In Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne's novel The Wrong Box, much of the farcical plot revolves around the mis-delivery of two boxes at Waterloo station, and the attempts by the various protagonists to retrieve them.

On March 19, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads and two other members of the entourage were killed in a plane crash at a private airport.

Drummer Jimmy DeGrasso worked with Lee and Daisley on demos for the album, but this version of the band fell apart due to Osbourne's commitment to the Black Sabbath summer 1985 reunion concert at Live Aid ; Randy Castillo and Phil Soussan ultimately replaced DeGrasso and Daisley once recording commenced.

Purported at the time to be Osbourne's final tour before retiring, it was titled " No More Tours ".

Veteran newsman Bill Crowley not only read the hourly news but engaged in a brief discussion at the beginning of each program's third hour, introduced thunderously by Ozzy Osbourne's " Mr. Crowley.

He is credited inside the booklet, however, due to Ozzy being on Sony Records at the time, Spitfire Records were not allowed to promote this song with Osbourne's name-a sticker on the cover of the album said " featuring special guest star.

Recorded at Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles, three drummers participated in the making of this album: Phil Taylor, who was fired after " I Ain't No Nice Guy " was recorded ( because he did not learn his drum tracks ), Tommy Aldridge who recorded most of the material on this album on a sessional basis only, and Mikkey Dee, who recorded the " Hellraiser " single ( the song was originally co-written by Lemmy for Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears album.

At the time of its release, The Ultimate Sin was Osbourne's highest charting studio album, as heavy metal was enjoying a surge in popularity during the mid-1980s.

However, Gillis did tour with Osbourne during this time period, and the group did play material from Osbourne's first two solo albums during this tour.

Though they had been in Osbourne's band for some time, this is Osbourne's first album to feature bassist Rudy Sarzo ( who left to rejoin Quiet Riot less than a month later ) and drummer Tommy Aldridge.

At the time, it was to be Osbourne's final album.

Castillo also briefly returned to Osbourne's band in 1995 for a tour, and played drums on several tribute albums during this time.

He was brought in as a songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's 1991 No More Tears album, providing lyrics for the tracks " Hellraiser ", ( which Motörhead would later record themselves and release a single ), " Desire ", " I Don't Want to Change the World " and the single " Mama I'm Coming Home ".

Muir and Trujillo continued Infectious Grooves, releasing Groove Family Cyco later that year ( this album was released before Suicidal Tendencies split ), but they eventually folded as well, with Trujillo joining Ozzy Osbourne's band ( and later Metallica ) and Muir performing as Cyco Miko, releasing Lost My Brain!

The album was released in memory of Rhoads, guitarist for Osbourne's band between 1979 and 1982 who died in a plane crash while on tour in Florida in 1982.

The album also includes studio outtakes of Rhoads recording the classical-influenced acoustic guitar piece, " Dee ", which Rhoads wrote for his mother Delores, and which was originally included on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz.

Once the album's recording was complete, Daisley was once again out, replaced by Osbourne's former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler.

Swaggart had long been critical of Osbourne's music and live performances, before he himself was involved in a 1988 prostitution scandal.

Despite its initial success, The Ultimate Sin has since been deleted from Osbourne's catalogue and was not reissued or remastered along with the rest of Osbourne's albums.

After the death of Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne's first call was to Schenker to replace Rhoads, as the German guitarist and his iconic Flying V were a huge influence on Randy.

In April 2002, Speak of the Devil was deleted from Osbourne's US / North American catalogue and is no longer being made.

Speak of the Devil was released one month before Osbourne's old band Black Sabbath released Live Evil.

Osbourne's drug addiction escalated after mother Sharon Osbourne was diagnosed with cancer ; he was as well battling with his own depression.

At a show in Wembley Stadium in London, the band was joined on stage by Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack Osbourne before playing Sabbath's N. I. B.

However, positive reaction was shown to the stunt of Bill biting off the head of a live roadie onstage ( a reference to Ozzy Osbourne's Bat incident.

In April 2008, Testament was confirmed for Ozzy Osbourne's Monsters of Rock festival to take place on July 26, 2008 in Calgary, Canada.

Ozzmosis was reissued on 25 June 2002 with the addition of the previously unreleased tracks " Whole World's Fallin ' Down " and " Aimee ", the latter of which was named after Osbourne's eldest daughter.

Record producer Michael Wagener, who worked on Osbourne's 1991 sixth studio album No More Tears, was initially chosen by Epic Records to produce Ozzmosis, though was later replaced with Michael Beinhorn.

VH1 included the Tommy Lee sex tapes, The Dirt, and Ozzy Osbourne's and Nikki Sixx's pee incident.

Campbell left Sweet Savage in early 1983 to join Dio after Jake E. Lee ( the original Dio guitarist ) was offered Randy Rhoads spot as Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist on December 1982, when Ronnie James Dio was forming his own band.

Lee left Rough Cutt in 1982, very briefly played in the band Dio, and then replaced the deceased Randy Rhoads as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist.

Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads died in an airplane crash on March 19, 1982.

As well as winning Bronze for his acclaimed The Huey Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, Huey has appeared on Jack Osbourne's Adrenaline Junkie, a Boy-Racer show Slips, sat in for Jonathon Ross and Dermot O ' Leary on BBC Radio 2, appeared in the Soul Boy as a Dick Van Dyke accented London record shop owner, voiced a character in the Scarface: The World Is Yours video game, and most bizarrely appeared with his dog, Sugar and Liza Tarbuck on Liza & Huey's Pet Nation on primetime SKY TV.

* Mike Bordin regularly performed as a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band, as well as Black Sabbath, and performed with Korn on tour when their drummer David Silveria suffered a broken wrist.

This lineup disbanded in 1980 when Rhoads went on to join Ozzy Osbourne's band, with Rhoads personally enlisting Greg Leon as his replacement.

Rudy Sarzo left Osbourne's band and rejoined Quiet Riot shortly before the release of Metal Health, which went to the top of the charts, making Quiet Riot the first metal band to achieve number one status on their ( U. S. release ) debut album.

The album reached 79th on German charts and special editions included covers of Madredeus, Ozzy Osbourne's " Mr. Crowley " and Joy Division's " Love Will Tear Us Apart ".

In recent years, the station's format has gradually drifted towards classic rock with current releases rarely incorporated into the playlist, though some recent songs such as Ozzy Osbourne's 2007 hit I Don't Wanna Stop are played on the station ( Osbourne himself is a fixture on many classic rock stations ).

Bordin re-recorded the drum tracks on Osbourne's solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz, and Diary of a Madman, for the controversial remasters released in 2002.

In 2005 he contributed to Ozzy Osbourne's Under Cover album, performing guitar on a remake of " Mississippi Queen "

Coincidentally Rick Wakeman's son Adam Wakeman has played keyboards for Ozzy Osbourne's solo band since 2004.