John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Ozzy Osbourne hails Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister as his personal “rock god”
nme.comOzzy Osbourne has hailed the late, great Lemmy Kilmister as his own “rock god” in a new tribute.The Black Sabbath frontman opened up on his love of the Motorhead singer when asked about the artists who inspire him, in a new interview with BBC Radio 2’s Johnny Walker.The hard-living rock icons were close friends, and Lemmy co-wrote a wide array of Osbourne’s solo tracks before he died from cancer in 2015.My rock god is Lemmy Kilmister.
Lemmy was a guy – he shot from the hip every time. ‘That sucks,’ or, ‘I like that’,” said Ozzy.“I’m good at starting lyrics, but I can’t finish them.
And he’d go – he’d write a bunch of lyrics for my songs – ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home.’“So, I’d give him a tape, and I had this book on World War II.
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