those first two albums that put him back on the map. That’s the foundation of what Ozzy and Sharon are sitting on. I wish Ozzy every success. I just have a problem with not getting paid properly.”