Ozzy Osbourne punch to the jaw. On leaving Sabbath, Osbourne recalled, "I'd got £96,000 for my share of the name, so I'd just locked myself away and spent three months doing coke and booze. My thinking was, 'This is my last party, because after this I'm going back to Birmingham and the dole." However, he was signed to Don Arden's Jet Records. Arden dispatched Sharon to Los Angeles to "look after Ozzy's needs, whatever they were", to protect his investment. Initially, Arden hoped Osbourne would return to Sabbath, and later attempted to convince the singer to name his new band "Son of
The Wizard (Black Sabbath song) by the wizard Gandalf from "The Lord of the Rings". It was also believed to be about the band's drug dealer at the time. The song was covered by Bullring Brummies for the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black.". The song was covered by Zakk Wylde's band Pride and Glory on the second disc of the reissue of "Pride and Glory". Wylde had also been a member of Ozzy Osbourne's solo band at the time. The Wizard (Black Sabbath song) "The Wizard" is a song by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, taken from their 1970 album "Black