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Ozzy(Left) and Randy Rhoads performing in
1980.
Welcome to the page
of madness. This page is to celebrate the greatest hard
rock god in the world, OZZY OSBOURNE. Ozzy was in a band in
the 1970's called Black Sabbath. Many believe that Black
sabbath broke through many musical barriers during that
time. with Tony Iommi's hypnotic guitar riffs, bill wards
ground shaking drumming and Terry Geezer Butlers devilish
bass playing and ozzy's Gothic and Satanic sounding voice
they plowed through the 70's with the fury of a tornado And
that is amazing especially when they were in a time when
peace love and flower children controlled the music
industry. Black Sabbath felt that there was nothing wrong
with peace and love. but they also believed that life isn't
all love and peace. They believed that there was a darkside
that everyone had and that not everyone was happy and
peaceful every second of the day.
(left to
right)Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Terry Geezer Butler, Bill
Ward
Black Sabbath was
originally called EARTH. they changed their name shortly
after they saw a Boris Karloff movie called BLACK SABBATH.
They found it a bit amusing that people would pay good
money to be scared out of their wits. that's when they
decided on a horror theme that would put them down in
history as being the creators of heavy metal. some people
have deemed them as the premier goth band.
Black
sabbath's First album in 1970.
many people believed
that their first hit song. the self tittled song BLACK
SABBATH also came from the movie. while it is true the name
came from the movie. the song was written before the name
was even thought of. the idea of the song came from a
nightmare that Terry Geezer Butler had. He dreamed that a
big black shape with eyes of fire came to him and stood at
the foot of his bed pointing at him. Thus came the first
line to the song "WHAT IS THIS THAT STANDS BEFORE ME? A
FIGURE IN BLACK THAT POINTS AT ME".
Black
Sabbath in the mid 1970's.
Ozzy and
black sabbath rocked the world for 10 years straight.
Generating mega hits though out the 1970's. Creating
controversy every step on their way. Although the critics
ripped them to pieces. It still didn't stop the roller
coaster of success. They were accused of everything from
causing suicide's to promoting black magic and devil
worship. Which was a bunch of lie's from people who never
took the time to listen. Because they spent most of that
time criticizing sabbath. Some critics gave them bad revues
without even ever seeing them. I do have to confess, i
listened to the critics and believed them myself. Until i
took the time to listen the music and realized how wrong
they were.
Black
Sabbath in the late 1970's.
Ozzy was
fired by black sabbath in 1980 by drummer and close friend
Bill Ward. Ward never like doing the job. He was
unfortunately chosen to give Ozzy the bad news. The excuse
given to the press of Ozzy's being fired was that ozzy was
out of control and his dependents on drugs was the main
factor. but, truth be it known is they all had their own
drug problems. What i believe is, Tony Iommi thought Ozzy's
replacement Ronnie James Dio would be better at the job
then ozzy. In my opinion, Black Sabbath without ozzy is
like the beatles without lennon. It is not Black Sabbath! I
and many other fans will accept no
imitations!
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Bill Ward
1999
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Terry geezer Butler 1999
Ozzy and
Sabbath together again in 1999.
A ozzy and
Sabbath fan's Dream come true.
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