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Also watching was Jeremy Bamber, who'd murdered his entire family in a bid to claim a significant inheritance. Among the inmates were two men responsible for the deaths of 50 people, mass murderer Dennis Nilsen and nightclub arsonist John Thompson. The security fears were probably well-realised. Can you believe the Prime Minister had to waste time signing papers that allowed us to play those prisons? My only fear was once we got into those places they wouldn't let me out.' It was a pain to get permission to do it because we had to get Margaret Thatcher's permission. 'Someone came up with the idea of doing a prison tour because that would give us the chance to get the feeling for the road without worrying about press reaction. 'We wanted Zakk to fit in with the rest of the band before we went into the studio, but I didn't want the press looking down his ass at every show. 'I did it to work on some material with the new guitarist,' Ozzy told Hit Parader the following year. The entrance to London's infamous Wormwood Scrubs prison (Image credit: Evening Standard ) The setlist has long been lost to the mists of time, but we do know that the set climaxed with an obvious cover: Leiber and Stoller's Jailhouse Rock. His baptism of fire finally arrived with a low-key gig for the inmates of London’s Wormwood Scrubs prison, a performance that also saw the live debut of bassist Bob Daisley.

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Gradually Wylde became more comfortable around his hero, and Ozzy realised the full potential of his new protégé. Wylde sat around and jammed out riffs, Ozzy picking out whatever had song potential. It soon became apparent that they could the guitarist would have a hand in all eight of the tracks that appeared on Ozzy’s next record, 1988’s No Rest For The Wicked. Wylde was still wet behind the ears and by no means had secured the job yet, but he was flown to England to see whether he and Ozzy could write together. When I started jamming, I just recall Ozzy looking over at Sharon and giving her the thumbs up.” They knew that the gig paid pretty well and saw it as a stepping stone.

“Talking to some of the others at the hotel it was obvious they weren’t there because they were Sabbath fans. “Seeing Ozzy sitting there in the room was pretty shocking,” he relates. Likening the experience to taking a very good laxative, when he got there he wasn’t exactly impressed by the competition. Sharon invited a gobsmacked Wylde to fly to the opposite coast for Ozzy’s Los Angeles auditions.