Nightwish

It has also sold triple platinum in Finland, platinum in Germany and reached #1 on the Greek, German and Norwegian album charts. He named:. A new album entitled Once was released on the June 7, 2004, along with their first single, Nemo, from that album. Once is their second album to feature a full length song in Finnish (Kuolema tekee taiteilijan). In June 2004 British newspaper The Observer asked Osbourne to name his top ten favourite British albums of all time. These rumours have been proven to be false, as they have played an entire year of gigs and released a new album since. A number of yet unsigned bands send one member to compete in a challenge to win a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and a possible recording contract. Tarja also got married during the summer of 2003, and there were rumours abound that the band was about to split up. He and wife Sharon are also on yet another MTV show, this time a competition come reality show entitled "Battle for Ozzfest".

In 2003, Nightwish released a second DVD, entitled End of Innocence. He takes on the Beatles, King Crimson and the Rolling Stones on this much-anticipated release. It set a record on the Finnish album charts as well; never before had the second been so distant from the first place. It is rumoured to contain two long-awaited discs, one being a collection of outtakes, rare demos and duets, and the other being a set of cover songs. Century Child was certified gold two hours after its release, and platinum two weeks afterwards. He is slated to release a box set of his solo work entitled the Bible of Ozz in February of 2005. The main difference from previous albums is the use of a live orchestra on many songs, to get a stronger feeling of classical music. The reputed topic is that of the Russian mad monk, Grigory Rasputin, who held sway with Russia's royal Romanov family.

In 2002 Nightwish released Century Child, and the singles Ever Dream and Bless the Child. He has also turned his hand to writing a Broadway musical. Hietala left Sinergy to join Nightwish, however, he is also a part of the band Tarot. Since the accident, he has fully recovered and headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, where he again reunited with Black Sabbath. Shortly afterwards, Sami Vänskä left the band for personal reasons, and Marco Hietala from Sinergy joined the band. In doing so, he broke the record of the longest period between an artists's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath, Paranoid, number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit — a gap of 33 years. All of these were entitled From Wishes to Eternity. While in hospital, Osborne achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath song Changes with daughter Kelly.

They also released a VHS, DVD and CD with live material. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by a security guard. Hospital reports indicated that, despite the severity of his injuries, a full recovery was expected. Together with a couple of new songs and a remake of an old one, this was released as the EP Over the Hills and Far Away. An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. In 2001 Nightwish recorded a cover of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away. Osbourne broke his collar bone, eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck. Wishmaster was, despite long-awaited releases from Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, at the same time declared album of the month in the German magazine Rock Hard. On December 8, 2003, Osbourne was rushed into emergency surgery when he was involved in an accident involving the use of his all-terrain vehicle on his estate in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK.

During those three weeks it was certified gold. During 2003, a member of Birmingham City Council campaigned for him to be given Freedom of the City. It went straight to first position in the Finnish album charts, and stayed there for three weeks. The Osbournes, a program featuring the domestic life of Osbourne and his family (wife Sharon, children Jack and Kelly, but not daughter Aimee, who declined to participate), has turned into one of MTV's greatest hits. In May they released the album Wishmaster. Osbourne garnered still greater celebrity status by the unlikely success of his own bizarre brand of reality television. They won the public televoting, but the jury overruled. At least two titles, Speak of the Devil and The Ultimate Sin, were permitted to go out of print entirely.

They ended up in third place. The bass guitar and drum tracks from Osbourne's first two albums were re-recorded entirely, and the original versions (which featured Daisley and Kerslake) were dropped. In 2000 Nightwish participated in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision song contest with the song "Sleepwalker". In the wake of a lawsuit by former band members Daisley and Kerslake, reportedly for unpaid royalties, Osbourne's catalogue was "remastered" again in 2002. Oceanborn was certified gold in August. Osbourne's first album of new studio material in seven years, 2001's Down to Earth met with only mediocre success, as did its live followup, Live at Budokan. This single sold 15.000 copies during the first month in Germany alone. Some acts even had the pleasure to share the bill with a reformed, yet much older Black Sabbath.

In 1999 they recorded the single Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse), for the eclipse in Germany. Ozzfest was a quick hit with metal fans, spurring groups like Incubus and Papa Roach to broad exposure and commercial success. This album did better than anyone expected. Ozzy's biggest financial success of the 1990s was a venture named Ozzfest, created by his wife Sharon and managed loosely by his son Jack. The single from that album, Sacrament of Wilderness, went straight to the first place of the Finnish single charts. A greatest hits package, The Ozzman Cometh was issued in 1997. It reached position 5 on the Finnish album charts. Also that year, he released Ozzmosis and went on stage again, dubbing his concert performances "The Retirement Sucks Tour".

This album was a little heavier than the previous one. At this point Osbourne expressed his fatigue with the process of touring, and proclaimed his "retirement", which was to be short-lived. Osbourne's entire CD catalog was remastered and reissued in 1995. This year they released the album Oceanborn. Yet another live album followed in 1993, Live and Loud. In 1998 Sami Vänskä joined the band to play bass guitar. While quite successful as a heavy metal act in the 1980s, Osbourne began to enjoy much broader commercial success in the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears, which enjoyed much radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated a practice of bringing in outside composers to pen much of Ozzy's solo material, instead of relying solely upon the recording ensemble to write and arrange the music. A single entitled The Carpenter had been released beforehand, and it reached position 8 on the Finnish singles chart. The subsequent tour saw Osbourne reunited with erstwhile Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass, and a live EP (entitled Just Say Ozzy) featuring this lineup was released two years later.

Angels Fall First was released in November, and reached position 31 on the Finnish album charts. Meanwhile, Ozzy found his most enduring replacement for Rhoads to date, a guitarist named Zakk Wylde, plucked from a New Jersey bar. Wylde joined Ozzy for his 1988 effort, No Rest for the Wicked, in which Castillo remained on drums and Daisley returned to bass duties. In May the same year, they were signed onto the Finnish record label Spinefarm Records for two records. Excellently recorded, the album cemented Rhoads's legendary stature as an imaginative and talented musician. These songs can be found on the limited edition of Angels Fall First. Ozzy continued to struggle with his chemical dependencies, and commemorated the fifth anniversary of Rhoads's death with Tribute, the live recordings from 1981 that had gone unreleased for years. In April they went into the studio and recorded seven songs. Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987, however, reportedly due to musical differences.

The acoustic guitar was replaced with an electric one. Jake E. In early 1997 Jukka Nevalainen joined the band, to play drums. Ozzy would ultimately prevail in all of the suits, which the judges would basically rule that Ozzy cannot be held accountable for a listener's actions. Soon after, Ozzy publicly acknowledged he wrote Suicide Solution about his friend, AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died from alcohol abuse, and that alcohol as a solution to one's problems is not the answer (hence the song's title). The name Nightwish came from one of the songs on their very first acoustic demo ("Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen"). In late 1986, he was the target in the first of a series of lawsuits brought against him, alleging that one of his songs, Suicide Solution, drove two teenagers to commit suicide because of its subliminal lyrics. At this time there were three band members: Holopainen, Turunen and Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (guitar). Meanwhile, Ozzy was becoming involved in a legal battle of his own.

It started out as Holopainen's experiment using keyboards, acoustic guitar and the operatic voice of Tarja Turunen. Lee, formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt, was a more successful recruit than Torme, recording 1983's Bark at the Moon (with Daisley, Aldridge, and keyboard player Don Airey) and 1986's The Ultimate Sin (with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo) and touring behind both albums. Nightwish's formation officially took place in Kitee, Finland in July of 1996. Jake E. The recent commercial success of Nightwish has made certain power metal elitists label their music pop metal. Madonna asked that her vocal not be restored for the hits package, so new vocals by Kim Basinger were added to complement the Ozzy lead. Tuomas Holopainen once described their music as "melodic heavy metal with a female voice". Ozzy's cut was remixed and re-released in the early 1990s for a Was (not Was) Greatest Hits album in Europe and it cracked the UK pop chart.

The musical style of Nightwish has been described as epic metal, power metal, opera metal, symphonic metal, and goth metal, amongst others. Her original vocal today remains just one of many Unreleased Madonna Songs. In recent songs, Marco Hietala, the bass player, has started to sing as well. He replaced the original first choice, Madonna. These are performed by Tarja Turunen, who has studied classical singing in the Finnish Sibelius Academy, and currently studies opera singing in Germany. In 1982 Ozzy was the guest vocalist on the Was (not Was) pop dance track Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed). While the songs are mostly written by the band's keyboard player, Tuomas Holopainen, their success is also widely attributed to the vocals. This live title, known in the United Kingdom as Talk of the Devil, was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, primarily of Ozzy's solo material, but after Rhoads's death, Osbourne changed his mind, and the album ended up consisting entirely of Ozzy's Black Sabbath material, recorded with Gillis, Sarzo, and Aldridge.

Nightwish is a Finnish goth/power metal band, formed in 1996. Rhoads's first replacement was Bernie Torme (who reportedly could not cope with the pressures of live performance, and who never recorded with Ozzy), followed by Brad Gillis of Night Ranger, who filled in for an album called Speak of the Devil. Within Temptation. During the 1980s and 1990s, Osbourne's career was an effort on two fronts: continuing to make music without Rhoads, and getting clean. Visions of Atlantis. Osbourne subsequently fell into a deep depression, compounded by the death of his father. Tristania. The pilot (also the tour bus driver) clipped the parked bus and crashed into a nearby house, killing himself, Rhoads, and the band's tour hairdresser.

Theatre of Tragedy. In March 1982, while in Florida for the Diary of A Madman tour, a light aircraft carrying Rhoads crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. Stratovarius. He later underwent a number of treatments for alcoholism and drug abuse. Sonata Arctica. He was arrested after urinating on The Alamo while wearing one of his wife's dresses, for which he was banned from San Antonio, Texas for the next ten years. Epica. Ozzy was also hospitalized for rabies vaccinations after biting the head off of a stunned bat (which he later claimed to have thought was a rubber toy) thrown on stage by a fan.

Elis. He famously bit off the head of a dove during a meeting with his newly signed record company, CBS — though it has been speculated that this was a calculated stunt meant to intimidate the label executives into giving Osbourne more favorable contractual terms. Edenbridge. According to press accounts, Osbourne's antics progressively worsened during the 1980s, his alcohol and drug abuse continuing. After Forever. Undaunted, Osbourne attempted to launch a solo career, and met with considerable success on his very first effort. End of Innocence (2003). He divorced his first wife, Thelma, and developed bipolar disorder.

From Wishes to Eternity (2001). Depressed, his drug and alcohol abuse continued. Tales from the Elvenpath (2004). Ozzy returned however, to record and tour behind 1978's Never Say Die, after which he left the group again in 1979, to be replaced by Ronnie James Dio. Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (2004). Osbourne was kicked out of the group briefly after the band's 1976 effort Technical Ecstasy, and Sabbath went so far as to begin writing and recording with a new singer. Wish I Had an Angel (2004). Over the duration, however, Iommi began to take the band's music in a more progressive and experimental direction, to Osbourne's distaste.

Nemo (2004). Nevertheless, the group remained a steadily successful act for over eight years. Bless the Child (2002). The rigors of touring and financial success combined to lead some of the band members to drug and alcohol abuse, including Osbourne. Ever Dream (2002). Black Sabbath met with swift and enduring success; their early records such as their self-titled debut, Paranoid and Master of Reality in particular are considered heavy metal canon, and selections from Ozzy's Sabbath days have featured prominently in his solo performances. Over the Hills and Far Away (2001). Polka Tulk disbanded, to reform almost immediately as a four-piece consisting of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward.

Deep Silent Complete (2000). Iommi's style of guitar playing did not mesh well with Phillips's, however, nor with Clarke's saxophone. Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) (1999). Ozzy came up with the name after seeing it on a can of talcum powder. Walking in the Air (1999). At Butler's urgings, Osbourne was brought on board, along with saxophonist Alan Clarke and another guitar player, Jim Phillips, to form the Polka Tulk Blues Band. Sacrament of Wilderness (1998). Rare Breed did not last long, but Osbourne's collaboration with Butler did; in late 1968, Butler was invited to form a new group with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, both formerly of a fairly successful local group called Mythology.

The Carpenter (1997). equipment his next gig was with a group called Rare Breed, where he met and played with future Black Sabbath bandmate, bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler. Once (2004). Thanks in part to the advantage of owning his own P.A. Century Child (2002). Personal differences led Ozzy to split with the group, however. Wishmaster (2000). Osbourne slowly began to realize his ambitions in 1967; after filling in on vocals for a band called The Music Machine, he landed the singer's duties in an outfit called The Approach, playing R&B tunes in a church basement.

Oceanborn (1998). He had several jobs before turning to music, including testing car horns in the Lucas car factory and on the kill floor of an abattoir. Angels Fall First (1997). He used his time there to give himself his now famous tattoos: OZZY across his knuckles and a smiling face on each knee to cheer himself up. Sami Vänskä - bass. He was sentenced to six weeks at Winson Green Prison. Jukka Nevalainen - drums. He wore gloves to steal from houses and shops so as not to leave fingerprints, but they were fingerless gloves and he was soon arrested.

Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen - guitar. Ozzy was not a particulary talented criminal. Marco Hietala - bass, vocals. Ozzy Osbourne, who earned his nickname in his youth, sought a career as a rock singer after hearing The Beatles on the radio, in hopes that it would lift him out of his difficult working-class existence, in which he had some scrapes with the law. Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards, piano. He is also a football fan, supporting Aston Villa. Tarja Turunen - vocals. Osbourne has been married twice and is father to five children: Jessica Hobbs and Louis Osbourne by first wife Thelma; and Aimee, Kelly and Jack, by current wife Sharon.

John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948, in Aston, a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England), better known as Ozzy Osbourne, was the lead singer of the rock band Black Sabbath and later a popular solo artist. Forenote: All references to the sport of football refer to the European sport, dubbed "soccer" by Americans. 2003 "Changes" (with Kelly Osbourne) #1 UK. 2002 "Dreamer/Gets Me Through" #18 UK.

1995 "Perry Mason" #23 UK. 1992 "Mama, I'm Coming Home" #28 US. 1991 "No More Tears" #31 UK. 1986 "Shot in the Dark" #20 UK.

1984 "So Tired" #20 UK. 1983 "Bark at the Moon" #21 UK. Bible of Ozz - 2005 (box). The Essential Ozzy Osbourne - 2003 (compilation), #21 UK, #81 US.

Live at Budokan - 2002 (live), #70 US. The Osbournes Family Album - 2002 (compilation). Ozzfsest 2001 The Second Millenium - 2001 (compilation)

. Ozzfest - Second Stage Live - 2001 (compilation).

Down to Earth - 2001, #19 UK, #4 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. The Ozzfest - 1997 (compilation, out of print). The Ozzman Cometh - 1997 (compilation), #13 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. Ozzmosis - 1995, #22 UK, #4 US, US Sales: 2,000,000.

Live and Loud - 1993 (live), #22 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. No More Tears - 1991, #17 UK, #7 US, US Sales: 4,000,000. Just Say Ozzy - 1990 (live, EP), #58 US, US Sales: 500,000. Ten Commandments - 1990, (rare out of print, greatest hits).

Best of Ozz - 1989 (compilation). No Rest for the Wicked - 1988, #23 UK, #13 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. Tribute - 1987 (live), #13 UK, #6 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. The Ultimate Sin - 1986, #8 UK, #6 US, US Sales: 2,000,000.

Bark at the Moon - 1983, #24 UK, #19 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. Speak of the Devil - 1982 (live), #21 UK, #14 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Diary of a Madman - 1981, #14 UK, #16 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. Blizzard Of Ozz - 1981, #7 UK, #21 US, US Sales: 4,000,000.

Machine Head - Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin. Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads. Imagine - John Lennon.

Abbey Road - The Beatles. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd. So - Peter Gabriel. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles. Sgt. Revolver - The Beatles.