  Ozzy "John" Osbourne
was born December 3, 1948 in England. From
being a driving force behind heavy metal band
Black Sabbath (in the 70s)
and to becoming a solo success as 'the prince
of darkness' (in the 80s and 90s) - who would
have thought Ozzy Osbourne would have renewed
fame as TV's favorite dad in the new
millenium.
Ozzy officially split from Black
Sabbath and began recording solo
material with the help of a band that
included Randy Rhoads
(formerly of Quiet Riot) and
Bob Daisley (formerly of Rainbow).
Ozzy named his band 'The Blizzard Of Ozz.'
 Ozzy released Blizzard
Of Ozz with the hit "Crazy
Train."
In Scotland, Ozzy performed his
first solo concert.
Ozzy began touring the US with
this band.
Blizzard
Of Ozz was certified gold.
 Ozzy released Diary
Of A Madman with the hits "Flying High
Again," "Over the Mountain,"
and "You Can't Kill Rock &
Roll."
Ozzy created a stir when he bit
the head off a bat that was thrown on stage
during a performance in Iowa. The bat bit
back resulting in Ozzy having to get rabies
shots.
Diary
Of A Madman was certified platinum.
Ozzy was arrested for urinating
on a part of the Alamo in Texas.
Ozzy's guitarist, Randy Rhoads,
was killed in a plane mishap. Rhoads was 25.
Blizzard
Of Ozz was certified platinum.
Ozzy married Sharon Arden.
 Ozzy released the live LP Speak
Of The Devil with the favorites
"Paranoid" and "Iron Man /
Children Of The Grave" medley.
Ozzy's most famed incident
occurred when he bit off the head of a dove
while meeting with record executives in
California.
Speak
Of The Devil was certified gold.
 Ozzy released Bark
At The Moon with the hits "Bark At The
Moon" and "Rock 'N' Roll
Rebel."
Bark
At The Moon was certified gold.
Ozzy performed at the
'Rock In Rio' concert.
Ozzy reunited temporarily with Black
Sabbath members to perform at Live
Aid.
 Ozzy released The
Ultimate Sin - which became his first Top 10
LP in the US and had the favorite "Shot
In The Dark."
Bark
At The Moon and The
Ultimate Sin were certified platinum..
 Ozzy released Tribute - a live recording of
tracks with Randy Rhoads playing with Ozzy.
Tribute was certified gold.
Ozzy dealt with court
controversy when he was sued by parents of
young man who committed suicide and Ozzy's
music was implicated by the parents as one of
the root causes.
 Ozzy released No
Rest For The Wicked.
No
Rest For The Wicked was certified gold.
 # 142
Singles Artist of the Year
No
Rest For The Wicked was certified
platinum.
Ozzy hit the Top 40 with Lita
Ford with "Close My Eyes Forever" from her LP Lita.
Ozzy hit the Top 10 with Lita Ford
with "Close My Eyes Forever."
Ozzy was arrested for attempting
to kill his wife, Sharon and soon found
himself in detox.
 Ozzy released the live EP Just
Say Ozzy.
The limited edition Ten
Commandments was released consisting of
older material.
Ozzy faced another lawsuit by
the parents of 2 teenagers who shot
themselves.
 Ozzy released No
More Tears which included the tracks
"No More Tears," "Mama, I'm Coming Home," "Road To
Nowhere," and "Time After
Time."
No
More Tears was certified gold.
No
More Tears was certified platinum.
 # 124
Singles Artist of the Year
Ozzy hit the Top 40 with "Mama, I'm Coming Home."
Bark
At The Moon, Diary
Of A Madman, and Blizzard
Of Ozz were certified 2x platinum, and
Speak
Of The Devil and Tribute were
certified platinum.
No
More Tears was certified 2x platinum.
 Ozzy released the live LP Live
& Loud with the hit
"Changes."
Just
Say Ozzy was certified gold.
Live
& Loud was certified gold.
Ozzy won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("I Don't Want To
Change The World").
Blizzard
Of Ozz was certified 3x platinum.
Diary
Of A Madman and No
More Tears were certified 3x
platinum, and The
Ultimate Sin was certified 2x
platinum.
Ozzy began touring touring again
3 years after announcing his retirement from
the stage.
 Ozzy released Ozzmosis which included
"Perry Mason," "See You On The
Other Side," and "I Just Want
You."
Ozzy could be heard on the
soundtrack to Beavis
And Butt-Head Do America with "Walk On
Water."
Ozzy began touring as part of a
reunited Black Sabbath with
'Ozzfest '97.'
Blizzard
Of Ozz was certified 4x platinum and No
Rest For The Wicked and Tribute were
certified 2x platinum.
 Ozzy released The
Ozzman Cometh with the track "Back On
Earth. "
Ozzy reunited with Black
Sabbath members for 2 performances
in England.
The
Ozzman Cometh was certified platinum.
Ozzy began touring with 'Ozzfest
'98.'
Ozzy could be
heard on Busta Rhymes' LP, E.L.E.:
Extinction Level Event (The Final World
Front), on the track "This Means
War!!"
Ozzmosis was certified 2x
platinum.
Ozzy asked the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame to take Black Sabbath
off the ballot of nominees - citing the
foundation doesn't reflect the true wishes of
the fans with their selections and
overlooking the band in past years.
Ozzy helped out Coal
Chamber on their LP Chamber
Music with "Shock The
Monkey" - a remake of Peter
Gabriel's hit.
 Ozzy won a Grammy Award with Black
Sabbath for Best Metal Performance ("Iron
Man").
No
More Tears was certified 4x platinum.
Ozzy appeared on the Black
Sabbath tribute LP - Nativity
In Black II: Tribute To Black Sabbath - helping Primus
with "N.I.B."
A $20 million lawsuit was filed
against Ozzy and his wife/manager by 2 former
band members claiming they weren't properly
compensated for songwriting proceeds.
Bark
At The Moon was certified 3x platinum and Live
& Loud was certified
platinum.
'Ozzfest' kicked off again.
Ozzy again asked the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame to take Black
Sabbath off the ballot of nominees.
Ozzy filed a lawsuit over a
pay-for-view telecast of 'Ozzfest' - Ozzy had
also told fans not to watch the event and
claimed the original deal was to be for
Internet broadcast only.
Ozzy came in at # 18
on the VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
'Ozzfest' kicked off another
summer - this time joined by the likes of Linkin Park, Mudvayne
and Slipknot.
The
Ozzman Cometh was certified 2x platinum.
 Ozzy released Down
To Earth.
Ozzy's 'Merry Mayhem' tour was
postponed for several dates due to a leg
fracture Ozzy suffered from a fall.
Down
To Earth was certified gold.
 Ozzy and his family jumped into
the reality TV world with The
Osbournes on MTV. The result was huge
ratings and renewed fame for Ozzy as the TV
series followed the everyday antics of Ozzy
and his family.
Ozzy could be heard on the
soundtrack for The
Scorpion King on "Iron Head" with Rob
Zombie.
Ozzy got his star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ozzy was invited to a White
House Press Correspondents Dinner with the
president.
Ozzy signed on to a book deal
with Simon & Schuster for more than $3
million.
Ozzy and his family graced the
cover of Rolling Stone.
MTV announced the Osbourne would
return for a second season of The
Osbournes.
 Ozzy released The
Osbourne Family Album - which includes 3
Ozzy tracks and songs by other artists chosen
by the Osbourne family.
Ozzy also released another live
LP Live
At Budokan.
Ozzy performed as part of Queen
Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee concert at
Buckingham Palace.
Ozzy took time off from his
Ozzfest tour while his wife Sharon underwent
chemotherapy for her cancer. Sharon had
undergone surgery earlier in the month for
colon cancer, but found out that the cancer
had spread.
 The
Osbournes won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Non-fiction Reality Program.
Live
At Budokan was certified gold.
The second season of The
Osbournes was back on MTV.
 The Osbourne family hosted the American Music
Awards.
Essential
Ozzy Osbourne was released.
Down
To Earth was certified platinum.
 Ozzy could be heard dueting with
his daughter Kelly Osbourne
on the Black Sabbath remake
"Changes" on Kelly's LP, Changes.
MTV reported that Ozzy will be
writing a Broadway musical that will be base
on Rasputin, a Russian monk.
 Ozzy broke his collarbone and
some ribs after crashing an all-terrain bike
at his home in England.
Ozzy topped the singles chart in
the UK for a week helping out his daughter Kelly
Osbourne with "Changes."
Ozzy cancelled his 20-date
European tour, set to kick off in Germany,
due to on-going recovery from accident.
The 4th and final season of The
Osbournes began.
Essential
Ozzy Osbourne was certified gold.
Ozzy and Sharon had to leave
their England mansion when a fire broke out
in their living room.
The single "Crazy
Train" was certified gold.
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