RIP Ozzy Osbourne.

[Hardbopjazz]

He’s passed away just now at the age of 76.  

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I was never much of a fan of his music, other than when they played "Crazy Train" before the New England Patriots came out of their tunnel, but he was a riot in his family's reality show. i used to watch it all the time.

[ghost of miles]

 

[Pim]

I like Ozzy. Not a collector or huge fan but I know all the classics by him and Sabbath and their all in my rock/metal playlist. He meant a lot for that music (also with Ozzfest). I also enjoyed the reality series which is probably not an example of quality tv but always made me laugh when I was a teenager. With his lifestyle it surprises me he got that old. Rest in peace 

[Holy Ghost]

RIP! This is very sad news, but Ozzy hasn't been well for some time, so this doesn't come as an absolute shock to me. But still, it's OZZY! Huge Black Sabbath fan, but only got to see Ozzy perform live in '85, during his flashier phase. Encores were Sabbath tunes, War Pigs and Iron Man, I believe were them.

 

[gvopedz]

Rest in peace.

[mjazzg]

He was the soundtrack of my teenage years. Thanks Ozzy!

Not many artists define a genre, Sabbath did.

[JSngry]

Not at all a fan of the music, but certainly a hoot as a Pop Culture figure.

RIP, and lay off the bats up there!

[Aggie87]

47 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Not many artists define a genre, Sabbath did.

This is the truth.  Sabbath was the first, and had a sound that nobody had prior.  Ozzy was great for the first few years of his solo career, but gradually morphed into a caricature of himself over the following decades - to me at least.  

But early Sabbath and his first couple of solo albums were very good, in that genre.

Rest in Peace, Ozzy.

[felser]

R.I.P.  The first three albums were musically enjoyable to me (along the lines of the first few Grand Funk Railroad albums), though some of the lyrics on the first album were troubling (though cartoonish, and "The Wizard" is really muddled).  The second and third album were in a different light, with "After Forever" lyrically being outright gospel.    The fourth album was so horrible I checked out at 18 and never bothered to pay attention again.  But 'Paranoid' was a landmark and will always have a place on my shelves.

[Dub Modal]

Playing some Sabbath in his memory. NIB is still a great tune and Children and the Grave (among others) were a template for heavy metal in the decades to come. Saw the '99 Sabbath reunion live and it was a great show. RIP. Helluva life