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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career which...
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War Pigs
"War Pigs" is an anti-war song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, Paranoid.
As explained in the liner notes of the band's live album Reunion, the original title of the song was "Walpurgis", and it dealt with the witches...
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Crazy Train
"Crazy Train" is a heavy metal song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley. It was released in 1980 on the album Blizzard of Ozz. This song was Ozzy Osbourne's first single as a solo artist after leaving Black Sabbath. The song was...
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Never Say Die
"Never Say Die" is the title track from the 1978 album Never Say Die! by Black Sabbath. It was the last single Black Sabbath wrote with singer Ozzy Osbourne, who left the band and went on to a successful solo career, until 1998's Reunion. Osbourne...
N.I.B.
"N.I.B." is a song released by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It first appeared as part of the third track on the band's 1970 self-titled debut album, Black Sabbath. The lyrics are in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer....
Sweet Leaf
"Sweet Leaf" is a song by Black Sabbath from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song, a hymn to recreational marijuana use, got its title from a packet of cigarettes bassist Geezer Butler bought in Dublin that claimed the tobacco was "the sweet...
Changes
"Changes" is a song by Black Sabbath. It first appeared on Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 which was released in 1972. It is a ballad about relationship loss.
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including The Cardigans and Overkill. In 1993, Ozzy...
Hellraiser
"Hellraiser" is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, his guitarist Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy, the frontman of heavy metal band Motörhead. The song was written for Osbourne's No More Tears album and despite being one of the most well known Ozzy Osbourne...
Mr. Crowley
"Mr Crowley" is a 1980 heavy metal song performed by Ozzy Osbourne, released on the album Blizzard of Ozz, Osbourne's first solo effort following his firing from Black Sabbath. It peaked at #46 on the UK charts. Musicians playing on the song are...
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Suicide Solution
"Suicide Solution" is a song by Ozzy Osbourne. It is track five on the album Blizzard of Ozz released in 1980. Guitarist Randy Rhoads wrote the riff to the song (he had previously used the riff on the Quiet Riot track "Force of Habit"), and Bob...
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Children of the Grave
Children of the Grave is a song by Black Sabbath from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song lyrically continues with the same themes brought on by War Pigs and Electric Funeral from Paranoid. Two previously unreleased versions of this song...
Into the Void
"Into the Void" is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. An early version of "Into the Void" called "Spanish Sid" was released on the deluxe edition of Master of Reality. It was written in the key of C# minor....
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1981 on his Diary of a Madman album.
Guitarist Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar lessons while on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour, and came up with the opening acoustic riff by...
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Bark at the Moon
"Bark at the Moon" is a metal song by Ozzy Osbourne. It is the first track on his 1983 album Bark at the Moon. The song was composed by Jake E. Lee and Bob Daisley with minor contributions from Osbourne and is four minutes and 17 seconds long.
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My Little Man
"My Little Man" is a song off the 1995 album Ozzmosis by Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne. This is the only song from the collaboration of Ozzy and Steve Vai. However, Vai did not actually play in the recording. All guitars were played by Zakk...
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S.A.T.O.
"S.A.T.O." is the 7th song on Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album, "Diary of a Madman". There's an argument on the meaning of the initials among fans, yet according to bassist Bob Daisley, "S.A.T.O." stands for "Sharon Adrian Thelma Ozzy". This is his...
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Running Out of Time
Running Out of Time is a song by Ozzy Osbourne from his 2001 album Down to Earth
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It is the title track of the band's fifth album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. It was released on the album in 1973. The song is the opening track on the album.
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Symptom of the Universe
"Symptom of the Universe" is a song by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, originally from their album Sabotage.
The song is divided into two parts, a heavier part and an acoustic portion at the end of the song. The lyrics were written by Geezer...
