The king of doom rock has passed away
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/ozzy-osbourne-pioneering-heavy-metal-singer-black-sabbath-frontman-die-rcna42423
Of course, he was much more than that, but he and Black Sabbath's influence stretched far and long. Growing up in the 70's, they heavily shaped my taste in music, or lack thereof, lol. Was lucky enough to see him on his Blizzard of Oz tour with Randy Rhoads -- remember it like it was yesterday. Thanks for the tunes, dude, and lots of laughs along the way.

Also, I highly recommend "I am Ozzy", one of the funniest, most entertaining rock auto-bios ever.

There was nothing as fun as dropping acid with my boys, listening to Black Sabbath, and being convinced that I was gonna die that night. We did it again and again. RIP OZZY!

I saw Ozzy and Sabbath several times. I was lucky enough to see him once w Randy Rhoads a few weeks before the crash. One of the back drops of my growing up life has gone. RIP Ozzy.

This is up there with Ronnie James Dio for me. Dio was the Sabbath I grew up on where Ozzy was the catalyst that forced me to look back in time at his early stuff and listen groups like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rainbow. I clearly remember being 7 years old, clueless seeking out Ozzy's No Rest for The Wicked album on my Columbia House mailer while listening to "Heaven and Hell" by Sabbath. LOL

Rest in Peace, sire. Between Ozzy, Rhodes, Vinnie, Dimebag and Lemmy, heaven officially has the heaviest supergroup ever

Would be good if Ch4 in UK repeated The Osbournes series from a while back. It had to be the most brilliant of reality shows ever made. They were just crazy.

One of the first songs I learned on guitar was Paranoid.

Diary of a Madman had an outsized influence on my songwriting musically and lyrically (Of course Randy was a huge influence on my playing). A few of my lyrics were written with Ozzy's voice in mind.

When I toured as bassist with the doom band, we used Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as our soundcheck song.