Ozzy Osbourne has traveled a long, hard road of ups and downs in his 62 years of life, navigating through a nearly four-decade-long battle with drug and alcohol abuse, two marriages (one failed, the other still going strong after 30 years), multiple lawsuits, accusations of Satan worship, the death of friend and bandmate Randy Rhoads, a lucrative but rather unflattering reality TV show, and a genetic disorder very similar to Parkinson's disease known as Parkin Syndrome. He was even banned from playing the city of San Antonio, Texas for 10 years after he was arrested in 1982 for urinating on a historic landmark — while wearing a dress, no less. In sum, he's been on a heavy metal road trip that few people would have survived. (All photos and text by Jeff O'Kelley; check out the complete photo gallery after the jump.)
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2011.