Ozzy Osbourne dies mere weeks after farewell concert

Ozzy Osbourne the vocalist of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath has died He was The self-styled Prince of Darkness turned the grim creeping feeling of late s Birmingham into incredibly influential songs about the occult and the apocalypse The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath Osbourne s last album with Sabbath was more than years in the rearview when he returned to pop beliefs consciousness in the early aughts The MTV reality series The Osbournes recast the one-time bat-biter as a foul-mouthed and cantankerous middle-aged dad Related Ozzy changed everything Film examines the tumultuous life legacy of the Prince of Darkness His family communicated his death on Tuesday saying that he was surrounded by love in his final moments It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to summary that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning they shared He was with his family and surrounded by love The legendary lead singer had struggled with Parkinson s sickness for years He shared in that the condition made him miserable and he hated being unable to perform Coming from a working-class background I hate to let people down Osbourne explained Good Morning America I hate to not do my job And so when I see my wife going to work my kids going to work everybody s doing their touring that gets me down Osbourne s death comes mere weeks after his final on-stage appearance on July The combination farewell and tribute concert at his hometown stadium of Villa Park was dubbed Back to the Beginning In addition to performances from bands inspired by Osbourne like Slayer and Guns N Roses Osbourne played two sets of solo and Sabbath material while seated on a black throne covered in skulls He was joined by the original lineup of Black Sabbath for the latter their first performance together in decades Are you ready Let the madness begin he mentioned from his throne It s so good to be on this stage You have no idea Read more about this topic The Wayne s World soundtrack at Bohemian Rhapsody Alice Cooper and how the album became secretly influential Ozzy Osbourne opens up about suffering from miserable Parkinson s disorder You don t know anything about the Osbournes marriage The post Ozzy Osbourne dies mere weeks after farewell concert appeared first on Salon com