Ozzy Osbourne: Beyond Black Sabbath
Tony Stewart, NME, 3 December 1977
IN THE PAST Ozzy Osbourne has often over-dramatised the state of both his mental and physical health, but as he now relates his reasons for leaving Black Sabbath he shudders convincingly.
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