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According to Contact Music, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has landed his own radio show. The rocker is set to hit the airwaves as a DJ next week.

The show is nationally syndicated and is called “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx”. It begins airing on the radio on Monday, February 8, 2010. He will also host “The Side Show” on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Rumor has it that one of his first guests will be the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne.

Ozzy Osbourne has just announced his official book signings for his autobiography, “I AM OZZY” on his MySpace page.

Check out the announcement, below:

I AM OZZY US Book Signings Announced

Ozzy has scheduled several book signings in support of the US release of his autobiography I AM OZZY. If you are in NY, NJ, Phili, Boston, Chicago or CA you can pick up your copy and have The Prince of Darkness himself autograph your copy at the following places and times:

Monday January 25th
12:30pm BARNES AND NOBLE at 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th St, New York, NY 10017
6:00pm BOOKENDS at 232 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Tuesday January 26th
7:00pm BORDERS at 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019

Wednesday January 27th
6:00 pm BORDERS at 1 S. Broad St, Ste. 100, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Thursday January 28th
7:00 pm BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE BOOKSTORES at 660 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02215

Saturday January 30th
1:00 pm BARNES AND NOBLE at 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077

Tuesday February 2nd
7:00 pm BOOK SOUP at 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Wednesday February 3rd
7:00pm BARNES AND NOBLE at 7881 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

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Shame on Ozzy Osbourne for trying to ditch Zakk Wylde and not tell him about it!

According to sources, the Prince Of Darkness is planning on working with Rob Zombie’s guitarist, Johnny 5. And he hasn’t let Zakk in on the secret, yet. (continue reading…)

The Guitar Hero franchise has become quite the staple of family gaming in my house. We love them, the kids love them, and seemingly, the rest of the music gamers out there do, too.

Alas, this is the only Guitar Hero game we’ve yet to purchase, but never fear, we will soon. We’ll play it until the disc dies, I’m sure.

What if you could choose which rock gods came out with a Guitar Hero game? Who would you pick? Here’s my favorite top eight choices, in no particular order.

8. KISS

Can you imagine jamming out to Love Gun or Strutter? How about rocking out to Detroit Rock City or Rock N Roll All Nite? I can’t figure out why Gene Simmons hasn’t capitalized on this idea yet. He’s got the Kiss name on everything else under the sun. Why not a video game?

7. LED ZEPPELIN

This one was just obvious for me. Who wouldn’t break out that Les Paul and wail along to some Led Zeppelin? I want to play Black Dog, Rock And Roll, Misty Mountain Hop, and some Kashmir. This band was a fixture in the 70’s, 80’s and they still are. I wish they would get back together already.

6. VAN HALEN

Jump, Why Can’t This Be Love, Hot For Teacher…I could go on. They could even add some of David Lee Roth’s solo stuff as an added bonus. I’d buy it. Van Halen rocks. Heck, they could probably throw in some Sammy Hagar for good measure, it’d still be alright.

5. ELVIS

There, I said it. Elvis Presley deserves a nod on this list, too. He was a great singer and did some guitar playing in his day. If the powers that be at Activision can add Cream into the mix, then why not some of the King? They could put in Don’t Be Cruel, All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel, and Blue Suede Shoes. If you haven’t heard of these, please consult the wonderful people at Wikipedia.

4. NIRVANA

Nirvana also deserves a mention on the list of bands that I would love Guitar Hero to make into a new version of the game. Why? Because THEY’RE NIRVANA. Courtney Love can’t take away what they’ve already done for the music industry, but she could probably give this one the go-ahead. Maybe one day in one of her drunken/druggie rants on MySpace, she might have a moment of enlightenment and think of Kurt’s fans. They could include the entire Nevermind album, along with In Utero. I’d eat it up. I always wanted to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Heart-Shaped Box, and Lithium, to name a few.

3. OZZY OSBOURNE

Enter in The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. I know that he wasn’t the guitarist on any of his albums, but how could you ignore the music that he made. Don’t you want to play Crazy Babies, Crazy Train, or any other “Crazy” stuff he can come up with? I do. He’s classic, for sure. I want to rock out to Mr. Crowley, Goodbye To Romance (even though that’s a slow one), Iron Man (this one would go without saying), and Suicide Solution. RIP Randy Rhoads.

2. GRATEFUL DEAD

A classic band if there ever was one. Even though the lead singer, Jerry Garcia has passed on, him and the Deadheads will always live on. I’d play Touch Of Grey, wouldn’t you? If you were born after 1980, then you’ve probably never heard of these guys. Truckin’ was also a good song to play the guitar to, along with Johnny B. Goode. I know it wasn’t there’s originally, but the Activision gods would probably get somebody to cover it anyways.

1. THE BEATLES

It was already rumored last October that Harmonix (which means it’s likely to go the route of Rock Band) was thinking about doing a video game for The Beatles catalog, so let’s hope that comes to fruition. I want to play Can’t Buy Me Love, Help, Let It Be, which is heavy on the piano playing, but would still make a good track to include. RIP George Harrison and John Lennon.

Who would you add?

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Jack Osbourne is attempting to set the record straight about his dad. He says that he thinks The Osbournes has portrayed his father as a “bit of a senile, funny, bumbling guy”, but says, “Yeah, my dad can be that guy, but it’s not [all of] him.”

Jack has recruited his friends and his dad’s former bandmates so that they can contribute to a documentary on the singer.

He says of his father, “My dad’s not an idiot = he’s nothing short of a genius, in my opinion. He does have huge flaws, and we’re trying to really paint an honest picture of that.”

The film is going to be titled John.

I’ll watch it, I love the Ozzman. He totally rocks.

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Ozzy Osbourne has been tapped by Activision to appear in their Guitar Hero series.

Woot! I can’t freakin’ wait to get my hot little hands on this one. I think it’s funny that Ozzy doesn’t even know how to use a computer. So I guess he won’t be playing the game….

Ozzy and Zakk Wylde will both appear on the forthcoming title.

Ozzy says, “They (Activision) liked my music and I have a big young following, I’ve been told. I’m from the old school. I don’t own a computer. I just got an iPod that I’ve organized. I have got to learn how to turn it on. That’s about it, you know. I can’t download. I can’t do any load.”

He knows how to use an iPod, I guess you gotta start somewhere, right?

Ozzy Osbourne is suffering from the flu and had to postpone a concert in Portland, Maine. The veteran rock icon has since rescheduled his show at the Cumberland County Civic Center for January 31st and is assuring fans that their tickets for the original show will be valid.

Get well soon Ozzman!

Ozzy Osbourne and Paul McCartney are set to perform together at the Brit Awards in February. Ozzy has said that Sir Paul’s latest effort, Memory Almost Full, was the best released in 2007. As it turns out, he’s a big fan of McCartney’s.

Paul McCartney is said to be receiving an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Music. Afterwards, him and the Ozzman will do “Live and Let Die.”

Can’t wait to see them, I love both McCartney and Ozzy. Rock on.

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If you were planning on heading out to the Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie show at the Wolstein Center, think again. The Ozzman has canceled that show, citing family matters. As it turns out, Rob Zombie will be playing a solo show at the House of Blues.

If I would’ve had tickets to this show, I’d have been maddddd! Love me some Ozzy!!

I guess the Ozzman doesn’t cometh to Cleveland this year.

Ozzy Osbourne is crazy. He was arrested after he shot off fireworks in the corridor of an American hotel. The bill? $200,000. Now, that’s just nuts. What on Earth was he thinking? Or, was he thinking at all?

Iommi revealed: “That night we were all woken by a huge bang and a whoosh! Smoke started seeping under my door so I opened it and saw Ozzy just going crazy. He was letting all the fireworks off in the corridor.

“Alarms were going and the next thing I knew the police had surrounded him with guns. He was arrested and taken away. The eventual bill was more than $200,000.”

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are auctioning off items from three of their homes for Sharon’s colon cancer charity. Items include a Regency fruitwood dining room table, a pool table handcrafted for Ozzy, a Les Paul, and a lot of other items, not including Ozzy’s boxer shorts:

Ozzy said: “I don’t know why we are selling everything as I want it all. Sharon tells me that we have to, otherwise our house will f****** explode. As long as she does not ask me for a pair of my boxers for the auction I will support it, especially since it is helping raise funds for her charity.”

I certainly would not want Jack’s bed, though. Since rumors have floated around that he bedded Paris Hilton, you never know what may be lurking in his sheets.

See the official press release here.

I’m just happy to hear that Ozzy is out of the hospital…The Ozman must go on!

Rock star Ozzy Osbourne has been treated in a US hospital for a “knotted vein” in his leg, according to a spokeswoman from his management team.
In a statement released over the weekend, they said he had a “minor outpatient procedure” at Denver’s Rose Medical Center and was “doing well”.

What’s next? First Paul Stanley, now Ozzy?

Newly clean and sober, Ozzy Osbourne is preparing for a nationwide tour in support of his new album, Black Rain. The “Prince of Darkness” discusses his health, Keith Richards and beating his substance abuse issues in the latest issue of Guitar World (on stands NOW)

On his health: “I’ll tell you, it’s a weird feeling waking up and thinking you’re dead. That’s happened to me; that’s where you gotta go, Well, it’s time to stop, ‘cause the next time I wake up and think I’m dead, I’ll really be dead.”

On Keith Richards snorting his father’s ashes: “I was knocked out when Keith Richards came out and said he snorted his father. I thought, Well, somebody’s gotta do something insane while I’m taking a break, you know? Thank God he was joking. I’ve already snorted a line of ants. I don’t need to try to top that!”

On the toughest substance to quit: “They’re all a bitch to kick, but I’d have to say cigarettes. I used to cover my whole body with [nicotine] patches. I looked like a goddamn mummy. And I’d still smoke! Then my heart would start beating like crazy and I’d break out in sweats. But one day I just said, ‘Enough of this shit.’ And I quit, just like that.”

Ozzy is awesome and always will be a legend. Rock on Oz!

Yes, for me, there is only one good reason to watch Friday Night Smackdown, that’s Ozzy Osbourne. He’s going to be kicking off his world tour, performing a couple of songs from his new album, Black Rain.

I can remember when I first heard some Ozzy songs (albums even, -yes I know, I’m dating myself here.) Listening to ‘Bark at the moon’ and ‘No rest for the wicked’ gave me something to look forward to. At the height of censorship (the PMRC), Ozzy still came through with the heavy tracks (including Suicide Solution, which he received a ton of flack over, after that kid killed himself.) Having an awesome guitarist in Randy Rhoads (and Zakk Wylde) and rockin’ tunes to belt out “”Crazy Babies” to, was the best thing ever.

Ozzy rocks, forever.