Robert Trujillo has shared a transferring tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and confirmed Metallica’s attendance at his funeral on Wednesday (30.07.25).
Robert Trujillo has shared a touching tribute to Ozzy Osbourne forward of The Prince of Darkness’ loss of life
The bassist within the Nothing Else Issues band had a stint within the late Prince of Darkness’ solo band earlier than he joined Metallica in late Nineties and early 2000s.
Members of the group – who took half in Ozzy’s last live performance, Again To The Starting, in Birmingham on July 5, simply days earlier than he died on July 22, on the age of 76 – shall be again within the metropolis to pay their respects.
Forward of the funeral, Robert took to Instagram to thank the Black Sabbath frontman for all he did for him within the early days of his profession and past, together with bringing his outdated band, Infectious Grooves, to a wider viewers.
He started: “Sadly, we’re heading again to London immediately for Ozzy’s funeral. I simply wish to say…
“Ozzy was the conduit for so many new relationships each inventive collaborations and actual, lasting friendships.
“I imply, Joe Holmes is Lullah’s godfather, and Mike Bordin is Tye’s godfather each of these connections got here straight from my friendship with Ozzy. Due to Oz, Infectious Grooves was capable of tour again in ’91 as a brand-new band and on the time, it wasn’t even actually a band, just a few enjoyable songs we had recorded. We weren’t able to hit the street, however he made us step up and make it occur.
He cherished the music “Remedy,” which he visitor appeared on and that basically kicked all of it off for Infectious within the ’90s. He truly demanded we open for him on the “Theater of Insanity” tour. He’d say “I’m your finest good friend Rob, I f****** love the bass and the funkier and heavier the higher!”
“He was the gateway. (sic)”
Robert went on to confess Ozzy might be “so trustworthy it damage”, however he’ll always remember his sense of humour and the “wild journey” of touring with Ozzy and his guitarist Zakk Wylde.
He continued: “Ozzy was a humble man and typically so trustworthy it damage however his humorousness made every thing completely wonderful. Touring with Ozzy and Zakk was all the time a wild journey. These two collectively… it was a loopy, superior rollercoaster.
“We’re all so grateful for his coronary heart and soul.
“Ozzy and Black Sabbath have been and nonetheless are the soundtrack to our lives. The inspiration they gave us is past phrases. The primary actual different rock band, for my part.
Confirming Metallica will attend the funeral, he mentioned: “Now it’s time to pay our respects, share our love, and supply our help to Sharon and the household. It’s heartbreaking however we all know Ozzy gave us every thing he had in his last days.”
On participating in Again To The Starting, he mentioned: “I’m so honored that Lars, James, Kirk, and I (Metallica) bought to have a good time with him, to share our music and Sabbath’s music on such a special occasion in Birmingham. Being a part of that meant a lot to us.”
He signed off the tribute: “Ozzy, RIP brother.
We love you. @ozzyosbourne.”
Ozzy’s procession will kick off at 1pm BST and shall be live-streamed the world over by way of blacksabbathbench.co.uk. A personal funeral will observe.
