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Bob Daisley
Daisley in 1980
Background information
Born	Robert John Daisley (1950-02-13)13 February 1950 (age 75) Sydney,New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Hard rock blues rock heavy metal progressive rock jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician songwriter lyricist
Instrument	Bass guitar
Years active	1964–present
Website	bobdaisley.com

Robert John Daisley (born 13 February 1950) is an Australian musician and songwriter. A bassist, he is perhaps best known for his intermittent relationship with vocalistOzzy Osbourne, for whom he contributed bass guitar, co-production and songwriting throughout the 1980s. Daisley has also worked with prominent rock acts includingBlack Sabbath,Rainbow,Gary Moore,Chicken Shack andUriah Heep, among others. In 2013, he published his autobiography entitledFor Facts Sake.

Daisley began playing guitar at age 13 and went on to bass at 14. His rapid progress won him local acclaim, especially through his work with guitarist Dennis Wilson with The Powerpact and Mecca; Mecca's only single release "Black Sally" became an underground hit and was covered byHuman Instinct on theirStoned Guitar album. Daisley and Wilson then formedKahvas Jute with Tamam Shud members Tim Gaze and Dannie Davidson. They released one album,Wide Open, on Infinity Records in 1971.

Daisley came to international notice as a bass player and member of the English blues bandChicken Shack in 1972, before going on to play withMungo Jerry in 1973 and on their 1974 albumLong-Legged Woman Dressed in Black. After this he co-formedWidowmaker, contributing to two albums – 1975'sself-titled debut andToo Late to Cry in 1977. The same year he joinedRitchie Blackmore's bandRainbow and later played on tracks of theLong Live Rock 'n' Roll album. He remained with Rainbow until 1979 when he was replaced by Blackmore's ex-Deep Purple bandmateRoger Glover.

In October 1979, Daisley metOzzy Osbourne at a venue called the Music Machine inCamden Town, after Osbourne had been fired from the bandBlack Sabbath. The pair hit it off and Osbourne suggested they form a band. They were soon joined by formerQuiet Riot guitaristRandy Rhoads, whom Osbourne had recently met in Los Angeles. The trio hired ex-Uriah Heep drummerLee Kerslake and settled on the band nameThe Blizzard of Ozz, though the new band's management soon decided to bill the act simply as "Ozzy Osbourne".^[1]

Daisley contributed bass, songwriting and co-production on the group's first album,Blizzard of Ozz, and co-wrote all of the material on the follow-up albumDiary of a Madman but both he and drummerLee Kerslake were fired before the second album was released. BassistRudy Sarzo received credit onDiary of a Madman, though he did not perform on it.

Daisley and Kerslake later successfully suedDon Arden andJet Records for performance royalties and to have their performance credits added toDiary of a Madman. Litigation continued for many years until Daisley and Kerslake sued the Osbournes (who unknown to Daisley and Kerslake had purchased the early albums' publishing rights) for unpaid performance royalties and accreditation.Sharon Osbourne, without Ozzy's knowledge, responded by re-issuing new CD versions of both albums with the bass and drum tracks re-recorded byRobert Trujillo andMike Bordin in 2002.^[2] In 2003, Daisley and Kerslake's lawsuit was dismissed by theUnited States District Court in Los Angeles. This dismissal was upheld by theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.^[3] In 2011, Sony Legacy re-released both albums with Daisley and Kerslake's original bass and drum parts restored.

Daisley continued to return to the Osbourne camp to write and record for several albums throughout the 1980s, playing on and/or writing forBark at the Moon (1983),The Ultimate Sin (1986), andNo Rest for the Wicked (1988). He maintained his working relationship with the Osbournes up until 1991'sNo More Tears album, which featured his bass playing on all tracks.Mike Inez (who later joinedAlice in Chains) appeared in the album's promotional videos.

After leaving Osbourne's band the first time, Daisley joined the reformedUriah Heep in 1981 alongside Kerslake and remained with them until the following year, recording two albums,Abominog andHead First, both of which helped to rekindle some interest in the band.

During his on-off involvement with Osbourne, Daisley also recorded many albums withGary Moore and toured extensively with him.

In 1986, he was approached by producerJeff Glixman to play on theBlack Sabbath albumThe Eternal Idol, as the band's actual bass playerDave Spitz had personal commitments to attend to.^[4] However, Spitz was credited on the final release along with him. Daisley was offered the bassist's spot in Black Sabbath but turned it down due to his commitment to Gary Moore, with whom he continued to work from time to time until the guitarist's death in 2011.

Since the 1980s, Daisley has contributed to a wealth of recordings as bassist, lyricist and producer, including albums byYngwie Malmsteen,Takara,Bill Ward, Black Sabbath andJeff Watson of Night Ranger. Daisley and Watson teamed up again and formedMother's Army with vocalistJoe Lynn Turner and drummerCarmine Appice. In 2003, following his second and unsuccessful suit against Ozzy Osbourne, he teamed up with Lee Kerslake,Steve Morse ofDeep Purple and Australian rock singerJimmy Barnes to record an album under the name Living Loud. Six of the album's eleven tracks were covers fromBlizzard of Ozz andDiary of a Madman.Don Airey played keyboards on the Living Loud album. On 7 February 2003 Daisley recorded a live show at The Basement in Sydney with Australian blues band The Hoochie Coochie Men, for a live DVD and CD release. Featured were former Deep Purple organistJon Lord and Jimmy Barnes. In 2007, The Hoochie Coochie Men released the studio albumDanger: White Men Dancing, also featuring Jon Lord. In September 2014, Daisley was hired to produce the debut album of Adelaide-based hard rock band Cherry Grind.^[5]

Daisley's autobiographyFor Facts Sake was published in August 2013.

Daisley uses Mark Bass heads, andPicato Strings since 1972.^[6] He recorded Ozzy Osbourne's solo debutBlizzard of Ozz with a whiteGibson EB-3 from 1961, through one of Randy Rhoads'Marshall stacks, and continues to use an early-1960s EB-3 to this day. However, the follow-up toBlizzard,Diary of a Madman, (and most of the other albums he recorded on) was recorded with aFender Precision Bass.^[7]No More Tears was recorded with a P-bass as well, but an early '50s model with a single coil pickup (in sunburst).^[8]

• The Tyla Gang –Tyla Gang (1991)
• Bill Ward –Ward One: Along the Way (1990)
• Jeff Watson –Lone Ranger (1992)
• Jeff Watson –Around The Sun (1993)
• Takara –Taste of Heaven (1995)
• Various artists –In From the Storm, aJimi Hendrixtribute album (1995)
• Carmine Appice –Guitar Zeus (1995)
• Vertex –Vertex (1996)
• Warren DeMartini –Crazy Enough To Sing To You (1997)
• Takara –Eternity: Best of 93 – 98 (1998)
• Takara –Blind in Paradise (1998)
• Stream –Nothing Is Sacred (1998)
• Various Artists –Humanary Stew: Alice Cooper Tribute (1999)
• Various Artists –Forever Mod: A Tribute to Rod Stewart (1999)
• Silver –Intruder (2003)
• Karl Cochran –Voodooland (2004)
• The Legendary Zarsoff Brothers –Mixed Business (2005)
• Planet Alliance – Self Titled (2006)
• Jorge Salán –Chronicles of an Evolution (2007)
• Thomas Tomsen –Sunflickers (2010)
• Last Temptation –Last Temptation (2019)
• Michael Schenker Group -Universal (2022)
• King Kobra -We Are Warriors (2023)
• Cactus -Friends and Influences (2023)

• Gary Moore –Emerald Aisles (1985)
• Gary Moore –Live at Issstadion Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour (1987)
• Gary Moore –The Video Singles (1987)
• Guitar Gods – Ritchie Blackmore (2008, interviewee)

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