I thought a lot about who are the artists I can write about and I came up with a artist names anyways I better start before I begin to bore everyone..... Lets start!!!!
Ozzy Osbourne :John Michael Osbourne aka Prince of Darkness,sufferred from dyslexia at a young age making his childhood tough,but joined forces with school buddy Tony Iommi to start Black Sabbath,one of the early Metal bands in the UK,Black Sabbath had a good thing going with Chart Toppers such as Paranoid being inspired by the era of Pyschedelic Rock mixed with blues but sadly the end was near...1979 Ozzy was fired from Sabbath largely due to drug abuse and replaced by none other than Ronnie James DIO,classic guys will recognise DIO,anyways meanwhile Ozzy went into depression but was convinced to get his act together and start fresh by none other than Sharon Arden Band manager Don Arden's daugther who now is Ozzy's wife Sharon Osbourne
Ozzy hired Bob Daisley ex Rainbow guitarist and none other that the great Randy Roads of Quiet Riot starting Ozzy's 1st album Blizzard of Ozz in 1980 and simplified the bands name to The Ozzy Osbourne Band which.......ultimately became Ozzy Osbourne,the band toured extensively which gained them popularity which followed the release of their second album "Diary of a Madman" which focused more into classic rock,but on March 1982 Ozzy had fate strike him down again due to a prank.....A light aircraft carrying Randy Roads and pal Andrew Aycock flying the plane without owner consent crashed after the rear wing clipped due to collision with the tour bus killing Randy and Andrew,autopsy showed traces of cocaine in Andrew's blood which led to all this .Ozzy hit a roadblock yet another time in his career when all was going well things just fell apart.....
The band took a while to get over Randy's death(Randy died at 25) but looked hard for a guitarist to take his place which was very hard...Come 1983 Ozzy found guitarist Jake E Lee who worked on great songs such as Bark at The Moon , Rock and Roll Rebel and the biggest hit of the 80's 'Shot in the Dark' from the album Ultimate Sin....
but Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987 due to musical differences after which Ozzy found the reincarnation of Randy Roads in a young guy called Zakk Wylde at a New Jersey gas station!! Zakk at 19 got the biggest break of life playing with the greatest acts in Metal of the late 80's and came up with several more albums such as No Rest for the Wicked, Just say Ozzy...
Streaming into the 90's with the hit No More Tears Ozzy became one of the greatest acts alongside Judas Priest,Queensryche and many more...now this time Ozzy was running on a lucky streak,his biggest commercial success was of the OZZFEST in 1990 managed by wife Sharon and son Jack.A festival of many artists who can potray their talent,and guys listen to this
OZZFEST has given the stage and the entry to the gates of Rock n Roll to bands such as Limp Bizkit,System of a Down,Korn,Linkin Park,Sepultura,Megadeth,Slayer who now are bands who I know most of you guys would be headbanging to....... after which Ozzy released Ozzmosis in '95 after which Ozzy went in to oblivion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2001 : I remember i didn't sleep for 3 days waiting for the release of this album
DOWN to Earth released 16th October 2001 ,people said that its really hard for a success after such a long period,but the Prince of Darkness soared to the top of the charts within 48 hrs of the release in the UK and US,I personally felt the album was kickass!! Bravo Ozzy!!! after this next realease was after Bassist Robert Trujillo left to Metallica to replace their bassist Jason Newstead in 2003,with Prince Of Darkness being released in 2005 which is just more of a tribute to classic rock artists like The Beatles,David Bowie,Steppenwolf and many more..
Finally we have yet another Ozzy album released this year,sadly I haven't been able to check it out as its just out : Ozzy - Black Rain!
That was Ozzy a true comeback artist!!Black sabbath who!!! :)
