Ozzy Osbourne - Biography - IMDb Ozzy Osbourne Biography Showing all 113 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (8) | Trivia (54) | Personal Quotes (43) | Salary (1) Overview (4) The Godfather of Heavy Metal The Prince of Darkness 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Born in Birmingham, England, after leaving school and having many odd jobs he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler . This group then split leading Ozzy and Geezer to join Tony Iommi and Bill Ward in a new band that went under several names (including Earth) that ended up being called Black Sabbath after a song of the same name that appeared on their first album (released 1969/70). He recorded several more albums with Sabbath despite the decline of his relationship with Tony Iommi, which after several break ups led to him leaving/being fired from the band in 1979. After a short time he launched a solo career with a line up behind him that varied immensely from album to album and tour to tour.

During the 80's he was treated several times for alcoholism and was sued twice for the suicides of some of his young fans (cleared completely). Following his No More Tears album he declared he would tour for the last time. In 1991, on his last date he reformed briefly on stage with Black Sabbath for three songs. However a much talked about reformation tour fell through and Ozzy seemed to go into retirement, his bassist ( Mike Inez ) joined Alice in Chains and the guitarist ( Zakk Wylde ) formed his own band, Pride and Glory. Now however he is recording a new album and has said he intends to tour again. The album should be out in the summer of 1995 and the tour should be shortly after. Geezer Butler has now quit Sabbath (again) and rejoined Ozzy (he played bass for him on tour during the mid to late 80's) and should play on the new album. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Oliver Spouse (2) Slurred, mumbling voice Trivia (54) Wife Sharon Osbourne is the daughter of his original manager, Don Arden .

Arden dropped Osbourne, Sharon took over as his manager, and later married him. Ozzy has long said that "Suicide Solution", a song about the dangers of alcoholism, was written as a tribute to former AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott (Bon Scott) who had died an alcohol-related death in 1980. However in 2002, the writer of "Suicide Solution (Ozzy's former bassist and main lyricist, Bob Daisley ), revealed that the song actually alluded to Ozzy himself. His song "Suicide Solution" created controversy when a fan committed suicide. The fan's parents alleged that Ozzy was responsible and sued him. The suit was cleared completely. Every single one of his solo albums (of original material) has gone multi-platinum. Was born the 4th of 6 children to Jack and Lillian Osbourne. His brothers are Paul and Tony, and his sisters are Jean, Iris, and Gillian. His father died in 1977. Daughter Aimee Osbourne opted out of appearing in the MTV reality show 'The Osbournes', but his and Sharon's two other children, Kelly and Jack, agreed to take part.

Had two children from his first marriage (to Thelma Mayfair): Jessica Osbourne (born 1972) and Louis Osbourne (born 1975). He also adopted his first wife's son, Elliot Kingsley (born 1966), from a previous marriage. His children with second wife Sharon Osbourne are Aimee Osbourne (born 9-2-83), Kelly Osbourne (born 10-27-84), and Jack Osbourne (born 11-8-85). Formed a band called Law after leaving Black Sabbath in 1979. They played 2 gigs before he changed their name to the Blizzard of Oz. Claims he sleeps with a bayonet under his bed. With wife Sharon Osbourne , he announced that the family had agreed to a deal with MTV, worth a reported $20 million, to do two more seasons of The Osbournes (2002), the highest rated show in the history of the channel. [May 2002] (May 4, 2002) The Osbournes meet with US President George W.

Bush while attending the annual Correspondents' Association dinner. The cover of his 1988 album "No Rest for the Wicked" created controversy; it seemingly depicts himself seated and young children gathered around a Satanic shrine. Arrested in September 1989 after attempting to strangle wife Sharon Osbourne while drunk. He awoke in jail the next day not knowing why he was there. He and Sharon reconciled in October 1990 after Ozzy endured extensive drug rehabilitation. The cover of his 1982 live album "Speak of the Devil" was partially censored in some stores. The cover depicted a fanged Ozzy with blood (actually raspberry jelly) oozing from his mouth. The stores put a sticker over his mouth to obscure the "blood". Once Ozzy discovered this, he demanded that the sticker be removed or he would have his record company pull the album from those stores. Not wanting to lose the album sales of an Ozzy Osbourne recording, the stores adhered to Ozzy's wishes.

(April 12th, 2002) Honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Some of his many tattoos include the letters O-Z-Z-Y across his left knuckles, happy faces on both knees, "THANKS" on his right palm, a red hooded ghoul on his left chest, and a blue dragon on his right chest. The first two were self-made during a brief time in jail in the late 1960s. Father of Kelly Osbourne , Jack Osbourne , and Aimee Osbourne by current wife Sharon Osbourne ; and of Jessica Osbourne and Louis Osbourne by first wife Thelma Reilly. Black Sabbath 's name came from a 1963 film ( Black Sabbath (1963)) starring Boris Karloff . Sabbath's early songs reflected the same types of themes that were the centerpiece of those movies. Ozzy later named one of his solo albums "Diary of a Madman", the title ( Diary of a Madman (1963)) of a 1963 Vincent Price horror film.

Was one of the first "shock rockers." Throws a bucket of water on the audience at his concerts. Resides in Buckinghamshire, England and Los Angeles, California, USA. On December 8th, 2003 he was seriously injured while riding his ATV quad bike on the grounds of his Buckinghamshire estate in England. The accident occurred while he was taking a day off from his hectic promotional schedule surrounding the UK release of "Changes" - a duet with his daughter Kelly. He broke his collarbone, six ribs and a vertebra in his neck. The injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, though he has undergone some surgery. His remake with daughter Kelly Osbourne of the Black Sabbath song "Changes" went straight to #1 in the UK when it was released a week after his quad-bike accident. Reunited with Black Sabbath in 1985 for the Live Aid (1985) festival, and again in November of 1992 for the last night of Ozzy's so-called "final" tour. After the success of this show, the idea of a new Black Sabbath record and full tour was proposed, and the contracts were written up.

However, Ozzy decided at the last minute not to sign them. It wasn't until December of 1997 that all four original members reunited again, to perform and record what would become the live album "Reunion". Before the success of The Osbournes (2002), he was known by most people as "the singer who bites heads off bats". This rumor traces back to one isolated incident. On January 20, 1982, at a concert in Des Moines, a bat wound up on stage, which had either been stuck in the rafters or thrown up there by a crazed fan. Osbourne bit it for a goof, thinking it was a rubber toy. He had to take a week of rabies shots. Despite a $25,000 donation later that year to the SPCA, the bat story grew to be an urban legend of its own, to the point where even numerous unrelated heavy metal bands were commonly accused of ritualistically killing live animals on stage. Is a fan of football club Aston Villa Son-in-law of Don Arden . Was the victim of a burglary at his Buckinghamshire (UK) home in November 2004.

Almost £2 million worth of jewellery was stolen. Discovered only after he grew up that he is dyslexic, after being told for years that the reason he had trouble reading in school was because he was "dumb". His favorite band is The Beatles , who inspired him to become a musician when Beatlemania spread worldwide. When he started out in music, the demand for rock singers in his hometown of Birmingham was so strong that anyone with their own microphone and PA amplifier could get a paying gig. Osbourne's father paid for the equipment, to spare him having to work a menial job after his failures in school. Former neighbour of Pat Boone . Boone's cover of "Crazy Train" was used as the theme for "The Osbournes". Black Sabbath was voted the 85th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone. Diagnosed with Parkinson's Syndrome and will have to take daily medication for the rest of his life to combat the involuntary shudders associated with the condition. [May 2005] He had a vasectomy in 1986.

His dad's death in 1977 lead to several hospitalizations due to his depression Was present for the births of children Jessica Osbourne , Aimee Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne , but not those of Louis Osbourne and Jack Osbourne . Grandfather of Isabelle, whose mother is Ozzy's daughter Jessica Osbourne. Uncle of Terry Longden . Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. (16 November 2005). As a child/teen, his family was so poor that there was no running water in their house. His nickname "Ozzy" was actually a name that schoomates taunted him with as a child/teen. In 2007, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Black Sabbath) and honored at the VH1 Rock Honors (as a solo artist.). Was sued in recent years by former bandmates Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake for royalties on the Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman.

Ozzy retaliated by deleting their parts from the albums entirely and rerecording them with his then-current band. Made several suicide attempts as a teenager. The song title S.A.T.O. (from the Diary of a Madman album album) is actually his wife's initials (Sharon Arden Thelma Osbourne.). Is a Vegetarian. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The 2009 Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $147 million. Much like the Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, he has a "Walk of Stars" star on Broad Street, Birmingham, England. Lives in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and Los Angeles, California. Touring the U.S. with Black Sabbath for the annual summer concert series, "Ozzfest". [June 2004] Starring in the MTV reality show The Osbournes (2002), along with his wife and two of his children. [2002] Release of his autobiography, "I Am Ozzy" by Ozzy with Chris Ayres .

[February 2010] Personal Quotes (43) The lifestyle I've been living for the last 30 years, I could have been dead a thousand times. They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' -- this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars. I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff. [on kicking drugs and alcohol for the first time] All I have to say is this. Sobriety F***ing Sucks! The only black magic Sabbath ever got into was a box of chocolates. My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk. Sometimes I think my whole career and life has only been about a bloody Bat! I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off...and the nightmare continues. A life of booze, drugs and unprotected sex is only going to f*** you up! I mean, look at me! I couldn't be a royal.

It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl. (Black) Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace. Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself. Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most Could be worse . . . I could be Sting . Viagra's a great sleeping drug. I take Viagra, and Sharon goes right to sleep. LA's not a good place to grow old. It's a Paris Hilton -getting-fucked-up-the-arse kind of town . . . a town full of ambulance chasers. I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them. Recalling an LSD trip: "There were these horses in a field. They were talking to me." The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life! I knew I was in trouble when I couldn't make it offstage quick enough to get whatever variety of shit I was tipping down me.

I thought to myself: There are people working in gas stations, and all these menial jobs, to put money aside to see the Ozzfest, and I'm more interested in going back to the hotel, and doing a bag of white powder, or whatever shit it is I'm on. It wasn't as if I had a list, I didn't have a resumé saying Tuesday - have a pint, strangle the wife, Wednesday - get bail. [on Sharon Osbourne 's colon cancer diagnosis] I freaked out. She's the love of my life, and she's also, like, the controller. I couldn't sleep with her for nine months because I was scared of waking up and she'd died in the night. People thought ['_The Osbournes_'] was scripted but it wasn't. They'd sit there with five cameras pointing in all directions just for you to slip on a dog turd or something. One day, my son and I were arguing and he said: "Do you mind if people laugh with you, or at you?" And I said I didn't give a shit, so long as they were laughing.

But really, I was thinking, I wouldn't like to know for a fact that they're laughing at me. One night in Hamburg, I painted my face purple, and didn't realise it was indelible. So I had to walk around Hamburg for the next three days with a purple head! This has all been such an amazing journey for me. I can vividly remember sitting on the step of my house in Aston, just tripping about what it would be like to be a Beatle. And then, here I am at 58, and I'm at [ Elton John ]'s party. All these megastars are there, Paul McCartney or whatever. And there's me with them, standing with all these people I used to admire. It's like I've been in the music industry for 30, 40 years, and it's just been incredible really. I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots. I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead.

I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over? I suppose Americans get a kick out of watching a crazy Brit family like us make complete fools of ourselves every week. shing longtime rumors] I'm not a Satanist. I don't worship the Devil. You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world. I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night. They keep 'em as clean as they possibly could, but prisons are to punish people, so they don't exactly have room service, you know. [on "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins ] That drum fill is the best ever - it still sounds awesome. [on WAAF FM in Boston when hearing that the Spice Girls were playing the date between two OzzFest dates] We can all get blow jobs! I think Christmas is the biggest load of bollocks ever. [on leaving Black Sabbath ] I'm not in the band anymore because of musical differences. They were musical. I was different. I'm an alcoholic. And the most unnatural thing for an alcoholic is not to drink.

So every now and again I'll just go and have a few drinks. But it catches up with you and bites you in the butt, you know? I'm sure I'd been exposed to other songs, but I think the first one that had a real effect on me was "She Loves You" by The Beatles . It was just magic - it was like being hit by a bolt of lightning. I even remember where I was and what I was doing. I was walking down the road in Aston one day, with my light blue transistor radio, and this song came on. I thought, 'What the fuck is that?' It changed my life forever, and at that point I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I never knew it would turn out the way it did - it turned out way bigger than my wildest expectations - but I knew that I wanted to be the singer in a band. John Lennon was so great with words. He had an amazing way of turning out ridiculous lyrics but making them sound interesting and clever. Sometimes I like more straightforward lyrics, but at the same time, I'm a fan of lyrics that do a number on my head. Every time I did drugs, I would come close to death.

It got to the point where I would worry about choking on my own vomit, so I would have to sleep face down. I do it even to this day... I'm very lucky to be alive and realize that. Nearly all the friends I used to get pissed with are now dead. I am living on borrowed time. The biggest thing in my life were The Beatles . For four lads who came from the back streets, they showed the way out. When people ask me what made me get into rock and roll, I tell them it was when I first heard The Beatles . It was then that I decided that my life will be in music. Thank G-d for The Beatles . No music mogul created Black Sabbath , so no music mogul could tell Black Sabbath what to do. A couple have tried. We simply told them where to shove it. Not many bands can do that nowadays.

Salary (1) 25 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Tries to Kill His Wife 25 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Tries to Kill His Wife By Jeff Giles September 2, 2014 10:07 AM REDDIT Chris Weeks, Getty Images Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have been through a lot over the course of their long marriage, but they’ve always managed to pull through intact — even after Ozzy blacked out and tried to kill his wife on Sept. 2, 1989. As with quite a few of the events that put Ozzy on the front page of the tabloids in the ’80s, substance abuse was involved. Osbourne’s chemical dependencies had put him at something of a low ebb at the end of the decade, and although he’d recently scored another Top 20 platinum hit with his ‘ No Rest for the Wicked ‘ album, his personal life was about to hit bottom. “There was a really bad atmosphere in the house, very hostile,” Sharon said in 2005. “I knew that something was going to happen. He went to bed. I was reading downstairs.

He came down in his underpants, sat on the sofa right opposite me and said, ‘We’ve come to a decision.’ I was like, ‘Yeah’ — sort of sarcastic — ‘What’s the decision?’ and he said, ‘We’re very sorry but you’re going to have to die. There’s no other option.'” Just as unfazed as you might be if you lived with Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon initially tried to shrug it off. “I said, ‘Yeah, shut up, f— off,’ and he jumped on me and his whole body weight was on top of me,” she continued. “He had his hands around my neck, he landed on top of me, I just kept thinking, ‘The kids, the kids, you cannot do this, I’m not ready.'” Fortunately, Sharon and Ozzy weren’t alone, and the altercation ended before things took a turn toward the homicidal. The next thing he knew, the Prince of Darkness was in a filthy jail cell, getting a lecture from the police. “I used to black out a lot,” Osbourne recalled during a discussion with the London Evening Standard .

“And my biggest fear was waking up in a police cell and having an old lady say to a police officer, ‘Yes, that’s the guy who ran my husband down,’ or ‘That’s the guy who hit my son over the head with an axe. It used to terrify me. And then it happened — that day when I woke up in this little single cell with human s— up the walls — and I thought, ‘What the f— have I done now? Has one of my practical jokes backfired?'” It was no joke, as Osbourne soon discovered. “I asked a police officer. I said: ‘What am I here for?’ I hadn’t got a f—ing clue. It’s the most horrific feeling. He read me a piece of paper, and said, ‘You’re charged with attempting to murder Mrs. Sharon Osbourne.’ I can’t tell you how I felt. I just went numb.” In the end, the Osbournes found their way back together, following a court-mandated separation and a trip to rehab.

Once he found his way on the wagon, Osbourne dedicated himself to moving forward as a better man — but to their credit, neither he nor Sharon made any attempt to whitewash the past. “I regret trying to kill Sharon,” Ozzy admitted after the 2009 publication of his autobiography, ‘I Am Ozzy.’ “It wasn’t my plan to go out, get pissed, try to strangle her and wake up in jail.” Sharon Osbourne - Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star - Biography.com Female Talk Show Hosts Synopsis Sharon Osbourne was born on October 9, 1952, in London. Osbourne, and the rest of her family, gained major media attention after appearing on the MTV reality series The Osbournes in 2002. By appearing on the show with her family, Sharon Osbourne cemented her status as a caring and appealing mother and wife who was more than just Mrs. Osbourne. After the end of the show, she has gone on to manage the career of her daughter, Kelly Osbourne, and judge the reality competition America's Got Talent from 2007 to 2012 as well as Britain's The X Factor.

Since 2010, Osbourne's been a panelist on daytime talk show, The Talk. Early Life Music manager and promoter, reality television star, author, talk show host and entertainer Sharon Osbourne was born on October 9, 1952, in London, England. The daughter of music manager and concert producer Don Arden, Sharon Osbourne grew up surrounded by rock musicians. As a teenager, she went to work for her father as a receptionist, and later moved up in the business, working in promotions. Her life took a new direction not long after her father began managing the heavy metal group Black Sabbath in 1976. The band's lead singer, Ozzy Osbourne, had a dark, demonic persona and was known for his wild antics on and off stage. In fact, he was kicked out of the group for his substance abuse problems in 1979. At that time, Sharon Osbourne took him on as a client, and became his manager. This move caused a rift between her and her father—one that took decades to mend. Relationship with Ozzy Sharon fell in love with Ozzy, but they experienced troubles in their early days, struggling with substance abuse and engaging in intense fights.

The two were married on July 4, 1982, but their darkest day was around the corner. In 1989, Ozzy was arrested after trying to strangle Sharon while he was under the influence of illicit substances. He spent several months in a mental health facility after the incident. The couple have three children together, Aimee (b. 1983), Kelly (b. 1984) and Jack (b. 1985). Despite their personal problems, the Osbournes were a successful business team. Sharon helped launch and maintain Ozzy's solo career, during which he sold millions of records. She also managed other rock acts, including her daughter Kelly, the Smashing Pumpkins and Lita Ford. As concert producer, Osbourne also created the hugely successful Ozzfest, a touring concert festival featuring a variety of new and established heavy metal bands. 'The Osbournes' on MTV Sharon also negotiated a deal with the MTV cable network for a reality series featuring her family. Like a twisted, curse-filled version of the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Osbournes debuted in the spring of 2002.

The show captivated audiences, who were intrigued by shock-rocker Ozzy's softer side as a doting—if somewhat spacey—father. Fans also loved Sharon's blunt and direct parenting style, and couldn't help but watch the two youngest Osbourne children as they battled their way through their sibling rivalries. Their eldest daughter, Aimee, declined to participate in the series. Before filming started on the second season of the show, Sharon Osbourne discovered that she had colon cancer. Rather than cancel the show, however, Sharon allowed cameras to film her treatment. Osbourne had surgery, and eventually entered remission. After her recovery, she established the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation to help others battling the disease. The show continued to follow the highs and lows of the outlandish-but-loving Osbourne family until 2005. As a producer on the show, Sharon received two Emmy Award nominations. More Television Success Osbourne also continued to further her television career by hosting her own daytime talk show. The Sharon Osbourne Show lasted from 2003 to 2004 in the United States, and was later revived in Great Britain.

Over the next few years, Osbourne raised her public profile, becoming a judge on the British talent show The X Factor (2004-07) and writing the incredibly candid, best-selling book Extreme: My Autobiography (2006). In 2009, Osbourne won a public apology and libel damages after UK tabloid magazine The Sun reported that Osbourne was driving her rock star husband "to destruction." In addition, the article claimed that Sharon was working the former Black Sabbath frontman "so hard she will kill him," alleging that she forced the rock icon to perform a series of live shows in order to fund her expensive lifestyle. Her lawyer told London's High Court that the October 2007 allegations were "entirely without foundation" and "obviously extremely distressing, hurtful and damaging." In recent years, Osbourne has again found success as a reality television personality. Since 2007, she has appeared as a judge on America's Got Talent. Osbourne also joined the cast for the 2010 season of The Celebrity Apprentice, battling against the likes of Joan Rivers, Cyndi Lauper, and Bret Michaels for a chance to win money for charity.

She released her debut novel, Revenge, which hit bookstores in England that same year. Also in 2010, Osbourne made her return to American daytime television as a co-host of The Talk. She and her colleagues, including Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen and Aisha Tyler, discuss current events and issues on this popular talk show. Audiences continue to tune in to the show, which is still going strong six years later. She also reprised her role as judge/mentor on The X Factor in 2013 and 2016. Marriage Troubles In May 2016 Sharon and Ozzy announced their plans to divorce after 33 years of marriage. It was reported that the split came after Sharon learned of Ozzy's alleged affair with a celebrity hair stylist, according to US Weekly . However, two months later the couple that had endured so many ups and downs together decided to make their relationship work. On July 25, Sharon announced their reconciliation on her show The Talk. "It's been very hard . . .He's very embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct," she said. "I forgive, [but] it's going to take a long time to trust.

But you know, we've been together for 36 years, 34 of marriage, and it's more than half of my life and I just can't think of my life without him... even though he is a dog!” Ozzy, appearing on Good Morning America with their son Jack, also said the marriage was not over. “It’s just a bump in the road,” he said. "It's back on track again.” Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information Ozzy Osbourne | Biography, News, Photos and Videos | Contactmusic.com Biography Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, 3.12.1948) Ozzy Osbourne is an English heavy metal star and the front man of Black Sabbath. He is often dubbed the Prince of Darkness. Childhood: Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham, England. His parents were Jack, a toolmaker at GEC, Lillian, a worker at the car firm Lucas. He also had five siblings who he lived with in a small 2 bedroomed house.

As a child he suffered from dyslexia and various other learning disabilities but took part in school plays despite his academic underachievement. He left school at 15 and had various labour jobs including plumbing and working in a slaughterhouse. He was imprisoned for six weeks as a teenager after failing to pay a fine for shoplifting. Musical career: Ozzy Osbourne began his music career in 1967 with Geezer Butler in a duo called Rare Breed but they broke up after two shows. They reunited in Polka Tulk Blues with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward but later renamed themselves Earth. However, after a mix up with another band of the same name, they changed it to Black Sabbath in 1969, after the 1963 Italian horror film. The band incorporated horror, gloominess and the occult in their shows and songs. The 'Black Sabbath' song was inspired by a ghostly apparition that was witnessed by Butler after reading an occult book given to him by Ozzy. Their debut and second albums 'Black Sabbath' and 'Paranoid' were certified platinum and they garnered much airplay in the beginning of the career but were initially not so popular with music critics.

In 1978, he left the band in favour of a solo porject called 'Blizzard of Ozz'. He soon re-joined, however, at the rest of the band's request but was to leave yet again in 1979 when he was fired for his excessive drug abuse. He was replaced by Ronnie James Dio. In 1980, he reunited The Blizzard of Ozz under the management of Sharon Arden with drummer Lee Kerslake, bassist Bob Daisley, keyboardist Don Airey and guitarist Randy Rhoads. The self-titled debut was credited just under Ozzy's name and reached number 7 on the UK chart. It also contained his well-known singles 'Crazy Train' and 'Mr Crowley'. He has noted that his second album, 'Diary of a Madman', was his favourite of his albums despite not being one of the best selling. In 1982, guitarist Rhoads was killed in a plane crash piloted by their tour bus driver Andrew Aycock who also died along with the band's hairdresser who was also on board. Ozzy witnessed the incident and subsequently suffered from depression.

Bernie Torme replaced Rhoads briefly before Brad Gillis took over. They later released a live tribute album for Rhoads. In 1983, Jake E. Lee joined the band to record third album 'Bark at the Moon', the title track of which became a fan favourite. Lee left in 1987. In 1987, he remembered the fifth anniversary of Rhoads' death with an album of live recordings, 'Tribute', from previous years. In 1988, he appeared in 'The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years' documentary. Zakk Wylde became a new Rhoads replacement who helped record 'No Rest for the Wicked'. The resulting tour saw Ozzy reunite with Geezer Butler on bass and they later released live EP 'Just Say Ozzy'. Butler toured with Ozzy for the next four tours. In 1994, Ozzy was presented with a Grammy for his track 'I Don't Want to Change the World' from live album 'Live & Loud'.

Following the release of that album, he announced he would embark on his last tour 'No More Tours' though he returned to touring and recording in 1995 with his album 'Ozzmosis' and tour 'The Retirement Sucks Tour'. Wylde was replaced in 1996 after failing to make a decision on his own musical future. His biggest success of the nineties was Ozzfest first held in Phoenix, Arizona then in Devore, California in 1996. 5 million people have attended the festival since its inception and Ozzy became the first metal star to earn $50 million in merchandise sales. He reunited with the original line-up of Black Sabbath in 1997 and still makes occasional appearances with them. In 2005, he and Sharon were part of the MTV competition show 'Battle for Ozzfest' - a battle of the bands style contest. In 2001, Ozzy released 'Down to Earth' which featured the globally charting track 'Dreamer'. In 2002, he performed 'Paranoid' at the Party at the Palace concert at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

He had his first ever UK number one single in the shape of 'Changes' - a duet he did with his daughter Kelly. In 2005, he released a box set called Prince of Darkness which included live performances, B-sides, demos, singles, duets and some new material. In 2009, Ozzy featured on Slash's single 'Crucify The Dead'. In 2010, as part of the release of his album 'Scream', he held an album signing in Birmingham whereby the first 400 fans recieved wristbands for free access to an intimate show later at the Birmingham Town Hall. In 2011, the original Black Sabbath line up announced that they would reunite for a world tour and an album entitled '13' though Bill Ward dropped out. Ozzy Osbourne: Other career ventures Ozzy Osbourne had his own reality TV show entitled 'The Osbournes' featuring Sharon, Jack and Kelly and it was a major MTV hit. They then hosted the 30th Annual American Music Awards in 2003 which was filled with bleeps from their repeated swearing.

In 2008, they hosted the 2008 BRIT Awards. Ozzy has made an appearance in a World of Warcraft commercial. In 2009, he published autobiography 'I Am Ozzy'. Personal Life: Ozzy Osbourne married his first wife Thelma Riley in 1972 and had two children named Louis and Jessica. He also adopted her son Elliot Kingsley. They later divorced due to his drug abuse and constant touring. He married his manager Sharon Arden and had three children; Aimee, Kelly and Jack; as well as unofficially adopting their friend Robert Marcato. He has six grandchildren. He has properties in both Los Angeles and Buckinghamshire. He has more than 15 tattoos including OZZY across his knuckles which he did himself. He has struggled with drugs and alcohol addictions for most of his life though he is now both clean and sober. His relationship with Sharon was tumultuous with the pair often physically fighting. In 1989, he even dried to strangle her to death after excessive drug taking.

In 1982 he was arrested urinating on a memorial while wearing his wife's dress and he was banned from San Antonio for 10 years. In 1984 he was arrested in Memphis for being drunk and disorderly. He has suffered with tremors for several years which he found out in 2005 was related to Parkin Syndrome. In 2003, he had an accident with an all-terrain vehicle where he broke his collarbone, ribs and vertebra. He did, however, subsequently recover. Biography by Contactmusic.com Ozzy's First Wife & Children... The Ozzy Era Ozzy's First Wife & Children... If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Ozzy's First Wife & Children... Are there ever any pictures of her? What happened to her? Is she still living? I know the two kids had a bit part on the documentary, "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne"..

and there was a picture shown of her in the film, I believe. She was very pretty lady. Ozzy seems to be very unattached to his first family. I wonder why this is? "...live for today, tomorrow never comes..." Posts 2,765 If I had to guess, based on his book and the documentary Ozzy wasn't very good to that family and was abusive towards them. My memory on this subject is hazy but last I heard Ozzy doesn't get along with his daughter but his son is still a part of his life. Here are a few pictures of Ozzy and Thelma: 1971 wedding 1972 ozzy thelma and jessica ozzy thelma jessica and elliot late 72 1973 elliot thelma jessica ozzy 1975 thelma and spock wall atrocity college 1976 thelma jessica louis elliot 1978 06 01 hammersmith odeon london Posts 2,765 Jesus, Ozzy was so depressed he opened a wine bar?

Guess he wasn't kidding when he said he figured he'd spend the rest of his life as a bartender... 4,795 Wow, lovely gal! The dog's name is Pete. If he tries to mount you in the middle of the night, say "no" sternly. But don't look him in the eye. 180 Thanks for the pictures! I've never seen many of those before. It seems once Sharon came onto the picture- Ozzy's old life was conveniently smudged out... lol ---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ---------- Originally Posted by David86 I have always believed that Thelma is much prettier than Sharon. Today Sharon has got her by a long shot though. As Thelma looks 65. But Sharon of course has the celebraty and the surgeries and so on to keep a younger look. Some people also me now know that Thelma made Ozzy's outfits back in the day. Even into the Blizzard of Ozz era. Last edited by axeman_12656; 06-09-2013 at 08:11 PM.

I have always believed that Thelma is much prettier than Sharon. For that matter, the last deuce I dropped is prettier than that evil hag Sharon! The blind men shout "Let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers." The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime time Belsen feast ... yeah! As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy. We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies. Posts 1,134 I believe Ozzy's song You Know Pt. 1 off of Down to Earth is about his daughter Jessica from his first marriage. Originally Posted by Master of Insanity Are there ever any pictures of her? What happened to her? Is she still living? I know the two kids had a bit part on the documentary, "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne".. and there was a picture shown of her in the film, I believe. She was very pretty lady. Ozzy seems to be very unattached to his first family. I wonder why this is? I wonder why myself, you never forget your kids, they are always a part of you, no matter the differences between you and your ex.

"Without Black Sabbath there never would have been an Ozzy, and without Ozzy there never would have been a Black Sabbath" "If there ever was a band whose voice is so significant and distinct, that band is Black Sabbath and the voice is Ozzy Osbourne" ________________________________________OzzyIsDio_ (YoY) Posts 1,941 Sad to say this about my hero but Ozzy was in his 20s with Money, Drugs and the world in the palm of his hand. He simply didn't have time for his family. He regrets that now and speaks about it in his book. I recall him saying in it somewhere that if he could do anything over again he would have treated Thelma better. He said she didn't deserve to be treated the way he treated her. And to this day she calls him John. Very few people call him John. And to this day she calls him John. Very few people call him John. Probably only his sisters and brother. Wow, Thelma in '71-'72 really look alot like Jessica in God Bless O. O. If i interpreted his book right, this wasn't a very well thought trough marriage.

It was more like "i've gone from being a dirt-poor nobody to a wealthy rock-star, and now i can have the prettiest girl in the class"-kinda thing... Though Ozzy wasn't the best father when he was still around, i think it really hurt him that he lost touch with the kids after the divorce. But back in the early 80's it was still pretty usual for the man to loose all contact with the family under such circumstances I thought that if God could see us killing each other in his name, heï¿½d be disgusted. Geezer Butler Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it Til ï¿½rs ok friï¿½ar ok forn siï¿½r Ozzy Osbourne | The Official Ozzy Osbourne Site First Full Ozzy Show In The U.S. Since April 2011 Announced! Ozzy Osbourne will headline the second annual Chicago Open Air Festival on Sunday, July 16, 2017, his first full solo show in the United States since April 2011!

Tickets for Chicago Open Air, to be held at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL, just outside Chicago,… Jul 29 Tune In To HISTORY On Sundays For ‘Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour’ Tune in Sunday nights at 10 p.m. EST / 9 p.m. Central to HISTORY to catch episodes of Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour. This Sunday’s episode is Ozzy’s return to the Alamo! Did you miss the Season Premier? Watch it now and find out more… Jul 29 Watch Ozzy Record A Voice Over for ‘The 7D’ Ozzy Osbourne makes a heavy metal cameo in an upcoming episode of animated Disney XD series The 7D, a modern update of the title characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Ozzy and Sharon play the Duke and Duchess of Drear – parents of… Jun 30 Ozzy Osbourne denies divorce, apologizes for substance abuse relapse - NY Daily News Ozzy Osbourne says he and wife Sharon Osbourne are not divorcing, apologizes to family for substance abuse relapse Ozzy Osbourne denies divorce, apologizes for substance abuse relapse Ozzy Osbourne took to Facebook to post a message apologizing to his family for ‘drinking and drugs’ relapse. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 11:11 AM Ozzy Osbourne apologized to his family in a heartfelt Facebook message on Tuesday, for relapsing with substance abuse. The British rocker, 60, also clarified that he is not getting a divorce from his wife of over 30 years, Sharon Osbourne . "For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs," he wrote. "I was in a very dark place and was an a--hole to the people I love most, my family.

However, I am happy to say that I am now 44 days sober." Osbourne, 64, posted the comments on his Facebook page as a response to news that he and Sharon are separated. Sharon Osbourne getting a foot massage in Mexico over the weekend, after rumors of her split with Ozzy surfaced. (TMZ.com) "Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing," Osbourne added. "I'm just trying to be a better person." In photos obtained by TMZ.com , Sharon Osbourne was seen relaxing while getting a foot massage at the Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the weekend, after the news of her separation made waves. Sharon Osbourne was seen with a moving truck at a new Beverly Hills property April 2. (Splash News/Splash News) Previously, she was spotted with a moving team unloading chairs, tables and other pieces of furniture from two trucks, carrying them into a separate Beverly Hills property on April 2. A few days earlier, she was seen out to lunch without her wedding ring. "I would like to apologize to Sharon, my family, my friends and my band mates for my insane behavior during this period ...

and my fans," Osbourne continued in his message. Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne. The couple married in 1982. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) The former Black Sabbath rocker made his name as lead singer of the heavy metal band, and has frequently spoken over the years about his substance abuse and rehabilitation stints. Together the Osbournes have become one of Hollywood's most famous couples since starring in MTV reality show, "The Osbournes", alongside two of their children, Jack Osbourne and E! host Kelly Osbourne. (L-R) Sharon Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne. (Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage) Ozzy Osbourne's eldest son declares bankruptcy (as his rock star father makes millions on world tour) | Daily Mail Online comments The eldest son of musician Ozzy Osbourne has been declared bankrupt, as his famous father is set to make millions of pounds on a world tour. Louis Osbourne, 38, filed for bankruptcy on the same day as his wife, Louise, after opening his own record label, All Night Records, in July.

The struggling musician, who is Ozzy Osbourne's eldest son from his first marriage to Thelma Riley, previously had success as a DJ in Ibiza. Louis Osbourne (right) has declared bankruptcy as his famous father completes a world tour with the rock band, Black Sabbath Court papers reveal Mr Osbourne and his wife Louise petitioned for bankruptcy and were declared so on September 25 at Birmingham County Court. It is not clear how much money the couple owe or to whom they are indebted, though the case description indicates Mr Osbourne's wish to remain in the entertainment industry. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Meanwhile his famous father is due make millions of pounds from Black Sabbath's extensive world tour, with tickets starting at £61. The rock group has just finished the Latin American leg, with the final part of the tour taking place throughout Europe. Louis Osbourne petitioned for bankruptcy on the same day as his actress wife, Louise Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon are worth an estimated £100million combined The tour will end in December with two homecoming arena shows in Birmingham.

Ozzy, 64, and his wife Sharon Osbourne, 61, are reportedly worth more than £100million, with property in Beverly Hills and Buckinghamshire. In 2011 Louis Osbourne spoke of his father describing him as 'great' and a 'doting grandad'. He told the Birmingham Mail: 'Dad usually calls on a Sunday afternoon for a catch up and when he comes over to the UK we take the kids down (to his home in Buckinghamshire).' The couple moved to Harborne with their two young children to be nearer Louis's mother, after living in Los Angeles and Dublin. After finding success as a DJ on the party island of Ibiza, Louis set up his own record label. His wife Louise has worked with the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts and Eddie Murphy throughout her career as an actress and producer. Speaking of the couple's financial trouble, Louise told the Sunday Mercury she and Louis were trying to move forward. 'We want to put it behind us and move on with our lives,' she said.

'I don't really want to comment any further.' Jack Osbourne's MS and the Osbourne Family's Woes - ABC News ABC News For the Osbourne family, Jack Osbourne's multiple sclerosis diagnosis is the latest of many setbacks. The clan helmed by heavy metal rocker Ozzy and "America's Got Talent" judge Sharon has been through a host of ups and downs, many of which have been played out in the public eye. Click through for a glimpse at their real life family dramas. Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images Jack Osbourne's MS Two weeks after he and fiancée Lisa Stelly welcomed daughter Pearl Clementine, Jack, 26, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. "I was just angry and frustrated and kept thinking, 'Why now?'" he told People magazine on Sunday. "I've got a family and that's what's supposed to be the most important thing." Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the central nervous system – the brain and spinal cord – and can cause problems with muscle control and strength, vision, balance, feeling, and thinking. Doctors diagnosed Jack after he lost 60 percent of his vision in his right eye.

Prior to his MS diagnosis, Jack dealt with substance abuse, another problem that runs in his family. He got addicted to a cocktail of drugs that he sought solace in after his mom was diagnosed with cancer in 2002. "I had smoked pot and drank every day for two years," he told MTV . "I was taking Vicodin by the handful. Valium, Xanax, Dilaudid, Lorcet, Lortab, Perocet, you name it." He started drinking and doing drugs at 13; by 17, he was in rehab. Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage/Getty Images Kelly Osbourne's Addiction The 27-year-old daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne has been to rehab three times in the last decade to deal with an addiction to painkillers. In 2009, she told People magazine that the problem began when she was a teenager. "I had my tonsils taken out [at age 13], and they gave me liquid Vicodin," she said. "I found, when I take this, people like me. I'm having fun, I'm not getting picked on.

It became a confidence thing." But the TV personality felt like she got more negative attention for her yo-yoing weight, documented for the world to see during MTV's 2002-2005 reality TV series, "The Osbournes," than for her substance abuse issues. "I took more hell for being fat than I did for being an absolute raging drug addict," she told Us Weekly in 2010. "I will never understand that." The negative press led her to gain more weight. "For a very long time, Mrs. Field's salted cookies were my favorite thing in the world," she said. "It's hard to get out of a hole you've dug so deeply." David Livingston/Getty Images Sharon Osbourne's Bulimia and Colon Cancer The 59-year-old matriarch of the Osbourne family has battled eating disorders since her teenage years. In 1999, she had lap-band surgery and lost 100 pounds. Still, she told Psychologies magazine in 2009, her relationship with food is fraught. "If I'm honest, I don't think I'll ever be totally free from that," she said.

"It's much more under control, but food for me will never be easy." Sharon faced another health challenge in 2002 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Though her disease and treatment rocked their family -- Jack tried to commit suicide by OD-ing because he was so depressed about his mother's condition -- she insisted on having MTV's cameras chronicle her battle for their reality show. In 2004, after her cancer went into remission, she founded the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital. Tim Whitby/Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne's Murder Attempt No one is more surprised about Ozzy's ability to prevail through decades of substance abuse than himself. But the 63-year-old rocker did go through dark days, namely in 1989, when he attempted to kill his wife in a drug-induced haze. Sharon relayed the story to the Guardian in 2001. After downing four bottles of vodka, Ozzy told his wife, "I've decided you have to go," and tried to strangle her. "I called the police, and they locked him up," she said. "I didn't press charges, but he went into rehab for three months.

He was totally insane from all the drink and drugs he was doing, and well, these things happen." Ozzy Osbourne: I was a bad father, an abusive husband...and I have no idea why I'm not dead | Daily Mail Online Daily battles with booze. Screaming rows with Sharon. An ill-fated brush with Botox... but now he's back with Black Sabbath, playing Hyde Park 'It is insane. I should be dead. I don't know why I'm not,' said Ozzy Osbourne In his expensively decorated Los Angeles mansion, Ozzy Osbourne is sitting in a vast ornate chair telling a story. ‘I was at this big music event the other day and a television reporter came up and asked me what I thought about Justin Bieber throwing eggs at his neighbour’s house.’ He grins, widens those round, blue eyes, and then holds his hands (complete with perfectly manicured black-painted nails) next to his face and sticks out his tongue. ‘I mean. I looked at this guy and I said: “Are you serious? Are you asking me what I think of someone throwing eggs?”’ He pauses, shakes his head and laughs: ‘Eggs. I threw carnage.

Every five freaking minutes. So what do I think? Eggs. Is that it? Go and make a flipping omelette.’ At 65 years old, John Michael Osbourne, from Aston, Birmingham, remains the most legendary hellraiser of them all. Drink, quad-bike accidents, drugs, attempted suicide, attempted murder, women, police cells, endangered animals – Ozzy has had a run-in with all of them. He’s drunk ‘swimming pools of vodka’, risked his sanity with mind-bending substances, ingested more narcotics than Motley Crüe, bitten heads off bats and doves and racked up a reputation as the craziest car crash in rock ’n’ roll. Bieber’s antics are mere child’s play to Ozzy, who regales me with just one of his countless outrageous escapades – urinating, while intoxicated, drugged up to the eyeballs and wearing a woman’s dress (his wife, Sharon, had removed all his clothes in an attempt to keep him in his hotel room, so he took one of her outfits instead) against the revered Alamo Cenotaph in Texas. He ended up jailed and banned from San Antonio back in 1982.

'I once jumped out of a hotel window thinking it was the ground floor, but I was two floors up,' said Ozzy ‘I thought I wasn’t going to get out of there alive,’ he says. ‘It wasn’t the cops or the sheriffs, it was the guy in the cell with me. 'I was slammed up for six hours in a tiny cell with a wife-killer and there I was wearing make-up and a long green evening robe thinking, “At least I made it to 30.”’ Yet here he sits 5,000 miles away from the streets of Birmingham in the sunny splendour of Beverly Hills, super-wealthy, surprisingly healthy (he’s just come from an hour-long workout) and preparing for Black Sabbath’s triumphant assault on Hyde Park on July 4 after their massively successful comeback album, 13, which went to number one all over the world. He scratches his head. ‘It is insane. I should be dead. I don’t know why I’m not. Most of the people I used to get off my head with are dead. I’ve fallen down stairs, over stairs, over balconies.

'I once jumped out of a hotel window thinking it was the ground floor, but I was two floors up. I landed in a rosebush. I didn’t even get a scratch. I didn’t think I’d see 40 let alone 60. There’s no reason on earth I should still be alive.’ He pauses. ‘But I am. Someone must be looking after me. I’ve even had doctors check out my blood cells [he underwent genome sequencing in 2010] to find out why the hell I haven’t managed to kill myself and whether I’ve got some special DNA. They came back with pages of reports... didn’t understand half of it but none of it said DEAD.’ He grins. He clearly worries about his mortality, so does he have any regrets? He looks momentarily startled and the tone turns serious. ‘You haven’t got enough time. I have thousands. Thousands of them.’ 'I've got so many regrets I can't even remember half of them. But wives and kids are right at the top,' Ozzy said (pictured: on stage with Black Sabbath in 1975) Such as?

‘The way I treated both my wives (he was married first to Thelma Reese, mother of his children, Jessica, 42, and Louis, 38). I was a bad father, an abusive husband and I had an ego the size of India. ‘I spent decades of my life being an absolute idiot. I’ve got so many regrets I can’t even remember half of them. But wives and kids are right at the top. It’s pointless even saying sorry. I couldn’t say it enough times. All I can do is stay sober.’ Right now he is sober. Two years ago, while recording 13, he fell off the wagon big-time, moved out of the family home, nearly wrecking his marriage for good. At the time it was said his relapse was caused by news that Sabbath’s founder member Tony Iommi had cancer. He shakes his head. ‘Not true. There was no reason except that I’m an alcoholic and one day you just look outside, it’s a sunny day and you know nothing is going to come between you and a beer, and then you go right down the mad slide and you’re crawling around on the floor wishing you didn’t have to watch another sunrise.

‘But if you take cocaine you can drink forever. Cocaine and booze are the eggs and bacon of the addict’s world, the perfect combination. And you just can’t stop.’ But he did. 'I honestly don't think I could do anything without Sharon,' said Ozzy. They married in 1982, when she was his manager. They are Derby and Joan meets Sid and Nancy ‘I looked in the mirror one day and thought: “No more.” And now I’m trying. Every day.’ As we talk Ozzy’s fire-cracker wife Sharon comes in to chat and check off a few household issues. ‘She always knows what’s going on,’ he says. ‘I honestly don’t think I could do anything without Sharon.’ Their day-to-day routine depends on who is filming – usually Sharon (she is currently filming her show, The Talk, which is screened live in Los Angeles). ‘I love her working because it makes her happy and she’s bloody good at it,’ he says. He goes to daily AA meetings, which he says is the only way he can keep to his recovery.

A crazed Ozzy with his daughter Aimee ‘Sharon tells me I’m a bloody fool and screams at me when I’m drinking, but that doesn’t stop me. 'But she supports me, she knows it’s an illness, she knows it’s part of who I am and it’s only me who can deal with it and it’s because I don’t want to lose what I have with Sharon and the kids that I do it. No one else can cure an addict but the addict.’ They married in 1982, when Sharon was his manager. They are Derby and Joan meets Sid and Nancy. When Ozzy steps out on stage in Hyde Park it will not just be a triumph for Black Sabbath and his own ungodly survival but it will be his 32nd wedding anniversary. ‘We’re still together because we both just hung on in, even when it got insane and because she’s a far better, far bigger person than anyone can ever meet – and because she’s got a bloody good right hook. ‘If you heard us row you’d think you’d need to call the police. Throwing stuff, smashing stuff everywhere, but then we also have a bloody good laugh.

We annoy the hell out of each other. 'She spends money like water – candles, flowers, air conditioning. We spend more money in summer than winter on electricity. And I spend my life moaning or going food shopping. I love supermarkets – I go in, wander round and watch everyone else on the tills, doing their shopping. I love it.’ It is impossible to be anything other than charmed by Osbourne, formerly known as The Prince Of Darkness. Everything about him, from his pink socks to his little black slippers to his tattoos and crucifixes, is in keeping with the caricature he created in the infamous MTV show, The Osbournes, alongside Sharon and their children, Kelly, 29, and Jack, 28 (their eldest daughter Aimee, 30, refused to take part in the show). He has the delivery of a natural comic, the look of a rock aristo and the manner of a down-to-earth Brummie. He takes a palpable delight in his own comeuppance.

'We're still together because we both just hung on in, even when it got insane and because she's (Sharon) a far better, far bigger person than anyone can ever meet,' said Ozzy Last month a plan to convert a huge barn on his Buckinghamshire estate was vetoed after planning officers found protected bats were living there. ‘I laughed my head off when Sharon read out the letter. F****** bats. I said: “They’re vermin – I’m going to shoot them.” But I know it’s funny. It’s actually really cool. Karma’s going to bite you in the a***. The bats bloody won.’ For all his anecdotes of excess, he sees himself as culpable, if laughable. ‘I don’t care if you laugh at me or with me, as long as you’re laughing,’ He can’t tell lies. Any question he answers with absolute childlike honesty. So what about Simon Cowell? ‘Like him. Says what he thinks. I had Botox because he’s a big fan of it. But they stick a needle in you and it bloody hurts, so I didn’t do it again.’ And does he regret leaving Britain? ‘I miss the tea. Yorkshire Gold.

And M&S. First thing I do every time I go home is go to M&S and buy up boxes of chocolate eclairs. I ate 12 in one go last time I was home, followed by four trifles.’ Is he vain? ‘Of course I bloody am. I haven’t given up. I’ve still got my hair. I still want to put on a show.’ 'I see myself sitting on the doorstep, skinny, 14, no money, wondering what the hell is going to happen to me,' he said. Ozzy with Elton John in 2004 (left) and with Justin Bieber in 2011 (right) It was music that has saved his life, as he was a no-hoper at school who seemed destined for a job in a local factory. But in 1967 he formed his first band and within two years they had become Black Sabbath, outrageous, loud, dark and part of an explosion of British heavy rock bands, which included Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple.

Ozzy’s crazy persona (biting a bat’s head off on stage, snorting a line of ants, eventually being fired in 1979 for being ‘more drunk and drugged up’ than any other member of the band) gave the world of heavy metal an instant legend. His solo career rocketed; Ozzfest (created by Sharon and his son Jack in 1996) is still one of the biggest rock festivals in the world and in the past two decades he has become a regular fixture on U.S. and UK TV. ‘I never thought we would last,’ he says. ‘It’s part of the reason why I went for it so hard. I thought: “One album, that’ll be it, then back to the factory, so make the most of it. But it never stopped. And I never stopped. And it carried on and I was still drinking and partying like it was all going to be taken away from me tomorrow...

and even now I can’t believe that 40-plus years on we’re still going, with the biggest album we’ve ever made.’ Black Sabbath today - Tommy Iommi, Ozzy and Geezer Butler There are two times during our conversation that Ozzy looks stricken. The first time is when he mentions his wife’s battle with colon cancer a decade ago. ‘I thought I might actually lose her,’ he says. The second time is when I ask him about how he felt about his own children’s well-documented battles with drug addiction. ‘At the time I didn’t think anything because I was off my head as well. During the MTV filming I was drinking non-stop. I was in my mad world and Sharon had to be the mum and the dad and deal with all of that.’ He stops. ‘I remember having a go at Jack saying: “Why? Why do it? You’ve never had to work, you’ve never had to worry, you’ve never had to want for anything.” 'And he said to me: “Try wanting a father.” That’s why I know I have to stay sober. And Jack’s got 11 years’ sobriety, Kelly’s doing well.

I’ve got good kids.’ When he goes home to Britain he often drives to Lodge Road, Aston, parks in a car opposite his old family two up, two down (‘it’s still there; totally different culture now, but the house, it’s still there’) and sits for an hour or so. ‘I see myself sitting on the doorstep, skinny, 14, no money, wondering what the hell is going to happen to me.’ He shakes his head and grins. ‘Somebody up there must like me.’ Black Sabbath perform in Hyde Park on July 4. bst-hydepark.com

Question: What is the first name of Ozzy Osbourne's wife?
Answer: Sharon