Ozzy Osbourne's History

Ozzy Osbourne is best known for his two amazing bands Black Sabbath (the founding band of metal) and Ozzy Osbourne (the band). It all started in 1968 when Black Sabbath was formed between guitarist Tony Iommi, bassit Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They released their first album Black Sabbath in 1970, it was a big hit, but also very different from what normal music was at the time and thats what layed the groundwork for future metal. Four months later they released their second album Paranoid, which was another huge hit. In 1971 Masters of Reality was released, that was also another big hit. Their next two albums were also good, but not huge hits. Their next big hit was Sabotage which was released in 1975. The next two albums were not big hits at all, and follwing the release of 1978's Never Say Die Ozzy was fired from the band due to intense drinking and drug usage in 1979. Black Sabbath released many other albums after Ozzy, but none were as recognizable or successful. The next time the original four members were together was in 1997, they released a live Reunion album in 1998 with two new studio tracks on it. The last time all four were together was in 1999 during on tour for their live Reunion album. If they all got back together and started new and stopped the fued between them, who knows what could happen, but for now, we can only hope for the best. When Ozzy was fired from Sabbath in 1979, he started his solo career. He went through a huge line up of band mates during his solo career, but his most recognizable and noticed members were guitarists Randy Rhodes, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde. With Randy Rhodes in 1980, Blizzard of Ozz was released and in 1981, Diary of a Madman was released. These two albums were huge hits, and were very successful. Randy Rhodes would have continued to write and preform with Ozzy, but he was sadly and tragically killed in a plane crash on March 19, 1982. After Randy passed away, Ozzy hired Jake E. Lee, and in 1983 Bark at the Moon was released. The only other album with Jake that they wrote was in 1986 titled The Ultimate Sin. These two albums were also pretty big hits. After The Ultimate Sin was released, Jake E. Lee left the band and was later replaced by Zakk Wylde. With Zakk, he released five more stuio albums, two of which were very successful, they were No More Tears (1991) and Black Rain (2007). Zakk then left the band to work on his side project and now full time band Black Label Society. He and Ozzy are still close, but Ozzy has found a new guitarist named Gus G. With Gus they are releasing a new album in 2010 titled Scream which should be out around June 22.