DECEMBER 3
OZZY OSBOURNE, THE LEGENDARY FRONTMAN OF BLACK SABBATH AND THE “PRINCE OF DARKNESS” HIMSELF, WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1948. FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF HEAVY METAL TO A MASSIVE SOLO CAREER, OZZY’S INFLUENCE ON THE GENRE IS UNDENIABLE.
ON DECEMBER 3, 1982, SLADE RELEASED THEIR LIVE ALBUM ‘SLADE ON STAGE’, RECORDED A YEAR EARLIER AT NEWCASTLE CITY HALL. THEY’RE KNOWN FOR THEIR RAUCOUS LIVE PERFORMANCES AND PARTY-ROCK ENERGY.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BILL STEER, BORN DECEMBER 3, 1969 — GUITARIST FOR THE PIONEERING METAL BAND CARCASS.