Metal legend Ozzy Osbourne is set to set the record straight with the publication of his new autobiography.
Hailing from Birmingham, Ozzy Osbourne was an unlikely revolutionary. Sent to jail for a series of small scale thefts, Osbourne emerged with a renewed sense of direction, ploughing his energy into music.
Forming the group Black Sabbath, his wailing blues-influenced vocals rode atop a series of ground breaking sludge riffs. Finding enormous success, the band were nonetheless reviled in the music press.
Now, however, Black Sabbath stand as one of the early 70s true groundbreaking acts. Pioneering heavy metal the band’s down-tuned haze had been a strong influence on everyone from Metallica to the Arctic Monkeys.
One of rock’s true characters, Ozzy Osbourne announced his autobiography on his website. Running through a list of his life’s most memorable moments, the singer said:
“They’ve said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: ‘He bit the head off a bat.’ Yes. ‘He bit the head off a dove.’ Yes.”
“I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty fucking years. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I’ve been accused of attempted murder. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at fucking two miles per hour.”
“When I was growing up, if you’d have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of 60, which one of us would end up with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and Beverly Hills, I wouldn’t have put money on me, no fucking way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.”
Things Ozzy Osbourne neglected to mention – urinating on Texan war shrine the Alamo. In a dress.
Ozzy Osbourne’s autobiography is due for release on October 1st.
