Ozzy Osbourne Facts

At the beginning of his life there was little sign of his great and rapid world career. John Michael Osbourne saw the light of day in Birmingham on December 3, 1948 and spent his childhood in rather poor circumstances. Perhaps it was also due to these circumstances that the later Black Sabbath member was already classified as poorly educable in primary school. His parents were both simple factory workers and did not invest much time in bringing up their children. "Ozzy" or later also the "Godfather of Metal", as well as his 5 siblings were often dependent on themselves. Exactly these difficult circumstances have shaped the world star of today and his personality extremely. All these factors were probably reason enough that today's music legend Ozzy left school in 1962 and also dropped out of 2 apprenticeships in the following years. The first way for an alternative lifestyle was paved - music!
Ozzy Osbourne first came into contact with music at the age of 16. In order to make his fictitious band "Black Panthers" more famous, the rebellious tennager sprayed his band graffiti on the walls all over the city. The first contact with drugs was also made during this period of his life. The sporadic drug consumption that took place at the beginning quickly rose, so that Ozzy could only finance his addiction with various break-ins. The billing followed very quickly - he was sentenced to a total of 6 weeks imprisonment.
His first band "Ozzy Zig" did not achieve much fame, so that he made a name change with his former band members and friends Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. "Black Sabbath" was born and the first successes were not long in coming. Especially the very daring and crazy stage shows of Ozzy attracted many people magically and quickly made the band famous. The founders of "Heavy Metal" made their musical breakthrough in England in 1969, followed a year later by their first tour of the United States. The band sold an amazing 25 million albums by 1980. Only one year later Ozzy broke away from the band, which became famous all over the world, due to private problems.
The year 1981 was exciting for Ozzy in every aspect. Beautiful experiences, like the first meeting with his later wife Sharon Arden, were followed by moments of total crash and intoxication. During a press conference he bit off the head of a living dove, only to repeat this procedure on a bat a short time later. Even today, people are publicly pondering this moment - was it a real bat or just a dummy? What was certain, however, was that it suddenly brought him into the media.
A short time later, when not only his solo career went through the roof, he married his present wife Sharon. Shortly thereafter they had their first child Aimee. For a long time afterwards it became quiet around the "Black Sabbath legend" until he returned in the early 2000s with his own reality series "The Osbournes". The father of several children has meanwhile reached legendary status and rocks the stages of the world despite his old age.