Just heard that Ozzy Ozbourne passed away today (07/22/2005). Ozzy was, of course, best known as frontman of Black Sabbath, and solo work. Though I suppose a lot of people know him from his TV show.
Black Sabbath was a big part of the soundtrack of my youth, I think "Paranoid" was probably the first really hard rock album I owned. Not when it was new (I was 9 when it came out), but certainly by my early teens. I had most of their (available) discography by the time I graduated college.
Now that I'm old and mellow, I don't listen to Sabbath that often, though I was, just yesterday, listening to Jazz Sabbath (which is brilliant, by the way). But I'll be playing them tonight.
Ozzy was always a character, and an icon, and a cultural monster. He will be missed. Rest In Peace Ozzy!
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