EXTREME Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt Recalls The Last Thing OZZY OSBOURNE Said To Him
- The Metal Voice
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For The Metal Voice Neil Turbin spoke to EXTREME Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt at this years Bowl For Ronnie 2025.
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When asked about his recent Grammy nominations and his relationship with Ozzy
“It’s nice (Grammy nomination), but you know what? I wasn't there for that. I was there to do uh pay tribute to uh Sabbath and Ozzy, and that's what we did."
“I have known Ozzy for a bit. He asked me to join his band in the in the 90s and I said no. And that that's the last thing he (Ozzy) said to me. He goes, YOU PRICK , you said no to me.”
This year’s BOWL FOR RONNIE Celebrity Bowling Party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), has sold out in advance. Thursday, November 13, 2025 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California, the event once again hosted by television and radio personality Eddie Trunk, who is heard on SiriusXM’s 103 Faction Talk channel.
100% of the net proceeds from the BOWL FOR RONNIE will go to the Dio Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org). Pinz Bowling Center is located at 12655 Ventura Blvd in Studio City, California.

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