Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Amy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

Profession: Singer
Place/Date of Birth: Birmingham, 03 December 1948
Associated with: Jack Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne

Ozzy to be reality TV subject - 20/02/02
If crazy rock icon Ozzy Osbourne holds a fascination for you, then you’re in luck. You’ll be well acquainted with what it’s like on the inside of Osbourne’s family life with a new reality TV show for MTV.

He ain’t exactly a family man, but Ozzy will be filmed with his wife and manager Sharon and their teenage children Kelly and Jack in their Beverly Hills home.

Viewers will see Ozzy Osbourne giving his children advice on sex, drink and drugs, arguing with neighbours who keep him awake at night by playing folk music too loud and having to seek advice from his son on how to use a new digital TV.

He has battled drink and drug addictions, been notorious for trashing cars and hotel rooms, and famously bit the head off a live dove in a meeting with record executives.

Break a leg, Ozzy!! 12/11/01
Singer Ozzy Osbourne is to postpone forthcoming gigs having broken his leg without noticing. The former Black Sabbath frontman fell coming out of the shower before a US concert but was unaware that he had fractured his leg.

He continued to perform for a week before seeing a doctor who ordered him to stop touring. "He was unaware that the leg was fractured and continued to perform each night until the pain became unbearable," said a statement on the singer’s official website.

Osbourne,52, is in the middle of a Merry Mayhem tour of the US with Rob Zombie. The singer is now in Los Angeles and consulting with his personal physician.

October 2001
Playstation 2 has created an Ozzy video game titled "Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Skies" slated for release in November 2001.

October 2001
Ozzy will receive a Star on the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.

Aimee Osbourne
Aimme’s bid for fame - Jan 05
Finally, the ’lost Osbourne’ steps in to limelight. Aimee Osbourne, elder sister of Jack and Kelly refused to appear in fly on the wall show The Osbournes because she was "terrified of being seen as riding on her parents coattails" according to friends. But now the missing daughter, seen only briefly in the MTV series is making a bid for stardom, launching a singing career - following, not in the footsteps of father Ozzy and sister Kelly with a rock image, but Joss Stone, with a more soulful feel to her work.

Kelly, never one to keep quiet, has told press that Aimee was furious when her younger sister topped the charts, accusing Sharon of being a traitor in helping the wrong daughter with a singing career.

Louis Osbourne
Less documented, but equally as talented, Louis Osbourne, (Ozzy’s son from his first marriage) DJ’s internationally and in between playing Chicago, LA, Philly, Prague and the like, still manages to keep his roots playing local Birmingham venues (catch him monthly at House of God at the Q Club).
read more about Louis on MyBrum

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Biography

Ozzy - real name John Michael Osbourne - born into a very poor family, he apparently slept in one bed with all of his 5 brothers and sisters.

At the age of 15, he left school and began work as a plumbers mate, and then in a slaughter house but it was when he landed a job testing car horns at the Lucas factory where first developed his musical interest. He began as a singer in a series of local bands until 1969 he watched an old horror movie at a local theatre. The film was called "Black Sabbath" - the new group was born.

Their first album was released in 1970. Ozzy remained with the band for eight years and then reunited the group in July 1985 at the Live Aid Concert. In December 1999 Osbourne and Black Sabbath performed their last ever concerts in Birmingham. Ozzy released 10 records with Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath sold over 100 million records (to date) worldwide. Ozzy left the band and went solo in 1979.

His concerts are guaranteed sell. His first solo record Blizzard Of Ozz in 1981. The record quickly goes Quadruple Platinum. Ozzy and his wife/manager Sharon launch OZZfest in 1996, the first national music festival of its kind dedicated to hard rock music and breaking new artists. He won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2000 as a part of Black Sabbath for "Iron Man." He also received an MTV Movie Awards 2001 nomination for "Best Cameo" for his role in "Little Nicky."

Film director Penelope Spheeris shot a full-length documentary on OZZfest titled "We Sold Our Souls For Rock ’n’ Roll," that debuted at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Ozzy appeared in Adam Sandler’s "Little Nicky."
February 2008