The Old Boy built by John Diggins in the late 1970s and was first used by Iommi to record overdubs on Black Sabbath’s 1980 studio album, Heaven & Hell. Soon after, it became his number one electric. A ...

Black Sabbath is dead, and Black Sabbath will never die. Both of these things are true. More than 50 years ago, the Birmingham, England-founded quartet pioneered heavy metal music with songs like “War ...

Kelly Osbourne knew that her father, Ozzy Osbourne, would "never" get over his Black Sabbath exit prior to his death. In Ozzy's new documentary, "Ozzy: No Escape From Now," the Osbourne family ...

When Vinny Appice played his first show with Black Sabbath on Aug. 31, 1980, at Honolulu's Aloha Stadium, the 22-year-old drummer brought a steady hand and calming presence to the beleaguered metal ...

Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Black Sabbath’s Paranoid climbs to No. 9 on Billboard's Vinyl ...

Following Ozzy Osbourne’s ousting from Birmingham, England’s Black Sabbath, a band he helped found with Tony Iommi, Terry “Geezer” Butler, and Bill Ward, the group reformed with American vocalist ...

Ozzy Osbourne reunited with Black Sabbath for a final performance weeks before his death, a show that would mark the last time bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler would see his longtime friend. Butler ...

"I didn’t realize then that I would never see Ozzy again after that night," Butler writes of the July 5 "Back to the Beginning" show in England. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Black ...

Everything culminated as frontman Ozzy Osbourne unleashed a brutal takedown during the LP's final track, singing "you bought and sold me with your lying words" on "The Writ." Co-producer Mike Butcher ...

(L-R): Black Sabbath members Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi in 2011 Kevin Winter/Getty Images Though he’s remembered by hard rockers as the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne is ...

Osbourne died on Tuesday at 76, just weeks after he and Black Sabbath performed at their farewell Back to the Beginning concert earlier in July. By Ethan Millman Music Editor Since Osbourne’s death ...