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.