Ozzy Osbourne was born in Birmingham, England, on the 3rd of December, 1948 – and the world would never be the same again. He dropped out of school at 15 and by 17 had formed a rock band with guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geezer Butler, who wrote most of the band’s lyrics. The band rehearsed across from a cinema that showed horror movies; noticing that so many people were paying to be scared, they decided to play ominous, ghoulish music – even referencing satanism and the occult. The group named themselves Black Sabbath, after a horror … Continue reading Celebrating Ozzy Osbourne on the Legendary Rocker’s 72nd Birthday