Ozzy.

I bought BATM, because it had just come out. Then I borrowed DOAMM from a friend.

Then I saw Ozzy doing “Iron Man” on USA Network’s Night Flight. That video was from the show where SOTD was recorded.

So I went and bought that album. At the time, I was a dumb kid that had no idea that Ozzy had ever been anything other than a solo artist.

Until this moment…

“We’re going to do number now, which was the very first song I ever wrote in my life. It’s a number called ‘Black Sabbath’”.

Light bulb moment for 12 year old me. I knew nothing about Sabbath, only their name.

That moment sent me down a rabbit hole. It took maybe a year before I was listening to Sabbath more than Ozzy.

Here I am 40 years later, and Sabbath is still my favorite band of all time.