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This was a bit surprising. I’ve spoken to Ozzy probably a dozen times over the years. Every once in a while, he says something very telling. We now know that most people don’t really dig the “Scream” CD as much as they did those he’s done with Zakk Wylde. During this call, we come to find…even Ozzy doesn’t like it that much.

Motorhead were my first interview in 1986. I was an 18-year old kid, standing outside their bus on a Sunday afternoon. It was after that interview in which their guitarist at the time (Wurzel) confided in me that he would soon leave the band, and asked me not to speak of it (just like “Almost Famous” but with no Kate Hudson to fall in love with), that i decided that radio was to be what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

26 years later, I got (longtime-drummer) Mikkey’s phone number in Canada from a friend and dropped him a call. The following is our little chat:

Gary & I go back to 1986. I was just starting out doing College Radio at Framingham State in Massachusetts. And Gary had just made a lineup change to his fairly successful band “The Dream.” Turns out he & drummer Paul Geary sold the name and they became “Ex-Dream” a.k.a. EXTREME. Gary & Nuno used to sit in on my radio show and play me demos of their new stuff.

Fast forward 26 years, and Gary is still sitting in (this time via telephone) to promote his music. I’m only too happy to oblige.

Enjoy…