411 Mania — From Michael Jackson's Thriller and Ozzy Osbourne's The Blizzard of Ozz to Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas breaks down the top 8 solo efforts by artists who became famous as part of a group! more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have sold their Malibu California beach home for almost 8 million 5 million The couple bought the five-bedroom in pad in 2003 for 5 1 million 3 2 million and they listed it at 10 million Gbp6 25 million when it first h... more info

Metalsucks — Drummers! Y’know we love ‘em. Let’s have a looksee at some interesting drummer-related news that’s developed in the past day, shall we? Vinny Appice has been one of the most-rumored replacements for Bill Ward in Black Sabbath, and with good ... more info

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Guardian Music — European competition regulator likely to allow Sony-led bid to buy EMI Music's publishing assetsThe European competition regulator is set to give a Sony-led consortium the green light in its bid to buy EMI Music's publishing assets for $2.2bn (£1.4b... more info

ContactMusic — British reality TV star Jack Osbourne has become a U S citizen The son of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon was born in the U K but has lived Stateside for years and on Tuesday 17Apr12 Jack told his Twitter com fans he is now an American... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Perry Farrell is overjoyed to have booked Black Sabbath for Lollapalooza in what will mark the bands only U S date of 2012 Ozzy Osbournes legendary rock group was forced to cancel a number of shows this year 12 after guitarist Tony Iommi was d... more info

Guardian Music — Shortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt ampAt the Marshall amplifier f... more info

Metal Injection — As much as we all hate to admit it, we're very voyeuristic by nature. That's why TMZ is such a popular site. That's why, as much as I told myself I didn't care, when the above video popped up in my RSS feed, showcasing Ozzy and Sh... more info

Guardian Music — The TV star and businesswoman talks about her familyMy parents were very deceitful people so I have made a big effort not to be like that with my own family. I try to be honest and upfront about everything. Practically everything my parents did taug... more info