Hints and tips:
...That’s “Ozzy” as in Ozzy Osbourne, the wildman singer who hurtles through the book like the fireworks that he lets off as pranks....
...Osbourne, in the 1970s flashback, looked animated in a tight white jumpsuit....
...He drops a lot of rock names along the way — from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath....
...The British Museum, the Tate, the V&A and the Rijksmuseum have made purchases here in the past, and this year’s line-up could entice them once again....
...Tony Iommi musters the odd powerful grinding riff and tempo change, as with the way “Dear Father” breaks into an affrighted gallop on Osbourne’s cry of “Now it’s your turn to die!”...
...When Sabbath was formed by singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward in 1968 under the original name of Earth – quickly dropped – the fires of metal foundries...
...These industrial roots are crystallised in the display in the Birmingham museum, which focuses on the early life of Tony Iommi, guitarist and founder member of Black Sabbath....
...This was highlighted in the 1958 film version of John Osbourne’s 1956 play Look Back in Anger....
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