Smoods and fans pay tribute to Black Sabbath Singer

Fans, musicians and former roommates paid tribute to Ozz Osbourne, the frontman of the Pioneer Heavy Metal Group Black Sabbath, which died at the age of 76.

Black Sabbath are “lost our brother,” says group co -founder Tony I ims, while the Bassist Terens “Geezer” Butler remembered his last concert and the drummer Bill Ward shared a picture of them together.

The death of the music icon on Tuesday, announced by his family, came just weeks after his band played their good -natured concert in his hometown of Birmingham.

“With greater sadness than words can tell that we have to announce that our beloved Ozzy Osborne has died this morning,” his family said. “He was with his family and surrounded by love.”

Osborne, known for vigorous and controversial live shows, inspired a generation of musicians.

The American heavy metal group Metallica said, “It is impossible to put in words,” which Osborne meant to them.

“Hero, icon, pioneer, inspiration, mentor, and most friend are several who come to mind,” wrote Metallica members Noah Abrams and Ross Halfin of X.

The American rock band Aerosmith called it “our brother in rock”, saying that his love “comes out to … the millions of the world that felt his fire.”

Less than three weeks ago, the self-styled “Prince of Darkness” introduced itself in Birmingham, supported by many of the musicians he inspired, including Metallica and Guns ‘N’ Roses.

Billy Corgan, a leading singer of Smashing Pumpkins – one of the many bands who performed with them – said: “Some of the largest music artists in the world have traveled from all over the world to be there literally to celebrate the heritage of this group.

“This is one of the biggest music moments in my life,” added Corgan, who speaks with the BBC Radio 4 world.

“For him he was so close to the death on July 5, and he still went there and he was introducing himself as he promised … Wow! This puts him in a category of his own,” writes Hagar, the lead vocalist of Van Halen, who also plays the farewell concert for Osborne, writes on Instagram.

Others shared kind memories of Osborne’s larger life.

The senior editor of Variety Jem Aswad’s entertainment magazines recalled the first time he met with Osborne, he was “nervous” to meet the Prince of Darkness.

“It was just this kind of really fancy scene,” Asvad told the BBC.

Osborne entered the room near lunch in a bathrobe, “just waking up”, wearing a lot of jewelry and accessories and “lots of gold,” Asvad said, though he added that Osburn was “completely pleasant, perfectly friendly.”

Meanwhile, fans gathered on the Hollywood walk of glory in Los Angeles, where they laid flowers on the star dedicated to Osburn.

“Osborne was more than a rock legend – he was a cultural icon that converted music and denied expectations,” said Anna Martinez, a producer of the place.

Black Sabbath were pioneers in the Heavy Metal music genre, writing classic songs such as paranoids, military pigs and an iron man.

After leaving the group in 1979 because of the increasing tension with its other members, Osbourne had a long solo music career, making more than a dozen albums. His debut single, released next year, Crazy Train, is probably one of his most famous songs.

Osborne survived his wife Sharon and six children, three of his two marriages.