- Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, "The Osbournes". As a solo artist, Osbourne has sold over 30 million albums in the US, and 75 million albums worldwide. Two albums, "Blizzard of Ozz" (1980) and "No More Tears" (1991), are certified quadruple platinum, … - Tony Iommi
Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi (born February 19 1948, in Aston, Birmingham, England) is a guitarist best known for his tenure in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He is the only person to have remained in Black Sabbath throughout the band's entire lifespan. Currently Iommi, bandmate Geezer Butler and former Black Sabbath members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, are touring under the name Heaven and Hell. - Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and his own band Dio. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. - Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July, 1949 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the founding bassist for heavy metal band Black Sabbath. His nickname supposedly arises from his habit as a teenager of referring to everyone as "Geezer". He is currently involved in Heaven and Hell. Geezer formed his first band, "Rare Breed", with schoolmate John "Ozzy" Osbourne in the autumn of 1967. Separated for a time, Ozzy and Geezer reunited in the blues foursome, … - Glenn Hughes
Glenn Hughes (born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England on August 21, 1952) is a bassist and vocalist well-known as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath during the mid 1980s, as well as playing Bass and performing vocals for the Mk. III & IV line-ups of Deep Purple. - Melina
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- Tony Martin
Anthony Martin Harford, (born April 19 1957) is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with for Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's longest-serving vocalist other than Ozzy Osbourne. Martin has since been involved in many other projects (such as the Tony Martin Band, M3, The Alliance, Misha Calvin, The Cage, Giuntini Project II), yet is most remembered for his time in Sabbath, … - Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan (born 19 August, 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath and sang the role of Jesus Christ in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". Gillan is considered to be one of the foremost rock vocalists, who introduced into rock music the vocal belting technique. - Bill Ward
Bill Ward (born William Thomas Ward, May 5, 1948, Aston, Birmingham, England), is the drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. In addition to playing drums as an original founding member of the band, Ward sang lead vocals for two Black Sabbath songs; "It's Alright" (from "Technical Ecstasy"), and "Swinging The Chain" (from "Never Say Die!"). - Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne is a well-known English music manager and promoter, television personality and presenter. She came into public prominence after appearing in "The Osbournes", a reality television show that followed her family's daily life. Osbourne later became a judge on the talent shows "The X Factor" and "America's Got Talent". After the success of "The Osbournes", hosting her own chat shows and securing advertising contracts, … - Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966, Tacoma, Washington) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the grunge/metal band Alice in Chains, as guitarist and main songwriter. He performs lead vocals on his solo projects, and was part of Alice in Chains' distinctive harmonizing dual-vocal style. He currently resides in Los Angeles and spends time on his family ranch in Oklahoma. - Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer, best known for his work with the bands Dio and Black Sabbath. He is the younger brother of rock drummer Carmine Appice, who was in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus. He is currently involved in Heaven and Hell and 3 Legged Dogg. - Steve Harris
Stephen Percy Harris (born March 12, 1956 in Leytonstone, London, England) is the bassist and primary composer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. In addition, he plays keyboards, sings backing vocals, and is the leader and sole owner of the band. He founded the band as a teenager in 1975. Along with Dave Murray, they are the only members of the band that have appeared on all of the band's albums, and Harris is the only member to remain in the band throughout its duration. - Don Airey
Don Airey (born 21 June, 1948 in Sunderland, England) has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber. - Bob Daisley
Robert "Bob" Daisley (born February 13, 1950) is from Sydney, Australia. He is a legendary hard rock bass guitar playing musician and lyricist who has performed in genres from heavy metal to rock and roll and the blues. He helped to revolutionise bass playing, incorporating a six-string bass guitar and using the "sweep picking" technique to play three octave arpeggios in lightning-fast succession. - Eric Singer
Eric Singer (born Eric Doyle Mensinger on May 2 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio) is best known as a drummer for the rock band Kiss and for his work with Alice Cooper. - Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo (born 1950 in Cuba) is a bassist who has played with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, etc. Rudy was born in Cuba and left Cuba in 1961. He is currently playing with Blue Oyster Cult, appearing with BOC during its summer tour. Rudy is an avid computer digital animator. He recently created the concert 3D animated open for the video wall during the last Dio european tour. - Ray Gillen
Ray Gillen (May 12 1959 - December 1 1993) was a singer best known for his work with the bands Black Sabbath, Badlands and Phenomena. - Geoff Nicholls
Geoff Nicholls is a musician and keyboardist, who is best known as the longtime sideman for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Nicholls also played in the NWOBHM band Quartz before joining Black Sabbath. He was born on 28 February 19?? in Birmingham, England. Nicholls was originally brought in as a second guitarist when Black Sabbath doubted whether they would even continue under that name. Nichols then switched to bass when Geezer Butler left briefly, … - Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan, 25 November 1944, in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra. He also served as the drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984 and as their percussionist in 1987. After the collapse of ELO in 1986, he founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II without the original ELO singer/songwriter, Jeff Lynne. - Joey Belladonna
Joey Belladonna (born Joseph Bellardini on October 13, 1960 in Oswego, New York), was the second and best known singer for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Joey Belladonna was the lead singer of Anthrax from 1985 to 1992, and was considered part of the classic-lineup (featuring himself, Dan Spitz, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and Charlie Benante), which reunited and toured during 2005 and 2006. - Mike Bordin
Mike Bordin (born Michael Andrew Bordin, November 27 1962 in San Francisco, California) was the co-founder and drummer of Faith No More and is now playing with Ozzy Osbourne. Bordin re-recorded the drum tracks on Osbourne's solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman for remasters released in 2002. - Bobby Rondinelli
Bobby Rondinelli is a rock drummer best known for his work with the bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, and Black Sabbath. He played with Sabbath on the albums "Cross Purposes" and "Cross Purposes Live" and was a member in 1994 and again in 1996. He is currently a member of the hard rock band The Lizards. Bobby took up drumming at 11 years old, having previously played guitar. - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Anthony Ray (born August 12 1963), known as Sir Mix-a-Lot, is a Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer, originally from Seattle, Washington, USA. - Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Dunbar (born 10 January 1946, in Liverpool, England) is a prolific English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock and roll, including John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and early Journey. He was almost the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience when in an audition Hendrix was unable to decide to pick either Dunbar or Mitch Mitchell - the latter won Hendrix's coin flip. - Jaromír Nohavica
Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica is a Czech songwriter, lyricist, and poet. He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical University of Ostrava but eventually left the school. He tried various jobs and eventually ended up working as a freelance lyricist. He gained fame with his first song for Marie Rottrová, "Lásko, voníš deštěm" (You Smell of Rain, … - Al Atkins
Alan John "Al" Atkins (born October 11, 1947 in West Bromwich, Birmingham, England) is a hard rock vocalist, perhaps best known for his association with Judas Priest. He began his musical career in 1966, singing in a succession of blues-rock outfits before forming a band named Judas Priest (named after the Bob Dylan song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"). Featuring a musical direction unrelated to the future metal band, this band lasted until 1969, … - Martin Birch
Martin Birch is a former British music producer, who has produced albums for bands such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake and Blue Öyster Cult. Birch also worked on Fleetwood Mac's earliest work as an engineer and producer, and engineered early work by The Faces. He retired around 1993, after producing Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark" album. The song "Hard Lovin' Man" from the Deep Purple album "In Rock" is dedicated to him. - Joey Demaio
Joey DeMaio is an Italian American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980.It is known that he plays on a piccolo bass guitar using All-Tube MK3 Pre-Amps.Also,sometimes he plays on an 8 string piccolo bass. Born in Auburn, New York, DeMaio played bass in several school bands. He worked as a pyro-tech for Black Sabbath during their "Heaven and Hell" tour. - Dave Spitz
Dave "The Beast" Spitz (born 1 April 19?? in New York) is a musician who played the bass guitar for Black Sabbath from 1985 to 1987, appearing on the album "Seventh Star" (1986). Although credited in "The Eternal Idol" (1987), he did not perform on the album. In fact, during the recording session of the album, he was fired by producer Jeff Glixman because of his reckless behavior. Spitz has also been a member of Lita Ford's band, Americade, White Lion, … - Ross Halfin
Ross Halfin (b. 1958) is one of the world's top English music and travel photographers. Having shot bands such as Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, KISS, Metallica, The Who, Rob Zombie, ZZ Top and many others, Halfin's images are widely published in magazines, newspapers and books. Halfin began his career as a freelance photographer for "Sounds Magazine" in the 1970s, … - Don Arden
Don Arden (born Harry Levy, January 4 1926) is an English music manager, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups The Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath. He is also notorious for his aggressive and unflinching business methods. He is the father of Sharon Osbourne (and therefore father-in-law of Ozzy Osbourne), and David Levy, by his late wife, Hope. - Deen Castronovo
Deen Castronovo is a drummer who has played in various bands, including Cacophony, Bad English, Journey, The Enemy, Wild Dogs, Dr. Mastermind, Hardline, Planet Us, Soul Sirkus, and former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler's G/Z/R, as well as in backing bands for Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, and Paul Rodgers. He also played on the song "Smoke Of The Revolution" on the Neal Schon solo album "Late Nite". - Laurence Cottle
Laurence Cottle is an electric bassist probably best known for his session work for Black Sabbath in 1989 on the "Headless Cross" album. He featured in the promo video for the title track, released as a single but, as he was never an official member of the band, he was not on any of the promotional material. He has also worked with such diverse artists as Sting, Cher, Seal, Eric Clapton, and Mike Oldfield. - Marciano
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- Terry Chimes
Terry Chimes (also known as Tory Crimes) (born July 5, 1956 in Stepney, East London) was the original drummer of punk rock group The Clash. He originally played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from May 1982 to December 1982. He briefly toured with Black Sabbath from November 1987 to December 1987, and again in May 1988. Since 1994, he has practised as a chiropractor in Essex.
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