Osbourne, Ozzy - Last Rites

Shocking, bitterly hilarious and surprisingly life-affirming, the brutally honest
and unflinching memoir from rock'n'roll hellraiser Ozzy Osbourne.

People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you
change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd
done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.
Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain. I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of
things. I've done good... and I've done bad. But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere.
At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to
sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.
Then disaster.
In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to
having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the
neck down.
Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent
into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career - including his
turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his encounters with fellow hellraisers including Slash,
Bon Scott, John Bonham and Keith Moon, the harrowing final moments he spent with
Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister, all alongside his reflections on the triumphant Back to the
Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black
Sabbath bandmates for the final time and raised millions for charity.
Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites
demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The
Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk
hero and national treasure.