It’s not surprising that a photo of Ozzy Osbourne should adorn the wall of The London and North Western pub in his hometown of Birmingham, England.
What is surprising is that of the thousands of photos of him available, the owners decided to hang one that’s been disturbingly photoshopped.
The photo in question is the cover of his 1987 live album, Tribute, featuring the songs he recorded with the late guitarist Randy Rhoads.
There’s nothing wrong with that photo, which shows Ozzy lifting Rhoads on stage outside Chicago in 1982. But instead, this one has Ozzy playing Rhoads’s polka-dot Flying V guitar instead of holding the guitarist.
But Rhoads is not completely airbrushed out — it’s his left arm and hand on the guitar’s neck.
Oh, and forget the fact that Ozzy can’t play guitar.
Rhoads was killed in a plane crash on March 19th, 1982, two months after the photo was taken. He was 25.
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