instead infusing it with a heavy dose of reality. Black Sabbath formed around singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward in the late ’60s.

Born on December 3, 1948, in the Aston neighborhood of Birmingham, England, Osbourne became a founding member of Black Sabbath ... ‘Master of Reality’ and ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.’ ...