List of Ozzy Osbourne band members

After being fired from Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne (right) formed his own band and recorded "Blizzard of Ozz" in 1980

After being fired from his band Black Sabbath, English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne began his solo career in 1979. His initial band comprised himself, guitarist Randy Rhoads (formerly of Quiet Riot), bassist Bob Daisley (formerly of Rainbow) and drummer Lee Kerslake (formerly of Uriah Heep).^[1] Keyboardist Don Airey was brought in temporarily to record on Osbourne's first album, Blizzard of Ozz, in 1980. After the recording of Diary of a Madman, released in 1981, Daisley and Kerslake were fired from the band, replaced by Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge respectively.^[2]

On 19 March 1982, on their way to a festival in Orlando, Florida, a light aircraft taken without its owner's consent carrying guitarist Randy Rhoads crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. In a prank turned deadly, the right wing of the aircraft clipped the bus, causing the plane to crash into a tree and finally a nearby house, killing Rhoads as well as the pilot.^[3] Bernie Tormé was the first to replace Rhoads,^[4] though only for a month, and was followed by Brad Gillis, who also left shortly after joining Night Ranger.^[5] Jake E. Lee was hired in late 1982, and remained as guitarist until 1987.^[6] Meanwhile, bassist Sarzo had left the band^[7] and was replaced by the returning Bob Daisley. Tommy Aldridge was replaced with Carmine Appice in 1983, who was in turn replaced with Randy Castillo, who played drums for Ozzy Osbourne from 1985 to 1993.^[8]

Mike Inez was Ozzy's bassist from 1989 to 1993, and ex-Sabbath member Geezer Butler joined temporarily in 1988 and 1995. Lee left in 1987. He was replaced by Zakk Wylde. Wylde left in 1992, though he rejoined Ozzy soon after. Castillo also left in 1993, replaced by Deen Castronovo (currently with Journey). Robert Trujillo joined as bassist in 1996, Steve Vai and Alex Skolnick made brief appearances as the band's guitarist in 1994 and 1995, and Joe Holmes joined in 1995. Former Faith No More co-founder Mike Bordin has been the band's drummer since 1997. When Trujillo left the band to join Metallica, he was replaced by ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted briefly in 2003. Chris Wyse became his replacement until 2005, when Rob Nicholson became a full-time member. After more contributions from Joe Holmes and then Jerry Cantrell, Wylde returned to Ozzy's band in 2006, but was replaced by Gus G. because Osbourne felt that his songs sounded too similar to Wylde's band, Black Label Society.

Current members

Image	Name	Years active	Previous band(s)	Instrument(s)	Release contributions
	Ozzy Osbourne	1979–present	Black Sabbath	lead vocals	All Ozzy Osbourne releases
	Adam Wakeman	2003 – present	Black Sabbath, Yes, Annie Lennox	keyboards/rhythm guitar	Under Cover (2005), Scream (2010)
	Rob Nicholson	2003, 2006–present	Rob Zombie	bass	Black Rain (2007), Scream (2010)
	Gus G	2009-present	Firewind, Dream Evil, Nightrage	lead guitar	Scream (2010)
	Tommy Clufetos	2010–present	Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath	drums	Scream (2010)

Former members

Image	Name	Year(s) active	Other band(s)	Instrument(s)	Release contributions
	Randy Rhoads	1979–1982	Quiet Riot	guitar	Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Diary of a Madman (1981), Tribute (1987)
	Zakk Wylde	1987–1992, 1995, 1998, 2001-2004, 2006-2009	Black Label Society, Pride And Glory	guitar, keyboards, washtub bass, backing vocals	All Ozzy Osbourne releases from No Rest For the Wicked to Black Rain
	Bernie Tormé	1982	Atomic Rooster, Gillan	guitar	none
	Brad Gillis	1982-1983	Rubicon, Night Ranger	guitar	Speak of the Devil (1982)
	Jake E. Lee	1983-1987	Red Dragon Cartel, Mickey Ratt, Badlands, Dio, Rough Cutt	guitar	Bark At The Moon (1983), The Ultimate Sin (1986)
	Alex Skolnick	1995	Savatage, Testament	guitar	none
	Joe Holmes	1995–1998, 1999–2001	Lizzy Borden, David Lee Roth	guitar	Song "Walk on Water" From Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Soundtrack (1996)
	Don Costa	1983	W.A.S.P.	bass	none
	Jerry Cantrell	2004–2006	Alice in Chains	guitar	Under Cover (2005)
	Rudy Sarzo	1981–1982	Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, Geoff Tate's Queensryche	bass	Speak of the Devil (1982), Tribute (1987)
	Pete Way	1982-1983	UFO, Fastway	bass	none
	Bob Daisley[9]	1979–81, 1983–85, 1988, 1991, 1994	Widowmaker, Rainbow, Black Sabbath	bass, lyrics, backing vocals	Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Diary of a Madman (1981), Bark at the Moon (1983), No Rest for the Wicked (1988), No More Tears (1991)
	Phil Soussan	1985–1987	Wildlife, Robin George, Last in Line	bass, backing vocals	The Ultimate Sin (1986)
	Mike Inez	1989–1995, 1996, 1998	Alice in Chains	bass, musical inspiration and direction	No More Tears (did not perform on album but was credited as an official member) & Live & Loud (1993)
	Geezer Butler	1988-89, 1995	Black Sabbath	bass	Just Say Ozzy (1990) & Ozzmosis (1995)
	James LoMenzo	1994	White Lion, Ace Frehley, Pride & Glory, Megadeth, John Fogerty, Black Label Society	bass	none
	Robert Trujillo	1996–2003	Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Metallica, Black Label Society	bass	Down to Earth (2001) & Live at Budokan (2002), Blizzard of Ozz (Re-recording) (2002), Diary of a Madman (Re-recording) (2002)
	Jason Newsted	2003	Metallica, Flotsam And Jetsam, Voivod, Echobrain	bass	none
	Chris Wyse	2004–2005	The Cult	bass	Under Cover (2005)
	Lee Kerslake	1979–1981	Uriah Heep	drums	Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Diary of a Madman (1981)
	Tommy Aldridge	1981–1985	Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy	drums	Speak of the Devil (1982), Bark at the Moon (1983), Tribute (1987)
	Carmine Appice	1983	Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, Ted Nugent	drums	none
	Jimmy DeGrasso	1985	Mama's Boys, Y&T, White Lion Megadeth	drums	none
	Randy Castillo	1985–1994, 1995, 1996, 1998	Lita Ford	drums	The Ultimate Sin (1986), No Rest for the Wicked (1988), Just Say Ozzy (1990), No More Tears (1991), Live & Loud (1993)
	Deen Castronovo	1994–1995	Hardline, Journey, Cacophony, Marty Friedman, Bad English, Steve Vai	drums	Ozzmosis (1995)
	Brian Tichy	Ozzfest 2000	Pride and Glory, Whitesnake, Gilby Clarke, Slash's Snakepit	drums	none
	Roy Mayorga	2000	Nausea, Soulfly	drums	none
	Tommy Lee	2001	Mötley Crüe	drums	none
	Mike Bordin	1996–2010	Faith No More	drums	Down to Earth (2001), Live at Budokan (2002), Blizzard of Ozz (Re-recording) (2002), Diary of a Madman (Re-recording) (2002), Under Cover (2005), Black Rain (2007)
	Johnny Cook	1981	Mungo Jerry	keyboards	Diary of a Madman (1981)
	Don Airey	1980, 1981-1983, 1983-1985	Deep Purple, Colosseum II, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Cozy Powell, Michael Schenker Group, Jethro Tull	keyboards	Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Bark at the Moon (1983)
	Mike Moran	1985–1986	Queen	keyboards	The Ultimate Sin (1986)
	John Sinclair	1986–2003	Uriah Heep	keyboards	No Rest for the Wicked (1988), "Just Say Ozzy" (1989), No More Tears (1991), "Live and Loud" (1993), "Live at Budokan" (2002)
	Kevin Jones	1991–1992		keyboards	Live and Loud (1993)
	Rick Wakeman	1995	Strawbs, Yes, Black Sabbath	keyboards	Ozzmosis (1995)
	Michael Railo	2001		keyboards	Down to Earth (2001)
	Michael Beinhorn	1995	Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Blizzards, Hole	keyboards, production	Ozzmosis (1995)
	Lindsay Bridgewater	1980-1981, 1983	Budgie, Moondogs, Denny Laine	keyboards	Diary of a Madman (Re-issue live disc) (2011)
	Robert Mason	1995–1996	Warrant, Lynch Mob, Cry of Love	Backing vocals	None

Recording timeline

Timeline

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