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Posted by: ZakkWylde May 19 2008, 07:26 PM

This is my article about the Prince of Darkness and Madman Ozzy Osbourne

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Ozzy_Osbourne

Suggestions and help with typos would be nice

Posted by: Smells May 19 2008, 07:35 PM

Cool article, Ozzy has so many facts and stories that you could write a huge article on him, one suggestion is for the links on the guitarists, theres already an article on Jake E Lee etc so your article will link to that also.

Possibly some extra content that you could include in there but on the whole I thought it was good and informative

I`ll give it a 4

Posted by: Guitarman700 May 19 2008, 07:39 PM

nicely done, but tony iommi actually picked ozzy for black sabbath, not the other way around. tony iommi pretty much IS black sabbath. from wikipedia " Following the breakup of their previous band Mythology in 1968, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward sought to form a heavy blues band in Aston, Birmingham, England. The group enlisted bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, who had played together in a band called Rare Breed. The new group was initially named The Polka Tulk Blues Company, and also featured slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips and saxophonist Alan "Aker" Clarke. After shortening the name to Polka Tulk, the band changed their name to Earth, and continued as a four-piece without Phillips and Clarke.[4][5] Earth played club shows in England, Denmark, and Germany, with sets consisting of cover songs by Jimi Hendrix, Blue Cheer, and Cream; as well as lengthy improvised blues jams. In December 1968, Tony Iommi abruptly left Earth to join Jethro Tull.[6] Although his stint with the band would be short-lived, Iommi made an appearance with Jethro Tull on the The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV show. Unsatisfied with the direction of Jethro Tull, Iommi returned to Earth in January 1969. "It just wasn't right, so I left", Iommi said. "At first I thought Tull were great, but I didn't much go for having a leader in the band, which was Ian Anderson's way. When I came back from Tull, I came back with a new attitude altogether. They taught me that to get on you got to work for it".[7]

While playing shows in England in 1969, the band discovered they were being mistaken for another English group named Earth, and decided to again change their name. A movie theater across the street from the band's rehearsal room was showing the 1963 Boris Karloff horror film Black Sabbath. While watching people line up to see the film, Osbourne noted that it was "strange that people spend so much money to see scary movies".[8] Butler wrote a song titled "Black Sabbath" after reading a book by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, and seeing a black-hooded figure standing at the foot of his bed.[9] Making use of the musical tritone, also known as "The Devil's Interval", the song's ominous sound and dark lyrics pushed the band in a darker direction, a stark contrast to the popular music of the late 1960s, which was dominated by flower power, folk music, and hippie culture. Inspired by the new sound, the band changed their name to Black Sabbath in August 1969, and made the decision to focus writing similar material, in an attempt to create the musical equivalent of horror films." hope this helps!

Posted by: Fran May 19 2008, 07:43 PM

Interesting read, Ozzy rocksSsSsS!

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea May 19 2008, 10:17 PM

interesting wiki