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Parade on MSNOzzy Osbourne Was Known as Heavy Metal’s Prince of Darkness, but He Was Also a Huge Fan of This Classic BandOzzy Osbourne, who died July 22 at the age of 76, was known as the singer of influential heavy metal band Black Sabbath and for his outrageous solo career that earned him the title the Prince of Darkness. Yet Ozzy also had a softer side. He was a huge fan of the Beatles.
A behemoth among the monsters of rock music, Ozzy Osbourne will be best remembered for his showmanship and unique sound. As frontman of Black Sabbath, he was at the forefront of the heavy metal scene – a deeper, darker offshoot of hard rock. His ...
Black Sabbath bassist Terence 'Geezer' Butler shared an essay about his friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and their final gig together before the rocker's death at age 762. In the essay, Butler said he 'wasn’t prepared to see how frail he was.
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"I didn’t realize then that I would never see Ozzy again after that night," Butler writes of the July 5 "Back to the Beginning" show in England.
In an emotional essay, Geezer Butler recalled his decades-long friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final rehearsals.
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