1057 - Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman 1981

"Diary of a Madman" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1981 on his "Diary of a Madman" album. Guitarist Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar lessons while on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour, and came up with the opening acoustic riff by using a variation of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer's Etude #6. The song was written by Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake with the latter two writing the lyrics and vocal melodies, respectively. Supposedly, Ozzy had a hard time coping with the unusual time signature in this song, which was composed by Randy Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley. According to Daisley, Ozzy's comment was: "Who the fuck do you think I am? Frank Zappa?".