Ozzy

John Michael 'Ozzy' Osbourne has been an icon for over thirty years, but of what?Of heavy metal, for being the wild vocalist of Black Sabbath, and a hugely successful solo artist?Or is he an overblown rock casualty?Or a successful cartoon figure created by his marketing-genius wife?Back in the 1970s he was breaking all the rules - and he still is. In 2002 he is breaking all the records as the star of The Osbornes, a fly-on the-wall documentary that has beaten all previous MTV viewing figures. Here, the 'tattooed, former booze-ridden, former drug-crazed sex god' is seen as the far-from-average husband, and father of teenage children. This is I Love Lucy meets The Simpsons by way of The Addams Family - and the public loves it!Ozzy Unauthorized is that rare thing - a genuine page-turner, with 32 pages of photographs, and a full discography and chronology. Sue Crawford has written a comprehensive, mind-blowing study of the past, present and, with its specially commissioned astrological chart, even the future, of a true survivor and a real star.