Ozzy Osbourne Defends 'Copy Cats' Oasis

From Beatles rip-off criticisism....

June 17, 2007 by Chris Taylor

Ozzy Osbourne has defended Oasis against persistent accusations they are just Beatles rip-off merchants.

The veteran shock-rocker thinks the band only became known as Fab Four copyists because the tag became fashionable.

He explains, in quintessential Ozzy-speak, “It's dead easy to start a forest fire in this game. You say, 'Ozzy's got a false nose.' All of a sudden, everyone looks the same. Same thing with Oasis.

"Everybody says they rip them off, but I don't think so. Everyone just kept saying it and it stuck."

To be fair though, it might also have something to do with the fact that Oasis increasingly ripped their self-confessed idols off.

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Bar a few songs, (Whatever, Round are Way, etc) Oasis sound nothing like the Beatles, if it hadn’t been for them going on about them in almost every interview no one would have made the connection.
~ by Bobby Peru 6/17/2007 Report
yeah they do sound like the beatles in a few a few songs but not that many and who gives the ****?, everyone sounds like someone so why not sound like the band of a generation and make yourself one whilst doing it. Oasis are ****ing ace!
~ by joecoop4 6/18/2007 Report
nah chris taylors a twat. oasis sound more like t rex than the beatles
~ by james 7/18/2009 Report