Black Sabbath was devastated with his fans as a result of…
Given his track record of wild, raucous actions on and off stage, it would be reasonable to assume that there isn’t much that could embarrass former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, but there was one thing: a late 1970s album Osbourne would later call “disgusting” and something he was “ashamed” of.
Indeed, not even biting heads off bats or tour antics outlandish enough to make Mötley Crüe blush could make Osbourne shake his head in embarrassment like the divisive 1978 record.
Black Sabbath’s Struggle To Find Their Footing In 1978
Black Sabbath set out to record ‘Never Say Die!’ in a notably different headspace than the one they were in for their eponymous debut eight years earlier. Interpersonal conflict, personal family issues, and ongoing legal and financial battles strained the relationship to the point that Osbourne left the group for three months.L“The day I left Black Sabbath, we were at Rockfield Studios in South Wales, trying to record a new album,” Osbourne wrote in his memoir “We’d just had another soul-destroying meeting about money and lawyers, and I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I just walked out of the studio and f***ed off. When a band splits up, it’s like a marriage ending. For a while, all you want to do is hurt each other.”
