Prince of Darkness, Godfather of Heavy Metal, The Great Ozz turns 72-years-old today!
1969 was the year Black Sabbath was born, and Ozzy hasn’t stopped since. He’s been rocking our world for over 51 years. Ozzy dropped out of school at the age of 15 and worked as a construction laborer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker and car factory horn-tuner. While he was working, he heard the 1963 Beatles song, “She Loves You”. He said that song inspired him to become a musician, and the rest is history.
Thank you, Ozzy for changing the world, and Happy Birthday!
Here’s a live recording of Sabbath shortly after they formed. Ozzy was 21-years-old.
Here’s footage from 1975 in Santa Monica:
One of my favorite songs from Ozzy’s solo career:
And, Ozzy today still kicking ass:
