While Ozzy never had country ambitions, nor did he ever dabble in the genre in any way, he was friends with Johnny Cash, and at the aforementioned, recent farewell show, the queen herself Mrs. Dolly Parton left him a special message, saying:

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,

In fact, the normally elusive Butler appears to give his full blessing to the outrageous, profanity-laden reality show, which, for a few seasons, afforded viewers a sneak peek into the “private life” of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most legendary madmen.

Members of Black Sabbath honored Ozzy Osbourne with heartbreaking words and reflected on how four kids from Aston went on to become global music legends. Drummer Bill Ward, bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler,