UAWIL #272: Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin

The Ugly American Werewolf in London Rock Podcast · Feb 12, 2026 · 1h 28m

By 1986, Ozzy Osbourne already had the reputation as the Mad Man of Metal. Since his departure from Black Sabbath, he'd created a whole new act that was very successful thanks to his wife and manager Sharon (Arden) Osbourne and the talented musicians she got to play & record with him. After a string of multi-platinum solo records in the US, you'd figure that Ozzy was on top of the world and ready to continue to dazzle audiences around the world. However, things weren't so rosey in Ozzy's den.

Sharon made him go to rehab and Betty Ford which may helped him slow down but didn't stop his use of…