Who was the original lead singer of Black Sabbath?
Black Sabbath practically invented heavy metal in a grimy Birmingham warehouse in 1968, turning blues riffs into something that sounded like the apocalypse was coming for dinner. These four working-class kids figured out how to make guitars sound genuinely terrifying, and their dark, heavy sound would go on to influence every metal band that followed. Who was the original voice behind those bone-chilling vocals that helped define an entire genre?
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Correct Answer: Ozzy Osbourne
(Source)Ozzy Osbourne was the original lead singer of Black Sabbath, though his path to metal royalty started with him getting kicked out of school at 15 and working at a car horn factory. The band formed when bassist Geezer Butler and guitarist Tony Iommi recruited Ozzy after spotting an ad he placed in a music store window that simply read "Ozzy Zig Needs Gig. Has own PA." They originally called themselves The Polka Tulk Blues Band, then Earth, before settling on Black Sabbath after a Boris Karloff horror movie. Ozzy's wailing vocals paired with Iommi's crushing guitar riffs created something completely new, and their 1970 debut album "Black Sabbath" shot to number eight in the UK.
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