The man, the myth, the legend Ozzy Ozbourne,born December 3rd 1948 in Birmingham England,Ozzy Rock and Roll life style began when Tomy Iommi was advertiseing for a singer to be in his band called Earth so Ozzy turned up to the rehersals and soon offered the job.  They played local pubs for a few months under the name Earth until one day Geezer Butler the bassist complained about the name of the band and suggested "why dont we call ourselves Black Sabbath", so Black Sabbath was born, singer Ozzy Ozzbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, lead guitar Tomy Iommi and drummer Bill Ward.

In 1970 Black Sabbath released a five track vinyl which was a rapid success in the uk and also in America, in that same year Black Sabbath brought out one of the best albums to date with songs like War Pigs, Iron Man, Electric Funeral and you can forget the all mighty Paronoid this was also the name of the album.  One year later in 1971 they released the album Masters Of Reality which included classic songs like Sweet leaf, After Forever and Children Of The Grave and you can't forget the insrumental songs of Embrio and Orchid.

Over the next four years Sabbath brought out two albums one in 1973 named Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and one in 1975 titled sabotage, then 3 years later Ozzys last album with Black Sabbath titled Never Say Die was released, some of  the greatest songs on this album were called Johnny Blade, Air Dance and Swinging The Chain.

In 1980 Ozzy released his first solo album called Blizzard Of Ozz, this album is down as one of the greats of rock and roll, Ozzy teamed up with great guitarist Randy Rhodes on this album but this duo and great mates wasnt around for long as Rhodes die tradgically in a plane accident just two years later, this album produced tow of Ozzy most famous songs Crazy Train and Mister Crowly.  In 1981 Ozzy released the Album Diary Of A Mad Man with songs like You Can't Kill Rock n Roll and Believer this album did as well as first.

Bark At The Moon was Ozzys 3rd solo album and 1st without Randy Rhodes was released in 1983. The standout song on this album was for me Rock n Roll Rebel. It was three years later Ozzy brought out The Ultimate Sin album which featured songs like Fool Like You, Killer Of Giants and Shot In The Dark, by 1988 Ozzy brought on board the young guitarist named Zakk Wyled and a new album No Rest For The Wicked. Then in 1991 he released his No More Tears album which features Sharrons favourite Ozzy song Mama, I'm coming home. It was a long Four years later until Ozzy released in next solo album titled Ozzmosis again with tracks like Perry Mason, My Jekyll doesnt Hyde and My Little Man this album proved to be another classic Ozzy album. Again it was a long 6 years later until Ozzy brought out his 7th solo album titled Down To Earth by now Ozzy had a steady band behind him which was bassist Robert Trujillo, drummer Mike Bordin and Guitarist Zakk Wyled.
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