Jake E. Lee on 'Horrible' Ozzy Headbutting Firing, "Why do it like that?"

[@CrueLoaf]

My heart goes out to his sister. She sounds a well grounded woman and I hope her grieving process is gentle. That was a lovely chat between you both. (The interview ends abruptly though).

[@realdealio1]

His sister was a great interview, thank you!

[@elamfreelance7217]

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side....." -Hunter S. Thompson

[@MrTimmyBrown]

Wow,I love this interview. Beautiful girl,my condolences to you and your family.

[@LouisGiliberto]

Great interview of Sara - thank you for this, sir!

[@jjcollins]

Wow, truthfully sad to hear. My condolences to his family and friends. Makes you wonder what really happened to him. Went from OZZY to obscurity. After being screwed by so many in the music business he probably just wanted to live a normal life. His sister even says that the people that knew him now, didn't know about his music in the past. Unfortunately no one will probably ever know, but to disappear for 40 years, that man definitely went through something.... Rest in peace Don Costa. Thank you for the interview and the video!

[@bmac5085]

Saw Ozzy on the Ultimate Sin tour 1986. I was more there to see Jake play, and he didn't disappoint. Great guitarist 😊

[@vonndoom6142]

I was a ozzy fiend but by u.sin tour i was over it,i went for metallica for that tour

[@jamesmccormick875]

Ozzy and mainly Sharon screwed a lot of people over. The screwed Randy, after he died Sharon changed his contract to screw Randy’s mother out of royalties and publishing , they screwed Jake on Bark at the Moon by not giving him any writing credit, so no royalties or publishing for him, the stories are endless about them messing people over.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Sharon learned from the best , or worst , depending on how you look at it. Her father screwed bands over in the 60s . Some very talented people, particularly the gifted soul singer Steve Marriott, got screwed so badly and then threatened when he tried to collect, that he became so disillusioned with the major labels and the business in general that he wound up playing pubs for cash only at the end of his life despite being offered singing gigs by Jimmy Page ( Page wanted him for the New Yardbirds in 68 and he tried to get him on board again for his 1988 solo album and tour ) ACDC reached out to him for the spot Brian Johnson wound up with. Nobody had any more talent than Steve Marriott. But his experience with Arden had him convinced that these opportunities would only lead to more disappointment. Sharon is so much like her father that she hated him .

[@waynesilverman3048]

But seen as the good guys .

[@waynesilverman3048]

Just finished reading All or nothing Steve Marriott book ,in people's words ,good book ,but Steve was the only sf guy not to put him down to a interviewer (who ended up writing an other book about him-Paulio Hewitt ) he said Don Arden -"without them sort you won't get nowhere " or find no fame in the music biz ect.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@waynesilverman3048 yes that's unfortunately true for most artists. Steve was interested in joining the band that later became Led Zeppelin but Arden famously told Page " leave my talent alone unless you want to find out what it's like playing guitar with broken hands " . Arden was a thug , plain and simple.

[@Vinyltimes65]

A certain Canadian singer said it best in song: Rock N Roll Is A Vicious Game.

[@bmac5085]

Dons sister seems like a nice lady, with a good sensible head on her shoulders. Love these interviews that you are doing. 😊👍

[@jonnysmokesmusic]

I’m in awe of how Ozzy still has a career, the way he shreds and discards the musicians that made his band shine.

[@billydeewilliams9104]

SHARON.

[@kelleychilton2524]

@@billydeewilliams9104 Yep, Sharon is pure evil. Simply a horrible person.

[@sumtinwong-jx9zu]

ozzy is done. toast. has been for years.

[@sullivan-pughvideoproducti5531]

I’m in awe that Ozzy is still alive. The abuse that guy has done to himself over decades….it’s like 9 lives with that guy.

[@section8usmc53]

@@billydeewilliams9104 Both of them.

[@phillipweber6059]

What a sad week for rock n roll RIP Don Costa Jack Russell Greg Kihn

[@Jim5150jvc]

Joe Chambers as well

[@APK-pn4qh]

@@phillipweber6059 terribly sad. RIP all.

[@christopherhuff3123]

The man was fired right before the biggest gig of his life in the coldest way possible. Considering how seriously he took his musical career up until that point, it had to be absolutely humiliating for him.Then he had to watch everyone else's career blow up after that. It's probably why he cut everyone who knew him out of his life. He probably stopped playing all together. How do you face people after that?

[@jamescon55]

@@christopherhuff3123 Exactly 💯...Got a REAL taste/dose of WHAT it WAS like, in the OSBOURNE CAMP.....,WHAT absolute gawdawful horrid people they truly are 😒... ROYALLY screwed TH outta MOST EVERYONE that either MADE and or played in the Osbourne BAND 😒.... VERY sad stuff, indeed. 🤘🔥🤘

[@SeaToSkyImages]

Fantastic interview with Sara. You always ask the questions that seem to get people to open up. I really like all of your interviews. I learn so much from them.

[@fullinbloom]

❤❤❤❤

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Well he made it (for musicians like him) further than 90% so cudos to him and God rest his soul. Rip Don

[@Doug-nr3gh]

Yes it's sad he lost his way

[@afterforever71]

My favorite part of this story, is that YOU reconnected with your father. Right on brother 🤘🏻

[@fullinbloom]

I'm glad I didn't delete it then. I had planned to not include it but changed my mind at the last minute because I thought the ending sounded off without it. Thank you for saying something and thank you for your kind words.....AND thank you for listening to the end!

[@ThemFuzzyMonsters]

@@fullinbloom It certainly added humanity and made it a conversation rather than a questionnaire.

[@shadhansen739]

Her father abused my mother

[@shadhansen739]

Typical step father

[@shadhansen739]

Sorry for their loss?

[@BillDerBerg]

Love the old clips of Dante Fox/Great White. R.I.P. Don and Jack

[@RFXLR]

On an unrelated note, dude you are a great interviewer. You interview some great artists, you’re very knowledgeable, you let the subject answer the questions without talking over them and you don’t brag about knowing everybody. You’re exactly like Eddie Trunk except the complete opposite!

[@fullinbloom]

I appreciate that!

[@scottwhite2757]

Excellent coverage and interview..

[@fullinbloom]

As always, thank you, Scott!

[@davidfuchs9636]

I stopped being a fan of Ozzy after what he did to Jake E. Lee. Then a few years later Badlands came out and I loved that.

[@andrewr697]

Badlands was an awesome band! Great music

[@MrOctober44]

Badlands was great!

[@scottlasley4593]

Wow, those Van Halen and Ozzy stories! It's sad the way things ended. I hope he found peace. Thanks for sharing this interview! ❤️🤘

[@vermontbred]

Poor Don. Condolences to his family.

[@BillDerBerg]

His sister's gorgeous

[@thekid6378]

I always look forward to your new videos! Thank you for posting.

[@fullinbloom]

Thanks for sticking around!

[@kevinstimelsky673]

I first saw Ozzy on the second leg of The Speak Of The Devil Tour in 1983 Costa and Jake were in the band. Great show my seats were ten rows back in front of Don. The man was a great player I read one time in rock magazine where he sighted Entwhistle, Squire and Lee as his favorites and studied those three. It would be cool if who ever has the concert video of Ozzys 83 tour to release it so people can see it. RIP Don! You was a monster bass player!!

[@bryanwills8296]

Really, really great one. Your videos are among the best on KZbin. Eddie Bravo mentioned you on his podcast with Brian Slagel from Metal Blade Records recently.

[@fullinbloom]

I appreciate the kind words. Thank you for listening....and the info, Bryan!

[@wightangel]

R.I.P Don. I will never forget reading about you and that cheese grater in Kerrang, soo many years ago.

[@CrashTestPilot]

Dude was a legend. Of course we'll remember Don. In fact he crosses my mind whenever I use the cheese grater! He got the shit end of the stick and didn't deserve it.

[@philtheheaterguy951]

The Osbournes should be shunned in the music industry. Every story seems to show that they are scumbags.

[@greggibbs8641]

@@philtheheaterguy951 the love of money is the root to many evils.

[@lanceraustin]

That got intense- I love the philosophical wisdom right at the end. Also, you're a saint for keeping all her meandering in there! It seems like she's processing her relationship with her brother.

[@stephenmcgraw8871]

So eerily strange seeing those early Great White/Dante Fox video shots,knowing Costa and Russell are now gone all of a sudden.....

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Russell has died? What a tragic life. The Rhode Island fire is something that was a freak event of awfulness.

[@jjcollins]

@@BanalayerPete1972 Yea, he passed a few days ago.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@jjcollins: Thanks. Very sad.

[@Doug-nr3gh]

​@@BanalayerPete1972I'm afraid so ... He had some major health issues the last few years ( Lewy something ? ) we are the same age...

[@stephenmcgraw8871]

@@BanalayerPete1972 Saw the show in Bangor,ME 2 days before--the singe marks from the pyro were visible til the place shut down.....anyway,yeah he died either on the 15th or the 7th...don`t know why there`s such a secret about when he died....

[@cbarrett34]

Great interview, Adam. She sounds like a sweet lady.

[@fullinbloom]

Very sweet, cool, and kind. Thanks for listening!

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Thank you very much GOD bless Everyone Always RIP ANGEL 😇 Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

[@joeneighbor]

Jake E. Lee has such an amazing crisp guitar sound. Maybe it wasn't the most popular, but loved the "Bark at the Moon" album. According to Jake, Ozzy really F'ed him over. Taking credits for the song(s) that Jake actually wrote, etc.

[@bmac5085]

Love Jake. I am a big fan of his playing.

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

Good interview. She's well spoken. I don't know why some people are criticizing her or saying she's lying about one thing or another. They don't know unless they were a cricket living on her shoulder at the time.

[@kellybogues]

Rest in Peace. Rock n Roll never dies.

[@jasonfrancis2088]

My condolences to his family and friends and fans..

[@arthurroy3571]

Wait till the proof of Ozzy wife and daughter Kelly was at Diddy freak off. Justice will be served!

[@k.gspianoworldjourneyschan437]

Rest in metal heaven Don! Ive seen alot of old metal shows with bands in the 80's!! Im 53 now and graduated in 88' if that gives you an idea 💡 of my teenage years as a metal head seeing ALLLL the greats in Detroit Rock City!! I wished i coulda seen Don! I heard he was awesome at bass plus a character on stage as well! But, for his firing like this is such a drag man!! Rest easy buddie, rest easy! Lov kenny!! Ill see yah on the other side!! 🤘

[@cryptadventures]

Well got to admit your show is one of the best ( full ) very interesting .

[@WayCoolJr27]

He was protecting you in the beginning. He loved you.

[@volvo1354]

the entire Arden family is a real piece of work

[@jayteesgear]

Rest in Peace Don 🙏🏻. Cool hearing Sara’s story. Thx Bloom

[@eclipszar9331]

GREAT INTERVIEW ⭐👌

[@chriskiefer7493]

I thought the caption was saying that Ozzy killed him with a head butt. 😂😂😂😂

[@thewhiteelephant]

That’s exactly what it says.

[@JudeSulli]

So did a lot of us. What a bs way to suck us into this article. Pissed me off.

[@The_Klystron7]

Really interesting stories, great job.

[@asylumrecordingstudios]

I had no idea his sister lived here in Vegas. Glad to hear some stories from her

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Well done interview as always. I jump on every one you do. Thanks.

[@fullinbloom]

Thank you for listening, Back Waters and Back Roads. Cool channel you got there! I subscribed.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@fullinbloom That's a real honor. Thank you, I hope you stick around.

[@SonicVR12]

Great interview. Cool for giving some notoriety to someone who otherwise would probably just be overlooked. Really cool stuff

[@THECLARENCES]

Long live the memory of Don Costa. xoxo The Clarences

[@dominickefrim3088]

I first heard this story years ago about Ozzy and Don. The US festival thing was heartbreaking.

[@wentasticmathematics1340]

Holy shit! Are you kidding me with that US Fest 83?! What an epic lineup!

[@jamescon55]

There's pro shot video of THAT fest and OZZY and his band for the BARK at the Moon beginning of the tour....As the 83 US FEST WAS ALSO? Jake E Lee's 1ST LIVE PLAYING GIG WITH OZZY AND THE BAND!.....The pro shot festival concert IS, AGAIN, available anywhere/on KZbin and so?... Yeah! Other than the rather CONTINUOUS (and LOUD) keyboards BLASTING THROUGHOUT the show? It IS definitely something worth seeing for the old Ozzy fans in particular! 😎🤘🔥🤘

[@francestomic2772]

I saw Ozzy innumerable times. The first time he fell off stage because he was trashed. Several times he was a no show, and we would have to fight to get our money back. One time we drove through a blizzard to get there. He was a no dhow because he was to wasted to perform. I still have no use for Sharon

[@diegocollazo4078]

RIP Don

[@jacoblemus]

Rest In Peace to Mr. Don Costa..very interesting and sad story he had 😕 disappearing after US Fest '83 and dying at a gas station parking lot in 2024..like his sister said he definitely was mysterious. RIP.

[@thisboiit]

RIP. I was a tape trader back in the day, and I remember a 4 song demo tape of Don's that I once had. Can't remember the first 3 songs, but as I recall, the 4th was a ditty called "Bathroom Scene", certainly unforgettable. Lost the tape decades ago, but never forgot that track (do we get a take).

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Ozzy Osbourne's success as a solo "artist" ( or was it Sharon's success?) baffles me. Tragedy surrounded him, he was a mess, and he's not even talented. Next to his contemporaries, like Gillan, Plant, Rodgers and Hunter, he was inept. He didn't write his own lyrics (some say he's illiterate) and his voice is depressing. Worst of all, though, is his abuse of animals, women, and bandmates who weren't fighting types. You can bet he never came to blows with Iommi or Butler - they'd've decked him - but Randy (5'2"?), Sarzo (bigger, but a non-scrapper), and, now we learn, Don Costa? What a coward. He still dines out on stories of real evil perpetrated on innocent animals. Makes me nauseous. Now Osbourne's ill, and people are putting him on a pedestal: "How will we cope without Ozzy?", etc. He deserves nothing but contempt.

[@czos9239]

If I remember right Ozzy claimed Iommi "bullied" him. I get the feeling it was more of Iommi not putting up with stuff. Especially when you see what a class act he and Brian May are when hanging out.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@czos9239: Exactly. And Brian May has no truck at all with cruelty to animals. Geezer campaigns for animals now.

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Ozzy got famous because gimmicks. Biting bats, chickens, whatever and being a lunatic. When he started getting famous he was able to recruit talented musicians. Had nothing to do with his talent.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@thetruthhurts6652: Like snorting ants and having a sh** wherever he felt like it. Why did/do people fall for it? A non-famous person would be regarded as repulsive. Tony Iommi didn't even like him.

[@diegocollazo4078]

Fantastic interview.

[@JasonPruett]

dude so impressed its not often you can say that about the interviewer

[@28mmRPG]

I can relate, I'm an introvert that turns into an extrovert when pressed to be an entertainer... very few close friends. I did the same, needed my space or only hung out with very few others besides the band.(and even later it was very selective on what musicians I hung with). You lose a lot of friends/people in the industry, you become somewhat jaded.

[@jjcollins]

I can relate as well, 100%

[@bcancun123]

This one of the best episodes ! Great stories RIP Don 🙏🏾

[@fullinbloom]

Glad you dug it, Jae Beez! Thanks for listening.

[@artiefufkin1885]

Great interview man, very enlightening.

[@jnprather]

Thank you for doing this! Does anyone know what the video footage of Don is from? I have never seen any video footage of him from ANY band.

[@fullinbloom]

It's Dante Fox (Great White). Features Don Costa, Jack Russell, Mark Kendall and Tony Richards (W.A.S.P.) on drums.

[@jnprather]

@@fullinbloom I thought it might be, but man it's hard to recognize Jack and Mark, haha. Thanks for the reply. Rare footage for sure. Only Don video footage I've ever seen. I don't know if it's in the works, but there seems to be so much opportunity to interview people about him. Finding out he was close with DLR, Tommy Lee, etc., was close with Lynch, and the story below. FWIW you may or may not know about this because it's SUPER obscure but the very last record I've ever found of Don being active in L.A. was that part of the reason Tracii Guns left LA Guns in (late 84?) was that Don was trying to start a band with him. They were legit looking at a lineup of Don, Tracii, Axl, and Tony Richards. I kinda wish it had happened. But there's def a pile of people who need their brains picked!

[@fullinbloom]

That would've been a cool band. I always thought Tony Richards was amazing. There's a crazy story involving Tracii, Guns N Roses and Don coming soon.

[@jnprather]

@@fullinbloom Nice. On paper it's amazing lineup, or at least somethign worth hearing. That story came from Raz Cue btw, I don't know if you've ever interviewed him but he's the only one who's ever talked about it. He'd be a great interview in his own right.

[@NoNotMe0000]

Hey Adam, Van Halen had a huge backstage thing goin on at US. The young lady is referring to VH's grand entrance from the party to the stage, with actors, dancers, etc. The whole US festival theme was like one giant party. At one point Dave said to the audience, "initially, we were gonna turn the stage around backwards, so everybody'd be back stage!" It was a fitting stage line, considering the whole US vibes! So yeah, jus say'n.

[@fullinbloom]

Thanks for the info!

[@rickshafer6688]

Yea, I saw painted women at the pre-party. (Documentary) t sounds like she got high off the afterburn or someone one slipped her a micky.

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

To be honest my original comment I took down as it related to Sharon firing the bassist without him even being aware and shame on me as I did not watch the full video as I generally do for Full In Bloom videos , then I started to read some of these comments and some of it could relate to , me and my son hadn’t talked for more than 7 years over stupid bs and we buried the hatchet and started fresh you know life is too short and I’m so happy we are not just on talking terms we we are better than ever now , though he lives in Florida and I’m in Rhode Island we touch base nearly every day ! That was a super ending to heart you and your father reconnected good for you , and to the daughter of Don Costa I’m sorry for your loss . Lesson learned finish the video even if it is longer than most of them , I enjoy all of your videos Full In Bloom but this one is definitely right up there with your best . Glad to see you posting new videos, this has been my favorite rock channel since the day I discovered it .

[@Phillipdumont]

Ozzy and Sharons ego is out of control... yet Dio remained so humble until the end..... history will remember Dio as the true legend and man of the people and Ozzy as the talentess lucky guy that he is and always was.... Take away the theatrics and all the virtuosos of his solo career and he is just a terrible singer....100 years from now... history will reveal people for what they truly are because the cloud of bull shit is gone that the media creates and brain washes people with today... "celebrity awe" syndrome

[@christinablack6557]

Sharon had Ozzy go back and re record all solo albums up until The Ultimate Sin with studio musicians and started putting those CD’s out so as not to have to credit any of the previous musicians who had originally recorded with him. If that ain’t F’d up I don’t know what is.

[@andrewwilliamson5060]

I believe. But may be wrong,that to re-record Blizzard and Dairy they hired the drummer from Faith No More,can't recall his name,and Robert Trujillo on bass,his pre Metallica days. I always thought that was shitty thing to do.

[@dilsiam]

Is re-recording songs allowed to not pay royalties for them... I think artists get their work copyrighted isn't it? If not that is a bad business decision together with committing the mistake of selling their songs catalog...

[@PSYCHONAUTAustralia]

The Osbournes: heavy metal Clintons

[@TRUTH4U2NO]

Well said mate

[@davidr1676]

Sharon = Hillary and both were the Twisted ones. Bill and Ozzy liked it wild, but ultimately just puppets. Rebellious by living wild, but the wives have their talons out. Succubus Supreme.

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

Political figures have absolutely nothing to do with this story. I know who you voted for though 🙄

[@PSYCHONAUTAustralia]

@dragonwithagirltattoo598 I wasn't talking politics. I was talking about the trail of destruction left behind.

[@RoxieC607]

No matter what the situation was with this bass player, the Osborne’s are terrible people. All the stories that you’re now hearing lots of people in the industry have known for years. I personally know three people who are in the industry that have been screwed over by the Osbornes. They are just Monsters.

[@stephenblake2196]

R I P DON !!! AWESOME MUSICIAN ❤❤

[@orvil9223]

I love how every stripper tries to make their strip joint sound much classier than every other strip joint, lol. Yes, the Body Shop s still there. "The US Festival - it was pretty wild but I can't remember a thing about it."

[@markgarner2725]

Ozzy went through bassists like Spinal Tap went through drummers. I saw Ozzy four times from 1982 to 1986, and he had a different bassist every time. I saw Don with Ozzy in March of 1983 at Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi for the 'Speak of the Devil' tour. The tour program listed Brad Gillis on guitar and Pete Way* on bass. The show featured Jake and Don. Jake was phenomenal, btw. (* Pete Way was in Ozzy's band for something like 37 hours. Pete had a serious drinking problem. Pete would then team up with Fast Eddie Clarke to form Fastway. I saw Fastway a year later in 1984 when they opened for Rush. Pete Way was no longer in the bad. He would then form Waysted. That name said it all.)

[@Twotontessie]

Congrats Full In Bloom for connecting with your Dad.

[@fullinbloom]

I appreciate that, my friend. I was wondering if anyone would make it to the end. Thanks for listening!

[@vermontbred]

@@fullinbloom I heard it, same for me, 20 years of separation, with time it's easier to forgive, seeing my parents age, and all that.

[@Challender]

Great Interview.

[@Steve-th9jn]

I’d know your voice anywhere, my brother. Love from Lillian, Tx. Tell Ms Stacy hello from Stevo. Thanks for keeping the fire burning of the music we grew up on.

[@RemoWilliams-jg4yb]

I think most of us, into hard rock in the 80's bought into the whole ozzy schtick. I am glad I grew into other music. There are a ton of good players in that era, that just got overwhelmed and overlooked by the hacks that got more attention. Since learning how ozzy and sharon operates, I can't listen to his music on the radio anymore. It is hard enough for sidemen to make a living, especially nowadays, and what they have done to those musicians that MADE them is sickening. I have heard of other artist that really took care of the guys in their band. Sharon and ozzy have no class.

[@chadwhite2931]

Ozzy gave him a Glasgow kiss. Aside from that, he probably got involved with the whole human sacrifice scene that is celebrated on Hotel California. That's enough to make anyone turn "darker."

[@zackdaniels6858]

THANKYOU! Thankyou for Sharing! GODBLESS!

[@slimgoodboogie2184]

So I wonder how Don was making a living for the past 40 years? So many pieces to this puzzle to fill in - could be a fascinating subject for a documentary filmmaker to pursue.

[@vermontbred]

Someone commented that he did a lot of drugs, gave up the scene, and was a house painter for forty years. Mr. Full in bloom tried to connect with DC. I wish he could have interviewed Don. I mentioned Don in a comment section on lost bass players.

[@vermontbred]

@@shadhansen739 Sorry for your loss. I meant no disrespect referring to "Don."

[@slimgoodboogie2184]

@@shadhansen739 Please accept my sympathies for your uncle’s passing, but why does my use of his first name warrant a snarky comment? I was simply pondering a question which was left unanswered by the video, and referring to your uncle as “Mr. Costa” seems overly formal for a KZbin discussion. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SlickArmor]

​@@slimgoodboogie2184 ahh, don't let that kiddo get under your skin. He's a st range one.

[@mariaacosta6158]

beautiful Family he was handsome look a his sister she's so beautiful 🙌 I just hope that we go to a better place RIP 🙏

[@hoobeydoobey1267]

That's what choosing salvation thru Jesus Christ guarantees.

[@xipetotec8700]

​@@hoobeydoobey1267 All religions have their version of paradise.

[@hoobeydoobey1267]

@@xipetotec8700 Only one is true and real and not man-made.

[@claytonschmidt78]

That's our choice. The price was paid. Faith. John 3:16 Ephesians 2:8-9

[@tk75jo]

I heard Greg Chaisson auditioned for Ozzy around that time. If tried that move with him, Ozzy would have gotten the ass-kicking of a lifetime.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Yeah and he said, he pushed ozzy's buttons while playing pool with him. ha

[@truthseeker2321]

Ozzy is a real d-bag.

[@justinclark8867]

Especially since Greg was also a professional security guard for bands like Ratt.

[@JohnDoe-bz3ic]

No, Greg did. But wasn't pretty enough. And just a asshole in general. The interview is here.

[@societydwellingifd766]

*_and you would've did a lifetime of years in jail!_*

[@CrueLoaf]

I’ll always remember the announcement of Ozzys new band in Kerrang! Full photos of Jake and another full page of Don. Stories of a cheesegrater tapped to the back of his bass! 🙂

[@stevenholquin2127]

I Had Met Don Costa When He Was in Donté Fox He Had a Koa BCRICH Mocking Bird Bass With a Cheese 🧀 Grader Taped On The Back of The Bass This Was Before He Joined Ozzy I Would Service His Bass Intonations and Set Up Complete Back Then BCRICH Was a Garage on Valley Blvd and Eastern Behind The Sip n Shoot Bar It Was a Loose Environment In The Mid 1970’s Nobody Really Caught On To BCRICH Guitars Until The 1980’s Yet Don Costa Would Come Over And I Would Do a Complete Service on His Bass I Would Say Go To The Bar And Ask Them For a Pitcher Of Budweiser And Two Mugs Tell Them It’s For Me and Don and I Would Drink 🍺 All Day While I Did a Complete Service on His Bass I Had Other Work Yet Don Costa Was a Early BCRICH Owner And I Would Just Take Care Of Him Super Nice Guy I Remember When He Got The Ozzy Gig He Was So Happy Because I Knew Him Way Before That And After He Got Back From Going Around The World 🌎 With Ozzy He Stopped By and I Never Asked For Money 💴 From Don Costa Yet He Said I Can Pay You Now He Hands Me The Bass And I Did a Complete Service And It’s Like 1979 or 1980 And His Bass Was Caked With Smoots And Sweat The Cheese 🧀 Grader Was There And His BCRICH Koa Mocking Bird Had Dents And Chips But This Time He Gave Me $400 Bucks Cash And Said Thanks For Always Taking Care of My Bass Don Costa Was a Super Cat Who Never Forgot Me And Would Drive To A Garage When BCRICH Was a Small Operation on Valley Blvd The Bar is Gone and The Garage Now a Good Friend Has Passed Side Note I Was Told That Don Costa Was No Longer in Ozzy Yet I Didn’t Know Ozzy Head Butted Him How F@%#ed Up Is That…. I Was Never a Metal Head I Was Just a Guy Working For a Living at a Guitar Company in a Garage And If You Were Kind I Would Work On You’re Guitar Don Was Always Kind To Me And The Last Time I Saw 👀 Him He Back Paid Me For All The Work I Did on His BCRich Koa Mocking Bird Bass

[@iantojones7807]

RIP, Don. This was probably the worst time in Ozzy's life after Randy was killed, but man that headbutt story is brutal. I genuinely do not intend any disrespect towards Don's sister, but going straight to "Don changed because of malevolent spirits in the practice house," instead of, "it was likely because Don had issues with acute depression or worse, and the incident with Ozzy/Sharon at the US Festival plus drinking+drugs sent him on a downward spiral from which he never truly recovered" is yet another indication of how mental illness has historically been undiagnosed/misunderstood.

[@jamescon55]

YEP 👍...The poor guy HAD put 110 percent into the whole 80s METAL BASSIST CHARACTER and WAS doing his thing WITH OZZY (nothing really any bigger, then) and WAS literally shamed from the whole game....DONE with it ALL with NO looking BACK 😔

[@marcoubagoleardini5770]

Just go to minute 20 and listen to her saying that she did not know about the US Fest firing.

[@kevinstimelsky673]

​@@marcoubagoleardini5770Exactly!

[@Hobbygtrguy]

Sometimes Evil is Present and if youre weak… youre fair game

[@waynedhouse4103]

Finally, the internet wakes up to Don Costa!!! I remember this guy from Kerrang, back in the day… he was a legend then and now! The cheers grater, the pick axe et He had a band called Damien, that had a song called 'Hate Thy Neighbour' anyone any info??? Plus what is the video with Don playing in Ozzy's band? Thanks to the interviewer 🙏

[@fullinbloom]

The video features Don Costa in Dante Fox, which turned into Great White. That's Jack Russell on vox, Mark Kendall on guitar and WASP drummer Tony Richards.

[@tojorozombie]

Thanks for the share, Sir!😎

[@notforyoutube]

You know what that kind of rejection can do to a person? Ozzy and Sharon both have blood on their hands besides Randys. He was rejected so harshly by Ozzy and Sharon, he rejected himself.

[@nielsenvega]

It’s good to know the story of Ozzy and his mother Sharon.

[@jaus500]

😂

[@jjhamel30]

Don't forget he played in M80 after Ozzy.

[@CommercialForest]

😳 Most shocking revelation…Sara also performed at the US festival BUT was unaware of Sharon’s sadistic firing of Don (until now)

[@jamescon55]

Sarah performed.... Like, WHAT kinda performing DID SHE DO at the US Fest?...I am aware of the actual BANDS that would perform THEIR songs/ put on their shows but...WHAT DID SHE DO???....WAS she performing WITH a BAND in particular, OR something? 🤔 Thx 😎🤘🔥🤘

[@CommercialForest]

@@jamescon55 she danced with some models onstage before Van Halen came on.

[@Piwork69]

Sarah doesn’t seem to have very good situational awareness nor memory of the U.S. Festival nor her brother. Drugs or just kinda dumb?

[@atomicwedgie8176]

@@Piwork69 Yes.

[@andrewwilliamson5060]

Didn't do drugs or party but can remember anything specific about being naked,body painted on stage with Van Halen in front of 300,000 people? Sounds sus af.however,seems like a nice lady and had a great body. Keep your secrets they are yours.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I can understand why Don separated his life from his family. If I got fired in front of them, I would be embarrassed, ashamed, and angry.

[@AwesomeEricD]

I saw that lineup of the Bark at the moon tour

[@joejones8689]

Rest in peace Mr. Costa. 65 is pretty good for a rock star. It was wild to see clips of Jack Russell next to Don Costa in Dante Fox. Rest in peace Mr. Russell. Costa's sister was hot so he might have wanted to keep her away from creepy rock stars and all the drugs. It's too bad Costa didn't stay with Great White since Blackie Lawless and the Osbournes screwed over members of their bands with regard to royalties. Great White was more commercial while Costa wanted to do shock rock.

[@wickedmountain]

Not at first Great white was Heavier in the beginning listen to that first album . Got lighter sounding after that .

[@mickeykmiller]

So I wonder what family he actually had at the US Festival since she never heard about it in over 40 years? Strange.

[@totigerus]

It sounds like her memory is not very good.

[@freddyferrillo9704]

Well technically, the US festival was in May 1983. That's 41+ years ago. And she did say that they did hang out together sometimes when she was in L.A. And also, she said she was there at the US festival. And the word "family" can sometimes mean close friends, not necessarily blood relatives. And she also said they didnt talk in 30 years not 40. Your implying that Jake E. Lee is making stories up. I Dont think he is tho. I think that his "family" was there. But because he didnt play the show that day, it embarrassed him and then he went into "hiding" right afterwards. Sounds to me like Sharon is the real prick in this story, not Don or his sister. I'm 59. I remember those early 80's years clearly. But I didn't know about all of this "inside stuff". Nobody really did, not until many years after the fact we find out.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

This is INCREDIBLY SAD

[@MrRugbyloosehead]

UGH! I love Ozzy, but seriously the crap he and Sharon did? It’s no wonder why she’s not respected and even Ozzy to a degree! He even disrespected his best player he ever had? with Randy Rhoads plus we all know the story of how they screwed Bob Daisley or Jake E. Lee!

[@jayteesgear]

Its sad

[@MrRugbyloosehead]

@@jayteesgear Yup! And all in the name of greed 💔😖

[@LisaRichards_123]

Randy Castillo told me how he got screwed over also. Doesn’t everyone in this band gets screwed over?

[@donaldroberts7242]

I think Carmine Appice is the only one who didn’t, but I also think he had a better drawn up contract than anyone else did, part of the reason Sharon didn’t really like established artists working with Ozzy.

[@paulmicheals4112]

I heard Don became an attorney. My condolences to his family

[@aneesall]

I was just looking him up, I was not familiar with him. I was checking out a documentary call Inside The LA Metal Scene Explodes II Tubi, They talked about his time in Great White. Rip Jack Russell.

[@lesteubes-r1t]

Fellow Brummie here. Known the band (BS) since the seventies. Ozzie is horrible. Always was. A real bully. My wife rarely has anything bad to say about anyone, but she hates Ozzie (and she knew one or two of them from ‘68).

[@MetalHead-ks9zq]

Very few people actually say Ozzy Osbourne has a good voice they always likes his albums and his band because of the people supporting him

[@Lynchfan88]

Ozzy & Sharon are just..I'll put it like this: I like a bit of Ozzy's material but Sharon is..how can I say this? Sharon's 'very particular' way of managing/trying to control people isn't to my taste and to many others as well. I liked Costa and his bass playing and I'm so sorry for his family's loss. And I don't buy for a second that Don tried to kiss Ozzy, lol. What kind of BS is that? Then again in those times and for years afterwards Ozzy was a terrible drug & alcohol abuser so whatever he cooked up in his mind was his own reality.