Biography
When it came to rock stars, there were few equals when it came to the wild behavior and devil-may-care attitude of the self-proclaimed "Prince of Darkness" himself, Ozzy Osbourne. The British-born singer was catapulted to stardom in the late 1960s when he formed the heavy metal group Black Sabbath. The band's dark, bluesy rock style, punctuated by Osbourne's eerie vocals, turned the band into a commercially viable group for several years. …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Earned a Grammy nomination for the single "Let Me Hear You Scream" from his album, Scream | |
2007 | Released Black Rain his first studio album in almost six years is also the first he has ever recorded sober; earned a Grammy nomination | |
2006 | Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a memeber of Black Sabbath | |
2003 | MTV reality series "The Osbournes" was renewed for a second season; documented sharon's cancer | |
2002 | Reassembed for Ozzfest 2002 tour | |
2002 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
2002 | The Osbourne family received a book deal | |
2002 | Family became the focus of a reality series "The Osbournes" for MTV | |
| Osbourne home featured on MTV Cribs | ||
1996 | Headlined the second most successful tour of the year | |
1982 | Entered rehab for drug and alcohol abuse | |
1982 | Married his manager Sharon Arden | |
1982 | His guitarist and friend Randy Rhoads died in a plane accident | |
1980 | Began touring as a solo artist | |
1980 | Released his first solo album | |
1979 | Obtained Sharon Arden as his manager | |
1978 | Released from the Black Sabbath group | |
1970 | Released first album with Black Sabbath | |
| Joined a band as a singer even though he had no prior experiences | ||