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Ozzy Osbourne – Suicide Solution (4:16)

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“Suicide Solution” is a song by Ozzy Osbourne. It is track #5 on the album Blizzard of Ozz released in 1980. Guitarist Randy Rhoads wrote the riff to the song (he had previously used the riff on the Quiet Riot track “Force of Habit”), and Bob Daisley helped co-write the lyrics. Ozzy Osbourne supposedly released this track as a tribute to Bon Scott of AC/DC who died of alcohol abuse.

The song was very controversial following its release. On January 13, 1986, Osbourne was taken to court by the parents of John McCollum, a teenager who shot himself in the head while listening to this song. What is mostly overlooked is that John was reported to have a depression illness. Although the court cleared Osbourne in the case, many listeners continue to wonder what Osbourne was saying part way through the song. Osbourne had a habit of talking or yelling things while recording the song, for example, singing “Cocaine” during the Black Sabbath song “Snowblind.” He would often repeat these live, but sound engineers usually edited such interjections out of the records. IBAR, The Institute for Bio-Acoustics Research, analyzed the song and found that subliminal message-like noises were recorded in the song; Osbourne, however, denied anything of the sort.
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  • cgovier280

    prefer whiskey............

    16 days ago

  • DavCnuk

    monster riff

    February 2012

  • sls

    Gin, take me away...

    January 2012

  • rockerin2201618

    thats weird!!!!! i was reading an article about a child that commited suicide while it listened this song, but i still like the song. R.I.P (i mean the child^^)

    October 2011

  • dolfan92

    classic great song on a great classic album [2]

    September 2011

  • octopuss22

    R.I.P. Randy and Bon Scott, Ozzy dedicated this song to him.

    September 2011

  • prominence_la

    Awesome bassline.

    September 2011

  • pipy1805

    wines fine whiskeys quicker hey whay about vodka lol

    September 2011

  • sergei5854

    80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    August 2011

  • gdcman

    To think Randy could be this good after hearing the crap he put out with Quiet Riot. Question: Who is the best guitar player from Los Angeles/SoCal?

    July 2011

  • metalheadBR

    O Z Z Y

    May 2011

  • Grycho

    Fucking awesome.

    May 2011

  • MattWally

    hmmmmmmmmmmm

    May 2011

  • jankes1212

    <3

    May 2011

  • jonininman

    ozzy rocks!!!

    May 2011

  • untiltime

    take a bottle, drown your sorrows.

    April 2011

  • calebede

    I listen to this song while I beat the $hit out of my kids

    April 2011

  • LeandroPaz

    away tomorrows-ow-ow-ow...

    March 2011

  • OU812_JT

    Sweeet!!!

    March 2011

  • thazi

    orgastic.

    February 2011
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