Ozzy Osbourne has had a huge career - first with Black Sabbath and then on his own as well. For more than four decades, he has been one of the icons of rock.
The Heavy Meta band started in Birmingham in the 1960s when “Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward were looking to escape a life of factory work through music”, according to their website. Less than a decade later, Ozzy left the band and a few years after that, he started off on his solo career.
Birmingham-born Ozzy has gained many fans over the years and many of them were young kids when they first heard his music. It’s not just him, but Black Sabbath, too, continues to stay significant in the rock scene.
Ozzy and Black Sabbath have reunited many times since they parted ways with their performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham being the latest collaboration.
Whether it’s the UK or the US, their fans are everywhere and they are adored by the likes of former presidents and pop stars and more.
Here are nine famous people who are fans of either Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath - or both:
Birmingham-born Ozzy has gained many fans over the years and many of them were young kids when they first heard his music. It’s not just him, but Black Sabbath, too, continues to stay significant in the rock scene.
5. Post Malone
Post Malone, an American rapper, is a millennial but also a fan of the rocker - Ozzy. When they collaborated on the song Take What You Want, Malone’s fans thought that he “discovered” Ozzy - which was widely ridiculed. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
6. Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chilli Pepper’s Chad Smith and Ozzy are great fans and have mutual respect. The duo have worked together on two of Ozzy’s albums - Ordinary Man and Patient No. 9. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)
7. Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber & Ozzy Osbourne shared screen space on a Best Buy commercial in 2011 and since then Bieber dressed up as Ozzy for Spike TV’s new Lip Sync Battle. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue )
8. Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho, an American-Canadian professional wrestler and singer, is a massive fan of Ozzy and his band started out being named Fozzy Osbourne. Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy and believes that his voice sounds like Ozzy’s. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)