“NO MORE TEARS” FOR THE DEPATURE OF ZAKK WYLDE. OK, MAYBE JUST A FEW.

Axl and I have seen Ozzy a bunch of times together, but with Zakk Wylde’s departure dismissal from the band last year the chances that we’ll ever see the Ozzman perform “No More Tears” — the most epic of all Ozzy songs — live in its entirety are dwindling. Not that Ozzy shows are that exciting these days anyway unless you consider a hobbled frog stomp, a fire house and reading from a teleprompter “exciting,” but that time Ozzy played the 2nd stage at Ozzfest in New York was really, really fucking cool.

Not that we think Zakk’s dismissal was a bad thing. I think we both agree that Ozzy badly needed some fresh songwriting and guitar blood. But two dudes who listened to No More Tears ad nauseam in their adolescence (and fuck it, still do) can dream, can’t they?

Thanks to Noisecreep for posting this 2002 live video of “No More Tears” at the Budokan in Japan that I didn’t even know existed. It’s way better than that nearly unwatchable version filmed in the early/mid ’90s that has camera cuts so fast they make me fucking dizzy.

-VN