Tom Morello in an interview with Howard Stern shared the story about the time Ozzy almost unknowingly killed Morello and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. During the “Ozzy & Friends” tour that had replaced the cancelled Black Sabbath reunion tour, Slash and Morello were slated to perform “Iron Man” and “Paranoid” with Ozzy.

 

 

After playing “Iron Man”, the pair of axe-men were waiting off-stage to perform “Paranoid” later on when a crew member saved them from almost getting cooked by the pyro-technics. Just listen to Morello share the story himself to Stern below.

 

 

The lesson here is when someone is gesturing wildly to you, they most likely have something very important to say, so listen up!