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
Past Lives (Black Sabbath album) Past Lives (Black Sabbath album) Past Lives is a live album released in 2002 by Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 114 on the "Billboard" 200. The first disc was previously known as "Live at Last", an album not put out by Black Sabbath's record company, and therefore not an official Black Sabbath album. The second consists of recordings made for television and radio, previously only available on bootlegs. It was released as a digipak and later a standard jewel-case. All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Tracks 1-5 were recorded at the Hardrock