A Tribute to.....................

Nicknames:
The Great Ozz
The Wizard of Ozz
The Madman
The Godfather of Heavy Metal
The Prince of Darkness
The Blizzard of oz

Height : 5'10" (1.78m)

Tattoos:
Ozzy has over fifteen tattoos over his body. Some of them are:
- Red hooded ghoul on left chest
- Blue dragon with red flames on right chest
- Unknown tattoo (leaves or dagger?) on right arm
- Stick man figure on left wrist just below thumb
- Unknown tattoo (letters) on his left palm, starts with "A"
- Letters O,Z,Z,Y on his knuckles of left hand
- The word 'THANKS' is marked on his right palm
- Happy faces on both knees
- Rose on right shoulder, he would later have the word 'Sharon' tattooed under it
- Skull with knife through it on left arm
- Long pointed dagger with Ozzy banner on left arm
- Bat and woman's face on upper left shoulder
- Symbols and a number "3" on his arm.
- Sword on his right thigh

Albums

X-Posed
Ozzmosis
The Ozzman Cometh
Diary Of A Madman
Blizzard of Ozz
No More Tears
Down to Earth
OzzFest, Vol. 1
Ozzmosis
No More Tears
Just Say Ozzy
No Rest for the Wicked
Tribute
The Ultimate Sin
Bark at the Moon
Speak of the Devil
Diary of a Madman
Blizzard of Ozz

Trivia
Reportedly bit off the head of a bat live on stage in the 80s.

Married the daughter of his old manager who now manages him herself.

Ozzy has long said that "Suicide Solution", a song about the dangers of alcoholism, was written as a tribute to former AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott
who had died an alcohol-related death in 1980.
However in 2002, the writer of "Suicide Solution (Ozzy's former bassist and main lyricist, Bob Daisley),
revealed that the song actually alluded to Ozzy himself.
His song "Suicide Solution" created controversy when a fan committed suicide.
The fan's parents alleged that Ozzy was responsible and sued him. The suit was cleared completely.

Every single one of his solo albums (of original material) has gone multi-platinum.

Was born the 4th of 6 children to Jack and Lillian Osbourne.
His brothers are Paul and Tony, and his sisters are Jean, Iris, and Gillian. His father died in 1977.

Daughter Aimee opted out of appearing in the MTV reality show 'The Osbournes', but his and Sharon's two other children, Kelly and Jack, agreed to take part.

Had two children from his first marriage (to Thelma Mayfair): Jessica (born 1973) and Louis (born 1975).
He also adopted his first wife's son, Elliot Kingsley (born 1966), from a previous marriage.
His children with second wife Sharon are Aimee (born 9-2-83), Kelly (born 10-27-84), and Jack (born 11-8-85). Formed a band called Law after leaving Black Sabbath in 1979.
They played 2 gigs before he changed their name to the Blizzard of Oz.

Claims he sleeps with a bayonet under his bed.

With wife Sharon, Ozzy announced that the family had agreed to a deal with MTV, worth a reported $20 million,
to do two more seasons of 'The Osbournes', the highest rated show in the history of the channel. [May 2002]

The Osbournes meet with President Bush while attending the annual Correspondant's Association dinner.
[May 4, 2002]

The cover of his 1988 album "No Rest for the Wicked" created controversy;
it seemingly depicts himself seated and young children gathered around a Satanic shrine.

Arrested in September 1989 after attempting to strangle wife Sharon while drunk.
He awoke in jail the next day not knowing why he was there.
He and Sharon reconciled in October 1990 after Ozzy endured extensive drug rehabilitation.

The cover of his 1982 live album "Speak of the Devil" was partially censored in some stores.
The cover depicted a fanged Ozzy with blood (actually raspberry jelly) oozing from his mouth.
The stores put a sticker over his mouth to obscure the "blood".
Once Ozzy discovered this,
he demanded that the sticker be removed or he would have his record company pull the album from those stores.
Not wanting to lose the album sales of an Ozzy Osbourne recording, the stores adhered to Ozzy's wishes.

Honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [April 12th, 2002]

Has a smiley face tatooed on each of his knees to cheer him up in the morning!

Black Sabbath's name came from a 1963 film starring Boris Karloff.
Sabbath's early songs reflected the same types of themes that were the centerpiece of those movies.
Ozzy later named one of his solo albums "Diary of a Madman", the title of a 1963 Vincent Price horror film.

Was one of the first "shock rockers."

Throws a bucket of water on the audience at his concerts.

Resides in Buckinghamshire, England and Los Angeles, California, USA.

On December 8th, 2003 he was seriously injured while riding his ATV quad bike on the grounds of his Buckinghamshire Estate in England.
The accident occurred while he was taking a day off from his hectic promotional schedule surrounding the UK release of "Changes" - a duet with his daughter Kelly.
He broke his collarbone, six ribs and a vertebra in his neck.
The injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, though he has undergone some surgery.
His remake with daughter Kelly of the Black Sabbath song "Changes" went straight to #1 in the UK when it was released a week after his quad-bike accident.
Reunited with Black Sabbath in 1985 for the Live Aid festival,
and again in November of 1992 for the last night of Ozzy's so-called "final" tour.
After the success of this show, the idea of a new Black Sabbath record and full tour was proposed,
and the contracts were written up.
However, Ozzy decided at the last minute not to sign them.
It wasn't until December of 1997 that all four original members reunited again,
to perform and record what would become the live album "Reunion".

Throughout his concert tours in the early 8's, fans would usually throw rubber bats
onstage in keeping with his "Satanic" image.
And he would indulge the crowd, biting the rubber props and throwing them around the stage.
On one particular night, a fan threw what was an unconscious live bat on stage, which Ozzy mistook for a fake one.
He bit into the animal, which resulted in him having to get multiple rabies shots.

Is a fan of football club Aston Villa Was the victim of a burglary at his Buckinghampshire (UK) home in November 2004. Almost £2 million pounds of jewelery was stolen.