Love story. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Family life of Ozzy Osbourne (11 photos) Ozzy is young

Most recently, the son of musician Ozzy Osbourne, Jack, became a father again - the third daughter of the star offspring was born in February of this year, and in March it became known that Jack was divorcing his wife. What caused the collapse of a large family, and how the spouses lived before the break, is described in this article.

Biography

Jack Osbourne is the youngest son of popular rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon. Jack's two older sisters are practically on par with him, a year and two apart, respectively. From the first days of his life, little Jack has always been in the public eye. The boy's mother decided that it would be better for the children to be with the family under any life circumstances. Therefore, when Ozzy had to leave for a long tour of different cities and countries, his wife and three children followed him. A little later, Jack said that on these trips he had seen enough of the reckless and somewhat crazy life of rock bands.

The Osborne family

In the early 2000s, the trendy music channel MTV aired a program about the Osbournes family. Each episode showed the real life of a star family, whose wild morals and unusual relationships were to the taste of lovers not only of the music of the great and terrible Ozzy, but also of young people in general. The show went on for several seasons and gained great popularity in many countries. An interesting fact is that the terrible daughter of the Osbournes flatly refused to take part in the filming of the show. On this basis, a major quarrel occurred between relatives, which caused the majority of the public to know only about the presence of two children with Ozzy Osbourne. Pictured is Jack Osborne with his family.

It was this appearance on the screen that marked the beginning of the creative path of Osborne Jr. Subsequently, he will act in several more projects.

Jack's disease

in 2012, terrifying headlines appeared in the press, which were full of the same news - Jack Osborne is terminally ill. The world was shocked by the news that the youngest son of a rock musician found out about a serious illness - multiple sclerosis. Jack at that time was 27 years old, the doctors predicted not the most rosy future. Unfortunately, there are still no cases of complete recovery from this serious illness. Doctors around the world agree only on the relief of symptoms during periods of exacerbation of the disease. At the moment when Jack was given a terrible diagnosis, he gave a long interview in which he said that from that moment on his life would never be the same again, so he wants to live it even richer than before, and more deliberately.

Marriage and childbirth

Since 2007, rumors began to circulate in the media about the romance of Jack Osborne and Lisa Stelly. The actors quickly began to live together, and after 5 years their common daughter Pearl was born. Around the same time, the sad news about Jack's diagnosis became known. In October of the same year, she and Lisa got married. Pictured are Jack Osbourne and Lisa Stelly with his parents and daughter.

Three years later, their second girl, Andy, was born. And in February of this year, the third long-awaited baby Minnie.

However, according to reliable sources close to the family, the relationship of the spouses began to deteriorate long before the birth of Minnie. The reason for this, according to the assurance of the couple's acquaintances, was Lisa's frequent suspicions of Jack's betrayals. A little later, many of these rumors came true.

Cheating and divorce

In April of this year, information appeared in the press that Jack Osborne's wife, Lisa, filed for divorce and alimony, which she and their three joint daughters rely on. Despite the fact that the couple did not comment on this information in any way, shortly before this, the paparazzi captured Jack with one of the girls. Young people did not behave at all like friends or old acquaintances, but much closer. Perhaps it was this news that became the last straw of Lisa's angelic patience, which is why she decided to take such a step.

When the truth was revealed, the couple, who had lived together for more than 6 years, decided to save their relationship thanks to the birth of their third daughter. But her birth did nothing to help the impending divorce.

Beating of the wife's lover and debauchery

After parting with his wife, Jack Osborne decided to visit his children and came to their once common house with Lisa. However, almost at home ex-wife turned out to be not only with children, but also a new man. Jack did not like this turn, and he took Lisa outside for a frank conversation. When a scandal ensued between the former spouses, the new boyfriend came out to intercede for the woman. Then the excited Jack decided to calm the guest by hitting him in the head, and then completely kicked him out of the house. When Lisa called the police, the law enforcement officers who arrived were able to calm Jack down, but he refused to go with them. According to sources, there was no statement about the beating from Lisa's new friend.

Jack later stated that this act was dictated by jealousy. He did not expect that his wife would begin to build a personal life, without even waiting for the divorce paper. Now Jack says that he wants to save his family and will try to make every effort for this. Whether he can save his six-year marriage to Lisa, time will tell.

The hard rock grandparents Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have been together for over thirty years. They went through fire and water, drugs and alcohol, scandals and betrayals. "April" together with the creator of congratulatory slide shows and romantic confessions Morevi.ru tells about the strangest and strongest couple in modern show business.

Love story in Halloween style

Looking at young Ozzy and Sharon, hardly anyone could have imagined that the first - the son of poor workers from the outskirts of Birmingham, who can not really sing - would become a famous musician, and the second - a plump girl from the town of Brixton, whose population is barely exceeded a thousand inhabitants - you get a beautiful producer and muse of the great Ozz.

Ozzy left school at the age of 15 and worked wherever he could: at a construction site, a factory, and even a slaughterhouse. Nowhere, however, not lingering for a long time, except perhaps in prison - for 6 months. There the future "Prince of Darkness" was identified for petty theft.

When Ozzy came out in the yard it was the end of the 60s - the peak of the Beatles' popularity, and every second kid from the British outskirts tried to repeat the success of the Liverpool Four. Ozzy tried, too, with a brief ad in the local paper that went something like this: “Ozzy wants to sing. There is an amp."

Oddly enough, other equally talented aspiring musicians responded to this announcement, including Ozzy's classmate, Tony Iommi. After a few years of concerts and rehearsals, Black Sabbath was born, playing heavy dark music with dramatic and dark lyrics.

In the mid-1970s, the group got a new manager - the tenacious and tough Don Arden, about whom there were very unflattering legends in the British music world. He was called the "Godfather" and "Al Capone" of rock, so severely he conducted business, for example, he could easily hang a competitor from the balcony and threaten to throw him off.

While Don was promoting pseudo-Satanists from Black Sabbath, his daughter Sharon was growing up at his house - that same plump girl, at first just a fan of the musicians.

"Prince of Darkness" and his "Tamer"

On the anniversary of their wedding on July 4, 2015, Sharon Osbourne shared a photo on her Twitter with the caption: "married - 34 years, together as a couple - 36 years, friends - 45 years."

They met when Sharon was still a minor. Ozzy was married by his first marriage and raised (so to speak) two children of his own and another third from his wife's first marriage. Ozzy was older, liked to drink and did not shy away from drugs in large doses.

This almost put an end to his career, in 1978 he was kicked out of Black Sabbath. The musician periodically could not stand on his feet, let alone work. He spent about six months in a chronic binge until Sharon appeared.

This 17-year-old plump woman turned out to be no less adventurous than her father, and she herself could envy the girl’s stamina. The Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher.

So Sharon took matters into her own hands. She brought Ozzy out of the depression that became the result of hard drinking, and forced him to return to the stage, having previously recaptured Osbourne's contract from her father. Before her, no one had been able to cope with Don Arden. Since 1979, Sharon took over the duties of Ozzy's producer and from that moment she no longer spoke to her father until his death in 2012.

Under the strict guidance of Sharon, Ozzy collected new group, continuing to play the same heavy, dark rock and hit the frenzy on stage.

The case of biting off the head of a bat has already become canonical: a dead animal was thrown to the singer by one of the audience, and Ozzy, deciding in a drunken stupor that the mouse was plastic, bit off her head. At the end of the concert, the musician had to take injections for rabies.

"The Osborne Family"

On July 4, 1982, John Michael Osbourne (real name Ozzy) and Sharon Arden became husband and wife. The wedding was celebrated in Hawaii, and a year later the Osbournes had their first daughter, Aimee. A year later, Kelly was born, and a year later, son Jack.

Mrs. Osborne all this time managed not only to give birth and raise children, but also to manage her husband's career. Her style of doing business was not much different from her father's, except that she did not hang people out of the windows. In the world of show business, Sharon Osbourne is respected and feared.

With her husband, she had and is having much more difficult than with a bunch of children or with cunning competitors. Ozzy continued to drink and take drugs, and sometimes went "left".

The first "last straw" was vodka. In August 1989, Ozzy participated in the Moscow Music Peace Festival and returned home from Moscow, according to various sources, either with a box or a large bottle of vodka, which he immediately decided to use. As a result, the musician had an attack of delirium tremens, and he tried to suffocate his wife, shouting "We decided it was time for you to leave."

Sharon was able to fight back and call the police, and then wrote out an injunction against her husband - for several months he could not approach her and the children.

And yet, Sharon found the strength to forgive the "obscurantist", and the business had to be continued. Ozzy returned home and continued to periodically indulge in his sins and then be treated for drug or alcohol addiction.

Such a life could not but affect his appearance and Ozzy began to do plastic surgery. Sharon also spent millions on her transformation, now few people recognize her as a nondescript plump woman, whom Ozz once married.

In the early 2000s, Sharon decided to stir up a weakened interest in the person of her husband and agreed with MTV to film the show The Osbournes. The success of the program exceeded even the bold expectations of its authors.

The show itself showed the "Prince of Darkness" from the other side. Sharon turned out to be the head of the family, and the “great and terrible” Ozzy was an ordinary henpecked man who spent days on the couch and was unable to manage his own children.

It was later revealed that the show, featuring Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack (the Osbournes' eldest daughter refused to participate), was partly staged.

Devil in the ribs

At the beginning of this year, the tabloids again made the Osbournes the main news: after more than 30 years of marriage, the couple suddenly announced a divorce. According to Sharon, Ozzy, who has always had a violent temperament, cheated on her with a hairdresser half his age. This betrayal was far from the first, but this time Sharon could not stand it and put her husband out the door - as you should think.

But less than two months after the announcement of adultery, the "Prince of Darkness" began to ask back and coax his wife publicly.

So, on the eve of her birthday, Sharon participated in one of the TV shows, and the ex-leader of Black Sabbath unexpectedly appeared on the program with a huge bouquet of flowers to congratulate his wife. The romantic reunion was immediately witnessed by television cameras and viewers.

“For the past three months he has been undergoing treatment for sex addiction, working on himself. It is very difficult for him, as for all of us. But I'm happy that he made the right decision to fight his demons," Sharon later told reporters.

Whether this was actually another PR move or just a shake-up needed for their marriage, only members of the Osborne family know.

Do not spill water

Not only Sharon helps her husband fight his demons, Ozzy was also by her side not only in health and joy. A few years ago, Sharon was diagnosed with cancer, with a 40% survival rate, but she was able to overcome the disease.

Ozzy and Sharon have been worried about the health of their son Jack, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, for several years, and for several years they have been the grandparents of two little granddaughters that Jack and his wife gave them.

Be that as it may, Sharon and Ozzy are back together and will hopefully live for many more years side by side. No matter how strange and sometimes ridiculous their couple may look from the outside, it looks like they really found each other.

“I call my hubby a dirty dog,” Sharon said in an interview. “He may be a dirty dog, but he is my dirty dog. I've known him since I was 18 and now I'm 64, can you believe it?"

Meanwhile, Ozzy "triumphantly" returned home: Sharon bought him a special mattress with sensors in order to continue to control all the movements of the "Prince of Darkness".

On this day, December 3, in Birmingham, UK, the great and terrible Ozzy Osbourne was born. The permanent leader of the Black Sabbath group, a loving father and husband, a style icon for Satanists and quite a successful showman. This multifaceted personality is celebrating its 69th birthday today. And half of his life - 34 years - Ozzy, whose real name is John Michael Osbourne, lived with his wife Sharon. Now, they say, this one of the longest marriages among celebrities is bursting at the seams, but this is not a reason on the birthday of such a human being not to appreciate him as a family man.

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1. Sharon and Ozzy with the same hairstyle in 1978.

Sharon met her future husband, Ozzy, at 18 while working for her father, Don Arden, who was the manager of Black Sabbath at the time. When Ozzy was fired from the band in 1979, Sharon began dating him and took his musical career into her own hands. Three years later, on July 4, 1982, Ozzy and Sharon got married in Maui, Hawaii.

2. Ozzy and Sharon on Halloween in 1986.

The couple have three children: Amy (b. 1983), Kelly (b. 1984) and Jack (b. 1985).

3. At home with their kids - daughters Amy and Kelly and son Jack - in 1986.

4. Ah, this family life! 1989

“When we got married, acquaintances made a bet - how many weeks our marriage would last. And we surprised everyone!”

5. A surprisingly common family portrait from the early 90s.

In his autobiography, I Am Ozzy, Osbourne writes candidly about his long struggle with alcoholism. According to the singer, he began to abuse alcohol from about the age of eighteen, and by the age of forty he became a chronic alcoholic who drank three to four bottles of strong alcohol (vodka or cognac) a day. He repeatedly tried to get rid of his addiction, turning to various rehabilitation centers (including the Betty Ford Clinic), was in the society of anonymous alcoholics, but periods of sobriety were replaced by hard drinking. During treatment for alcoholism, he also became addicted to drugs (Vicodin, Valium, etc.). Osborne finally stopped drinking and abusing drugs only in the middle of the 2000s.

6. In the photo - the whole family (not counting Amy). The Osbournes allowed cameramen to place cameras throughout the house, as in 2002 the hit television show The Osbournes began.

On May 19, 2002, MTV in England and Ireland began showing The Osbournes, a documentary television series about Ozzy Osbourne and his family.

In form, this film was a staged and real shooting of the life of the characters of the "Osborne family", filled with everyday troubles and joys. There was a carefully conspiratorial scenario (in the last episode of the last season, you can see how they hold the tablets with the words). The Ozzy family was like the Simpson family. According to Ozzy himself, "one ether destroyed millions of fantasies", because the "godfather of metal" appeared as a henpecked husband and a bad father, unable to cope with offspring.

7. In the same year, Sharon was diagnosed with a terrible cancer, but she insisted that the shooting of the show continue.

In July 2002, Osbourne was diagnosed with colon cancer. She later admitted that the tumor had spread to the lymph nodes and was more dangerous than originally thought. However, she insisted on continuing filming the show "The Osbournes". She managed to beat the cancer, although she had a survival rate of less than 40%.

8. On The Jay Leno Show in 2002 during a discussion that Sharon had decided to launch her own TV show, The Sharon Osbourne Show.

In 2003, Sharon created her own talk show, The Sharon Osbourne Show, which was broadcast on several US channels, as well as on the British channel Sky One. However, the show's ratings were not successful, and Osbourne was heavily criticized for failing to perform the basic tasks required on a talk show. The show was canceled in early 2004 after one season.

9. By 2003, The Osbournes were garnering the highest ratings on MTV, both in the US and the UK. The last episode of the show aired in the US on March 21, 2005.

In 2005, Sharon Osbourne released an autobiographical book co-authored by Penelope Dening. The book was called "Extreme, or My Autobiography", and it told about Sharon's difficult childhood, her ups and downs and personal life. The book became a worldwide bestseller and sold over 621,000 copies in 15 weeks.

10. Ozzy with his overly serious teenage kids, smiling wife and American Music Award.

The couple almost divorced after Sharon Osbourne found out on the eve of their 30th anniversary of married life that her husband had repeatedly used drugs and alcohol, although he had quit these bad habits about seven years ago. The couple stopped talking and parted, but weeks later they began to live together again with the condition that Ozzy join a group of anonymous alcoholics and undergo therapy. This and other stories of the star couple are presented in Osborne's book Unbreakable.

One of the three children of the great and terrible Ozzy Osbourne for a long time remained in the shadow of her star family. It's hard to imagine, but despite the fact that the life of a rock musician and his family seems to be turned inside out, few people know about Aimee Osbourne. The eldest daughter flatly refuses the popularity that Jack and have. Nevertheless, public interest in her person does not subside. In the article we will tell you everything you did not know about the daughter of the father of heavy metal.

short biography

Aimee Rachel Osbourne was born to musician Ozzy Osbourne and music producer Sharon Osbourne. This joyful event happened a year after their wedding, namely on September 2, 1983.

In early childhood, around the early 90s, Aimee appeared in documentaries and several commercials related to her father's career. In 2014, she worked on the voice acting of the animated film Postman Pat. Very little is known about the biography of Aimee Osborne, because the girl leads a closed lifestyle.

The Osbournes Show on MTV

In 2002, the Osborne family took part in the documentary reality show The Osborne Family. The essence of the program was to show the viewer real life family of a popular musician. In it, the Osbournes were not shy in expressions, made fun of each other, smoked and drank alcohol. In general, they lived a familiar life, but under the guns of television cameras.

An interesting fact was that the eldest daughter of Sharon and Ozzy Aimee Osbourne categorically refused to take part in the filming of the program. In addition, she tried with all her might to dissuade her relatives from this idea, but everything was in vain, and The Osborne Family nevertheless went on the air.

An attentive viewer could notice that during the showing of the Osborne family nest in all the general photographs, Amy's face is either erased or completely absent. There was also no mention of her in the show.

Amy herself, agreeing to very rare interviews, shared that her refusal to participate in the filming was justified by the fact that she did not want to dump the dirty laundry of her already scandalous family outside. She also said that she was very worried about her parents and brother and sister, imagining what glory this show would bring to them.

A little later, she stood up for her and told reporters that her eldest daughter is very protective of her personal space and personal life, for which no one has the right to judge her.

It is also known that Aimee Osbourne does not communicate with her brother and sister, because she does not accept their lifestyle, in which there is a place for drugs and alcohol.

Musical career

Starting in 2010, Aimee became interested in music. Apparently, no matter how much you would like to leave the world of show business, the genes took their toll. In 2015, a video of the ARO group appeared on YouTube, which in just a couple of weeks gained 2 million views and a lot of positive feedback. But not everyone initially knew who the main participant in this action was. When it became known to the public that the girl performing the song was the daughter of that same Ozzy Osbourne, many began to respect her even more.

The song "Raining gold", although it was warmly received, did not enter any hit parade.

But Amy is not at all saddened by this fact. Because she always strived for independence and did only what she considered right.

Ozzy Osbourne real name is John Michael Osbourne. Born December 3, 1948 in Birmingham. British musician, one of the founders and member of the "golden composition" of the Black Sabbath group.

After leaving Black Sabbath, he began his solo career.

As of December 2010, more than 100 million of his records have been sold worldwide. The albums "Blizzard of Ozz" and "No More Tears" were certified quadro-platinum.

John Michael Osborne was born December 3, 1948 in the UK, in Birmingham and became the fourth child in a family of six children. He got the nickname "Ozzy" during his school years. So his classmates called him, distorting his last name.

According to other information, the nickname "Ozzy" stuck to him, since as a child his favorite book was - "The Wizard of Oz", which he often quoted. This work became widely known to the readers of our country after Alexander Volkov's retelling under the title "The Wizard of the Emerald City".

Tony Iommi studied at the same school, but at that time they were not friends. Their creative union, which marked the beginning of the Black Sabbath group, was formed later.

At the age of 15, Osbourne was expelled from school due to the difficult financial situation in the family, and the future rock musician got a job as a plumber's assistant. Subsequently, Ozzy tried to work as an assistant locksmith, a slaughterer at a slaughterhouse, an auto mechanic, a painter and even a gravedigger. Not finding himself in the field of honest work, young John Osborne tried to trade in thefts. Caught, he could not pay the fine and served (according to various sources: one and a half or three months) in a Birmingham prison. It was in prison that Ozzy made himself the famous OZZY tattoo on the knuckles of his left hand.

After leaving prison, Ozzy decided to try himself as a musician. He met the Music Machine group, who were looking for a vocalist - and Ozzy became one. Subsequently, deciding to start his own band, Osborne advertised in a local newspaper looking for like-minded people.

Terence Butler came on the announcement, by that time he had been learning to play the electric guitar for six months. A little later, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward joined them - on the same announcement. With the arrival of Iommi, Butler retrained as a bassist. The group was named "Earth".

Ozzy got into Black Sabbath three days after posting an "Ozzy Zigg Requires gig" ad at a local record store.

Bill Ward recalls his first meeting with Ozzy: “He walked around with a shoe on a string ... yes, yes, with a shoe. I thought he was crazy (laughs)".

The band's first own song was "Black Sabbath", inspired by the 1963 horror film of the same name. It was a progressive blues based on the motif "Mars" from the "Planets" suite by composer Gustav Holst. Prior to this, the group played cover versions of songs by other artists.

From 1969 to 1970 the band played in various clubs while working on their own material. One day, someone took notice of the Birmingham Four's own song, "Black Sabbath," sparking thoughts of the first record. Also, young people found out that there is already a group called "Earth". So they changed their name to "Black Sabbath" - after their first song. In January 1970, the group managed to record their first album, which took good places in the English and American charts.

In 1971, Ozzy married for the first time to Thelma Riley.

In 1975, the group decides to change their manager. Don Arden, the father of Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's future wife, becomes the new manager of Black Sabbath.

In 1977, Ozzy left Black Sabbath and was replaced by Dave Walker. The band began recording Never Say Die, however, Ozzy returned in early 1978. At this time, Ozzy was experiencing the death of his father, actively abusing alcohol and drugs. According to other sources, Ozzy's drinking began long before that, Iommi claimed that by that time he had not seen Ozzy sober for several years. The recording of the album proceeded with great difficulties, in particular, Ozzy demanded to rewrite all the lyrics, including the song Junior's Eyes, which Ozzy dedicated to his father. The album was followed by a tour, after which Ozzy finally left Black Sabbath.

Iommi already had sketches for the next album, Heaven and Hell, and he also met Ronnie James Dio, who recently left Rainbow and did not have his own band at that time.

Bill Ward did the job of letting Ozzy know that the band no longer wanted to work with him. Both Ozzy and Tony Iommi admitted in subsequent interviews that this was precisely the dismissal. However, Osbourne admitted that parting with Black Sabbath was a relief for him.

After leaving Black Sabbath, Ozzy spent time doing nothing until Sharon Arden, the daughter of his former band's manager, persuaded him to start a new band. Osbourne advertised in a newspaper looking for musicians. One of the guitarists who came to audition was Randal William (Randy) Rhoads.

As Rhoads said in one of his few interviews, he did not know with whom he would have to work. Arriving at the studio for an audition with his amplifier and electric guitar, he was ushered into an empty room. There, Randy connected his equipment and began to "warm up." Suddenly, Ozzy appeared in the room, giving a verdict of "passed!" and ignoring the guitarist's objections that he hadn't started playing yet. According to another version, Ozzy was touched by the fact that Rhoads played the notes.

Bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake of Uriah Heep also joined the band. With this line-up, they released their first album Blizzard of Ozz and went on a concert tour, the first performance of which was a concert on September 12, 1980 in Glasgow. To release his solo album, Ozzy Osbourne needed a record deal. After numerous rejections, Ozzy eventually managed to reach an agreement with CBS, which, however, did not take the project with the degree of seriousness that Osbourne had hoped for, considering the latter to be another minor event.

To change his impressions for the better, Ozzy, on the advice of Sharon, brought two pigeons to the company's office - with the original intention of releasing them in front of an astonished public and thus attracting public attention.

The trick worked, though not quite the way it was intended. After releasing the first pigeon - as expected - Osborne unexpectedly bit off the head of the second. This action was captured by the studio photographer, and soon the photos appeared in most newspapers. This is unlikely to have influenced (in a positive way) the management of the record company, but it has created an understandable interest in Osbourne among young people.

It is not known whether this action was planned this way from the very beginning: neither Sharon nor Ozzy himself clarified the motives for this act. The only comment that the singer made about this was to admit that he was very drunk at that moment.

The 1980 album "Blizzard of Ozz" was very popular. Randy Rhoads was named "Best Young Talent" in Guitar Player magazine. Stylistically, the album is close to Black Sabbath's "Technical Ecstasy", but has a harder, "metallic" sound. The lyrics of the song "Suicide Solution" later became the object of criticism due to ambiguous interpretation the words "solution": "solution" and "liquid" (thus, the name can be translated in different ways: "Decision to commit suicide", "Suicide decision" or "Suicide liquid").

A year later, Ozzy and his band recorded their second album, The Diary of a Madman. By that time, the line-up had been updated - the rhythm section went to the reorganized Uriah Heep, and Kerslake and Daisley were replaced by Tommy Aldridge and Rudy Sarzo, respectively. According to Osbourne himself, this album turned out to be better than the previous one. Stylistically, he was more rigid, especially the first composition - "Over the Mountain". However, the musicians themselves looked back at the charts: Black Sabbath's competitors with the album "Mob Rules" only reached the 29th position, while Diary of a Madman stayed in the Top-15 for some time. Interestingly, the authorship of the songs belongs entirely to the previous line-up of the group.

During the tour, Ozzy amused himself by throwing raw meat to the audience that came to his concerts. However, this was part of the contract: during the concert, Osborne had to throw about ten kilograms of veal liver and pork offal into the hall. Sometimes this part of the show took unexpected turns: for example, after one of the concerts, someone called the group's management and asked how to wash raw blood.

However, the public quickly picked up the idea. Soon, in response to Ozzy's antics on stage, dead cats, frogs, snakes and other stuff that had once been living creatures began flying at him. Once, someone threw a doll (life size) onto the stage. Ozzy was shocked, at first mistaking her for a real baby.

On January 20, in Iowa, during a concert, someone threw a live bat from the audience onto the stage. The stunned animal lay silently on the stage, fluttering slightly. Ozzy, mistaking a bat for a rubber one, decided to provoke the audience by biting a gift that unexpectedly flew to him. In response, the bat bit Osborne himself. As a result, the concert ended with the immediate removal of the vocalist to the hospital in order to be vaccinated against rabies. Ozzy entered the emergency room barking like a dog. When an American nurse asked him what was the matter, Ozzy barked at her, explaining that he had rabies. When anti-tetanus injections began, repeated every 4 days, the patient was no longer in the mood for jokes. This story got into the newspapers and incredible things began to happen at Osborne's concerts: white mice and birds with their legs tied were thrown onto the stage. One of the spectators was caught trying to drag a dead cat into the hall. Others still managed to carry a dead dog. Then there was the case of the snake and the great Louisiana toad, which the little tormentors killed by skinning it. In the city of Cincinnati, a group of teenagers got hold of the head of a freshly slaughtered bull at a local meat packing plant. However, they were stopped just in time.

In March 1982, the band lost their guitarist, Randy Rhoads. During a US tour, the band's bus stopped for repairs near Leesburg, Florida. To pass the time, the bus driver offered the group members a ride in his plane. On the second run, the plane took Randy Rhoads and the band's hairdresser, Rachel Youngblood. The driver himself took the place of the pilot. The ex-wife of the driver was with the group, next to the bus. According to her, he suddenly decided to kill her by crushing her with a plane. According to her, the plane made three very low circles over the bus, hitting it on the fourth attempt. After the collision, the plane was thrown into a nearby building, where it exploded. The pilot and passengers of the aircraft died at the scene. A subsequent investigation revealed that the pilot was under the influence of drugs.

Randy Rhoads and Ozzy worked on the idea of ​​the band's third record, Bark at the Moon. Ozzy stated that despite the death of a friend, he will continue to work. To fulfill contractual obligations, Osbourne had to release a live album. There was recorded material from concerts with the late Rhoads, but Ozzy considered it unethical to release this disc immediately after the death of a friend (an album called "The Rhandy Roads Tribute" was released in 1987). But true to his contractual obligations, Ozzy recruited guitarist Brad Gillis into the band and recorded a live album, Talk of the Devil (in the American version, Speak of the Devil), which consisted entirely of Black Sabbath material. But it was not possible to avoid accusations of being unethical - Ozzy was criticized by Tony Iommi, who believed that Ozzy was not the author of most of the songs presented on the album, although his name is indicated as such on all the group's albums from 1970 to 1978.

Jake E. Lee became the new guitarist. Jake Lee, half-Japanese by origin, studied piano as a child, but his youthful passion for the guitar gradually overcame his interest in classical music. From the classics, Jake left a serious professional attitude to the instrument, that is, many hours of daily practice developed his guitar playing technique.

The album's title track "Bark at the Moon" tells of a living being (a werewolf) who has returned seeking revenge on those who despised him and took him to his grave. In the video for this song, Ozzy plays a mad scientist imprisoned in an insane asylum. From the window, he sees a werewolf watching him. This song, as well as others, could set listeners to negative thoughts.

Stylistically, the album turned out to be softer, closer in sound to soft metal. The song "Rock'n'roll Rebel" became a real rock anthem.

In 1986, Ozzy recorded the album The Ultimate Sin. And goes on tour in support of both albums. Ozzy later said that this album is the poorest in terms of musical ideas. The album turned out to be the softest, diluted synth sound. The text concept was based on the ideas of peace and non-violence.

On March 19, 1987, the Randy Rhoad's Tribute album was released, containing archival recordings selected by Max Norman (producer of Ozzy's first three solo albums). It included live recordings of material from the first two albums (primarily from the first album, which was almost completely presented in a live version), several Black Sabbath songs and a studio recording of an instrumental composition by Dee.

On the next album, No Rest for the Wicked, Ozzy enlisted the talented guitarist Zach Wylde, who became a very important part of the band for the next few years. Sharon, Ozzy's wife, becomes the band's manager and helps the musician get rid of alcohol addiction. In The Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years, Ozzy is portrayed as a sober housekeeper reassuring that he no longer "don't bitch up with women". The sound of the next album turned out to be stronger, although a touch of soft metal was felt. Characteristic was the absence of ballads on the album. The most interesting compositions were "Breaking All the Rules" with a "signature" transition from minor to major and the gloomy "Bloodbath in Paradise". In the song "Demon Alcohol" Ozzy talks about the struggle with alcohol addiction. For the tour, Ozzy brought in longtime friend and Black Sabbath colleague Geezer Butler (who also appears in the videos). In 1989, the live EP "Just Say Ozzy" was released.

In March 1989, the single "Close My Eyes Forever" was released, recorded with Lita Ford, and entered the top ten in the United States. In 1991, Ozzy released the album "No More Tears", but without the usual enthusiasm he holds concerts, explaining that he wants to spend more time with his family. The tour in support of the album was called "No more tours", that is, "No more tours." The album turned out to be very worthy, the song “Mama, I’m Coming Home” (dedicated to Sharon’s wife) and “I Don’t Want to Change the World” were awarded music awards. After that, Ozzy announces the cessation of active musical activity. However, this does not prevent him from reuniting with Black Sabbath for a couple of concerts in 1992 (which was the reason for the departure of Ronnie Dio, who did not want to sing as an opening act for Ozzy).

After a long break in 1994, Ozzy announces the future release of a new album, recorded with Steve Vai. He also teams up with Therapy to sing lead vocals on the song "Iron Man" for the Black Sabbath tribute compilation Nativity in Black.

In 1995, Ozzy, with the participation of Rick Wakeman (who previously worked with Black Sabbath on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath") and Zach Wild, recorded the album "Ozzmosis", which can be considered the most successful since the first two albums. Ozzy successfully mixed hard numbers like "Perry Mason" with softer ones ("I See You on the Other Side"), and also improved in signature transitions ("My Jekyll Doesn't Hide"). A significant event was also a reunion with bassist Geezer Butler. The tour guitarist was a student of Randy Rhoads named Holmes. The album was supported by an international tour.

In 1997, rumors of a Black Sabbath reunion became a reality. The group reunited with the original line-up and staged an international tour. 2 new songs were recorded, but the promised album never came out. Gradually, Ozzy and Tony returned to solo activities. In 2000, Ozzy recorded the song "Who is Fooling Who" for Tony Iommi's solo album.

In 2001, Ozzy's album Down to Earth was released, demonstrating even more heaviness of the sound and excellent quality of the material, so the new release, perhaps, even surpassed Ozzmosis. Not without lyrics - the song "Dreamer" was willingly played even by pop radio stations.

In 2005, the album "Under Cover" was released with cover versions of songs that influenced Ozzy (among them the songs of Lennon and the Beatles occupied a special place). A 4-disc Prince of Darkness box set is also released, including, in addition to the collection and covers, Ozzy's duets with various musicians.

In 2007, a new album "Black Rain" was released. Ozzy is not afraid to experiment with sound, but in general the album is inferior to its predecessor. Ozzy himself admitted that this is "my first album that I recorded while sober."

On June 22, 2010, the tenth solo album "Scream" was released, which was announced on the official website. Its release was preceded by advertising campaign held at Madame Tussauds in New York. Ozzy sat motionless on a couch in one of the halls of wax figures, and when fans of his work approached him to take pictures, Osbourne stood up abruptly or simply scared the visitors with a scream.

In October 2010, Osbourne recorded a cover version of "How?" in honor of the 70th anniversary of the ex-Beatle. The song was originally released on Lennon's second solo album Imagine in 1971. All proceeds from the sale of the composition are donated to the human rights organization Amnesty International.

Ozzfest is a festival founded by Ozzy Osbourne. He travels with tours around the world, in the Ozzfest 2004 traveling festival, along with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Linkin Park, Slayer, Superjoint Ritual, Dimmu Borgir, System of a Down, KoRn, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Godsmack took part and other "heavy" groups. A significant role in the development of the festival was played by Ozzy's young son Jack Osbourne, who from a certain moment began to perform the functions of program director.

In June 2010, Ozzy decided to donate his body to science, claiming that his body is unique: “Apparently, I am a real medical miracle! I drank for forty years and nothing happened to me. I got drunk, passed out, and then came back to myself. I think I should bequeath my body to the Natural History Museum in London.".

The Knome company assured that they will make his genetic map in order to find out why the musician is still alive. According to Nathan Pearson, director of research at Knome, studying people with unusual medical histories has enormous scientific potential. Among other things, scientists hope that as a result of the study, the mechanism of assimilation of drugs by the body will be clarified.

At the end of October, data from genetic studies were published. According to scientists, Ozzy is a descendant of Neanderthals and ancient Romans who died as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79. It was also established that the musician is a distant relative of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II and the King of Great Britain George I. In addition, the researchers found that Osborne is related to the famous American criminal of the XIX century Jesse James. The researchers found that Osborne has more stamina than the average person, and the ability of his body to cope with the effects of alcohol and drug use exceeds the average.

In July 2010, Osborne was invited to write a column on healthy way life in the American magazine Rolling Stone.

In 1987, he took part in the music video for "Loud and Clear" by the band Autograph.

A story about a teenager's suicide in 1981:

In 1986, Ozzy was arrested on a plane at the Los Angeles airport. The allegations presented to the vocalist were that a certain 19-year-old teenager shot himself while inspired by the song "Suicide Solution". The prosecution claimed that the song itself contains special noises that affect the subconscious and hypnotize the listener.

Osbourne's lawyers managed to prove that there are no extraneous sounds on the recording, and the lyrics of the song cannot be the subject of a lawsuit, as it falls under the first amendment to the US constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.

By the way, it should be noted that the text of the song itself does not call for suicide: excessive addiction to alcohol is compared with suicide in the song. According to Ozzy, he wrote the song "Suicide Solution" under the influence of the news of the death of AC / DC vocalist Bon Scott, who choked on vomit as a result of extreme intoxication. Bob Daisley, who claimed credit for the song, stated that the lyrics were written because Ozzy himself had a serious drinking problem at the time.

Financial fraud in the payment of fees:

In 1998, former members of Ozzy Osbourne's solo musical project - bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles District Court against Osbourne and his wife, accusing them of financial fraud when paying fees to musicians. Question judicial trial concerned the payment of royalties for the first two albums: Blizzard of Ozz - 1980 and Diary of a Madman - 1981. The court of first instance left this claim unsatisfied, which was the reason for the musicians to file an appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal, which in 2003 upheld the decision of the lower court.

Personal life Ozzy Osbourne:

At the age of 21 he married Thelma Riley, has two children from this marriage. Osborne also adopted Thelma's son from her first marriage.

Divorced in 1981 at age 33. On July 4, 1982, he married Sharon Osbourne, who takes care of all the affairs and schedule of her husband. Married to Sharon, he has three children - Amy, Kelly and Jack.

In autobiography "I am Ozzy" Osborne writes candidly about his many years of struggle with alcoholism. According to the singer, he began to abuse alcohol from about the age of eighteen, and by the age of forty he became a chronic alcoholic who drank three to four bottles of strong alcohol (vodka or cognac) a day. He repeatedly tried to get rid of his addiction, turning to various rehabilitation centers (including the Betty Ford Clinic), was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, but periods of sobriety were replaced by hard drinking. During treatment for alcoholism, he also became addicted to drugs (Vicodin, Valium, etc.). Osborne finally stopped drinking and abusing drugs only in the middle of the 2000s.

Discography of Ozzy Osbourne:

Black Sabbath studio albums

1970 - Black Sabbath
1970 - Paranoid
1971 - Master of Reality
1972 - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1973 - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1975 - Sabotage
1976 - Technical Ecstasy
1978 - Never Say Die!
2013 - 13

Black Sabbath live albums

1980 - Live at Last
1998 - Reunion
2002 - Past Lives

Black Sabbath compilations

1975 - We Sold Our Soul for Rock N' Roll
1996 - The Sabbath Stones
2002 - Symptom of the Universe
2004 - Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)
2006 - Black Sabbath: Greatest Hits 1970-1978

Ozzy Osbourne Solo Career:

Studio albums by Ozzy Osbourne:

1980 - Blizzard of Ozz
1981 - Diary of a Madman
1983 - Bark at the Moon
1986 - The Ultimate Sin
1988 - No Rest for the Wicked
1991 - No More Tears
1995 - Ozzmosis
2001 - Down to Earth
2005 - Undercover
2007 - Black Rain
2010 - Scream

Ozzy Osbourne live albums:

1982 - Speak of the Devil
1987 - Tribute
1990 - Just Say Ozzy
1993 - Live & Loud
2002 - Live at Budokan

Singles by Ozzy Osbourne:

1980 - Crazy Train
1988 - Crazy Babies
1992 - Mama I'm Coming Home
1996 - See You on the Other Side
2001 - Gets Me Through
2002 - Dreamer
2007 - I Don't Wanna Stop
2010 - Let Me Hear You Scream
2012 - Beliver (7" cartoon CD)

Ozzy Osbourne compilations:

1989 - Best of Ozz
1997 - The Ozzman Cometh
1998 - Chef Aid: The South Park Album
2002 - Osbournes, The - The Osbourne Family Album
2003 - The Essential
2005 - Prince of Darkness
2011 - 30th Anniversary Deluxe Boxed Set
2014 - Memoirs of a Madman

Filmography of Ozzy Osbourne:

1986 - Candy or Death "Trick or Treat" at the Internet Movie Database
1986 - Storm Riders (American Way, The) "The American Way"
1988 - The Decline of Western Civilization Part II, the Metal Years
1994 - Gouging (The Jerky Boys)
1997 - Body Parts "Private Parts"
2000 - Nikki the Devil Jr.
2001 - Moulin Rouge! (voiceover)
2002 - Austin Powers: Goldmember
2007 - Comic Relief 2007: The Big One
2010 - The Greatest Song Ever Written: Gyre & Gimbol
2010 - Guys Choice
2011 - Gnomeo and Juliet (voice)
2011 - God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (autobiographical film)

Bibliography of Ozzy Osbourne:

1986 - Diary of a Madman - The Official Biography of Ozzy Osbourne, Zomba Books. - ISBN 978-0-9463-9146-2.
1999 - Paranoid: Black Days With Sabbath & Other Horror Stories, Mainstream. - ISBN 978-1-8515-8993-7.
2000 - Devil Music: the True Story of Ozzy and Sabbath, Mainstream. - ISBN 978-1-8401-8666-6.
2004 - Mr Big: Ozzy, Sharon and My Life as the Godfather of Rock, Robson Books. - ISBN 978-1-8610-5607-8.
2008 - Osbournes Confidential: An Insider's Chronicle, JR Books. - ISBN 978-1-9062-1773-0.
2010 - I Am Ozzy, Bargain Price. - ISBN 978-1-84744-346-5.
2011 - Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor, Hachette Book Group. - ISBN 978-1-45550-333-9.