Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne, whose real name is John Michael Osbourne, was born on December 3, 1948 in the UK. The nickname "Ozzy", which he later chose for himself, was actually another nickname he received at school.

Due to financial difficulties in the family, Osborne is expelled from school at the age of 15. The future rock musician had to work as an assistant plumber, an auto mechanic, and a gravedigger. However, the routine physical work did not suit the young Osborne, and he served several months for theft.

However, he realized what his purpose was after leaving prison. As the lead singer of the group Music Machine, he soon realized that he wanted to create his own group. He ran a newspaper ad to which Terence Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward responded. They were called "Earth". However, they soon changed the name to "Black Sabbath" - that was the title of their first song.

The group quickly became popular, but Osborne left in the late seventies.

After that, he begins a solo career, again recruiting musicians by ad. They released their first album, Blizzard of Ozz, and embarked on a concert tour in the fall of 1980. The collective needed a contract with a record company, but signing it was not at all easy. Only the CBS studio agreed to collaborate with Osborne, although it was rather cool about this project. Ozzy decided to impress at the company office, but instead of releasing the two pigeons he brought into the building as intended, he released one and bit off the head of the other.

The photographs appeared in newspapers, drawing the attention of young people to Osborne.

A year later, Ozzy and the musicians recorded their second album - "The Diary of a Madman". And although the album did not become very successful, Osborne's concerts were always held with a large number of people, and all because the musician threw raw meat into the audience.

Osborne recorded a live album, Talk of the Devil, comprised of Black Sabbath material, as well as 1986's The Ultimate Sin, and toured in support of both albums.

After releasing several more albums, Osborne disappeared for a while, but already in 1995 he recorded the album "Ozzmosis", which can be considered the most successful since the first two albums.

In 1997, Black Sabbath reunited with the original lineup for an international tour. However, the album was never released, and all the musicians returned to their own creativity.

June 22, 2010 the release of the tenth solo album "Scream"

In 2012 Ozzy Osbourne's single "Beliver" was released.