The drama between Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and Sharon Osbourne seems to reignite whenever either are asked to comment on a feud that dates back to 2005.
On Ozzfest that year, Dickinson allegedly was ripping Ozzy during Maiden’s performances, and Sharon took exception. On one show, she arranged for eggs to be thrown at the band as they performed and she delayed the entrance of Maiden’s mascot, Eddie.
Consequence did a recent interview with Ozzy and Sharon. The publication first asked Ozzy if he felt he was underrated as a singer compared to vocalists like Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio.
“Bruce Dickinson is a great singer, but as a person, I’ve worked with him, and he’s not very nice,” Ozzy said. “Ronnie James Dio is no longer alive. He was a great singer. I didn’t really know him so well. I’m not one of these guys who says many things about people. The truth is the truth. I met Ronnie James Dio a couple of times. He took my [Black Sabbath] gig. But at the same time, I can’t complain because I did great on my own.”
Ozzy continued: “But I don’t sing for a judge. I sing for my fans. If my fans don’t buy my music, that would tell me my singing isn’t any good anymore, but they’re still buying my records. I’m my own worst critic. I don’t rate myself more than Ronnie James Dio or Bruce Dickinson. That’s not my gig. I don’t care. I have fun doing what I do. My goal is to turn my f*cking audience on. And that’s what I try to do. I’m not interested if someone thinks I’m a fucking joke. That’s fine. That’s their opinion.”
Sharon went scorched earth on Dickinson in the interview, and it’s clear she still has major issues with the Iron Maiden frontman.
“Bruce Dickinson is a f*cking pr*ck,” she said. “Well, no, he’s not a pr*ck because a pr*ck’s nice. He’s a f*cking *sshole. Because the situation is he was on a tour called Ozzfest. And Ozzy Osbourne was paying him every night to perform. He accepted the gig. He knew what he was doing. He accepted the gig. And every night he would go onstage and say bad things about Ozzy. And the crew and everybody in all the other bands would be like, ‘Are you letting him get away with it?’ And I’m like, ‘I sure am.’”
Sharon then re-told the story of getting revenge on Dickinson on the last gig of the tour.
“But the last gig was [just outside of] L.A. And I thought, ‘You motherf*cker, now you’re gonna get it.’ And so I had about 20 people in the audience and a lot of them were nurses from Cedars Sinai, because I had cancer at that time. And they were all my chemo nurses. And they all came down, and they f*cking pelted the sh*t out of him. And my thing is, you play, you pay!”
“If you’re being paid to do a gig, but you don’t like the person, then f*ck off. But don’t stay, take the money, take all the good that’s coming to your band through being on a festival, doing 24 shows and still slagging the person that’s paying you. It’s like, ‘No, that makes you a f*cking *sshole.’ And he is. And he’s never apologized, he never even went up and said hello to Ozzy. The thing about him is that he is just so jealous. And always has been of Ozzy. And that’s his problem.”
Sharon continued: “Because the thing is about Bruce Dickinson, he’s hugely successful. He’s got a great fan base, a great fan base that have been loyal. The band are great guys. All the band are great. And they do great. You know, they’re a great band, you can’t take it away, and neither would I take that away from them. But the thing about Bruce is, he is unknown to the public. Bruce Dickinson could walk into anywhere and nobody would know who the f*ck he is. Do you know what I’m saying? He’s a faceless singer to the general public. People aren’t scrambling to get him for an interview. And the thing is, he’s not interesting. But the thing is, Ozzy is original and Bruce isn’t and that’s what eats Bruce away.”
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