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Sun 3 August 2025 16:40, UK
The American rock comedy band, Green Jellÿ, have fired a member over a meme posted to one of their social media accounts that made fun of Ozzy Osbourne‘s substance abuse in light of his recent passing.
The death of Ozzy Osbourne was announced on July 22nd. It was later revealed that he passed away at the family home in Buckinghamshire, England, after returning to the UK for his farewell concert earlier this month at Villa Park in Birmingham, where he performed with Black Sabbath for the last time.
While most of the music world and beyond have respectfully paid tribute to the ‘Prince of Darkness’, Green Jellÿ chose a different route.
The meme posted shortly after his passing featured a photoshopped image of Osbourne holding a sign that read “One Day Sober.” Frontman Bill Manspeaker claims he deleted the post as soon as he realised it had been posted. He swiftly blamed the incident on former band member Micheal “Fr33to F33t” Snyder.
In a now-deleted post, as per Loudwire, the band’s official Facebook page posted a lengthy statement explaining the saga. It began, “I allowed a green jello member control of my green jello page,” however, “Recently he posted a extremely rude video about Ozzy Dying that I found highly offensive & I immediately took it down…the guy lost his mind & instantly started to demonize me on Facebook…Now it’s gotten beyond the point of non stop harassment…”
The post, written by frontman Bill Manspeaker, dissected their past relationship. He wrote, “This person has been participating in my band for over 10 years…Being my best buddy asking me to sign these 20 cds so he can sell them on line…He’s maybe played 10 shows in 10 years and doesn’t even plug in his bass when on stage…he just wants the selfie of him on stage…everything was fine until the moment I take down his distasteful meme about Ozzys death…”
Manspeaker then accused Snyder of trying to “cancel” him, which has ensued in a “complete shit show.”
The band are known for their 1992 hit and music video ‘Three Little Pigs’, which used the classic children’s tale to ironise the world around them. Notably, Maynard James Keenan was an early member of the band. Keenan, now part of the band Tool, played at the Black Sabbath farewell show alongside Osbourne only weeks before his death.
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