I Am Ozzy (38 page)
Authors: Ozzy Osbourne;Chris Ayres
Tags: #Autobiography, #General, #Biography & Autobiography, #Biography, #Entertainment & Performing Arts, #Personal Memoirs, #England, #Ozzy, #Osbourne, #Composers & Musicians - Rock, #Genres & Styles - Heavy Metal, #Rock Music, #Composers & Musicians - General, #Rock musicians, #Music, #Heavy Metal, #1948-, #Genres & Styles, #Composers & Musicians
The Boy Prince of Darkness.
With Mum and Dad. They put up with a lot.
My dad promised me long trousers for my sister Jean's wedding. I got these fucking things instead.
Blame this on Jim Simpson. It was his idea to hold the 'Big Fear Follies' - naked.
(c) Neil Preston/Corbis
Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and me, at Long Beach Arena. Dunno why we look so miserable - we were all as high as kites.
No, I'm not in the pub. I'm in the kitchen of 'Atrocity Cottage', which I'd made to look like a pub. That's my oldest daughter, Jessica.
With Jess again and my son Louis.
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Me, the lads from Black Sabbath and, err... a rubber chicken. In London. Wearing new clothes 'cos we'd just got a record deal.
(c) Michael Putland/Retna
Fresh faced. And pissed, probably.
Peace...
On stage with Tony.
... and love, man.
(c) Michael Putland/Retna UK
The lads from Aston made good. This was our ten-year anniversary. Unusually, we decided to get completely shitfaced for the occasion. Within a few months I'd be fired.
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