| "Diary of a Madman" | |||||
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| Song by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Diary of a Madman |
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| Released | November 7, 1981 & August 22, 1995 (re-issue) | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy Metal | ||||
| Length | 6:14 | ||||
| Label | Jet
Records Epic Records |
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| Writer | Ozzy
Osbourne Randy Rhoads Bob Daisley Lee Kerslake |
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| Producer | Ozzy Osbourne | ||||
| Diary of a Madman track listing | |||||
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"Diary of a Madman" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1981 on his Diary of a Madman album.
Guitarist Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar lessons while on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour, and came up with the opening acoustic riff by using a variation of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer's Etude #6.
The song was written by Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake with the latter two writing the lyrics and vocal melodies, respectively. Supposedly, Ozzy had a hard time coping with the unusual time signature in this song, which was composed by Randy Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley. According to Daisley, Ozzy's comment was:"Who the fuck do you think I am? Frank Zappa?"
The alternative rock band A Perfect Circle covered this song, and combined it with "Lovesong" by The Cure.
The Bay Area thrash band Machine Head have been using the song over the P.A in concert before they come on stage.
Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered this song live and released it on the Uncovered 2003-2005 official bootleg by YtseJam Records.[1]
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