John Michael Osbourne , more known under the name of Ozzy Osbourne , is a British singer of heavy metal born on December 3rd, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham. It is also called “The Prince Of Darkness” (“the Prince of darkness”) in reference to the escapades of its private life and its services on scene. It is known at the same time for its musical career solo, which always continues, and for its role within Black Sabbath, group of metal celebrates.
In 2002, the emission of Tele reality devoted to the daily life of Ozzy Osbourne and its family, The Osbournes , is diffused on the music channel MTV. It makes discover with the general public this figure of the world of metal.
Biography
Childhood and beginnings in music
John Osbourne sees the day the December 3rd 1948 with Birmingham in England. He is the junior by a family of six children (two brothers and three sisters), and all live in a great destitution. He makes his primary studies, but gives up before the secondary, at the fifteen years age. For one short period, he works like Plombier in order to help to provide for the family needs, before occupying of other small employment, inter alia, in a slaughter-house and a factory of sound signalling hooters.
Tired to gain little money for much work, Osbourne launches out in short and unfruitful criminal, marked out career flights in store and small burglings. It finishes regularly behind the bars and is finally seen inflicting, in 1965, a six weeks sorrow to the prison of Winson Green, sorrow during which it carries out itself its from now on famous tattooings, of which the OZZY which runs on its phalanges. He then proposes in Butler to take it as Chanteur, invests in a Microphone and an amplifying , and is retained to turn with the group The Approach.
This formation takes again mainly pieces of Otis Redding and Osbourne is quickly dissatisfied of this musical style, Osbourne thus takes part in eight albums, of 1968 to 1978, which are now recognized by much like the traditional ones of the kind, Technical ecstasy and Never Say Die! .
The choice of the musical orientation of Black Sabbath is done by a coincidence; the new group repeats just beside a cinema which passes mainly from the films of horror. The young musicians are astonished that people spend of the money to see alarming films, but that nobody still created modern music comparable with this cinematographic kind. Thus they decide to compose of the pieces to worrying environment and sinks, which will become characteristic of metal with the passing of years.
The strategy pays and the group is rather quickly made a name, name which, moreover, has nothing to do with leaning for the worship of the Diable. The group refuses, for example, to play Stonehenge for a movement satanist British and made there of the enemies.
After Black Sabbath: Sharon and career solo
When it leaves the group, it sinks even more in drug, that it is made deliver to its apartment. When Sharon, the girl of the manager of Black Sabbath, comes to claim the payment of debts to him, it decides to help it to leave itself its situation. She would have said to him then: “rises, takes a shower, one will see recording companies”. She proposes to bring two doves as a sign of freedom to him. Under the influence of alcohol, it goes to Sony Music and releases the two birds, but one of them remains on its leg: at this point in time it takes it and the head with the teeth tears off to him. The personnel of Sony finds that Osbourne that they are the product need. This anecdote builds the legend; it will make in the same way later with a bat launched on scene by a fan. Osbourne declares that it took the animal for a plastic toy but must all the same be made vaccinate against the rage in urgency during the spectacle.
On recommendation of its recording company, it recruits senior and usual musicians work in studio to record its own albums. One finds among those Randy Rhoads of Quiet Riot with the guitar, Bob Daisley of Rainbow to low and Lee Kerslake (ex- Uriah Heep) with the battery. Sharon, the girl of her manager Gift Arden, becomes her managing in addition to her friend of heart. They adopt then Robert Marcato, a young orphan. One also regularly hears about démoniaque worship - perhaps because of its decorations of scene or the sulfurous heritage of Black Sabbath - and of subliminal messages in his songs. Osbourne contradicts and affirms to make music only for the pleasure, while being said satisfied if its work “leads the teenagers to rebel a little”.
Randy Rhoads plays on the first album of Osbourne, Blizzard Off Ozz . For the following album, Diary Of has Madman , Daisley and Kerslake are isolated to be replaced by Rudy Sarzo with low and Tommy Aldridge with the battery. 1982 are one year difficult for Osbourne: its guitarist, Randy Rhoads, lose the life in an air crash: it is only 25 years old. It is replaced by Brad Gillis. His/her parents blame Osbourne for the death of their child and launch a legal procedure. They again evoke the presence of subliminal messages in its music and more particularly in this song. In this precise case, the message would say “Get the gun, shot, shot, shot, shot” , which can result in “Takes the firearm, draws, car, car, car”. Osbourne clamp that it forever put again subliminal message in its recordings and is declared not culprit The end of the Années 1980 is one rather difficult period for Osbourne. It is continued “to have encouraged young people with the suicide” because of the texts of its songs (in particular Suicide Solution of the album Blizzard off Ozz ). He is however always declared not culprit. His wife Sharon the assistance to overcome her alcohol problem, although it tried to strangle it one evening of drinking bout, was imprisoned then released some time afterwards, comparing it with “a dinosaur beside a dog”. All occurs well for the first edition from the festival and they decide to continue the adventure.
One year later, Osbourne puts on the market The Ozzman Cometh , compilation of its greater successes with new recordings going back to Black Sabbath. To conclude compilation, it decides to return in studio to re-record some songs of demonstration of Ozzmosis . It incorporates the song Back One Earth . The exit of this album allows Ozzy Osbourne and its fellow-members of Black Sabbath to meet for a new named round Reunion , in 1998-1999.
2002, The Osbournes : a critical and commercial success
After six years of inactivity Ozzy Osbourne leaves in 2002 Down To Earth . The same year, MTV starts a series of Télé reality based on its daily life and that of its close relations, The Osbournes . A team of turning follows Ozzy and her family in “their life of the every day”, although it appears, at the end of the second series of The Osbournes , that the scenario is prepared in advance. The Osbournes confers the celebrity on his Sharon wife like in their children, Jack and Kelly (Aimee refuses as for it to take part). The series becomes the largest success of the history of MTV and pushes several other artists to try the same experiment with more or less of success.
Always in 2002, Osbourne and its Sharon wife are invited to dine at the White House in the presence of the President on the United States. George W. Bush known as to have appreciated her meeting with the musician and would have told him “Ozzy, mom likes your music”. This year is rich in events for Osbourne and its family: The first of The Osbournes is presented on March 5th, 2002 - the final episode is diffused on March 21st, 2005. Ozzy Osbourne carries out the album Live At the Budokan , recorded in Budokan Hall with the Japan and leaves a DVD to accompany CD. On the DVD a new episode of the Osbournes turned in Japan is. Lastly, this same year, the star of Ozzy is added to Walk off Famed on Hollywood boulevard. Ozzy Osbourne shows the symptoms of a slow hearing impairment, as one could note it in the emission The Osbournes , during which it often makes repeat their sentences with the members of his family.
In 2003 it decides to off launch an double album entitled The Essential Ozzy Osbourne which includes/understands some of its greater successes, of Blizzard Ozz to Down to Earth . The titles resulting from the album The Ultimate Sin was completely put on side for this compilation. Ozzy had already declared in interview which this album was “the worst than it had realized”. During this same year, a member of the municipal council of Birmingham makes countryside to offer to him one day of commemoration on behalf of his birthplace.
Two years later it finally decides to launch a retrospective box of its career, Prince off Darkness . It includes/understands four CD. The first and the second contain songs recorded in round, studio and demonstrations. The third, of the forgotten duets and to finish, on fourth CD, of the resumptions of its preferred songs. Later this year leaves Under Cover to commemorate its forty years of career. The album consists of songs of fourth CD of Prince off Darkness . Four songs are added: Rocky Mountain Way , Go Now , Woman and Sunshine Of Your Coils and a song is forgotten, that of the duet with Kelly Osbourne named Changes . In May 2005, Osbourne tests tremors. Those are not related to its continuous abuses drugs, it acts of an not-evolutionary parkinson's syndrome (its state should not worsen with time), with the symptoms very similar to those of the Parkinson's disease. Always in the register of the rewards, Ozzy is honoured with a price during the 2nd edition of VH1 Rock Honors 2007 . He interprets for the occasion I Don' T Wanna Stop , Bark At The Moon and Crazy Train . In the month of August 2007, Ozzy Osbourne makes the cover of the magazine Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles .
Vocal characteristics
The song of Ozzy Osbourne, as of the beginnings, is very characteristic and has a generally recognizable singular key. So much of singers of heavy metal have recourse to the shouted song, the song of Ozzy Osbourne on the contrary preserves the clear song. However, it is often characterized by a stamp geignard, nasillard and monotonous.
Price and distinctions
- April 12th, 1992: It enters in the Hollywood Rock Wall with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne Band
- September 2004: It receives the Special Edition Award with annual the concour Men Of The Year.
- March 2006: Black Sabbath (First formation with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward) are introduced with the Rock'n'roll Hall off Famed.
Discography
For the discography supplements of Ozzy Osbourne, to refer to the detailed article: Discography of Ozzy Osbourne.
Albums with Black Sabbath
See also: Black Sabbath
Albums studio
Remastering S
The albums solo of Ozzy are remasterisés in August 1995. However, following a complaint of former members of the group (Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake), informant not to be paid after the recordings, the catalog of Ozzy again is remasterisé and remixé at the end of autumn 2002. This time, the partitions of low and the battery on the albums Blizzard off Ozz and Diary off has Madman are re-recorded entirely by the bass player Robert Trujillo and the beater Mike Bordin. Robert and Mike also play on the album Down to Earth of Ozzy. One learns into 2001 that the albums Speak off the Devil , Just Say Ozzy and Live & Loud were removed musical catalog of Ozzy.
In 2007, to Japan, leave the remasterisations of the first twelve albums of Ozzy Osbourne, of Blizzard off Ozz with Down to Earth . They are available out of box or individually.
Notable projects
Cancelled projects
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1998 : Ozzy Osbourne was to carry out an album with Steve Vai, X-Ray .
- 2001: The Video game in project, Black Sky or Savage Sky , is cancelled.
Projects in progress
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Ozzy Osbourne will carry out a named musical comedy soon Rasputine .
- It will leave from here the autumn a 2008 DVD all its Clip S video.
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