“On the first album [Blizzard of Ozz] none of us had played together, so it was everything at once,” Rhoads said. “We were putting the band together, writing the songs, and being in the ...

F or some, the 1980s were about neon and new wave, yacht rock and wine coolers, wide lapels and pristine pop. For others, the ...

The Black Sabbath singer is bringing a huge line-up of friends to his home city for his final ever show Back To The Beginning, but there's one that will be there only in spirit ...

Rhoads played on Ozzy’s first two solo albums, 1980’s Blizzard of Ozz and 1981’s Diary of a Madman, contributing to classics including “Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley.” He died March 19, 1982, in a ...

Driven by his twin passions of classical music and the heavier side of rock ... During the recording of the new band’s first album, Blizzard Of Ozz, Rhoads was encouraged by Osbourne to go ...

For more than 30 years, bassist Bob Daisley laid the foundations on which some of the greatest rock and roll ever was built ...

AC/DC's 'Back in Black' goes up against Van Halen's '1984' in the finals of UCR's Best '80s Album March Madness bracket.

Black Sabbath announced “Back to the Beginning,” a homecoming show and farewell to the four fathers of heavy metal. On Jul. 5, the original band will reunite in Birmingham, UK, for the first time in ...

Snow covers a stop sign during a blizzard in Omaha, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Snow sticks to Ahmed Mohammed as he shovels in front of the East Africa & Middle East Grocery Store at 2555 ...