“Fire in the Sky” by Ozzy Osbourne

"Fire in the Sky" comes from No Rest for the Wicked, Ozzy Osbourne's fifth solo album, released in 1988, and the first record Zakk Wylde ever played on. Ozzy had fired Jake E. Lee the year before; Wylde's demo tape got him an audition, and the audition got him the job. John Sinclair came in on keyboards, Bob Daisley was back on bass for the first time since Bark at the Moon, and Randy Castillo drummed. All five share the writing credit.

Ozzy went after Roy Thomas Baker because he liked the drum sound Baker had helped get on Slade's You Boyz Make Big Noize, and Baker produced it with Keith Olsen, who mixed. Daisley didn't stick around: once the sessions wrapped he was out again, and Ozzy's old Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler took the bass for the tours.

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