Ozzy Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years.
Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose dark and hard sound helped spawn the heavy metal genre.
Osbourne has achieve multi-platinum status as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath. Due to Sabbath's dark style of music, Osbourne became known as the "Prince of Darkness".
In 1980, under the management of Osbourne's then girlfriend (later wife), Sharon Arden, the Ozzy Osbourne Band formed again as The Blizzard of Ozz.
The first line-up of the band featured drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep), bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and later Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey, and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot).
The record company would eventually title the record Blizzard of Ozz credited simply under Osbourne's name.
Co-written with Daisley and Rhoads, the album brought Osbourne considerable success on his first solo effort.
Blizzard of Ozz is one of the very few albums amongst the 100 best selling albums of the 1980s to have achieved multi-platinum status without the benefit of a Top 40 single.
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Hair Nation A-Z is an easy series of caches along KY 3 between Prestonsburg and Inez honoring those unforgettable(?) 80's heavy metal bands with even more unforgettable hair.
The highway is generally not heavily traveled, but can be very busy at times. There is plenty of parking room near each cache so be sure to get your vehicle completely off the road and use extreme caution when exiting and entering the highway.
If you have children with you, make sure you keep an extra eye on them.
Have fun and Rock on.
FTF - Ratliff_Family and dewayneandcarla !!!
