Ozzy Osbourne dead

The concert is probably what kept him going in his final months of life. I am so glad he got to perform one final time. I would love to have been at Back to the Beginning to see it. Farewell Ozzy.

Tonight's party "down there" is gonna be legendary, remembered for eons as the best blast since Lucifer was cast out of heaven.

Goodbye Ozzy. See you in a while.

Bought Paranoid after seeing Black Sabbath on Top Of The Pops, a very long time ago. Paranoid was the first record Mark E Smith ever bought. I only really was familiar with the first three albums. Many years later I was passing my (then) teenage son's bedroom, a familiar but some different sound was blasting out. I walked in and said that I was familiar with the song but not the version he and his friends were listening to, it was War Pigs performed by Faith No More. Pretty good too. I always loved Black Sabbath even if I only heard about once a decade, I'm glad he had a last hurrah earlier this month. RIP.

Was a fan of Black Sabbath during my metal phase, but Ozzy solo stuff was a proper joy

Just some absolute belters, with his iconic vocals working so well across different styles of songs from Crazy Train, Perry Mason, Bark at the Moon to Dreamer, Mama, No More Tears.

He'd serious pull, they were no hack musicians that wanted to work with him, as above Randy, Jake and Zakk.

R.I.P Ozzy, you legend

Like a lot of legends the question is less "What did he die of" and more "How the hell was he still alive?"

Certainly a legend. He brought some flair into a music industry that was becoming stale. He brought something different as a front man.

RIP.

I grew up with Sabbath in my teens. Saw them at Bridlington in 78. RIP Ozzy.

I was reading recently how Black Sabbath get the credit of being the first band who had a dark "metal" image but really it was Coven who were the first. They used to have satanic rituals on stage in the late 60's but they were rock rather than metal.

I have often been confused by fans of older bands like Black Sabbath. They are often metal snobs, they looked down on sub genres like metal core yet many of those younger bands were heavier than early Black Sabbath. For example an older relative of mine is a Black Sabbath fan who hates on Nu Metal.