(23 Jul 2025)
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Washington – 23 July 2025
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1. Sen John Fetterman speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, UPSOUND (English)
Reporter: "Reaction to the death of Ozzy Osbourne."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. John Fetterman, (D) Pennsylvania:
"Oh, Goddamn. I mean, I mean, I’m a I’m a Black Sabbath guy."
Reporter: "War Pigs, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath."
Fetterman: "Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, the original. I mean, people don’t realize how their first, you know, their first album changed everything for that now. And now, you know, all of the giants in the business now Metallica and others. Now they all they all owe a debt to the that. Again, I’m a big Metallica fan. And of course, yeah. Now he’s, he’s rode the crazy train to, to the next world and, I mean, absolutely, he was a treasure and now, I grew up on those kinds of music."
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STORYLINE:
Senator John Fetterman says he grew up listening to Black Sabbath and that other heavy metal bands like Metallica "owe a debt" to the late Ozzy Osbourne, who "changed everything" with his first album.
The 76-year-old Osbourne died Tuesday just weeks after his farewell show. In 2020, he revealed he had Parkinson’s disease after suffering a fall.
Black Sabbath’s 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam War and crashed the hippie party, dripping menace and foreboding. The cover of the record was of a spooky figure against a stark landscape. The music was loud, dense and angry, and marked a shift in rock ’n’ roll.
"Now he’s rode the crazy train to the next world and, I mean absolutely, he was a treasure," Fetterman told reporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
The Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania is known for unapologetically wearing his casual outfits in Congress instead of suits and ties.
Fetterman was sporting his signature all-black shorts and a button-up t-shirt while making the tribute to the Prince of Darkness, who often was clad in black or bare-chested.
Osbourne was often the target of parents’ groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat.
The band’s second album, “Paranoid,” included such classic metal tunes as “War Pigs,” “Iron Man” and “Fairies Wear Boots.” The song “Paranoid” only reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 but became in many ways the band’s signature song. Both albums were voted among the top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.
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