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Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

For over five decades, Ozzy Osbourne has personified rock and roll, from his childhood in poverty and time in prison, to fronting metal band Black Sabbath, a successful solo career and a lovable 21st century television dad.

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We had an outside toilet
where you go to go for a dump. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We had an outside toilet where you go to go for a dump.

You didn't have soap or water,
which was a big stigma for me. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

You didn't have soap or water, which was a big stigma f...

I had a lot of shame when I was a kid, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I had a lot of shame when I was a kid,

My three older sisters
were Jean, Iris, and Gillian. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

My three older sisters were Jean, Iris, and Gillian.

I also had two younger brothers,
Paul and Tony. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I also had two younger brothers, Paul and Tony.

He never would miss a day from work. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

He never would miss a day from work.

Come rain, come shine, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Come rain, come shine,

When my dad came home after
working all night in a factory, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

When my dad came home after working all night in a factory,

I was petrified most of the time - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I was petrified most of the time

Fear of impending doom ruled my life. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Fear of impending doom ruled my life.

I convinced myself if I stepped on cracks, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I convinced myself if I stepped on cracks,

When my dad was sleeping through the day, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

When my dad was sleeping through the day,

I'd have to poke him to make sure
he was still breathing. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I'd have to poke him to make sure he was still breathin...

He was always penalized for...
probably because he was so slow. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

He was always penalized for... probably because he was so sl...

I spent more time smoking cigarettes - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I spent more time smoking cigarettes

There was a lot of shame for me, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

There was a lot of shame for me,

I would go to the biggest guy
in the class, make him laugh, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I would go to the biggest guy in the class, make him laugh,

Most comedians I know, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Most comedians I know,

I'm making you laugh
to make me feel safe around you. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I'm making you laugh to make me feel safe around you.

At 16 I was on the streets. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

At 16 I was on the streets.

When John left school, he sort of went - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

When John left school, he sort of went

I couldn't stand getting up
for a job in the morning. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I couldn't stand getting up for a job in the morning.

I could never hold
a 9-to-5 job down, ever. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I could never hold a 9-to-5 job down, ever.

One of my jobs was working
in a slaughterhouse. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

One of my jobs was working in a slaughterhouse.

I remember gagging all day. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I remember gagging all day.

But eventually you get used to the smell. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

But eventually you get used to the smell.

I said to this guy "How long
have you been doing this?" - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I said to this guy "How long have you been doing this?&...

I had to at least try and have
a little bit of fun - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I had to at least try and have a little bit of fun

John used to go out - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

John used to go out

I broke into a shop
at the back of my house. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I broke into a shop at the back of my house.

A lot of the kids turned to crime, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

A lot of the kids turned to crime,

I kinda wanted to get caught in a way - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I kinda wanted to get caught in a way

When you're in a place full of bad people, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

When you're in a place full of bad people,

I had no idea what my life
was about to explode into. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I had no idea what my life was about to explode into.

Let me tell you something.
After six weeks in prison - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Let me tell you something. After six weeks in prison

Music was a very integral part
of the family. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Music was a very integral part of the family.

There was always music
with the record player, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

There was always music with the record player,

By the time I was about 14, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

By the time I was about 14,

♪ Shake it, shake it,
shake it, baby, now - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ Shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now

It gave me the seed to wanna do it myself. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

It gave me the seed to wanna do it myself.

I talked my father into getting
me a check for 250 pounds. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I talked my father into getting me a check for 250 pounds.

I went to George Clay's
music shop in Birmingham. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I went to George Clay's music shop in Birmingham.

He got me a Shure mic, a stand, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

He got me a Shure mic, a stand,

If my father hadn't bought me
that mic and PA, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

If my father hadn't bought me that mic and PA,

First time I ever met Ozzy was at school. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

First time I ever met Ozzy was at school.

That first time I met Oz was
with Geezer and Tony as well. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

That first time I met Oz was with Geezer and Tony as well.

We needed a singer for the band, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We needed a singer for the band,

I said to Bill
"I know an Ozzy, but it can't be him, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I said to Bill "I know an Ozzy, but it can't be hi...

Myself and Tony and Geezer,
we went to his house. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Myself and Tony and Geezer, we went to his house.

I took to him straightaway.
It was his personality - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I took to him straightaway. It was his personality

He could really sing
really good blues. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

He could really sing really good blues.

So we all decided - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

So we all decided

A bunch of guys together that
are just having a lot of fun. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

A bunch of guys together that are just having a lot of fun.

Back then we were pretty scruffy, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Back then we were pretty scruffy,

Some industrial-pollution miserable job. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Some industrial-pollution miserable job.

At first we just did blues stuff,
like 12-bar blues. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

At first we just did blues stuff, like 12-bar blues.

We just used to get together,
jam for about two hours. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We just used to get together, jam for about two hours.

Usually, magically, this riff would appear, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Usually, magically, this riff would appear,

♪ Yeah, you get blood - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ Yeah, you get blood

He said "Isn't it peculiar
that people pay money - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

He said "Isn't it peculiar that people pay money

And that night I just,
like, woke up suddenly, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

And that night I just, like, woke up suddenly,

♪ What is this that stands before me? - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ What is this that stands before me?

The song, the "Black Sabbath"
with the bells coming in... - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

The song, the "Black Sabbath" with the bells comin...

That was just, like, the basis
of my introduction to rock. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

That was just, like, the basis of my introduction to rock.

Black Sabbath seems to be
the first heavy metal music, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath seems to be the first heavy metal music,

It all leads back to Black Sabbath. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

It all leads back to Black Sabbath.

"Black Sabbath", the song,
we would play that song, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

"Black Sabbath", the song, we would play that song...

We'd get in the van, get on the ferry, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We'd get in the van, get on the ferry,

We did a lot of gigs up north, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We did a lot of gigs up north,

And we all relied on each other - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

And we all relied on each other

Most of the record sales have
come from northwest England. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Most of the record sales have come from northwest England.

"Mum, we're on the radio!" - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

"Mum, we're on the radio!"

My voice was coming out through the radio, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

My voice was coming out through the radio,

♪ Some people say my love cannot be true - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ Some people say my love cannot be true

In the amount of three years
we'd gone from being - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

In the amount of three years we'd gone from being

♪ All day long I think of things - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ All day long I think of things

♪ And so as you hear these words - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ And so as you hear these words

I think it was about as close - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I think it was about as close

Shortly after we all became
successful with Black Sabbath, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Shortly after we all became successful with Black Sabbath,

By the summer of 1972 - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

By the summer of 1972

You look on the back of the album sleeve, it said
"We'd like to thank the great COKE-Cola company - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

You look on the back of the album sleeve, it said "We&#...

We did the album, "Vol. 4",
and we'd been in Los Angeles - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We did the album, "Vol. 4", and we'd been in ...

We were doing it every day, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

We were doing it every day,

In the early days, it was absolute bedlam, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

In the early days, it was absolute bedlam,

And people recognized me,
and people wanted my autograph, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

And people recognized me, and people wanted my autograph,

It's like, wow.
It's like, from being - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

It's like, wow. It's like, from being

♪ Revolution in their minds - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

♪ Revolution in their minds

I thought money would buy
everything and fix everything. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

I thought money would buy everything and fix everything.

But you know, money would buy
the alcohol and the drugs, - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

But you know, money would buy the alcohol and the drugs,

The way I treated Thelma,
it was wrong. - Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

The way I treated Thelma, it was wrong.

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For over five decades, Ozzy Osbourne has personified rock and roll, from his childhood in poverty and time in prison, to fronting metal band Black Sabbath, a successful solo career and a lovable 21st century television dad.

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Director: Greg Johnston

Writer: Christina Keating

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Sep 2020

Awards: 1 nomination.

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