The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins has slammed the Video Music Awards’ all-star tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne .

Hawkins posted a clip of the performance to his Instagram Monday following the award show that took place at the UBS Arena in New York on Sunday.

“What a bunch of bellends,” the guitarist wrote on the clip that also showed footage of Ariana Grande’s reaction.

“Another nail in the coffin of rock n roll. Cynical, nauseating and more importantly; (expletive),” Hawkins wrote in the caption. “Makes me sick how people jump on this (expletive) to further their own careers.”

The performance saw Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne keyboardist Adam Wakeman join forces with Yungblud and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt for a rendition of “Crazy Train” and “Changes.” The trio was then joined

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