If Ozzy Osbourne After his expellation Black Sabbath in 1979 would have disappeared from public life forever? Then, thanks to his crucial role in the development of the heavy metal, he would still have entered history as a monumental figure. And would he really have calmed down in 1992 after his first farewell tour? Then he would still be two times due to his groundbreaking solo career Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-Member.
But as Jack Black explained when he added Osbourne to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, this was only the beginning for Ozzy. “He teamed up with his family to create another genre. Reality TV. Perhaps the evil what he has ever done,” said Black. “And then? Oh, maybe just a little thing called Ozzfest. The most successful heavy metal festival of all time. Ozzy, stop writing incredibly successful, genetic and world-changing hits. That is too much success for a life.”
Ozzy’s cultural influence is enough than Sabbath. His solo career, the Osbournes and Ozzfest. Here is a look at other moments of pop culture from Osbourne’s epic life. About which people will talk about for decades.
Ozzy’s influence on Trick Daddy and Lil Jon
The iconic intro of “Crazy Train” from the 1980s, Osbourne’s first solo hit, looks like a call to act with every hall ends “Aye, Aye, Aye”. In 2002 it found new life as the basis for trick daddy’s “Let’s Go” with Lil Jon and Twista. In the same year in which MTV’s “The Osbournes” started for millennial viewers. The song became Trick Daddy’s most successful and reached 7th place on the Billboard Hot 100. Unfortunately, “Let’s Go” only landed in Osbournes in 2021 when he was played in a tour bus. In the clip, that of Lil Jon was reposted, the rocker hears the hit from the early 2000s with an open mouth and big eyes full of amazement. And just says: “I’ve never heard that before.” –Eb
“The Fuck’s a Bieber?”
In this commercial for the electronics dealer Best Buy from the Super Bowl 2011, Ozzy lives up to his reputation as an aging, easily confusing rock star by stealing the show by a young, freshly faced Justin Bieber after not getting his text properly. The little argument with Sharon is of course completely realistic. Just like Ozzy, who struggles to struggle with the futuristic set. But it is his confused reaction to the teen pop star that rounds off the whole thing. “What the hell is a Bieber?” –MK
A visit to the White House
God knows why Ozzy was invited to the White House Correspondents in 2002. Not exactly his milieu. But George W. Bush didn’t want to leave his presence unnoticed. When the president called him Climbed Osbourne on his table with a grinto indulge in the roaring applause and laughter, and threw the amount of kissing hands. “Okay, Ozzy,” said Bush, to get him back on the bottom of the facts. And joked that the naming of his name “might have been a mistake”. –MK
A bad influence loudly … Bill Cosby?
The family dysfunctions and the vulgar language in The Osbournes the comedian Bill Cosby, who had not fallen into disgusted at the time, did not like the 2002 the show as “sad” and “no entertainment”. As Ozzy is reminiscent of his autobiography, Cosby even wrote a letter to himin which he would like to be able to be a bad role model with his vulgar language. Then Sharon wrote back and reminded Cosby that after his affair, which had become public in the late 1990s, he had no right to criticize her. And that it is ridiculous to complain about cursing, while so much violence is shown on television. The dozens of allegations of sexual attacks against Cosby, which later became known, made the Osbournes appear like shining role models in comparison. –MK
“Damned dogs, man”
MTVS Megahit reality show about Ozzy and his family, The Osbourneswas unforgettable because of his well -known reaction to everything and his constant roar after his wife and manager (“Sharon!“). But perhaps the most constant topic was his frustration about her Menagerie of pets. IIn particular, the dogs, since apparently none of them were house. You could always expect a dramatic explosion when Ozzy once again discovered a bunch on one of his ancient carpets. As he himself put it: “Damned dogs, man who shit everywhere.” –MK
Ozzy almost escapes a murder system after throwing a television out of the window
Somehow Ozzy Osbourne managed to throw a television out of the window until 1995. That changed in 1995 when the “Retirement Sucks” tour took a stop in Prague. And a drunk ozzy decided that it was finally time to try it out while he was depending on Zakk Wylde in Four Seasons. “I tore up. Raised it up and threw it out of the damn window,” he recalled in 2019. “It landed on the floor and exploded. It was like a bomb. I didn’t know that a man smoked there. And I was showering with the thought that it could have hit him on my head. I would have damned him.” Let’s all be grateful that Ozzy was not charged with attempted murder that night. –AG
Ants Go Marching
On a tour in the early eighties, Ozzy demonstrated that nobody could hand him the water when he was debauchery when he sniffed a series of ants while he was going around with Mötley Crüe by the pool. “Back then it was just like that. Everyone wanted to outdo each other who is the bigger rock star. Whoever does the nastiest things, who can best celebrate,” recalls crue drummer Tommy Lee. “Ozzy is totally drunk. He sees a small ants road that leads to the ice on the stem of a boy who has placed on the floor. And Ozzy looks down. And simply sniffs the ants line that leads to the ice.” Incredibly it became even crazier afterwards. When Lee Ozzy brought back to his hotel room, he was in awe when the veteran took a bunch and painted the wall of his hotel room with his own droppings. –Jd
Ritual with raw meat
During his tour in the early eighties, Osbourne developed a ritual that raised the handling of fans to a completely new level. He started throwing the amount with raw meat and animal body parts. And asked his fans to throw back everything they could secretly cheer him. Including the bat already mentioned, in which Osbourne had bitten in the Moines. While some thought this strange behavior for satanic frenzy, the truth is much funnier. Osbourne, as he explained in the documentary “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne”, was simply a big fan of old films with cream cake battles.
“That gave me the idea of throwing pieces of meat and animals into the audience instead of cakes,” he said. “I found that hilarious. [Sie warfen zurück] Saxon, living snakes, dead rats. Everything possible. Once someone threw a living frog on the stage. It was the biggest frog I’ve ever seen and he landed on his back. ” –JB
A lost duet with Madonna
Osbourne was at the height of his solo career in 1982 when Don what asked him to participate in what (not what) “Shake your head, let’s go to bed”. It was a happy avant-garde pop song that was far from Osbourne’s typical metal repertoire, and at one point an unknown, aspiring singer was consulted to contribute scratch-vocals. Madonna. When “Shake your Head” was first published in 1983, Madonna’s vocals were replaced by the studio singers. But ten years later, when Madonna was now a real superstar, there were supposedly plans to re -remix the track with her. However, this never happened. Instead, a recording was created on which Kim Basinger was heard. Although there was never an official publication of the version of Madonna and Ozzy, the track somehow reached the public and has been circulating on the Internet for years. –JB
Remember the Alamo
On February 19, 1982, a strongly alcoholic Ozzy Osbourne visited the Alamo during a break of his US tour. Without wanting to be disrespectful and because he urgently had to go to the toilet, he let his pants down and urinated at one point. He had no idea that he peed on the Alamo Cenotaph who reminded of the men and women who defended the fortress in 1836. However, this did not prevent him from being arrested and banished from San Antonio for a decade. But now everything is forgiven. “In Alamo we honor the story in all its complexity,” says a contribution on the Alamo Instagram account. “Today we appreciate Ozzy Osbourne’s path from the remorse to reconciliation in this historical place and speak of his family, his friends and his fans all over the world. He may rest in peace.” –AG
Bat Out of Hell
Technically speaking, it was an accident. But who, apart from Ozzy Osbourne, would find himself in a situation in which he accidentally tears off his head to a living bat? The animal came on stage on January 20, 1982 during a show from Osbourne in the Moines when Ozzy threw raw meat into the crowd and she threw everything back. Osbourne thought that the bat was made of rubber. Which is why he decided to bite into it.
The incident confirmed Osbourne’s call as a crazy man, gave him more attention in the press than ever before and also forced him to a painful series of rabies vaccinations. “There was a point where people I was waiting for more and more crazy things,” said Osbourne once. “I tell you one, people – rabies vaccinations are not fun.” –AG
Ozzy has a very unfortunate encounter with two pigeons
In 1981 Sharon Osbourne had the nice idea of releasing living pigeons when Ozzy met with executives from Epic. But her husband was drunk that day and bite his head off one of the birds when he landed on his knee. “This carcass fluttered around the table and feathers flew through the air,” said Ozzy years later. “Everyone surrendered. People were totally out of their way.”
The record company threw it out of the building. But Ozzy bite her head off another pigeon and threw it to the reception before he left. (You have to consider that Ozzy loved animals. At that time he was simply unable to make smart decisions in his life.) –AG