- Ozzy Osbourne - Wikipedia
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness" [3]
- Ozzy Osbourne | Biography, Music, Songs, Black Sabbath, Facts . . .
After his release, he sang in a number of local rock groups, eventually forming the rock band Earth with guitarist Tony Iommi To avoid confusion with another band of the same name, the group changed its name to Black Sabbath—after an old Boris Karloff movie
- Ozzy Osbourne - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
One of the founding fathers of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne helped birth the genre as a founding member of Black Sabbath After leaving Sabbath in the late '70s, he went on to form a hugely successful solo band, which has continued in one form or another ever since
- Ozzy Osbourne Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life Achievements
He formed his first musical band Rare Breed with Geezer Butler, but the band broke up after giving just two performances The duo decided to try again and recruited guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward and together formed a band initially called Earth
- Behind the Meaning and History of the Band Name: Black Sabbath
In 1968, the band known then as Mythology broke up, and Iommi, a guitarist, and Ward, a drummer, looked to create a heavy blues rock band in Birmingham They brought in bassist Butler and
- Black Sabbath fans think band would never have made it with original name
Emerging from Birmingham, England in 1968, the founding members were made up of guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and the unmistakable vocalist Ozzy Osbourne They've been lauded as the trailblazers of heavy metal, reshaping the rock music landscape
- Ozzy Osbourne - Age, Songs Family - Biography
Ozzy Osbourne rose to fame in the 1970s as the frontman of the seminal heavy metal band Black Sabbath, delivering such iconic songs as "War Pigs," "Iron Man" and "Paranoid "
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The name was one he had used temporarily a year before during a 3 month hiatus from Sabbath but now it was a permanent fixture with an all-star super group Their self-titled debut in 1980 was released on Don Arden's 'Jet' label
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