Richie Kotzen has enjoyed a long and varied career in hard rock. And for a brief moment in 1995, Kotzen was one of the many guitarists hired by Ozzy Osbourne. “She's like, ‘Right, we're very excited about having you on.’ And, you know, she's talking to me about the salary. “This person went in there and started talking: ‘Richie Kotzen, former Poison guitar player is gonna play with Ozzy.’ And there were fan responses that were brutal. “I never did anything with him, but I was right there, you know,” Kotzen says.