Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

"A raucous biography of the legendary heavy metal band infamous for their offstage behavior." ―Kirkus Reviews

Decades before appearing on his reality television show The Osbournes, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the singer in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and they meant business.

In an era when rock bands were measured by how 'heavy' they were, no one was weightier than Black Sabbath. All four founding members of the original Black Sabbath grew up within half-a-mile of ...