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Bassist BLASKO Rumored To Have Left ROB ZOMBIE To Join OZZY OSBOURNE's Band

May 11, 2006

Bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson is strongly rumored to have left ROB ZOMBIE in order to join OZZY OSBOURNE's new recording/touring band. At press time, there has been no official confirmation on Blasko's departure or any word on a possible replacement in ZOMBIE's group.

Blasko originally joinedOSBOURNE's band in December 2003 as the replacement for Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA).

"It's something I never would have imagined," Nichols told MTV.com at the time. "After playing with Rob Zombie, I was ready to go, 'OK, this is as far as I'm taking this bass-playing thing. This is the end of the road.' I was ready to kind of hang it up.

"But when this came around, it was very odd," he added. "I was almost like, 'There is no possible way that this could happen.'

"The first audition was a little intimidating, to say the least," Nicholson explained in the December 2003 interview. "Granted, I know Zakk and I've been on Ozzfest before. The situation wasn't uncomfortable, it was just intimidating, playing these songs that I had never played. But the second audition, I was a lot more prepared.

" 'Into the Void' is my favorite BLACK SABBATH song and Ozzy called it out," he continued. "At that moment, I realized, even if I don't get the gig, the fact that I got to play 'Into the Void' with Ozzy was the coolest moment of my life!"

Blasko's sole live appearance with OZZY OSBOURNE thus far took place on September 8, 2005 in Foxboro, Mass., as part of ABC's "NFL Kickoff" show leading into the season opener between the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders at Gillette Stadium. Wearing a Patriots jersey, Ozzy and his band performed "Crazy Train" from atop the New England Patriots football helmet while the team came running through onto the field.

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