Today my friends marks the 60th birthday of the Prince of Darkness – Ozzy Osbourne. And boy oh boy talk about one hell of a life he has had. Cats are envious of his multiple lives, venerated by legions of Metal fans, one of the most marketable personalities ever and just recently named a Living Legend at the Marshall Classic Rock: Roll of Honour Awards (of which after receiving was heard to say “I hope I don’t die on the way home.”). Yes, Ozzy has been living what some would call a charmed life.
Here’s some interesting Ozzy trivia:
- Ozzy has Parkinson’s Syndrome and will have to take daily medication for the rest of his life to combat the involuntary shudders associated with the condition.
- The Ozzfest tour came about after he was denied the chance to perform at the Lollapalooza tour in America.
- In 2004, he received an NME award for godlike genius.
- Before they became Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward went by the moniker Earth.
- Every single one of his solo albums (of original material) has gone multi-platinum.
- Of his many tattoos the letters O-Z-Z-Y across his left knuckles and the happy faces on both knees were self-made during a brief time in jail in the late 1960s.
- He is the owner on an Emmy for Best Reality TV Show.
- After biting the head off a live bat because he thought it was a toy bat during a 1982 concert in Des Moines, Iowa, Ozzy went through a series of painful rabies shots and a hefty donation to an animal rights group.
- He’s a vegetarian.
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