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,

Ronnie James Dio is known as one of the most recognizable vocalists in heavy metal history, but he started in a classic rock and roll band.

We've got the setlists of everyone who performed at the Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath 'Back to the Beginning' concert on July 5 in Birmingham, England.

Few listeners would ever consider Black Sabbath a “singles band.” Here are five songs from the group that put them on the singles charts in Britain.

Judas Priest released a cover of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' in July 2025. Skip to main content Skip to site footer. ... From Ozzy to Dio and beyond, we look at all of the band's studio LPs ...

Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday at the age of 76, less than three weeks after he sat on a throne on stage — not far from where he was born — and performed a final show with Black Sabbath.

Osbourne played at least seven concerts in Jacksonville, dating back to 1971. Ozzy Osbourne, rock's "Prince of Darkness" who died this week, had a long history of playing concerts in the Jacksonville area.