Ozzy Osbourne: Diary of a Madman

by Garry Bushell, Mick Wall, Stephen Rea

Book by Bushell, Garry, Wall, Mick, Rea, Stephen

Genres: Biography

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1984

About the author

English newspaper columnist, OI! music journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Cockney OI! bands GBX and the Gonads. He managed the New York City Oi! band Maninblack until the death of the band frontman Andre Schlessinger. Bushell's recurring topical themes are comedy, country and class. He has campaigned for an English Parliament, a Benny Hill statue and for variety and talent shows on TV. His TV column Bushell on the Box still appears weekly in the Daily Star Sunday, and he writes for the Arts & Entertainment section of the Sunday Express.

Reviews

[Marsmannix · Rating 4 out of 5]

i generally avoid British writers, but Mick Wall is the master of rock biographies. He has a flair for just the right turn of phrase, an encylopedic depth of each band's discography, and places the music in the greater context of the band's contemporaries and era.
Mick's writing is so good, i'm going to read through all his volumes, whether i like the group or not.
Must reads for any rock fan.