Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on October 19 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ozzy was inducted as a solo artist - by actor and Tenacious D frontman Jack Black - making it the second time he has been recognized by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He was inducted as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006.

Wolfgang Van Halen, who paid tribute to Ozzy at the ceremony, performing "Crazy Train" alongside Tool's Maynard James Keenan, producer Andrew Watt, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith and Metallica's Robert Trujillo, spoke to Talkin' Rock With Meltdown about the experience.

Asked how he got hooked up to perform at the ceremony, Van Halen reveals, "I got the request from Ozzy. So you don't say, 'Yeah, no.' You're, like, 'I'll do what I can, sir.' That's all I could do. We had two rehearsals in Los Angeles before we came out, and then a rehearsal the day before in Cleveland. So it was nice. So the band got to jell, got to jam with Rob and Chad. And it was nice to just kind of establish that baseline, so it wasn't just thrown together."

In regards to the impressive list of celebrity musicians in attendance for ceremony, Wolfgang adds: "Oh, it was a crazy supergroup of people, I felt so out of place. Well, it was nice to have Zakk [Wylde] there, so I could be, like, 'Hey, am I doing this right?' And he's, like, 'Yeah, you're doing fine.' It's, like, 'Okay, thank you.'"

Asked about performing late guitar hero Randy Rhoads' "Crazy Train" guitar solo, and where he places Rhoads on his scale of guitarists, Wolfgang replies, "You know what? I really don't make lists like that anymore, I think it's an unfair thing to do when there's just so much good out there, than to stack things against each other."

He adds: "Randy was an incredible guitar player and it's a shame we never got to see where he was gonna go. To make that much of a mark that early, it's a real shame."

When it's pointed out what a great experience and great honour it must have been, Van Halen replies, "Yeah, no it was ridiculous. I was certainly incredibly nervous, but everybody - they made it really easy and it was really comfortable. And personally, it was really cool to be able to hang out with Maynard. I've been a huge Tool fan my whole life and he's one of my favorite singers."