Ozzy Osbourne
Born December 3, 1948 in Birmingham, England, the one-time lead singer for Black Sabbath has influenced virtually every heavy metal screamer in rock ’n’ roll. Trading his former band’s legacy of hard, loud rock and occult mysticism for his own outrageous leanings towards grossness, Ozzy has earned four platinum-plus albums in the relatively brief time he’s been a solo artist.
Ozzy Osbourne
Born December 3, 1948 in Birmingham, England, the one-time lead singer for Black Sabbath has influenced virtually every heavy metal screamer in rock ’n’ roll. Trading his former band’s legacy of hard, loud rock and occult mysticism for his own outrageous leanings towards grossness, Ozzy has earned four platinum-plus albums in the relatively brief time he’s been a solo artist. Continually evoking the fear and concern of parents the world over, Ozzy has been called the inciter of riots and provoker of suicides. Accused of being everything from the leader of satanic activities to the inventor of drugs, the self-proclaimed madman has been known to get attention by biting the head off of a live dove. Successful as this attention-getting device proved to be, Ozzy had to call a moratorium on such “taste”less activities when he was hospitalized for rabies after chomping off the head of a bat tossed onstage to him by a fan at a Des Moines concert.
