Ozzy’s solo career started off with a bang: His first two solo albums, “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman,” featured the brilliant guitar work of the young Californian Randy Rhoads, who revolut...

Hundreds of rock and heavy metal fans will gather together to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham on Saturday.

He became known as the Prince of Darkness and, relatedly, the godfather of heavy metal, which emerged as the name for the subgenre that flourished and then fractured in the wake of Black Sabbath’s su...