Life history of ozzy osbourne biography

All All. Sign In. John Michael Osbourne. One of the pioneers of heavy metal and one of its most commercially successful and iconic artists, Ozzy Osbourne was born in Birmingham, England, as John Michael Osbourne. After leaving school and having many odd jobs, he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler.

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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 , 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.