If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had the decidedly less sinister name of The Polka Tulk Blues Band, and came complete with a saxophonist and bottleneck guitar player.

Ozzy Osbourne has been remembered as a “pioneer,” a “fearless talent” and a “dear friend,” in an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians and his former Black Sabbath bandmates following his death on Tuesday at the age of 76.

Rock’n’roll would never sound the same again after Black Sabbath and it scarcely needs emphasising that without that song, this band or the phenomenal body of work that they produced during ...

The co-founders of Black Sabbath paid tribute to their doomsayer-in-chief following the news of Ozzy Osbourne’s death at age 76 on Tuesday.