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83-416: The band was formed in 1994 after drummer Al Sobrante (John Kiffmeyer) left the previous incarnations, The Ne'er Do Wells and Thee Shatners . Sobrante was replaced by drummer Julie Rose, formerly of Red No.9. Rose remained with the band through the recording of the first Lookout! Records album Welcome To My Mind . The title track was a minor hit on college radio and modern rock stations. Rose left

166-457: A garage rock band from Sacramento, California . He now lives in San Francisco, California and is married to experimental filmmaker and San Francisco State University professor Greta Snider. He works as a Director of Photography , specializing in green screen and producing mainly commercial work. On April 16, 2015, Kiffmeyer joined Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt on stage during

249-592: A reality television star when he appeared in the MTV reality show The Osbournes alongside his wife and manager Sharon and two of their children, Kelly and Jack . He co-stars with Jack and Kelly in the television series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour . Osbourne was born at Maternity Hospital in Marston Green on 3 December 1948, and grew up in the Aston area of Birmingham . His mother, Lilian (née Unitt; 1916–2001),

332-462: A 21 August 1987 interview with Tommy Vance on BBC Radio 1 's Friday Rock Show , Dio said, "I was not, and never will be, Ozzy Osbourne. He was the vocalist and songwriter in that era who helped create that band and make it what it was, and what it is in its classic form." The conflict between Iommi and Osbourne commenced almost immediately in their working collaboration. Responding to a 1969 flyer that read, "Ozzy Zig Needs Gig- has own PA", which

415-484: A Green Day concert at The House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio , where the trio performed as Sweet Children and played songs that they had not performed since the 1990s, including "Sweet Children", "Green Day", "I Was There", "Don't Leave Me" and "Dry Ice". Ozzy Osbourne John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during

498-474: A Madman , a collection celebrating his entire solo career. A CD version contained 17 singles from across his career, never before compiled together. The DVD version contained music videos, live performances, and interviews. In August 2015, Epic Records president Sylvia Rhone confirmed with Billboard that Osbourne was working on another studio album; in September 2019, Osbourne announced he had finished

581-422: A child. He dealt with dyslexia at school. His accent has been described as a "hesitant Brummie ". At the age of 11, he suffered sexual abuse from school bullies. He claims to have attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager. Osbourne left school at the age of 15 and was employed as a construction site labourer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker, car factory horn-tuner, and slaughterhouse worker. At

664-717: A collection of live recordings from 1981. In 1988, Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years and told the director Penelope Spheeris that "sobriety fucking sucks". Meanwhile, Osbourne found Zakk Wylde , who was the most enduring replacement for Rhoads to date. Together, they recorded No Rest for the Wicked with Castillo on drums, Sinclair on keyboards, and Daisley co-writing lyrics and playing bass. The subsequent tour saw Osbourne reunited with erstwhile Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass. A live EP (entitled Just Say Ozzy ) featuring Geezer

747-513: A complete success". Decades later, AllMusic 's Eduardo Rivadavia called the album a "masterpiece, essential to any heavy metal collection", while also claiming the band displayed "a newfound sense of finesse and maturity". The album marked the band's fifth consecutive platinum selling album in the US. Sabotage was released in July 1975. Again there were favourable reviews. Rolling Stone stated, " Sabotage

830-616: A dark figure at the end of his bed. Butler told Osbourne about it, and together they wrote the lyrics to " Black Sabbath ", their first song in a darker vein. The band's U.S. record label, Warner Bros. Records , invested only modestly in it, but Black Sabbath met with swift and enduring success. Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics , Bill Ward's dark tempo drumbeats, and topped by Osbourne's eerie vocals, their debut album Black Sabbath and Paranoid were commercially successful and also gained considerable radio airplay. Osbourne recalls, however, that, "in those days,

913-531: A fan of Ozzy Osbourne , he inspired the mini-covers of some famous songs, such as " I Don't Know " by Osbourne and " Sweet Home Alabama " by Lynyrd Skynyrd during the bridge of "Disappearing Boy", a practice that is still carried out today. In 1990, he attended college at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California . While Kiffmeyer was attending college, Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt accepted drummer Tré Cool into

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996-660: A fan of the band and credited their 1963 song " She Loves You " with inspiring him to become a musician. In the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne , he said that the Beatles made him realise that "[he] was going to be a rock star the rest of [his] life". In late 1967, Geezer Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed, and recruited Osbourne to serve as its vocalist. The band played two shows, and then broke up. Osbourne and Butler reunited in another band, Polka Tulk Blues, which included guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward , whose band Mythology recently broke up. They renamed

1079-465: A farewell tour that ended with a 2017 performance in their native Birmingham . His longevity and success have earned him the informal title of the "Godfather of Metal". Osbourne has sold over 100 million albums, including his solo work and Black Sabbath releases. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024. He was also inducted into

1162-593: A major line-up change was the introduction of former David Lee Roth guitarist Joe Holmes . Wylde was considering an offer to join Guns N' Roses . Unable to wait for a decision on Wylde's departure, Osbourne replaced him. In early 1996, Butler and Castronovo left. Inez and Randy Castillo ( Lita Ford , Mötley Crüe ) filled in. Ultimately, Faith No More 's Mike Bordin and former Suicidal Tendencies and future Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo joined on drums and bass respectively. A greatest hits package, The Ozzman Cometh ,

1245-535: A neck vertebra . An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by Osbourne's then personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston. While in hospital, Osbourne achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath ballad, " Changes " with daughter Kelly . In doing so, he broke

1328-717: A practice of bringing in outside composers to help pen Osbourne's solo material instead of relying on his recording ensemble. The album was mixed by veteran rock producer Michael Wagener . Osbourne was awarded a Grammy Award for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from Live & Loud , for Best Metal Performance of 1994 . Wagener also mixed the live album Live & Loud released on 28 June 1993. Intended to be Osbourne's final album, it went platinum four times over, and ranked at number 10 on that year's Billboard rock charts . At this point Osbourne expressed his fatigue with touring, and proclaimed his "retirement tour" (which

1411-465: A reference to his 1992 tour of the same name, with support from Stone Sour on the North American portion of the tour. He later insisted that he would not retire, "It's 'No More Tours', so I'm just not doing world tours anymore. I'm still going to be doing gigs, but I'm not going on tour for six months at a time anymore. I'd like to spend some time at home." On 6 September 2019, Osbourne featured on

1494-561: A tour in the United States and Japan with the Mr. T Experience . While on U.S. tour with The Queers , Seelig and bassist Jess Hilliard both quit the band onstage after a fight. They returned to record the second album And A Whole Lotta You , but they were soon replaced with Steve Faine (previously of Decal and The Stimmies ) and Gary Gutfeld (of Redemption 87 ). The 1998 album Get Down followed. John Denery married Judy (from Judy and

1577-470: A two-week deadline to find a new guitarist and resume the tour, Robert Sarzo , brother of the band's bassist Rudy Sarzo, was chosen to replace Rhoads. Former Gillan guitarist Bernie Tormé , however, flew to California from England with the promise from Jet Records that he had the job. Once Sharon realised that Jet Records had already paid Tormé an advance, he was reluctantly hired instead of Sarzo. The tour resumed on 1 April 1982, but Tormé's blues-based style

1660-564: Is entirely new material where Osbourne covers his favourite songs by his biggest influences and favourite bands, including the Beatles , John Lennon , David Bowie and others. In November 2005, Osbourne released the covers album Under Cover , featuring 10 songs from the fourth disc of Prince of Darkness and 3 more songs. Osbourne's band for this album included Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell , bassist Chris Wyse and Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin . Osbourne also helped judge

1743-646: Is his personal favourite. Tommy Aldridge and Rudy Sarzo soon replaced Kerslake and Daisley. Aldridge had been Osbourne's original choice for drummer, but a commitment to Gary Moore had made him unavailable. Sarzo had played in Quiet Riot with Rhoads, who recommended him for the position. On 19 March 1982, the band was in Florida for its Diary of a Madman tour, a week away from playing Madison Square Garden in New York City. A light aircraft piloted by Andrew Aycock,

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1826-526: Is most well known for his time in Green Day ; after Isocracy broke up, he joined Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong in 1987 to replace original drummer Raj Punjabi and join Sweet Children , which was later renamed Green Day . Because of his experience and knowledge of the underground community, Kiffmeyer was able to get the young band on its feet by placing calls to friends, among them prominent figure of

1909-439: Is my last party, because after this I'm going back to Birmingham and the dole ." However, Don Arden signed him to Jet Records with the aim of recording new material. Arden dispatched his daughter Sharon to Los Angeles to "look after Ozzy's needs, whatever they were", to protect his investment. Arden initially hoped Osbourne would return to Sabbath, who he was personally managing at that time, and later attempted to convince

1992-418: Is not only Black Sabbath's best record since Paranoid , it might be their best ever." In a retrospective review, AllMusic was less favourable, noting that "the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Volume 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate". Technical Ecstasy , released on 25 September 1976, was also met with mixed reviews. AllMusic gives the album two stars, and notes that

2075-483: Is one of the few albums amongst the 100 best-sellers of the 1980s to have achieved multi-platinum status without the benefit of a top-40 single. As of August 1997, it had achieved quadruple platinum status, according to RIAA . "I envied Ozzy's career..." remarked former Sabbath drummer Bill Ward . "He seemed to be coming around from whatever it was that he'd gone through, and he seemed to be on his way again; making records and stuff… I envied it because I wanted that... I

2158-603: Is the former drummer for the punk rock band Green Day , leaving in 1990 and replaced by Tré Cool . His stage name is a reference to his hometown, El Sobrante . John Kiffmeyer was born in El Sobrante, California on July 11, 1969. His first exposure in the punk scene was as the drummer of the band Isocracy . The group was popular in the East Bay , and mainstays at the club 924 Gilman Street . He chose his stage name Al Sobrante for an evident pun on his birthplace. Kiffmeyer

2241-617: The 2007 tour were offered to fans free of charge, which led to some controversy. In 2008, Ozzfest was reduced to a one-day event in Dallas , where Osbourne played, along with Metallica and King Diamond . In 2010, the tour opened with a Jersey Shore spoof skit starring Osbourne. Osbourne appeared as the headliner closing the show after opening acts Halford and Mötley Crüe . The tour, though small (only six US venues and one UK venue were played), generated rave reviews. Down to Earth , Osbourne's first album of new studio material in six years,

2324-724: The Party at the Palace concert in the grounds of Buckingham Palace . In 2003, Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted , though his time with Osbourne would be short. Osbourne's former bassist Robert Trujillo replaced Newsted in Metallica during this same period. On 8 December 2003, Osbourne was rushed into emergency surgery at Slough 's Wexham Park Hospital when he had an accident with his quad bike on his estate in Jordans, Buckinghamshire . Osbourne broke his collar bone , eight ribs, and

2407-537: The UK Albums Chart . A few days after the release, Osbourne told iHeartRadio that he wanted to make another album with Andrew Watt , the main producer of Ordinary Man . One week after the release of the album, an 8-bit video game dedicated to Osbourne was released, called Legend of Ozzy. Osbourne has started working on his follow up album, once again with Andrew Watt. In November 2021, Sony announced that Osbourne's album would be released within six months; it

2490-703: The UK Music Hall of Fame both solo and with Black Sabbath in 2005. He has been honoured with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars . At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards , he received the Global Icon Award . In 2015, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors . In the early 2000s, Osbourne became

2573-637: The Was (Not Was) pop dance track " Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed) ". Remixed and rereleased in the early 1990s for a Was (Not Was) hits album in Europe, it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart . In 1983, Jake E. Lee , formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt , joined Osbourne to record Bark at the Moon . The album, cowritten with Daisley, featured Aldridge and former Rainbow keyboard player Don Airey. The album contains

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2656-499: The 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath , during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne became a founding member of Black Sabbath in 1968, providing lead vocals from their self-titled debut album in 1970 to Never Say Die! in 1978. The band was highly influential in the development of heavy metal music, in particular their critically acclaimed releases Paranoid , Master of Reality , and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath . Osbourne

2739-519: The 1980s, it received platinum certification and went Double Platinum in the early 21st century. Reviews of the album were unfavourable. Lester Bangs of Rolling Stone famously dismissed Master of Reality as "naïve, simplistic, repetitive, absolute doggerel ", although the very same magazine would later place the album at number 298 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, compiled in 2003. In September 1972, Black Sabbath released Black Sabbath Vol. 4 . Critics were dismissive of

2822-459: The 2005 UK series of the X-Factor where his wife Sharon was one of the main judges. In March 2006, he said that he hoped to release a new studio album soon with longtime on-off guitarist, Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society . In October 2006, it was announced that Tony Iommi , Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice , and Geezer Butler would be touring together again, though not as Black Sabbath but under

2905-501: The Dead", and Osbourne with wife Sharon were guest hosts on WWE Raw . In December, Osbourne announced he would be releasing a new album titled Soul Sucka with Gus G , Tommy Clufetos on drums, and Blasko on bass. Negative fan feedback was brought to Osbourne's attention regarding the album title. In respect of fan opinion, on 29 March Osbourne announced his album would be renamed Scream . On 13 April 2010, Osbourne announced

2988-489: The East Bay Larry Livermore . The first few performances took place at Contra Costa College , where Kiffmeyer was a journalism student. On the strength of an early performance, Livermore vowed to release a Green Day record on his Lookout! Records . The group's first full-length effort, 1990 album 39/Smooth , would feature a Kiffmeyer original, "I Was There", which documented the band at that place in time. Being

3071-612: The Loadies), moved to Hawaii and back, while Chris Imlay became a graphic designer for such magazines as Gearhead , MacAddict , PlayStation: The Official Magazine , and Wired . The band played a couple of shows in 2005, and a show in January 2008 supporting the Mr. T Experience. Al Sobrante John Kiffmeyer (born July 11, 1969), known professionally as Al Sobrante , is an American cinematographer and retired musician and songwriter. He

3154-485: The No More Tours II would be canceled after almost two years of being postponed. Osbourne effectively retired from touring, citing his accident in 2019 which resulted in the singer suffering spinal damage, while affirming his plan to continue smaller-scale live performances as his health permitted. In September 2023, he revealed that he was working on a new album with a planned 2024 release while also preparing to go on

3237-544: The US ; Billboard 200 . The RIAA certified the album gold and platinum in that same year, and double platinum in April 1999. The line-up on Ozzmosis was Wylde, Butler (who had just quit Black Sabbath again), Steve Vai , and Hardline drummer Deen Castronovo , who later joined Journey . Keyboards were played by Rick Wakeman and producer Michael Beinhorn . The tour maintained Butler and Castronovo and saw Sinclair return, but

3320-503: The Ultimate Sin tour. At the time of its release, The Ultimate Sin was Osbourne's highest-charting studio album. The RIAA awarded the album Platinum status on 14 May 1986, soon after its release; it was awarded Double Platinum status on 26 October 1994. Jake E. Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987. Osbourne continued to struggle with chemical dependency. That year, he commemorated the fifth anniversary of Rhoads' death with Tribute ,

3403-521: The age of 17, Osbourne was convicted of robbing a clothes shop, but was unable to pay the fine; his father also refused to pay it in order to teach him a lesson, resulting in Osbourne spending six weeks in Winson Green Prison . He participated in school plays, including Gilbert and Sullivan 's The Mikado and HMS Pinafore . Upon hearing the first hit single of the Beatles at age 14, he became

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3486-512: The album in four weeks following his collaboration with Post Malone . In April 2017, it was announced that guitarist Zakk Wylde would reunite with Osbourne for a summer tour to mark the 30th anniversary of their first collaboration on 1988's No Rest for the Wicked . The first show of the tour took place on 14 July at the Rock USA Festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin . On 6 November 2017, Osbourne

3569-450: The album, but it reached gold status in less than a month and was the band's fourth consecutive album to sell over one million copies in the United States. In November 1973, Black Sabbath released the critically acclaimed Sabbath Bloody Sabbath . For the first time, the band received favourable reviews in the mainstream press. Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone called the album "an extraordinarily gripping affair" and "nothing less than

3652-595: The band Earth. But after being accidentally booked for a show instead of a different band with the same name, they decided to change the band's name again, settling on the name Black Sabbath in August 1969. The band's name was inspired by the film of the same title . Black Sabbath noticed how people enjoyed being frightened during their appearances, which inspired their decision to play a heavy blues style of music laced with gloomy sounds and lyrics. While recording their first album, Butler read an occult book and woke up seeing

3735-416: The band for personal reasons and was replaced by Evan Mendell from Benicia. The band was asked to open for Green Day during the 1994 Dookie tour, along with Pansy Division . Mendell left the band after the tour and was replaced by Danny Seelig from The Phantom Surfers . The band won a category in the 1996 Bay Area Music Awards ("Bammies") for "Outstanding Alternative Pop/Rock Group" and embarked on

3818-459: The band was "unravelling at an alarming rate". In 1978, Osbourne left the band for three months to pursue a solo project called Blizzard of Ozz , a title which had been suggested by his father. Three members of the band Necromandus , who had supported Sabbath in Birmingham when they were called Earth , backed Osbourne in the studio and briefly became the first incarnation of his solo band. At

3901-403: The band wasn't very popular with the women". At about this time, Osbourne first met his future wife, Sharon Arden . After the unexpected success of their first album, Black Sabbath were considering her father, Don Arden , as their new manager, and Sharon was at that time working as Don's receptionist. Osbourne admits he was attracted to her immediately but assumed that "she probably thought I

3984-411: The band's tour bus driver, carrying Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood, the band's costume and make-up designer, crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. The left wing of the aircraft clipped the bus, causing the plane to graze a tree and crash into the garage of a nearby mansion, killing Rhoads, Aycock, and Youngblood. The crash was ruled the result of "poor judgement by the pilot in buzzing

4067-489: The band, which Kiffmeyer "graciously accepted". In 1991, he worked as executive producer for the Green Day album Kerplunk , released that year. Kiffmeyer later joined the band The Ne'er Do Wells , leaving abruptly in 1994. Following a stint with punk band The Ritalins , he became manager of The Shruggs until their split. In 1998 he was the executive producer of The Great Lost Trouble Makers Album by The Troublemakers ,

4150-464: The bill with a reformed Black Sabbath during the 1997 Ozzfest tour, beginning in West Palm Beach , Florida . Osbourne reunited with the original members of Sabbath in 1997 and has performed periodically with them since. Since its beginning, five million people have attended Ozzfest which has grossed over US$ 100 million. The festival helped promote many new hard rock and heavy metal acts of

4233-454: The bus and misjudging clearance of obstacles". Experiencing firsthand the horrific death of his close friend and bandmate, Osbourne fell into a deep depression . The tour was cancelled for two weeks while Osbourne, Sharon, and Aldridge returned to Los Angeles to take stock while Sarzo remained in Florida with family. Gary Moore was the first to be approached to replace Rhoads, but refused. With

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4316-498: The early 1970s in which Osbourne and Butler were fighting in a hotel room. Iommi pulled Osbourne off Butler in an attempt to break up the drunken fight, and the vocalist proceeded to turn around and take a wild swing at him. Iommi responded by knocking Osbourne unconscious with one punch to the jaw. After leaving Black Sabbath , Osbourne recalled, "I'd got £96,000 for my share of the name, so I'd just locked myself away and spent three months doing coke and booze. My thinking was, 'This

4399-499: The fan favourite " Bark at the Moon ". The music video for "Bark at the Moon" was partially filmed at the Holloway Sanitorium outside London, England. Within weeks the album became certified gold. It has sold three million copies in the US. 1986's The Ultimate Sin followed (with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo ), and touring behind both albums with former Uriah Heep keyboardist John Sinclair joining prior to

4482-432: The final episode aired on 21 March 2005. The success of The Osbournes led Osbourne and the rest of his family to host the 30th Annual American Music Awards in January 2003. The night was marked with constant "bleeping" due to some of the lewd and raunchy remarks made by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Presenter Patricia Heaton walked out midway in disgust. On 20 February 2008, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne hosted

4565-457: The group's debut album Blizzard of Ozz , credited simply to Osbourne, thus commencing his solo career. Co-written with Daisley and Rhoads, it brought Osbourne considerable success on his first solo effort. Though it is generally accepted that Osbourne and Rhoads started the band, Daisley later claimed that he and Osbourne formed the band in England before Rhoads officially joined. Blizzard of Ozz

4648-584: The late 1990s and early 2000s. Ozzfest helped Osbourne to become the first hard rock and heavy metal star to hit $ 50 million in merchandise sales. In 2005, Osbourne and his wife Sharon starred in an MTV competition reality show entitled " Battle for Ozzfest ". A number of yet unsigned bands send one member to compete in a challenge to win a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and a possible recording contract. Shortly after Ozzfest 2005, Osbourne announced that he will no longer headline Ozzfest. Although he announced his retirement from Ozzfest, Osbourne came back headlining

4731-526: The moniker " Heaven & Hell ", the title of Dio's first Black Sabbath album . Osbourne's next album, titled Black Rain , was released on 22 May 2007. His first new studio album in almost six years, it featured a more serious tone than previous albums. "I thought I'd never write again without any stimulation... But you know what? Instead of picking up the bottle I just got honest and said, 'I don't want life to go [to pieces]'", Osbourne stated to Billboard magazine. Osbourne revealed in July 2009 that he

4814-520: The place, and everybody was playing a different thing. We'd go back and sleep it off, and try again the next day." In May 1978, Black Sabbath began touring in support of Never Say Die! with Van Halen as an opening act. Reviewers called Sabbath's performance "tired and uninspired" in stark contrast to the "youthful" performance of Van Halen, who were touring the world for the first time. The band recorded their concert at Hammersmith Odeon in June 1978, which

4897-664: The record of the longest period between an artist's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath's " Paranoid ", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit: a gap of 33 years. Since the quad accident, apart from some short-term memory problems, he fully recovered and headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, in the reunited Black Sabbath. In March 2005, Osbourne released a box set called Prince of Darkness . The first and second discs are collections of live performances, B-sides , demos and singles. The third disc contained duets and other odd tracks with other artists, including " Born to Be Wild " with Miss Piggy . The fourth disc,

4980-470: The release date for Scream would be 15 June 2010. The release date was later changed to a week later. A single from the album, "Let Me Hear You Scream", debuted on 14 April 2010 episode of CSI: NY . The song spent eight weeks on the Billboard Rock Songs chart, peaking at No. 7. On 9 August 2010, Osbourne announced that the second single from the album would be "Life Won't Wait" and the video for

5063-518: The request of the other band members, Osbourne rejoined Sabbath. The band spent five months at Sounds Interchange Studios in Toronto , where they wrote and recorded their next album, Never Say Die! "It took quite a long time", Iommi said of Never Say Die! "We were getting really drugged out, doing a lot of dope. We'd go down to the sessions, and have to pack up because we were too stoned; we'd have to stop. Nobody could get anything right; we were all over

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5146-560: The road following a successful spinal surgery earlier that month. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Osbourne at number 112 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Osbourne achieved greater celebrity status via his own brand of reality television. The Osbournes , a series featuring the domestic life of Osbourne and his family (wife Sharon, children Jack and Kelly, occasional appearances from his son Louis, but eldest daughter Aimee did not participate). The program became one of MTV's greatest hits. It premiered on 5 March 2002, and

5229-465: The singer to name his new band "Son of Sabbath", which Osbourne hated. Sharon attempted to convince Osbourne to form a supergroup with guitarist Gary Moore . "When I lived in Los Angeles", Moore recalled, " [Moore's band] G-Force helped him to audition musicians. If drummers were trying out, I played guitar, and if a bassist came along, my drummer would help out. We felt sorry for him, basically. He

5312-475: The song " Take What You Want " by Post Malone . The song would peak on the Billboard Hot 100 charts at number 8, making it Osbourne's first US Top 10 single in 30 years since he was featured on Lita Ford's " Close My Eyes Forever ". On 21 February 2020, Osbourne released his first solo album in almost ten years, Ordinary Man , which received positive reviews from music critics and debuted at number three on

5395-436: The song would be directed by his son Jack . When asked of his opinions on Scream in an interview, Osbourne announced that he is "already thinking about the next album". Osbourne's current drummer, Tommy Clufetos , has reflected this sentiment, saying that "We are already coming up with new ideas backstage, in the hotel rooms and at soundcheck and have a bunch of ideas recorded". In October 2014, Osbourne released Memoirs of

5478-413: The support of Butler and Ward, Osbourne was ejected from Black Sabbath. The reasons provided to him were that he was unreliable and had excessive substance abuse issues compared to the other members. Osbourne claims his drug use and alcohol consumption at that time was neither better nor worse than that of the other members. The band replaced Osbourne with former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio . In

5561-535: The tour. In 2006 Osbourne closed the event for just over half the concerts, leaving the others to be closed by System of a Down . He also played the closing act for the second stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on 1 July as well as Randalls Island , New York on 29 July. After the concert in Bristol, Virginia , Osbourne announced he would return for another year of Ozzfest in 2007. Tickets for

5644-528: Was a non-observant Catholic who worked at a Lucas factory. His father, John Thomas "Jack" Osbourne (1915–1977), worked night shifts as a toolmaker at the General Electric Company . Osbourne has three older sisters named Jean, Iris, and Gillian, and two younger brothers named Paul and Tony. The family lived in a small two-bedroom home at 14 Lodge Road in Aston. Osbourne gained the nickname "Ozzy" as

5727-425: Was a lunatic". Osbourne later recalled that the best thing about eventually choosing Don Arden as manager was that he got to see Sharon regularly, though their relationship was strictly professional at that point. Just five months after the release of Paranoid , the band released Master of Reality . The album reached the top ten in both the United States and UK, and was certified gold in less than two months. In

5810-452: Was also announced that Zakk Wylde will have full involvement in the album following his absence on Ordinary Man . On 24 June 2022, Osbourne announced his thirteenth album would be titled Patient Number 9 and released the title track along with an accompanying music video that same day. The album was released on 9 September 2022. In January 2023, Osbourne announced that the European leg of

5893-558: Was also later released. Despite the difficulties, Osbourne moved on after Rhoads' death. Speak of the Devil , known in the United Kingdom as Talk of the Devil , was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, primarily from Osbourne's solo work. Under contract to produce a live album, it ended up consisting entirely of Sabbath covers recorded with Gillis, Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge. In 1982, Osbourne appeared as lead vocalist on

5976-551: Was always hovering around trying to get me to join, and I wasn't having any of it." In late 1979, under the management of the Ardens, Osbourne formed the Blizzard of Ozz, featuring drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep ), bassist-lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and, later, Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey (of Rainbow and, later, Deep Purple ), and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot ). The record company would eventually title

6059-607: Was announced as the headline act for the Sunday of the 2018 Download Festival held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Having previously graced the main stage in previous years fronting Black Sabbath, this will be his first-ever Download headline solo appearance. The Download Festival set comes as part of Osbourne's final world tour announcement that morning. On 6 February 2018, Osbourne announced that he would embark on his final world tour dubbed No More Tours II ,

6142-482: Was bitter. And I had a thoroughly miserable time." Osbourne's second album, Diary of a Madman , featured more songs co-written with Lee Kerslake. For his work on this album and Blizzard of Ozz , Rhoads was ranked the 85th-greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003. This album is known for the singles " Over the Mountain " and " Flying High Again " and, as Osbourne explains in his autobiography,

6225-508: Was currently seeking a new guitar player. While he states that he has not fallen out with Zakk Wylde , he said he felt his songs were beginning to sound like Black Label Society and fancied a change. In August 2009, Osbourne performed at the gaming festival BlizzCon with a new guitarist in his line-up, Gus G . Osbourne also provided his voice and likeness to the video game Brütal Legend character The Guardian of Metal. In November, Slash featured Osbourne on vocals in his single "Crucify

6308-426: Was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems. He then began a successful solo career with Blizzard of Ozz in 1980 and has released 13 studio albums , the first seven of which received multi-platinum certifications in the US. He has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions. He rejoined in 1997 and helped record the group's final studio album, 13 (2013), before they embarked on

6391-552: Was issued in 1997. Osbourne's biggest financial success of the 1990s was a venture named Ozzfest , created and managed by his wife/manager Sharon and assisted by his son Jack . The first Ozzfest was held in Phoenix, Arizona , on 25 October 1996 and in Devore, California , on 26 October. Ozzfest was an instant hit with metal fans, helping many up-and-coming groups who were featured there to broad exposure and commercial success. Some acts shared

6474-461: Was posted by Osbourne in a record store, Iommi and Ward arrived at the listed address to speak with Ozzy Zig, as he then called himself. When Iommi saw Osbourne emerge from another room of the house, he recalled that he knew him as a "pest" from their school days. Following Black Sabbath's formation, Iommi reportedly "punched out" Osbourne several times over the years when the singer's drunken antics became too much to take. Iommi recalls one incident in

6557-470: Was released on 16 October 2001. A live album, Live at Budokan , followed in 2002. Down to Earth , which achieved platinum status in 2003, featured the single " Dreamer ", a song which peaked at number 10 on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock Tracks . In June 2002, Osbourne was invited to participate in the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II , performing the Black Sabbath anthem " Paranoid " at

6640-588: Was released on video as Never Say Die . The final show of the tour and Osbourne's last appearance with Black Sabbath for another seven years, until 1985, was in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 11 December. In 1979, Black Sabbath returned to the studio, but tension and conflict arose between band members. Osbourne recalls being asked to record his vocals over and over, and tracks were manipulated endlessly by Iommi. The relationship between Osbourne and Iommi became contentious. On 27 April 1979, at Iommi's insistence but with

6723-594: Was released two years later. In 1988, Osbourne performed on the rock ballad " Close My Eyes Forever ", a duet with Lita Ford , reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 . In 1989, Osbourne performed at the Moscow Music Peace Festival . Successful through the 1980s, Osbourne sustained commercial success into the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears , featuring " Mama, I'm Coming Home ". The album enjoyed much radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated

6806-530: Was to be short-lived). It was called "No More Tours", a pun on No More Tears . Alice in Chains ' Mike Inez took over on bass and Kevin Jones played keyboards as Sinclair was touring with the Cult . Osbourne's entire CD catalogue was remastered and reissued in 1995. In 1995, Osbourne released Ozzmosis and returned to touring, dubbing his concert performances "The Retirement Sucks Tour". The album reached number 4 on

6889-481: Was unpopular with fans. After a handful of shows he informed Sharon that he would be returning to England to continue work on a solo album he had begun before coming to America. At an audition in a hotel room, Osbourne selected Night Ranger 's Brad Gillis to finish the tour. The tour culminated in the release of the 1982 live album Speak of the Devil , recorded at the Ritz in New York City. A live tribute album for Rhoads

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