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| + | The debut album '''Black Sabbath''' was recorded in only 12hours but it defined and created a whole new genre: The Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath were the first band to use low and doomy riffs based on the blues sclae with guitar solos and Ozzy's melacholic vocals. Their vocals were about death and insanity and created a very dark atmosphere that oftern related the band to ''Satanism''. | ||
| + | The Bands music became popular in Great Britain pretty fast, their second Album '''Paranoid''' entered the charts on #1 and sold over 4 million times. With thier following albums the band became more an more famous and Ozzy fell victim to the '''Rock and Roll''' lifestyle: He became addicted to drugs and alcohol. His addiction was unbearable to the other band members so that Ozzy was thrown out of the band in 1979. | ||
== Solo Career == | == Solo Career == | ||
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Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne (born as John Michael Osbourne 12.09.1948 in Aston, Uk) is a Rock-vocalist. He was the frontman of the first Metal Band Black Sabbath, has a successfull solo-career and was the star of his own reality-TV show The Osbournes.
Childhood
John Michael Osbourne was born as the fourth of six children of working-class couple Jack and Lillian Osbbourne. His father beeing a mechanist and his mother working in a char-factory, the Osbournes lived in lower-class two-room appartement. Ozzy attended school until he was 15 years old, he also got his nickname Ozzy from his school years. He started working with 15 years to support his parents but his jobs as butcher or plumber were badly paid. He became a thief and robber to get more money and was arrested for six months. In prison, he tattooed himself his nickname onto his fingers which became his trademark. After his released he became a singer for local bands. A bassist called Terry Geezer Butler answered on Osbournes add to form a blues band. Toghether with local guitarist Toni Iommi and drummer Bill Ward the Band Earth was founded in 1968, which was renamed into Black Sabbath in 1969.
Black Sabbath
With the name change the band also changed their style from playing blues and rock and roll: The idea was to play terrifying music. The debut album Black Sabbath was recorded in only 12hours but it defined and created a whole new genre: The Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath were the first band to use low and doomy riffs based on the blues sclae with guitar solos and Ozzy's melacholic vocals. Their vocals were about death and insanity and created a very dark atmosphere that oftern related the band to Satanism. The Bands music became popular in Great Britain pretty fast, their second Album Paranoid entered the charts on #1 and sold over 4 million times. With thier following albums the band became more an more famous and Ozzy fell victim to the Rock and Roll lifestyle: He became addicted to drugs and alcohol. His addiction was unbearable to the other band members so that Ozzy was thrown out of the band in 1979.
Solo Career
Personal Facts
Ozzy's Guitarists
Discography
--ZakkWylde 14:02, 17 May 2008 (CEST)
