| 1 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozzy1_2613.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:320:[[Music/BlackSabbath Can you help me occupy my brain?]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->'''''"ALL ABOAAAARD! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"''''' |
| 5 | -->-- '''"Crazy Train"''' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere ALL ABOAAAARD! DESCRIBE THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS HERE!]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham. Also known as [[StageNames Ozzy]]. Or the "[[InSeriesNickname Prince of Darkness]]", if you want. As one of the first Heavy Metal singers—or maybe even ''the'' first—he has been called the "Godfather of Heavy Metal" while he prefers to call himself "The Prince of Darkness." Famous for [[ExtremeOmnivore snacking on winged creatures]] in the middle of sets. |
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| 11 | He's known in many circles as the original voice of Music/BlackSabbath, the band who (arguably) created the HeavyMetal genre as we know it today. You can go to that page to know the rest of the details in his time with them. As the band's popularity declined, Ozzy was ousted from the band and [[StartMyOwn formed one of his own]]. The group's debut, ''Blizzard of Ozz'', has sold over 6 million copies to date and is generally regarded as one of the greatest metal albums of all time. |
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| 13 | In the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], he pioneered the domestic reality show with ''The Osbornes''. Since tropes from that show could fill their own wiki, you're better off putting examples '''[[Series/TheOsbournes here]]'''. Ozzy also took a career in literature, having released a memoir entitled ''Literature/IAmOzzy'' in 2010 and the advice book ''Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy'' in 2011. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | !!! Current Lineup |
| 16 | * Ozzy Osbourne: Lead vocals |
| 17 | * Rob "Blasko" Nicholson: Bass |
| 18 | * Zakk Wylde: Guitar |
| 19 | * Adam Wakeman: Keyboards |
| 20 | * Tommy Clufetos: Drums |
| 21 | |
| 22 | !!Discography |
| 23 | !!! Black Sabbath |
| 24 | * 1970 - ''Music/{{Black Sabbath|Album}}'' |
| 25 | * 1970 - ''Music/{{Paranoid|Album}}'' |
| 26 | * 1971 - ''Music/MasterOfReality'' |
| 27 | * 1972 - ''Black Sabbath Vol. 4'' |
| 28 | * 1973 - ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' |
| 29 | * 1975 - ''Sabotage'' |
| 30 | * 1976 - ''Technical Ecstasy'' |
| 31 | * 1978 - ''Never Say Die!'' |
| 32 | * 2013 - ''13'' |
| 33 | |
| 34 | !!! Solo career |
| 35 | * 1980 - ''Music/BlizzardOfOzz'' |
| 36 | * 1981 - ''Diary of a Madman'' |
| 37 | * 1983 - ''Bark at the Moon'' |
| 38 | * 1986 - ''The Ultimate Sin'' |
| 39 | * 1988 - ''No Rest for the Wicked'' |
| 40 | * 1991 - ''No More Tears'' |
| 41 | * 1995 - ''Ozzmosis'' |
| 42 | * 2001 - ''Down to Earth'' |
| 43 | * 2005 - ''[[CoverAlbum Under Cover]]'' |
| 44 | * 2007 - ''Black Rain'' |
| 45 | * 2010 - ''Scream'' |
| 46 | * 2020 - ''Ordinary Man'' |
| 47 | * 2022 - ''Patient Number Nine'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ---- |
| 50 | !!The Prince of Darkness gives examples of: |
| 51 | |
| 52 | * TenMinuteRetirement: In 1993, Ozzy announced that he'd retire from touring and called his would-be final tour "No More Tours". He got bored after the tour was over, and was back on the road in 1995 and 1996 with "The Retirement Sucks Tour" and has been on the road more or less ever since. |
| 53 | * TheAlcoholic: He went through issues with alcoholism, which is the focus of the songs "Suicide Solution" and "Demon Alcohol." |
| 54 | * AssShove: He went for a colonoscopy, and while the doctors kept trying to knock him out [[ImmuneToDrugs and failing]], he was watching the display and commented that it was like the "[[Music/TedNugent Journey to the Centre of]] [[{{Pun}} My Arse]]". |
| 55 | ** [[http://nemaloknig.info/read-227394/?page=42 Here's the whole conversation...]] |
| 56 | * BadassBoast: "Not Going Away" |
| 57 | ** (His boast from the Twilight Ozzfest spoof) "Vampire? Vampires are pussies! '''''I'm the Prince of fucking Darkness!'''''" |
| 58 | * BadassLongcoat |
| 59 | * BaitAndSwitch: The blurb for Ozzy's autobiography opens with Ozzy's father telling him, after a few beers, "You're either going to do something very special, or you're going to go to prison." |
| 60 | -->''And he was right, my old man. I was in prison before my eighteenth birthday.'' |
| 61 | * BedlamHouse: "Diary of a Madman" is told from the point of view of someone in there. |
| 62 | * BerserkButton: He used to have some chickens, back when he was with his first wife. Said chickens never laid any eggs because, she told him, he never felt like feeding them. One night, after having not slept for 24 hours, doped up on cocaine and booze, the button was finally pressed, leading to one of the most hilariously twisted moments in his book: He blows a few chickens away with a shotgun, chases after the rest with a katana, sets the chicken coop on fire, and tosses the rest of his shotgun ammunition into the burning coop, causing many small explosions. And then his neighbor comes walking out, sees Ozzy wearing a tattered, chicken-bloodstained bathrobe, and simply says, "[[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Ah, good evening, Mr. Osbourne. I see you're back from America.]]" |
| 63 | * BodyHorror: The cover of ''Ozzmosis'' depicts Ozzy's body covered with extra [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes]] and [[TooManyMouths mouths]]. To a bigger extent, Down to Earth, which has his entire body entirely messed up, with two skulls protruding from his head, his face disfigured, his eyes horrifyingly colored red, most of his skeleton being displayed, and tattoos overlapping his body! |
| 64 | * BreakupSong: "Goodbye To Romance", a song about him leaving Sabbath, and not, contrary to popular beliefs, about his first wife. |
| 65 | * UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: He has a very thick Brummie accent that is part of the reason he's so hard to understand when he speaks - the other reason being he's completely and utterly brainfried from so many years of hardcore drug abuse... though older videos prove he's almost always been TheUnintelligible, even when sober, due to his accent. |
| 66 | * TheCameo: He appeared briefly in ''Film/LittleNicky'' and sung in Music/{{Motorhead}}'s "I Ain't No Nice Guy", Slash's "Crucify The Dead", and Music/LitaFord's "Close My Eyes Forever". |
| 67 | ** He also provided the voice and likeness for the Guardian of Metal (basically an {{expy}} of himself) in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. |
| 68 | ** His distinctive scream was given to the Green Fairy in ''Film/MoulinRouge''. |
| 69 | * CanonDiscontinuity: The live albums ''Speak of the Devil'', ''Just Say Ozzy'', ''Live and Loud'' and the studio album ''The Ultimate Sin''. The root of all these deletions, save for ''Speak of the Devil'', is the song "Shot In The Dark". It was his biggest hit of the 80s, one of his most popular songs of his career and featured regularly in his live set from the time it was released until the mid-90s, when the legal rights to the song came into dispute. Ozzy deleted every album that featured it from his catalog except for a greatest hits package (where it was simply replaced by another tune). Recently, [[SubvertedTrope he's started playing it again though and the deleted albums are available for purchase on iTunes]]. |
| 70 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: During his worst days, Ozzy was a notoriously mean and moody drunk, and while he was generally manageable if he was just on drugs, alcohol made him an absolute nightmare. Jake E. Lee summarized it best: sober Ozzy was an extremely warm, genuine, and caring person and a great friend, while drunk Ozzy was your worst enemy and would make you regret every single life choice that led you to that moment. Almost killing Sharon in a drunken rage in 1989 was his true moment of reckoning, and to this day, Ozzy is ashamed of his days of excess and the things he did while drunk in particular, and has repeatedly urged others to not glamorize that lifestyle or attempt to follow in his footsteps. |
| 71 | * {{Catchphrase}}: Frequently shouts "Rock and roll!", "Go fucking crazy!" and/or "Lemme see your (fucking) hands!" while performing. Weirdly, he also uses the phrase "over and over" in many of his songs. |
| 72 | * CharityMotivationSong: In 2005, not long after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], Ozzy and Sharon gathered an all-star cast of singers to perform a cover of the Music/EricClapton song "Tears in Heaven" for the benefit of the Disasters Emergency Committee's Tsunami Earthquake appeal and the victims of said tsunami. Ozzy and her daughter Kelly also sang on the song themselves. |
| 73 | * ClusterFBomb: Averted in his music. While he's portrayed as a language blasphemer in ''Series/TheOsbournes'', you won't hear much of this in his work. In his concerts, on the other hand, you ''will'' hear it, as his stage banter is typically filled with it. |
| 74 | -->''"I can't fucking hear you!"''\ |
| 75 | ''"Go fucking crazy for me!"'' |
| 76 | ** From a live performance of "Mr Crowley": |
| 77 | --->"Let me see your ''fucking'' [[MundaneMadeAwesome cigarette lighters!]]" |
| 78 | * CoolShades: A key part of his overall look. |
| 79 | * CoolTeacher: Randy Rhoads was one before joining Ozzy's band. Ozzy said this was a great help when it came to songwriting because Randy had the patience and skill to work with Ozzy and work his ideas into music. |
| 80 | * CoolTrain: "Crazy Train", duh. |
| 81 | * CorruptChurch: "Miracle Man", about televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who had been caught in a prostitution scandal that same year (which Ozzy took immense satisfaction in). |
| 82 | * CoverVersion: Several. |
| 83 | ** CoverAlbum: ''Under Cover''. |
| 84 | ** InTheStyleOf: Osbourne-Dweezil-Zappa, doing "[[Music/TheBeeGees Staying Alive]]". |
| 85 | * CulturallyReligious: In his memoirs, Ozzy mentions that his late mother was raised Catholic, but none of the Osbournes were (at least at that point in his life) church-goers. Despite numerous accusations that he and his band promoted or condoned satanism and occult practices (they regularly contend that their musical act is more akin to a horror movie and has released relatively gentle and socially provoking songs at times; they also ''pissed off satanists themselves'' by singing "Happy Birthday" instead of yielding to whatever invitations those cultists sent them for their black masses), Osbourne is reportedly a practising member of the Church of England and has prayed prior to his stage performances, also addressing to the crowd "Good Night, God Bless!" after each show. |
| 86 | * DarkerAndEdgier: ''No Rest For The Wicked'' is arguably Ozzy's darkest and heaviest album, which is strange considering that it's also among his least remembered. |
| 87 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: |
| 88 | ** Ozzy recalls in his memoirs that his father, John Thomas "Jack" Osbourne, would pull off Creator/AlJolson impressions when Ozzy was little--[[{{Blackface}} face painted with boot polish]] and all--much to the young Osbourne's horror. |
| 89 | ** As was expected of the time when he was little, one of the teachers at primary school was, in Ozzy's own words, a "terrible racist". The things Mr. Lane said, despite of him being otherwise a nice guy, would land you a hate crime charge if you do so yourself. |
| 90 | * DentedIron: Ozzy has struggled with substance abuse problems throughout much of his life, and in 2019, he suffered spinal injuries requiring surgery, which were so severe that he was forced to bow out of a long-postponed tour with Music/JudasPriest, effectively putting an end to his touring career. |
| 91 | * DomesticAbuse: Ozzy and Sharon's marriage has turned violent on multiple occasions. He has knocked out her two front teeth; she retaliated by throwing a full bottle of scotch at his head. Nevertheless it is clear that they do [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther love each other very much]]. |
| 92 | ** The worst incident of domestic abuse for the Osbournes happened when, in a cocaine and alcohol-fueled rage, Ozzy attempted to strangle Sharon. This led to Sharon having him arrested and threatening to leave Ozzy unless he entered rehab. |
| 93 | * DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The video for "Under the Graveyard" shows that all the drug, sex and alcohol-fueled partying Ozzy did back in the late 70's ''just wasn't worth it.'' |
| 94 | * DrugsAreBad: Ozzy was well known for his rampant drug and alcohol use, and made him have some terrible and destructive experiences throughout his life. Played straight with “Junkie” from Down to Earth, as it is basically a warning about being a junkie. Played for drama with “Under the Graveyard”. “Straight to Hell” is another example of Ozzy’s writing about drug use, as he’s warning everyone not to end up like him. |
| 95 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Randy Rhoads looked like he could pass off as a flat chested woman with his long blond hair and very slight body build, particularly [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d6/e1/46/d6e146dd17df28e5f40225c24e55f837.jpg before]] joining Ozzy's band. Rudy Sarzo even said that when Randy and he went clothes shopping, they went into women's stores to get Randy's jeans due to how small in size he was. Ozzy even said that Randy looked very effeminate when he first met him. |
| 96 | * EpicRocking: Over the 6-minute mark: |
| 97 | ** "Revelation (Mother Earth)", (6:09) from ''Blizzard Of Ozz''. |
| 98 | ** "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll" (6:59) and "Diary of a Madman", (6:14) both from ''Diary Of A Madman''. |
| 99 | ** "Fire In The Sky", (6:24) from ''No Rest For The Wicked''. |
| 100 | ** "No More Tears" (7:23) and "Zombie Stomp", (6:13) from ''No More Tears''. |
| 101 | ** "Thunder Underground", (6:29) "See You on the Other Side", (6:10) "Tomorrow" (6:36) and "My Jekyll Doesn't Hide", (6:34) from ''Ozzmosis''. |
| 102 | ** "The Almighty Dollar", from ''Black Rain'', at 6:57. |
| 103 | ** "Let It Die", (6:06) and "Diggin' Me Down" (6:03) from ''Scream''. |
| 104 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 105 | ** He was kicked out of Music/BlackSabbath for his drug and alcohol use, but, it must be noted, only because the side-effects of the drugs and alcohol caused problems for the rest of the band -- he had been doped up on cocaine and alcohol that kept him awake for thirty hours straight, and when the drugs wore off, he passed out in a different hotel room, and nobody could find him when it came time for that night's gig. Really, when a heavy metal band in the 1970s (especially them) thinks you're overdoing those, you know you have a problem. |
| 106 | ** In a 2020 interview, Ozzy [[https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ozzy_osbourne_explains_why_hes_against_face_tattoos.html explained]] that while he doesn't mind having tattoos ''per se'', he draws the line with FacialMarkings as "anything above the collar" in his opinion "makes you look dirty." |
| 107 | ** He expressed his intentions to leave America and go back across the pond out of disgust over the intense partisanism and rampant spree shootings caused by lax firearms laws and the borderline fetishistic gun culture by some sectors in the US. While he did own and operate guns before, it's safe to say that the countless shootings was too much for even him to tolerate. |
| 108 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Ozzy vividly recalls in his memoirs about a notorious child molester who was jailed in the same facility as he was at the time. Both the guards and convicts clearly wanted nothing to do with him, and when a burly inmate beat the living hell out of the molester, the guards simply let that slide, deeming that the molester deserved it. |
| 109 | * EvilLaugh: From time to time, and not just in songs. He can sound pretty evil when he is just laughing at something he finds amusing, without even trying - or if not evil, than at the very least a bit crazy. |
| 110 | * FauxAffablyEvil: "Mr. Tinkertrain" is about a pedophile luring a victim. The very first line in the song is "Would you like some sweeties little girl?/Come a little closer." |
| 111 | * ForbiddenFruit: In "Walk on Water," he sings about sharing this with the daughter of a magic man. |
| 112 | * FreeHandedPerformer: He remains known for his distinctive voice and stage presence, and the fact that he rarely played any instrument in his career. |
| 113 | * GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: After his original drummer and bassist sued him, he replaced their instrumentation on many of his original albums with new instrumentation by his current drummer and bassist for the 2002 reissues. After much controversy and criticism over the reissues, Ozzy changed his mind, and the original albums were remastered in 2011, without the alterations. |
| 114 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: Has a few, such as ''The Ozzman Cometh'', ''The Essential Ozzy Osbourne'', ''Memoirs of a Madman'' and the box set ''Prince of Darkness''. |
| 115 | * GreenAesop: "Revelation (Mother Earth)" from ''Blizzard of Ozz'' and part of "Dreamer" from ''Down To Earth''. |
| 116 | * GrumpyOldMan: He was this in a few interviews in 2010, stating that he didn’t know who Music/JustinBieber or Music/LadyGaga were. Cue the irony when he starred in a UsefulNotes/SuperBowl ad when he and Bieber starred in a Best Buy ad, and Ozzy, in the commercial, shows shades of the trope. He has actually been a grumpy old guy since well, Series/TheOsbournes. |
| 117 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: First with Randy Rhoads (until he died), then later with Zakk Wylde. Ozzy and Zakk have been close friends ever since Ozzy hired him in 1987, despite Zakk getting fired from the band twice. Ozzy is also very close with the drummer from Music/BlackSabbath, Bill Ward. Additionally, [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy Kilmister]]. They'd known each other since Lemmy's days in Hawkwind and Ozzy entrusted him with writing lyrics to some of his songs, including his Grammy-winning "I Don't Want to Change the World." They also would geek over World War II history. |
| 118 | * HeroicBSOD: Had one when Randy Rhoads died. See also CreatorBreakdown in the Trivia tab. |
| 119 | ** He had another one when he was fired from Black Sabbath. Ozzy being Ozzy, he assumed that his life as a rockstar would be over and he'd have to move back to his hometown to be a bartender or plumber or something. With this in mind he decided to go on the ultimate bender. He rented a hotel room, [[DrowningMySorrows got all the drugs and booze he could afford, and went to town]]. Sharon stopped by three months later and said he was curled up on the ground surrounded by bottles, cocaine wrappers and empty pizza boxes and at a total loss of dignity or self-preservation. |
| 120 | * HiddenDepths: Ozzy's a pretty big history buff. In fact, it's the basis of the show ''Ozzy & Jack's World Detour'', a travelogue show on the History Channel starring Ozzy and his son Jack. |
| 121 | * HomesicknessHymn: "Mama, I'm Coming Home" is a darker, more ambivalent take on the "coming home to a loved one" formula; the narrator talks about how the relationship is far from perfect (in fact, at times it seems downright toxic), but he's ready to come home to her anyway. While the popular lore says that Ozzy wrote it for his then-wife Sharon Osbourne ("Mama" was his pet name for her), the lyrics were in fact written for Ozzy by Lemmy Kilmister of Music/{{Motorhead}}. |
| 122 | * IAmTheBand: Pretty much the reason of his solo career. Slightly averted by the fact he's always had a show-off (in a good way) guitarist going mental alongside him in concert. |
| 123 | * ImAHumanitarian: “Eat Me”, from Ordinary Man. It was based off the horrifying true story of a German man named Armin Meiwes, who met Bernd Brandes on an online forum. Armin decided to snack on Brandes, and Armin was sent to jail after this disgusting act, but years later, Ozzy thought of the story as humorous because of Los Angeles being a petri dish for vegans and decided to write the song in a similar tone to the story. |
| 124 | * IconicItem: Randy Rhoads has his aged white Les Paul, his black and white polkadot Flying V and his prototype Jackson Rhoads. |
| 125 | ** Jake E Lee almost exclusively used his custom black and white Fender/Charvel hybrid. |
| 126 | ** Zakk Wylde and his white "bullseye" Les Paul, and later other models with the same motif. |
| 127 | * ImmuneToDrugs: To the point where he had his genome mapped to figure out how on earth he's still alive. The Cambridge project that did so found several genes that allow him to metabolize opiates and alcohol far more efficiently than most humans. Basically, if almost anyone else did as many drugs as he did, they would have died a long time ago. His autobiography describes it best in a minor Crowning Moment of Funny, where Ozzy decided to have a colonoscopy done. |
| 128 | ** '''Regular Dose of Anesthetic''': |
| 129 | --->'''Ozzy:''' Is that the inside of my arsehole?\ |
| 130 | '''Doctor:''' Why the hell aren’t you asleep?\ |
| 131 | '''Ozzy:''' Dunno.\ |
| 132 | '''Doctor:''' Don’t you feel groggy?\ |
| 133 | '''Ozzy:''' Not really.\ |
| 134 | '''Doctor:''' Not even a little bit?\ |
| 135 | '''Ozzy:''' Nope. |
| 136 | ** '''Twice the Dose''': |
| 137 | --->'''Doctor:''' How are you feeling?\ |
| 138 | '''Ozzy:''' Fine, thanks.\ |
| 139 | '''Doctor:''' Jesus Christ, you’re still awake? I’m going to give you some more.\ |
| 140 | '''Ozzy:''' Go on then. |
| 141 | ** '''Three Times the Dose''': |
| 142 | --->'''Doctor:''' How about now, Mr. Osbourne? Blink if you can hear me.\ |
| 143 | '''Ozzy:''' Blink? Why can’t I just tell you?\ |
| 144 | '''Doctor:''' That’s impossible! You’re not human!\ |
| 145 | '''Ozzy:''' How can I fall asleep during this? [[TreasureChestCavity Any minute now you’re going to find some long-lost cufflinks up there, or maybe an old watch, or a pair of Sharon’s tights.]] |
| 146 | * InkSuitActor: Ozzy's undead warlock in the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' "What's Your Game?" ad. Granted, it was crafted out of the actual in-game models, but you have to admit that the resemblance is spot-on and that only an undead warlock character would fit the man. |
| 147 | ** He basically [[AsHimself plays himself]] (a.k.a. the Guardian of Metal) in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. |
| 148 | ** He also voiced the Duke of Drear in ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' who was also modeled after him. |
| 149 | * InsistentTerminology: Ozzy has never embraced the term "heavy metal." He always refers to his own music as rock and roll. |
| 150 | * InternationalPopSongEnglish: When singing. |
| 151 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 152 | ** As a teacher Randy Rhoads was frustrated by students asking him to teach them how to play other people's songs, one of the popular ones being "Iron Man." Randy told the students it was pointless to learn them because they would never have a use for them, especially considering that Randy wasn't a Black Sabbath fan when joining Ozzy's band. Randy went on to play "Iron Man" every night with Ozzy, making him one of two people in the world (the other being Tony Iommi) to have the song in their job description. |
| 153 | ** When news of the robbery at the Osbourne residence broke out, some noted the ironic twist of fate Ozzy had based on his prior criminal history when he attempted to rob a store in his teens. Ozzy made the following rebuttal in his memoirs: |
| 154 | ---> I was just a stupid kid when I broke into Sarah Clarke’s; I was hardly the fucking night stalker. And I learned my lesson. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | * IWasQuiteALooker: Was this during his younger years with Black Sabbath. |
| 157 | * KlatchianCoffee: He mentions in his second book, ''Trust me, I'm Dr. Ozzy'' that he doesn't metabolize caffeine well, making most coffee this for him. He also mentions a recipe for this stuff to someone who wants to wake up: Brew coffee, make a shot of espresso, tip the grounds for the original coffee over and brew them again, make a cup of the twice brewed coffee, add the shot, and drink up. |
| 158 | * KnuckleTattoos: He has "OZZY" in his left knuckles. |
| 159 | * LittlePeopleAreSurreal: His video for "Time After Time". Little people in black body suits, playing air guitar. |
| 160 | * LighterAndSofter: While still better known for the spooky and/or occult content (being par for the course with metal bands, no less), Ozzy also recorded some more light-hearted songs as well, the best known being the "Changes" duet with his daughter Kelly. |
| 161 | * LargeHam: Not as large as Music/RonnieJamesDio, but he's a pretty close second. |
| 162 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Much more so when he was [[http://i2.wp.com/ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Ozzy-Osbourne-Young.jpg?resize=620%2C350 young.]] |
| 163 | ** [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71OzpW4HSJL._SY606_.jpg Randy Rhoads]] too. |
| 164 | * LyricalColdOpen: ''[[MetalScream ALL ABOAAAARD!]] [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'' |
| 165 | * OminousPipeOrgan: "Mr. Crowley." |
| 166 | * MadeOfIron[=/=]MadeOfIndestructium: Probably Ozzy's brain and liver. Time was, nobody really knew how they both lasted for more than 35 years of hardcore drug abuse and alcoholism. But as noted above, [[http://www.indyposted.com/123988/scientists-say-ozzy-osbourne-is-a-genetic-mutant-are-you-surprised/ geneticists]] at Cambridge University, looking for the answer to just that question, discovered part of his genetic structure really ''is'' MadeOfIndestructium. He's literally a mutant! |
| 167 | ** Which has also led to OlderThanTheyLook, because Ozzy does not look his age at all. |
| 168 | * TheMasochismTango: Ozzy and Sharon's fights are legendary in the music industry. Yet despite their seemingly dysfunctional relationship they really do love each other and have been together for decades. |
| 169 | * MoralGuardians: Not so much a target of them anymore since he's [[OnceOriginalNowCommon not quite as shocking as he once was]], but he was a frequent target of them in TheEighties, due to his lyrical content, behavior, and songs that were taken out of context back then as a result of the SatanicPanic, but it seems to have dissipated when The Osbournes got on the airwaves. |
| 170 | * MurderBallad: "Bloodbath in Paradise", about UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and his infamous Family. |
| 171 | * {{Mutants}}: Turns out, being this is the reason he's still alive. His genome being mapped revealed he has several genes that allow him to metabolize opiates and alcohol more efficiently than a normal person. |
| 172 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''No Rest for the Wicked'' and ''No More Tears'' more so, due to Zakk Wylde bringing to the table a wildly different style from his predecessors on the guitar, making them possible {{Trope Codifier}}s to AlternativeMetal. |
| 173 | * NobodyThinksItWillWork: He and Sharon were practically the poster couple for this trope, and now they're regarded as one of the few bastions of hope for celebrity marriages, having been married since 1982. |
| 174 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 175 | ** While on his 1984 tour with the guys from Music/MotleyCrue (which incidentally is known as "one of the craziest drug and alcohol-fuelled tours in the history of rock and roll"), Ozzy reportedly [[spoiler:got so drunk/high, he eventually decided cocaine was for sissies and snorted a line of ants...]] |
| 176 | ** [[spoiler:After signing his first solo career record deal in 1981, Ozzy intended to release a pair of doves during a meeting with CBS Records as a sign of peace. Unfortunately (and quite unsurprisingly) he was drunk, and instead of releasing the doves, he grabbed one of them and ''bit off the bird's head''...]] |
| 177 | ** [[spoiler:Then, in 1982, while performing at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, The Prince of Darkness bit off the head of a bat he thought was rubber. It is unclear whether the bat was still alive when Ozzy plunged his teeth into its neck, though he had to be treated for rabies afterwards.]] |
| 178 | * [[OneWomanWail One-Man Wail]]: "Black Rain". |
| 179 | * [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known as Ozzy]]: This nickname has its origins in his childhood. It was given to him by schoolyard friends/bullies. He later lengthened it to "Ozzy Zig" and then shortened it back to Ozzy prior to Black Sabbath. He has said that his first wife Thelma never called him Ozzy, only John, and that the only people who do it now are his brothers and sisters. |
| 180 | ** DoNotCallMePaul: His real name is John Michael Osbourne, but he doesn't like it, to the point that he doesn't even respond to it anymore. |
| 181 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: "Bark at the Moon" |
| 182 | * OutOfGenreExperience: |
| 183 | ** ''No More Tears'', where Zakk Wylde combined his usual heavy riffing with jangly clean arpeggios, acoustic guitar and country-style leads to create a Southern Rock feel on much of the album, a sound markedly different from Ozzy's previous music and absent on all subsequent albums. |
| 184 | ** Osbourne contributed lead vocals to the Was (Not Was) dance-pop song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCy9icPURg "Shake Your Head"]] with Creator/KimBasinger,[[note]]An earlier version of the song had Kim's vocals by a then-unknown Music/{{Madonna}}[[/note]] which was markedly different from his usual hard rock/metal output. |
| 185 | * PowerBallad: "Mama I'm Coming Home", "Close My Eyes Forever", "Goodbye To Romance", "So Tired". The former is his biggest Hot 100 hit as the sole credited artist (#28), even though the Hot 100 non-entity "Crazy Train" is widely regarded as his SignatureSong. |
| 186 | * PersonaNonGrata: Ozzy was banned from San Antonio, Texas for ten years after he drunkenly urinated on a cenotaph outside the Alamo. |
| 187 | * PunBasedTitle: "Ozzmosis" is a pun of word "osmosis". |
| 188 | * RatedGForGangsta: Specially once ''The Osbournes'' made him popular with a whole new generation. |
| 189 | * RatedMForManly: Although he does show his sensitive side in quite a few songs, he plays this trope straight more often than not. |
| 190 | * RagsToRiches: He, along with his Sabbath bandmates grew up in the bombed-out remains of Birmingham. Ozzy mentions in his autobiography that he grew up in a tiny two-bedroom house with five siblings, and that the toilet was just a bucket at the foot of the bed, implying that the house might not have even had indoor plumbing. |
| 191 | * RefugeInAudacity: "I Don't Wanna Stop" |
| 192 | -->''Too many religions for only one god''\ |
| 193 | ''I don't need another savior''\ |
| 194 | ''Don't try to change my mind''\ |
| 195 | ''You know I'm one of a kind''\ |
| 196 | ''Ain't gonna change my bad behavior'' |
| 197 | * {{Retirony}}: The day before he died Randy Rhoads told Ozzy he wanted to quit the band after the tour and go to school to study classical guitar. |
| 198 | * RockstarSong: "Hellraiser". |
| 199 | * {{Rockumentary}}: ''God Bless Ozzy Osbourne''. |
| 200 | * SadClown: Ozzy was described in ''God Bless Ozzy Osbourne'' as the band's clown, and used his goofy antics as a coping mechanism to make up for his lack of self-confidence. |
| 201 | * SanitySlippageSong: Several examples. It was even lampshaded in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch where one character commented that "Ozzy Osbourne songs are all about going crazy and not being able to stop it." |
| 202 | * SatanicPanic: He was frequently accused of being a Satanist. In Geraldo Rivera's documentary, he appeared as a guest and was essentially described (along with other metalheads) as a blood-drinking grave robber. |
| 203 | * ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Unless you believe the MoralGuardians from TheEighties. While he did make a tongue-in-cheek remark "thanking" his infernal beliefs for being able to dodge COVID-19, [[https://youtu.be/L3oAU-LBO40?t=276 this video]] giving a young percussionist a heartwarming "God bless you!" is one proof he's far from the evil shock rocker persona he adopted in his career. In fact, he often if not always greets his fans a hearty "Good night, God Bless!" after each show. |
| 204 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While some have speculated about tax-related issues, Osbourne expressed his intentions to leave America in a 2022 interview, citing disillusionment over the country's sociopolitical climate and intense partisanism as well as his fear and disgust over the epidemic of mass shootings throughout the States due to lax firearms laws and the deeply-seated gun culture. |
| 205 | * SealedEvilInACan: "Bark At The Moon": |
| 206 | -->''Years spent in torment''\ |
| 207 | ''Buried in a nameless grave''\ |
| 208 | ''Now he has risen''\ |
| 209 | ''Miracles would have to save''\ |
| 210 | ''Those that the beast is looking for''\ |
| 211 | ''Listen in awe and you'll hear him...''\ |
| 212 | ''[[TitleDrop Bark at the moon]]'' |
| 213 | * SerialKiller: |
| 214 | ** The song "No More Tears" is about a serial killer who kidnaps strippers, has sex with them, then tortures and kills them. Specifically, Ozzy has said that the song is about UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. Since it's from the killer's perspective there's some slight hints about his twisted motivation - in the last verse the narrator claims to be "in love" with latest victim, and one possible interpretation of the title is the murderer justifying his actions as putting an end to suffering. |
| 215 | ** The song "Bloodbath In Paradise" is about the Manson family. |
| 216 | * SeriesFauxnale: ''No More Tears'' was supposed to be his final solo album and he was gonna retire from the music business afterwards, but he got bored after retiring, and came back four years later with ''Ozzmosis''. |
| 217 | * SesameStreetCred: Guest starred on ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' as "Duke of Drear", the father of central antagonist Hildy Gloom, [[RealLifeRelative who is played by Kelly Osbourne.]] |
| 218 | ** Also his role as King Thrash in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour''. |
| 219 | * SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Ozzy is one of the most notable examples, especially in the drugs department. Indeed, in his later years his doctors concluded that according to ''all medical logic'', he should have dropped dead years ago. As a result, they started running a series of blood tests on him to see how he managed to survive his heavy substance abuse as well as he did. Keep in mind that "well" is a relative term (when compared with death), and Ozzy still has a slew of health problems from his overindulgence in his early years. For his part, there's a poignant part in the TV series when Ozzy says to the camera that while it might be fun to joke about how he was a wild child taking all kinds of drugs, he's not at all proud of any of it. He realizes he nearly killed himself and hurt the people he cared about, and urged the audience that the whole myth of becoming a rock star and living the "high life" with money and drugs really is just a myth. |
| 220 | ** The video for "Under the Graveyard" more or less shows what kind of life Ozzy was living in 1979, and it was far from glamorous. |
| 221 | * ShoutOut: "[[Creator/AleisterCrowley Mr. Crowley]]", the FilkSong "Franchise/PerryMason". |
| 222 | * SickeninglySweethearts: For all the craziness in their marriage, it's pretty clear Ozzy and Sharon really do love each other. And they are not afraid of showing it. As opposed to being diabetes-inducing, it's just sweet enough to be {{a|wLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther}}bsolutely [[HappilyMarried adorable.]] The video for his cover of "[[Music/TheBeatles In My Life]]" is even dedicated to her. |
| 223 | * SignatureLine: You've heard "Crazy Train." You know exactly what it is. |
| 224 | -->'''''ALL ABOOOOOOOOOOOARD! [[LaughingMad HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!!!''''' |
| 225 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: He drops the thick accent. |
| 226 | * SinisterMinister: The title character of "Miracle Man", which is a TakeThat toward RealLife Sinister Minister, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, with whom Ozzy feuded in TheEighties. |
| 227 | * SopranoAndGravel: With Lita Ford in "Close My Eyes Forever", and with his daughter Kelly in "Changes". |
| 228 | * StartMyOwn: Twice. After getting fired by Sabbath he started his own solo project and after being told he wasn't cool enough for big rock festivals he started Ozzfest. |
| 229 | * StockFootage: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBF78tA443A music video]] to "Ordinary Man" shows footage from Ozzy's life and career as he watches them in reflection. |
| 230 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Before Zakk Wylde got buff and grew a beard he was considered to be one of these for Randy Rhoads, what with the long blond hair and cream Les Paul. He himself admits this (on the grounds of hero worship) and says that when he got hired for Ozzy he had a bullseye painted on his guitar so people wouldn't just assume he was a Randy Rhoads clone. He's since become the longest lasting member in Ozzy's band, having played on five studio albums released between 1988 and 2007. |
| 231 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: As is mentioned above, Zakk Wylde had a white Les Paul that was nearly identical to the one Randy used, so he got it repainted. He wanted it to have a hypnotic black and white swirl (inspired by the movie ''Vertigo''), but the luthier messed up and painted a bull's eye instead. Zakk thought it was cool, and now it's his trademark. |
| 232 | * TakeThat: |
| 233 | ** "Miracle Man", towards Jimmy Swaggart. |
| 234 | ** Ozzy has said that the lyrics of "Crucify the Dead", the song he sings in Music/{{Slash|Musician}}'s solo album, are what he would tell to Axl Rose if he was Slash. The lyrics have also been interpreted as being directed towards his former bandmates in Black Sabbath. |
| 235 | ** The songs "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Not Going Away" from ''Black Rain'' are Ozzy's responses to critics who say he should retire. |
| 236 | ** "Rock and Roll Rebel" takes a jab at MoralGuardians who accuse Ozzy of being a Satan worshiper. |
| 237 | --->''They say I worship the devil''\ |
| 238 | ''They must be stupid or blind'' |
| 239 | ** On a similar note, "I Don't Want to Change the World": |
| 240 | --->''Tell me I'm a sinner, I got news for you\ |
| 241 | I spoke to God this morning and He don't like you\ |
| 242 | You're telling all the people the original sin\ |
| 243 | He says He knows you better than you'll ever know Him'' |
| 244 | ** "''Who the fuck is Justin Bieber?''" |
| 245 | ** "Goodbye to Romance" was written about his former bandmates in Black Sabbath. |
| 246 | * ThemeNaming PunBasedTitle: ''Blizzard of '''Ozz''', The '''Ozz'''man Cometh, ''and'' '''Ozz'''mosis''. ''Diary of a Madman'' could count as well. |
| 247 | * TheTysonZone: There have been so many strange stories involving Ozzy over the decades that almost nothing is unbelievable when it comes to him. He's snorted ants like cocaine, bit the head off a bat, pissed on the Alamo, tried to strangle his wife, and much, much more. |
| 248 | * TheUnintelligible: Though he's actually way more coherent nowadays than the character he was portraying in ''Series/TheOsbournes'' or who shows up in some of his endorsements. Mostly its a combination of his thick Brummie accent, and a tendency to speak quietly or just mumble. When he speaks louder, he's much more easy to understand. |
| 249 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: Subverted. Ozzy is rarely seen in colors that aren't black or dark blue. In the '70s and '80s, he played this trope much straighter with tassels, tight pants, and everything else that made the eighties as ridiculous as they were. |
| 250 | * VillainSong: "Mr. Tinkertrain" can be considered this, being about a sexual predator who preys on children. |
| 251 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ironically, not with bats. It's ''rats'' that drive him crazy. |
| 252 | ** It's shown in the History Channel's ''Ozzy & Jack's World Detour'' (a travelogue show starring Ozzy and his son Jack) that Ozzy also has a pretty big fear of riding in helicopters. Jack eventually got him on one to survey Mount Rushmore, but you could practically feel Ozzy clenching his butt while they were up there. |
| 253 | * YouAreNotAlone: "Lay Your World On Me" from ''Black Rain'', written for Sharon after her cancer diagnosis. |
| 254 | -->''Give me your pain, give me your anger\ |
| 255 | Let me be your rock\ |
| 256 | I can be the pillar of strength that you need\ |
| 257 | I'll help you keep it all together\ |
| 258 | It's better late than never\ |
| 259 | Lay your world on me\ |
| 260 | I can take the weight'' |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | ->''All my life, I've been over the top\ |
| 263 | I don't know where I'm going; all I know is I don't wanna stop'' |
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