Ozzy Osbourne

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John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne (also known as The Prince of Darkness ) (born December 3, 1948) is singers, songwriters, and British actors. He became famous during the 1970s as lead vocalist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and went on to have a successful solo career, releasing 11 studio albums, the first seven of which were awarded multi-platinum certification in the US. Osbourne has reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions, recording the album 13 in 2013. His long life and success have earned him an informal title "Godfather of Heavy Metal".

Total sales of Osbourne's albums from his years at Black Sabbath, combined with his solo work, are over 100 million. As a member of Black Sabbath, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of the band. Having a distinctive singing voice and as a native of Birmingham, Osbourne is known for his strong Brummie accents - he has a star in the Birmingham Walk of Stars in his hometown as well as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2014, she received a Global Icon Award. In 2015 Osbourne receives Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Songwriters Writers Academy, Composer, and British Writers.

In the early 2000s, Osbourne became a reality television star, appearing as himself on MTV's The Osbournes reality show, with wife and manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. She is currently co-starred with Jack and Kelly in the television series Ozzy & amp; Playing Jack's World . The third season of the show debuted in June 2018.

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Osbourne was born in the Aston area of ​​Birmingham, England. His mother, Lilian (nÃÆ' Â © e Unitt; 1916-2001), is a non-observant Catholic who works for days in a factory. His father, John Thomas "Jack" Osbourne (1915-1977), worked the night shift as a toolmaker at General Electric Company. Osbourne has three older sisters named Jean, Iris, and Gillian, and two younger brothers named Paul and Tony. The family lives in a small two bedroom house on 14 Lodge Road in Aston. Osbourne has had the nickname "Ozzy" since elementary school. Osbourne deals with dyslexia at school. At the age of 11, he suffered sexual harassment from school bullies. Drawn to the stage, he took part in school dramas such as Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado and HMS Pinafore . As a native of Birmingham, he has a strong Brummie accent.

After hearing their first hit single at the age of 14, he became a big fan of The Beatles. He praised the 1963 band "She Loves You" to inspire him to become a musician. He said in the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne , "I know I'll be a rock star for the rest of my life." Osbourne left school at the age of 15 and was hired as a construction worker, training plumber, apprentice maker, horn car manufacturer, and slaughterhouse worker. He tried to steal, steal television (which fell on him during his vacation and had to be abandoned), a handful of baby clothes (originally considered adult clothes for being too dark to see when he was robbing, and stolen for sale to people in the pub) and some T-shirts. He spent six weeks in Winson's Green Prison when he could not pay a fine after being found guilty of robbing a clothing store; to teach his son a lesson, his father refused to pay a fine.

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Careers

Black Sabbath

In late 1967, Geezer Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed, and immediately recruited Osbourne to serve as a vocalist. The band played two shows, then broke up. Osbourne and Butler reunited in Polka Tulk Blues, along with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, whose band Mythology had just broken up. They changed their name to Earth, but after accidentally ordering for a show rather than a different band of the same name, they decided to rename them again. They finally settled on the Black Sabbath name in August 1969, based on a movie of the same name. The band has noticed how people enjoy fear; inspired, the band decided to play the style of heavy blues music mixed with loud sounds and lyrics. While recording their first album, Butler read an occult book and woke up with a dark figure at the end of his bed. Butler told Osbourne about it and together they wrote the lyrics for "Black Sabbath", their first song in a darker tone.

Although only a modest investment from their US record label, Warner Bros. Records, Black Sabbath met with fast and lasting success. Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics, Bill Ward's dark drumbeats gender, and ending by Osbourne's frightening vocals, early recordings such as their debut album Black Sabbath and Paranoid sold out large numbers, as well as getting a lot of playing. Osbourne remembered the band's lament, "at the time, the band was not very popular with the ladies".

At around this time, Osbourne first met his future wife, Sharon Arden. After the unexpected success of their first album, Black Sabbath considered his father, Don Arden, as their new manager, and Sharon at the time worked as a Don receptionist. Osbourne admits he's attracted to him soon but assumes that "he might think I'm crazy". Osbourne said a few years later that the best thing about finally choosing Don Arden as manager was that he had to meet Sharon regularly, even though their relationship was very professional at the time.

Just five months after the release of Paranoid the band released Master of Reality . The album reached the top ten both in the United States and the UK, and was certified gold in less than two months. In the 1980s it received platinum certification and went Double Platinum in the early 21st century. The album's review was not profitable. Lester Bangs of Rolling Stone famously dismisses the Master of Reality as "naÃÆ'¯ve, simplistic, repetitive, absolute doggers", although the same magazine will then place the album at number 298 on their Greatest Album of All Time 500 list, compiled in 2003. Black Sabbath's VolumeÃ, 4 was released in September 1972. Critics again underestimated the album, but achieved gold status in less than a month. It was the band's fourth consecutive release to sell a million copies in the United States.

In November 1973, Black Sabbath released the critically acclaimed Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath . For the first time, the band received good reviews in the mainstream press. Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone called this album "a tremendous affair gripping", and "no less than full success". AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia calls this album a "masterpiece, important for heavy metal collections", while also claiming the band featured "a newfound sense of finesse and maturity". The album marks the band's fifth consecutive platinum sales album in the US. Sabotage was released in July 1975. Again there are favorable reviews. Rolling Stone states, " Sabotage is not only Black Sabbath's best record since Paranoid , it's probably the best ever." AllMusic is not very good. They noted that "the magical chemistry that made albums like and VolumeÃ, 4 very special began to crumble". Ecstasy Technical , released on 25 September 1976, also received mixed reviews. AllMusic gave the album two stars, and noted that the band was "unpacking at an alarming rate".

Dismissal

In 1978, Osbourne left the band for three months to pursue an interest in a solo project he called Blizzard of Ozz, the name his father had suggested. The three members of the band Necromandus, who had supported Black Sabbath in Birmingham when they were called Earth, were backing up Osbourne at the studio and briefly became the first incarnation of his solo. tape. At the request of another member, Osbourne rejoined the Sabbath. The band spent five months at Sounds Interchange Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, writing and recording what would be Never Say Die! "It took a very long time", Iommi said. "We're really anesthetized, doing a lot of dope.We'll go down to the session, and have to pack because we're too stoned, we have to stop.No one can get something right, we're all in that place, everyone plays a thing We'll go back and sleep, and try again the next day. "

Tour in support of Never Say Die! started in May 1978 with the opening of Van Halen. The reviewers call Black Sabbath's performance "tired and lackluster", in stark contrast to the "young" appearance of Van Halen, who was on a world tour for the first time. The band filmed a show at Hammersmith Odeon in June 1978, which was later released on DVD as Never Say Die . The last show of the tour, and Osbourne's last appearance with the band (until later reunion), was in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 11th.

In 1979, back in the studio, the tension and conflict between the band members continued to be present. Osbourne recalls being asked to record his vocals over and over again, and the tracks were manipulated endlessly by Iommi. This is the point of contention between Osbourne and Iommi. At the urging of Iommi, and with the support of Butler and Ward, Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath on April 27, 1979. The reason given to him was that he was unreliable and had a problem of excessive substance abuse compared to other band members. Osbourne claimed the use of drugs and his alcohol consumption at that time was no better or worse than the other band members. The band replaced him with former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio.

Such conflicts existed between Iommi and Osbourne from the beginning. When responding to a 1969 flyer that read "Ozzy Zig Needs Gig - own PA" installed in a record store, Iommi and Ward arrive at the address listed to talk to Ozzy Zig. When Iommi saw Osbourne emerge from another room in the house, he left after learning that it was the same "pest" he knew from growing up, because he knew and did not like Osbourne since their school days. Iommi reportedly "hit" Osbourne many times over the years when the singer's drunken antics became too much to take. Iommi recalls an incident in the early 1970s where Osbourne and Geezer Butler fought in a hotel room. Iommi pulls Osbourne out of Butler in an effort to break the drunken bout, and the vocalist goes on to turn around and take a wild swing at him. Iommi responded by knocking Osbourne unconscious with a single blow to the jaw.

Solo Career

While leaving the Sabbath, Osbourne recalled, "I got Ã, Â £ 96,000 for my part of the name, so I just locked myself out and spent three months doing coke and booze.me thinking was, 'This is my last party, because after this I will back to Birmingham and alms. "However, he signed a contract with Don Arden's Jet Records. Arden sends Sharon to Los Angeles to "take care of Ozzy's needs, whatever it is", to protect his investment. Initially, Arden hoped Osbourne would return to Sabbath, and then tried to convince the singer to name his new band "Son of Sabbath", which Osbourne hates. Sharon tried to convince Osbourne to form a supergroup with guitarist Gary Moore. "When I lived in Los Angeles," Moore recalled, " G-Force helped him to audition musicians.If drummer tried, I played guitar, and if a bassist came, my drummer would help We feel sorry for him, basically He's always wandering around trying to get me to join, and I do not have it. "

In late 1979, under the management of Ardens, Osbourne formed Blizzard of Ozz, featuring drummer Lee Kerslake (from Uriah Heep), bassist-lyricist Bob Daisley (from Rainbow and then Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey (from Rainbow, later Deep Purple ), and guitarist Randy Rhoads (from Quiet Riot). The record company will eventually become the title of the debut album of the Blizzard of Ozz group credited only under Osbourne's name, thus starting his solo career. Written with Daisley and Rhoads, the album brought Osbourne great success in its first solo effort. Although it is generally accepted that Osbourne and Rhoads started the band, bassist Daisley later claimed that he and Osbourne formed a band in England before Rhoads officially joined. Blizzard of Ozz was one of several albums among 100 best-sellers of the 1980s that achieved multi-platinum status without the benefit of a single top-40. By August 1997, it had achieved platinum status quadruple according to the RIAA.

Osbourne's second album, Diary of a Madman , featured more songs written with Lee Kerslake. For his work on this album and Blizzard of Ozz , Rhoads was ranked 85th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003. The album is known for singles "Over the Mountain "and" Flying High Again "and, as Osbourne describes in his autobiography, are his personal favorites. Tommy Aldridge and Rudy Sarzo soon replaced Kerslake and Daisley. Aldridge was Osbourne's original choice for the drummer, but his commitment to Gary Moore made him unavailable. Sarzo has played in Quiet Riot with Rhoads, who recommended him for that position.

On March 19, 1982, in Florida for a Diary of a Madman tour, and another week to play Madison Square Garden in New York City, a light aircraft piloted by Andrew Aycock (band tour bus driver) Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood, the costume designer and make-up band - crashed while performing low passes on the band's tour bus. The left wing of the plane cuts the bus, causing the plane to graze the tree and crashing into a nearby garage, killing Rhoads, Aycock, and Youngblood. The accident decides the result of "poor judgment by pilots in buzzing buses and misjudging barriers". Experiencing the horrific death of his close friend and his bandmate, Osbourne fell into deep depression. The tour was canceled for two weeks while Osbourne, Sharon, and Aldridge returned to Los Angeles to pick up supplies while Sarzo remained in Florida with the family.

Gary Moore was the first to approach to replace the Rhoads, but refused. With a two-week deadline to find a new guitarist and continue the tour, Robert Sarzo, brother of band bassist Rudy Sarzo, was chosen to replace Rhoads. However, former guitarist Gillan Bernie TormÃÆ'Â © has flown to California from the UK with the promise of Jet Records that he owns the job. As soon as Sharon realized that Jet Records had paid TormÃÆ'Â © a progress, she was reluctantly hired instead of Sarzo. The tour continued on April 1, 1982, but the blues-based Torma style was not popular among fans. After several shows, she told Sharon that she would return to England to continue working on the solo album she started before coming to America. At the audition in the hotel room, Osbourne chose Brad Gillis of the Night Ranger to complete the tour. The tour culminated in the release of the 1982 Speak of the Devil live album, which was recorded at the Ritz in New York City. A live tribute album for Rhoads was later released. Despite the difficulties, Osbourne moved after the death of Rhoads. Speak of the Devil , known in Great Britain as Talk of the Devil , was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, mainly from Osbourne's solo work. Under the contract to produce a live album, it ended up consisting of a Sabbath cover recorded with Gillis, Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge.

In 1982 Osbourne was featured as the lead vocalist of "Was Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)" dance pop song. Remix and rereleased in the early 1990s for the album hits Was (Not Was) in Europe, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart. In 1983, Jake E. Lee, former Ratt and Rough Cutt, joined Osbourne to record Bark at the Moon . The album, written with Daisley, featured Aldridge and former keyboard player Rainbow Don Airey. This album contains fans favorite "Bark at the Moon". The music video for "Bark at the Moon" was filmed partly at Holloway Sanitorium outside London, England. Within a few 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 a tour behind both albums with former keyboardist Uriah Heep John Sinclair joining before the Ultimate Sin tour. At the time of release, The Ultimate Sin is Osbourne's top charting studio album. The RIAA awarded Platinum status on May 14, 1986, shortly after its release; was awarded the status of Double Platinum on October 26, 1994.

Jake E. Lee and Osbourne split up in 1987. Osbourne continues to struggle with chemical dependence. That year he commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of Rhoads with the Tribute , a collection of live recordings from 1981. In 1988 Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years i> and told the director Penelope Spheeris that "fucking thumbs up". Meanwhile, Osbourne discovers Zakk Wylde, who is the longest replacement for Rhoads to date. Together they recorded No Rest for the Wicked with Castillo on drums, Sinclair on the keyboard, and Daisley wrote lyrics and played bass. The next tour sees Osbourne reunited with former Sabbath band Black Sabbath Geezer Butler on bass. The live EP (titled Just Say Ozzy ) featuring Geezer was released two years later. In 1988, Osbourne appeared on the rock ballad "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Lita Ford, reaching No. 1. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1989 Osbourne performed at the Moscow Music Peace Festival.

Success through the 1980s, Osbourne retained commercial success into the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears, featuring "Mama, I'm Coming Home". The album enjoys plenty of radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated the practice of bringing in outside composers to help Osbourne's solo material pens 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 song "I Do not Want to Change the World" from Live & amp; Loud , for Best Metal Performance 1994. Wagener also combines live albums Live & amp; Loud was released on June 28, 1993. Aimed at becoming Osbourne's last album, the album won platinum fourfold, and was ranked 10th on the Billboard rock chart that year. At this point Osbourne expressed fatigue with the tour, and proclaimed his "pension tour" (which will be short-lived). It's called "No More Tours", a pun on No More Tears . Alice in Chains' Mike Inez takes over bass and Kevin Jones plays the keyboard when Sinclair is on tour with Cult.

The entire Osbourne CD catalog was remastered and reissued in 1995. In 1995 Osbourne released Ozzmosis and returned to the tour, naming his concert performance "The Retirement Sucks Tour". The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200. The RIAA certified gold and platinum albums in the same year, and double platinum in April 1999.

The formations at Ozzmosis are Wylde, Butler (who just quit Black Sabbath again) and former Bad English drummer Steve Vai and Hardline Deen Castronovo, who later joined Journey. The keyboard is played by Rick Wakeman and producer Michael Beinhorn. The tour retained Butler and Castronovo and saw Sinclair return, but the main line-up change was the introduction of former guitarist David Lee Roth, Joe Holmes. Wylde is considering an offer to join Guns N 'Roses. Unable to wait for a decision about Wylde's departure, Osbourne replaces him. In early 1996, Butler and Castronovo left. Inez and Randy Castillo (Lita Ford, MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ'¼e) filled. Finally, Faith No More Mike Bordin and former Suicidal Tendencies and future Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo joined on drums and bass respectively. The biggest hit package, The Ozzman Cometh , was released in 1997.

Ozzfest

Osbourne's greatest financial success in the 1990s was an effort called Ozzfest, created and managed by his wife/manager Sharon and assisted by his son, Jack. The first Ozzfest was held in Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 1996 and in Devore, California on October 26th. Ozzfest is an instant hit with metal fans, helping many upcoming groups are featured there for broad exposure and commercial success. Some act of sharing the bill with the reformed Black Sabbath during the 1997 Ozzfest tour, starting in West Palm Beach, Florida. Osbourne reunited with members of the original Sabbath in 1997 and has been doing regularly with them ever since.

Since its inception, five million people have attended Ozzfest which has earned over US $ 100 million. The festival helped promote a lot of new hard rock and heavy metal actions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ozzfest helped Osbourne become the first hard rock and heavy metal star to reach $ 50 million in merchandise sales. In 2005, Osbourne and his wife Sharon starred in a MTV reality show competition titled "Battle for Ozzfest". A number of unsigned bands sent one member to compete in the challenge of winning a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and record deal possible. Shortly after Ozzfest 2005, Osbourne announced that he would not be the headline of Ozzfest. Although he announced his resignation from Ozzfest, Osbourne again led the tour. In 2006 Osbourne closed the show for more than half the concert, leaving the others to shut down by System of a Down. He also plays closing action for the second phase at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California on July 1 and Randalls Island, New York on 29 July. After a concert in Bristol, Virginia, Osbourne announced he would return for another Ozzfest year in 2007. And 2020.

Tickets for the 2007 tour were offered to fans for free, which caused 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, Osbourne appeared as the closing headliner of the show after opening the Halford and MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ'¼e action. The tour, although small (only six US places and one place in England played), generated a warm welcome.

2000s

Down to Earth , Osbourne's first album from new studio material in six years, was released on October 16, 2001. The live version was filmed in Japan, Live at Budokan , followed. Down to Earth to gold in 2001, and platinum in 2003. The album featured favorite fans of "Dreamer", a song that reached number 10 on the Billboard 'Mainstream Rock Tracks. In June 2002, Osbourne performed the Black Sabbath song "Paranoid" at the Feast at the Castle concert at Buckingham Palace, an event to commemorate the Elizabeth II Golden Year. In 2003 Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted after he left the band in 2001 (and Trujillo replaced him on the Metallica line). Both Newsted and Osbourne are excited to record the album together. He was parodied by Wiggles in their 2003 video "Space Dancing" as Wozzy Hasbourne on a poster.

On December 8, 2003, Osbourne was rushed to emergency operations at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, England when he had an accident with his quad bike at his Jordans plantation in Buckinghamshire. Osbourne broke his neck, eight ribs, and a vertebral neck. An operation is performed to remove the collarbone, which is believed to rest on the main artery and disrupt blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing after the accident and was resuscitated by Osbourne's personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston. While in hospital, Osbourne earned his first British number one, a duet of Black Sabbath ballads, "Changes" with Kelly's daughter. Thus, he broke the record of the longest period between England's first appearance on the artist's chart (with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit: 33-year break. Since the quad accident, despite some short-term memory issues, he fully recovered and headlined Ozzfest 2004, in the reunited Black Sabbath.

In March 2005, Osbourne released a set of boxes called Prince of Darkness . The first and second discs are a collection of live performances, B-sides, demos and singles. The third disc contains duets and other weird songs with other artists, including "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy. The fourth disc, is an entirely new material in which Osbourne includes his favorite songs with the greatest influence and his favorite bands, including The Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie, and others. In November 2005, Osbourne released the cover album Under Cover , featuring 10 songs from the fourth disc of Prince of Darkness and 3 other songs. Osbourne's bands for the album included Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Chris Wyse and drummer Faith No More Mike Bordin.

Osbourne also helped assess the 2005 UK series X-Factor where his wife, Sharon, was one of the chief judges.

In March 2006, he said that he hopes to release a new studio album soon with old guitarist Zakk Wylde of the Black Label Society. In October 2006, it was announced that Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, and Geezer Butler will tour together again, though not as Black Sabbath, but under the Heaven and Hell moniker First Sabbath Dio). The response to the news on the Osbourne site is that Osbourne hopes Tony and Ronnie are good and that there is only one Sabbath. The Osbourne album, titled Black Rain , was released on May 22, 2007. The first Osbourne's first studio album in nearly six years, it featured a more serious tone than the previous album. "I thought I would never write again without stimulation... But you know what? Instead of taking the bottle I just got honest and said, 'I do not want to live to be [to pieces]'" , Osbourne declared to Billboard magazine.

Osbourne revealed in July 2009 that he was looking for a new guitar player. While she states that she did not fall with Zakk Wylde, she says she feels her songs start to sound like Black Label Society and have a crush on change. In August 2009, Osbourne appeared at the BlizzCon gaming festival with new guitarist in his line-up Gus G. Osbourne also casting his voice and likeness for the Guardian of Metal video game BrÃÆ'¼tal Legend. In November, Slash featured Osbourne on vocals in the single "Crucify The Dead", and Osbourne with Sharon's wife was the guest host at WWE Raw . In December, Osbourne announced he would release a new album titled Soul Sucka with GusÃ, G, Tommy Clufetos on drums, and Blasko on bass. Negative fan feedback was brought to Osbourne's attention about the album title. In conjunction with fan opinion, on March 29 Osbourne announced his album will be renamed to Scream .

2010s

On April 13, 2010, Osbourne announced the release date for Scream will be June 15, 2010. The release date was later changed to a week later. One from the album, "Let Me Hear You Scream", debuted on April 14, 2010 episode CSI: NY . The song spent 8 weeks on Billboard Rock Songs, peaking at No. 1. 7. Osbourne held a signing of the Meet-And-Greet album at the main branch of HMV at his home-city of Birmingham, followed later by an intimate event at Birmingham City Hall. The first four hundred fans who arrived at the store early in the day were given wrist bracelets, allowing free access to the show.

On August 9, 2010, Osbourne announced that the second single from the album is "Life Will not Wait" and the video for the song will be directed by his son, Jack. When asked for his opinion on Scream in an interview, Osbourne announced that he "had been thinking about the next album". Osbourne's current drummer, Tommy Clufetos, has reflected this sentiment, saying that "We've come up with new ideas backstage, in hotel rooms and on soundcheck and have lots of ideas recorded". In October 2014, Osbourne released Memoirs of a Madman , a collection celebrating his entire solo career. The CD version contains 17 singles from all of his career, has never been compiled together. The DVD version includes music videos, live shows, and interviews.

In April 2017, it was announced that Osbourne and Zakk Wylde would reunite for a summer tour to mark the 30th anniversary when they first collaborated. The first show of the tour took place on July 14 at the Rock Rock USA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Currently, Osbourne is working on a new solo album.

On November 6, 2017, Ozzy was announced as a headline for the annual Sunday of the 2018 Download Festival at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Having previously graced the main stage in previous years that approached Black Sabbath, this will be the first solo performance of its headline Download. Set Download Festival came as part of Osbourne's world tour announcement that morning.

On February 6, 2018, Osbourne announced that he would embark on his last world tour dubbed No More Tours 2, a reference to a 1992 tour of the same name, with support from Stone Sour in North America from the tour. He then insisted that he would not retire, "It's 'No More Tours', so I just do not go on a world tour anymore.I'm still going to do the show, but I will not be doing a tour for six months in time again.I want to spend time in home. "

Black Sabbath Reunion

It was announced on November 11, 2011 during a press conference at Whiskey a Go Go club on West Hollywood's Sunset Strip that the original Black Sabbath line up from Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will reunite for a new and world tour. album, which will be produced by Rick Rubin. Bill Ward came out for contract reasons, but the project continued with Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk stepping for Ward on drums. On May 21, 2012, Black Sabbath played at O2 Academy in their hometown of Birmingham, their first concert since their reunion. The album, titled 13 , was released June 11, 2013, and topped UK Albums and US Billboard charts.

In January 2016, the band embarked on a farewell tour, titled "The End", signaling Black Sabbath's last show. The final show of The End tour takes place at Genting Arena in their home town of Birmingham, England on 2 and 4 February 2017, with Tommy Clufetos replacing Bill Ward as the drummer for the final show.

Other production jobs

Osbourne earned greater celebrity status through his own brand reality television. The Osbournes, a series featuring Osbourne's household life and family (Sharon's wife, Jack and Kelly's children, occasionally emerge from his son Louis, but Aimee's eldest daughter does not participate). This program became one of MTV's biggest hits. It aired on March 5, 2002, and the final episode aired March 21, 2005.

The Osbournes success led Osbourne and his entire family to host the 30th Annual American Music Awards in January 2003. That night was marked by constant "bleeping" because some obscene and obscene speeches were made by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Presenter Patricia Heaton walked out in disgust. On February 20, 2008, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne held the 2008 BRIT Awards held at Earls Court, London. Ozzy appeared in a TV ad for I Can not Believe It's Not Butter! which began airing in the UK in February 2006. Ozzy appeared in an ad for the online game of World of Warcraft . She is also featured in the Guitar Hero World Tour music video game as a playable character. She becomes unlocked after completing Mr. Crowley and Crazy Train in a vocalist career.

Osbourne published an autobiography in October 2009, entitled IÃ, Am Ozzy . Osbourne said ghost writer Chris Ayres told the singer that he had enough material for the second book. An adaptation film from I Am Am ​​Ozzy is also being worked on, and Osbourne says he hopes "an unknown man from Britain" will get a role more than an established actor, while Sharon said she would choose an established British actress. Carey Mulligan to play it.

The documentary on Osbourne's life and career, titled God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, was aired in April 2011 at the Tribeca Film Festival and released on DVD in November 2011. The film was produced by Osbourne's son Jack. On May 15, 2013 Osbourne, along with current Black Sabbath members, appeared on the episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "Skin in the Game". The History Channel aired the comedy reality TV series starring Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack Osbourne on July 24, 2016 named Ozzy & amp; Playing Jack's World . During each episode, Ozzy and Jack visit one or more sites to learn about the history of the experts, and explore unusual or unique aspects of their background.

Osbourne appeared in the November 2017 episode of Gogglebox along with other British celebrities such as Ed Sheeran, former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, and Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn as part of Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK Stand Up to Cancer fundraising campaign. In November 2017, Osbourne entered the new sponsorship sphere as he enrolled as a rock-based online casino ambassador known as Metal Casino, founded by metal music fans in August 2017.

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Awards

Osbourne has received several awards for his contribution to the music community. In 1994, he was awarded a Grammy Award for the song "I Do not Want to Change the World" from Live & amp; Ã, Loud for Best Metal Performance of 1994. At the 2004 NME Awards in London, Osbourne received the award for the Almighty Genius. In 2005 Osbourne was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame UK both as a solo artist and as a member of Black Sabbath. In 2006, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Black Sabbath band Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler.

In 2007 Osbourne was awarded the second annual VH1Ã, Rock Honors, along with Genesis, Heart, and ZZÃ, Top. In addition, the year the bronze star honored Osbourne was placed on Broad Street in Birmingham, England, while Osbourne watched. On May 18 Osbourne has received notice that he will be the first pioneer to The Birmingham Walk of Stars. He presented the award by Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "I'm really honored", he said, "All my family is here and I thank everyone for this reception - I'm totally knocked out".

In 2008 Osbourne was crowned with the prestigious "Living Legend" award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honor Awards. Previous recipients include Alice Cooper, Lemmy, Jimmy Page. Slash, former guitarist of GunsÃ,'Ã, Roses, submitted the award. In 2010 Osbourne won the "Achievement Literature" award for his memoir, I Am Am ​​Ozzy at the Guys Choice Awards at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, California. Osbourne was presented with an award by Sir Ben Kingsley. This book debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times non-fiction hardcover best-seller list. Osbourne is also a judge for the Independent Independent Music Awards 6th, 10th and 11th to support the careers of independent artists. In May 2015, Osbourne received Ivor Novello Award for a Lifetime Achievement from the Songwriting Academy, Composers, and British Writers at a ceremony held at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. In 2016, Osbourne has a tram named after him in his hometown in Birmingham.

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Personal life

In 1971, Osbourne met his first wife Thelma (nÃÆ' Â © e Riley) at a nightclub in Birmingham called Rum Runner, where he worked. They married in 1971 and Jessica and Louis's children were soon born while Osbourne adopted Thelma's son, Elliot. Osbourne then refers to his first marriage as a "big mistake"; his drug and alcohol abuse, coupled with his frequent absence while on tour with Black Sabbath, took its toll on his family life, with his children then bemoaning the fact that he was not a good father. In the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by Jack Osbourne's son, he admits that he can not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born.

Osbourne married Sharon Arden on 4 July 1982 and had three children with him. He later said that he had deliberately married Arden on US Independence Day so that he would never forget his day. Their children are Aimee (born September 2, 1983), Kelly (born October 27, 1984), and Jack (born November 8, 1985). They also took Robert Marcato's family friend after his mother died, but never legally adopted him. Osbourne has many grandchildren.

Osbourne wrote the song for his daughter Aimee, who appeared as a B-side on the album Ozzmosis . At the end of the song, her daughter can be heard saying "I will always be your angel", referring to the chorus lyrics. The song My Little Man , which appeared on Ozzmosis, was written about his son, Jack. He split his time between the Buckinghamshire family home and Malibu, California.

It was reported by The New York Times in 1992 that Osbourne was a member of the Church of England and prayed before every performance. In 2002, Osbourne and Sharon's wife were invited to the White House Correspondents Association's dinner by Fox Channel News correspondent Greta Van Susteren for the event that year. Then-President George W. Bush noted Osbourne's presence with jokes, "The thing about Ozzy is, he's made a lot of great hit recordings - 'Party with the Animals',' Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ',' Dealing with Hell ',' Black Skies' and ' Bloodbath in Paradise 'Ozzy, Mama likes your stuff. "

Ozzy and his wife are one of the richest couples in the UK, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. They ranked at number 458 in 2005, with an estimated Ã, Â £ 100 million earned from recordings, tours, and TV shows. Osbourne has more than 15 tattoos, the most famous of which is the letter O-Z-Z-Y in the knuckles of his left hand. This is his first tattoo, made by himself as a teenager with a sewing needle and a pencil.

Osbourne suffered minor burns after a small home fire in January 2013. On his 65th birthday on December 3, 2013, he asked fans to celebrate his birthday by donating to the Marsden cancer charity in London.

Drug and alcohol abuse

Osbourne has abused alcohol and other drugs for much of his adult life. He admitted to Sounds in 1978, "I get tall, I'm screwed... what's wrong with the mess? There must be something wrong with the system if so many people have to get fucked up... I never drink drugs or whatever before going up to the stage.I'll smoke together or whatever afterwards. "Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi said that, while all the bands were involved with alcohol and other drugs for varying degrees in the 1970s, Osbourne has a style life is not healthy of them all. Nevertheless, Iommi says, he is usually the only one left standing when the other "goes out to count". Keyboardist Don Airey said that Osbourne's substance abuse problem is what caused him to leave the band.

Osbourne claimed that his first experience with cocaine was in early 1971 at a hotel in Denver, Colorado, after the Black Sabbath show had been performed with Mountain. He claims the Mountain guitarist, Leslie West, introduced him to the drug. Though the West is reluctant to take credit for introducing Osbourne to cocaine, Osbourne says, "When you came from Aston and you fell in love with cocaine, you remember when you started it was like your first fuck!" Osbourne says that when he first tried medicine, "The world became a little unclear afterwards."

Although he has managed to stay clean and calm for a long time in recent years, Osbourne has often commented on his old wild lifestyle, confused as to how he survived the 40 years of drug and alcohol abuse. After being fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Osbourne spent the next three months locked in his hotel room taking large amounts of alcohol and other drugs throughout the day, every day. He claims that he will surely die if his future wife Sharon does not offer to manage him as a solo artist.

Osbourne claimed in his autobiography that he was invited in 1981 to meet with the head of CBS Europe in Germany. Drunk, he decided to lighten the mood by doing striptease on the table and then kissing the recording executives on the lips. Sharon then angrily tells him that he is actually doing the Nazi goose up and down the table before dipping his balls into the executive wine and then urinating inside.

On February 18, 1982, while wearing a Sharon dress, his future wife, for a photo shoot near Alamo, Osbourne drank with a vein established to honor those who died at a famous battle in Texas, across the street from the actual building. A police officer captured Osbourne, and he was then banned from the city of San Antonio for a decade. Osbourne had been drinking for a while and earlier that same day had fired his entire band, including Randy Rhoads, after they told him they would not be participating in a planned live album of Black Sabbath songs. He also physically attacked Rhoads and bassist Rudy Sarzo in a hotel bar that morning, and Sharon told the band that he was afraid he "finally jerked". Osbourne then has no memory of his band's dismissal and the tour continues, although his relationship with Rhoads has never fully recovered. In May 1984, Osbourne was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, again for public intoxication.

In 2003, Osbourne told the Los Angeles Times how he was almost paralyzed by drugs prescribed by Beverly Hills doctors. The doctor is presumed to have prescribed 13,000 doses of 32 drugs in a year. However, after a nine-year investigation by the California Medical Board, Beverly Hills doctors were exempt from all allegations of over-prescribing.

Osbourne suffered tremor for several years and connected them with continuous drug abuse. In May 2005, he found that it was actually Parkin syndrome, a genetic condition, a symptom similar to Parkinson's disease. Osbourne had to take medicine every day for the rest of his life to fight the unconscious flakes associated with the condition. Osbourne also shows symptoms of mild hearing loss, as depicted in the television show, The Osbournes, where he often asks his family to repeat what they say. At the TEDMED Conference in October 2010, scientists from Knome joined Osbourne on stage to discuss their analysis of the entire Osbourne genome, which explains how this famed rocker who lived so violently has endured decades of drug abuse.

In April 2013, Osbourne revealed via Facebook that he had been drinking and taking drugs for the past year and a half, stating that he was "in a very dark place" but said he had been drunk again since early March. He also apologized to Sharon, his family, friends, bandmates and fans for his "crazy" behavior during that period.

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Controversy

Throughout his career, many groups have accused Osbourne of being a negative influence on teenagers, stating that his rock music genre has been used to glorify Satanism. Scholar Christopher M. Moreman compares the controversy with those who opposed Aleist Crowley. Both are hated by the media and some religious groups because of their humor. Although Osbourne teases a comparison with his song "Mr. Crowley", he denies the charge as a Satan; on the contrary it has been alleged that Osbourne is a member of the Church of England and that he prays before going on stage every night before every concert.

In 1981, after signing his first solo career record contract, Osbourne bitten the head of a pigeon during a meeting with CBS Records executives in Los Angeles. Apparently he had planned to release the pigeon into the air as a sign of peace, but due to drunkenness at the time, he instead took a pigeon and bit his head. He then spat out his head, with blood still dripping from his lips. Despite the controversy, head biting has been parodied and alluded to several times throughout his career and is part of what makes Osbourne famous.

On January 20, 1982, Osbourne bitten the head of a bat that he thought was rubber while performing at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Rolling Stone Magazine in 2004 put the second incident on the list of "Rock's Wildest Myths". While the Rolling Stone article states the bat is still alive, the 17-year-old Mark Neal who threw him on stage said it was taken to a dead show. According to Osbourne in the 2002 edition booklet of Diary of a Madman , the bat was not only alive but managed to bite it, so Osbourne was treated for rabies.

In 1984, California teenager John McCollum committed suicide while listening to Osbourne's "Suicide Solution". This song discusses the dangers of alcohol abuse. Mccollum committed suicide led to allegations that Osbourne promoted suicide in his songs. Despite knowing McCollum suffering from clinical depression, his parents sued Osbourne (McCollum v. CBS) over the death of their son, saying the lyrics in the song, "Where to hide, suicide is the only way out Don" "You know what it is about?" McCollum convinced suicide The family lawyer suggested that Osbourne should be sentenced for pushing a youth to commit suicide, but the court ruled in favor of Osbourne, saying there was no connection between the song and McCollum's suicide. Osbourne was sued for the same reason in 1991 ( Waller v. Osbourne ), by Michael Waller's parents, for $ 9 million, but the court voted in favor of Osbourne again.

In lawsuits filed in 2000 and 2002 dismissed by the courts in 2003, former Bob Daisley band members Lee Kerslake and Phil Soussan claimed that Osbourne had been delinquent paying their royalties and have rejected them for praise for the album they played. In November 2003, the Federal Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the dismissal by the US District Court for the Central District of California on a lawsuit filed by Daisley and Kerslake. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Osbourne did not owe royalty or credit to former band members who were released in 1981. To resolve the matter further, management chose to replace Daisley and Kerslake's contributions to the original master, replacing them with Robert Trujillo on bass and Mike Bordin on drums. The albums were then reissued. Original tracks since restored in accordance with the 30th anniversary of the album.

In July 2010, Osbourne and Tony Iommi decided to stop the litigation of Black Sabbath's trademark ownership. As reported to Blabbermouth , "Both parties are happy to put this behind them and work together for the future and want to know that the issue is never personal, it's always business."

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band members

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• Ozzy Osbourne - vokal (1979-sekarang)
• Zakk Wylde - lead guitar (1987-1992, 1995, 1998, 2001-2004, 2006-2009, 2017-sekarang)
• Rob "Blasko" Nicholson - bass (2003, 2006-present)
• Adam Wakeman - keyboard, gitar rhythm (2004-present)
• Tommy Clufetos - drum, perkusi (2010-sekarang)

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Diskografi

Black Sabbath

• Black Sabbath (1970)
• Paranoid (1970)
• Master of Reality (1971)
• Vol. 4 (1972)
• Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
• Sabotase (1975)
• Teknis Ekstasi (1976)
• Never Say Die! (1978)
• 13 (2013)

Album solo

• Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
• Diary of a Madman (1981)
• Bark at the Moon (1983)
• The Ultimate Sin (1986)
• Tidak Istirahat untuk Orang Jahat (1988)
• No More Tears (1991)
• Ozzmosis (1995)
• Down to Earth (2001)
• Di Bawah Sampul (2005)
• Black Rain (2007)
• Scream (2010)

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Tur

• Blizzard of Ozz Tour (1980-1981)
• Diary of a Madman Tour (1981-1982)
• Berbicara tentang Tur Iblis (1982-1983)
• Bark at the Moon Tour (1983-1985)
• The Ultimate Sin Tour (1986)
• Tidak Beristirahat untuk Tur Jahat (1988-1989)
• Tur Teater Kegilaan (1991-1992)
• Tidak Ada Lagi Tur Tur (1992)
• Pensiun Sucks Tour (1995-1996)
• The Ozzman Cometh Tour (1998)
• Tur Down to Earth (2001-2002)
• Tur Black Rain (2008)
• Scream World Tour (2010-2011)
• Ozzy and Friends Tour (2012)
• Tidak Ada Lagi Tur Tur II (2018)

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Filmografi

• Trick or Treat (1986) - Pdt. Aaron Gilstrom
• Penurunan Peradaban Barat Bagian II: Tahun Logam (1988) - Dirinya (Dokumenter)
• The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) - Band Manager
• South Park (1999) - Dirinya (suara)
• Little Nicky (2000) - Dirinya sendiri
• Moulin Rouge! (2001) - The Green Fairy (suara)
• Kekuatan Austin di Goldmember (2002) - Dirinya sendiri
• Dame Edna Live at the Palace (2003)
• Robbie the Reindeer di Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007) - Vicar (suara)
• BrÃÆ'¼tal Legend (2009) (Video Game) - The Guardian of Metal, Dadbat (suara)
• Gnomeo & amp; Juliet (2011) - Fawn (suara)
• Ikan Hooks (2011) - Earth Troll (suara)
• Howard Stern on Demand (2013) - Dirinya sendiri
• Bubble Guppies (2015) - Sid Fishy (suara)
• Ghostbusters (2016) - Dirinya sendiri
• The 7D (2016) - Adipati the Drear (suara)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - Fawn (suara)

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Lihat juga

• Black Sabbath
• Tony Iommi

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Referensi

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