Ozzy Osbourne before he was famous

The nobody years

1. 

   1963 Out at fifteen

   He left school at fifteen and went straight into work.

   Left school at fifteen and went straight into work. Source

2. 

   1963-1967 Factory jobs

   He laboured on building sites and tuned car horns in a factory.

   Was employed as a construction site labourer, a trainee plumber, an apprentice toolmaker, a car factory horn-tuner and a slaughterhouse worker. Source

3. 

   1965 Six weeks inside

   A clothes-shop robbery put him in prison for six weeks.

   Was convicted of robbing a clothes shop and served six weeks in Winson Green Prison after his father refused to pay the fine. Source

4. 

   1967 Two shows, over

   Geezer Butler recruited him for Rare Breed: two shows, then nothing.

   Was recruited as singer of Rare Breed by Geezer Butler; the band played two shows and broke up. Source

5. 

   1968 The four reunite

   Butler brought him back with Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.

   Reunited with Geezer Butler in the Polka Tulk Blues Band alongside Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, who renamed themselves Earth. Source

6. 1948

   Was born John Michael Osbourne in Marston Green, Warwickshire. Source

7. 1969

   The band settled on the name Black Sabbath in August 1969. Source

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