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Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice 鈥� and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id 鈥� of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76.

Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents鈥� groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show 鈥淭he Osbournes.鈥�

Black Sabbath鈥檚 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam War and crashed the hippie party, dripping menace and foreboding.

The band鈥檚 second album, 鈥淧aranoid,鈥� included such classic tunes as 鈥淲ar Pigs,鈥� 鈥淚ron Man鈥� and 鈥淔airies Wear Boots.鈥� The song 鈥淧aranoid鈥� only reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 but became in many ways the band鈥檚 signature song. Both albums were voted among the top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.

鈥淏lack Sabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. Anybody who鈥檚 serious about metal will tell you it all comes down to Sabbath,鈥� Dave Navarro of the band Jane鈥檚 Addiction wrote in a 2010 tribute in Rolling Stone.

Sabbath fired Osbourne in 1979 for his legendary excesses, like showing up late for rehearsals and missing gigs. He reemerged the next year as a solo artist with 鈥淏lizzard of Ozz鈥� and the following year鈥檚 鈥淒iary of a Madman,鈥� both hard rock classics that went multi-platinum and spawned enduring favorites such as 鈥淐razy Train,鈥� 鈥淕oodbye to Romance,鈥� 鈥淔lying High Again鈥� and 鈥淵ou Can鈥檛 Kill Rock and Roll.鈥� Osbourne was twice inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 鈥� once with Sabbath in 2006 and again in 2024 as a solo artist.

The original Sabbath lineup reunited for the first time in 20 years in July 2025 in the U.K. for what Osbourne said was his final concert. 鈥淟et the madness begin!鈥� he told 42,000 fans.

Metallica, Guns N Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Halestorm, Anthrax, Rival Sons and Mastodon did sets. Tom Morello, Steven Tyler, Billy Corgan, Ronnie Wood, Travis Barker, Sammy Hagar, Yungblud and Vernon Reid made appearances.

Osbourne embodied the excesses of metal. His outlandish exploits included relieving himself on the Alamo, snorting a line of ants off a sidewalk and, most memorably, biting the head off a live bat that a fan threw onstage during a 1981 concert. (He said he thought it was rubber.)

Osbourne was sued in 1987 by parents of a 19-year-old teen who died by suicide while listening to his song 鈥淪uicide Solution.鈥� The lawsuit was dismissed. Osbourne said the song was really about the dangers of alcohol, which caused the death of his friend Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC.

Then-Cardinal John J. O鈥機onnor of New York claimed in 1990 that Osbourne鈥檚 songs led to demonic possession and even suicide. 鈥淵ou are ignorant about the true meaning of my songs,鈥� the singer wrote back. 鈥淵ou have also insulted the intelligence of rock fans all over the world.鈥�

Audiences at Osbourne shows could be mooned or spit on by the singer, but the Satan-invoking Osbourne would usually send the crowds home with their ears ringing and a hearty 鈥淕od bless!鈥�

He started an annual tour 鈥� Ozzfest 鈥� in 1996 after he was rejected from the lineup of what was then the top touring music festival, Lollapalooza. Ozzfest would host such bands as Slipknot, Tool, Megadeth, Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.

In 2013, he reunited with Black Sabbath for the dour, raw 鈥�13,鈥� which reached No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart. In 2019, he had a Top 10 hit when featured on Post Malone鈥檚 鈥淭ake What You Want,鈥� Osbourne鈥檚 first song in the Top 10 since 1989.

In 2020, he released the album 鈥淥rdinary Man,鈥� which had as its title song a duet with Elton John. 鈥淚鈥檝e been a bad guy, been higher than the blue sky/And the truth is I don鈥檛 wanna die an ordinary man,鈥� he sang. In 2022, he landed his first career back-to-back No. 1 rock radio singles from his album 鈥淧atient Number 9,鈥� which featured collaborations with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Robert Trujillo and Duff McKagan. t earned four Grammy nominations, winning two. (Osbourne won five Grammys over his lifetime.)

At the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2024, Jack Black called him 鈥済reatest frontman in the history of rock 鈥榥鈥� roll鈥� and 鈥渢he Jack Nicholson of rock.鈥�

John Michael Osbourne was raised in the gritty city of Birmingham, England. Kids in school nicknamed him Ozzy, short for his surname.

In the late 1960s, Osbourne teamed up with bassist Terry 鈥淕eezer鈥� Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward. They named themselves after the American title of the classic Italian horror movie 鈥淚 Tre Volti Della Paura,鈥� starring Boris Karloff: Black Sabbath.

The music was all about industrial guitar riffs and disorienting changes in time signatures, along with lyrics that spoke of alienation and doom. 鈥淎ll day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy/Think I鈥檒l lose my mind if I don鈥檛 find something to pacify,鈥� Osbourne sang in one song.

The Guardian in 2009 said the band 鈥渋ntroduced working-class anger, stoner sludge grooves and witchy horror-rock to flower power.”

Much later, a wholesome Osbourne would be revealed when 鈥淭he Osbournes,鈥� which ran on MTV from 2002-2005, showed this one-time self-proclaimed madman drinking Diet Cokes as he struggled to find the History Channel on his new satellite television.

He is survived by Sharon, and his children.