Aside from his stage name, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne was also known as the music world's "Prince of Darkness." Here's how he got the nickname.

Black Sabbath through a prolific solo career — how the heavy metal icon's music peppered the soundtrack of one writer's life.

“He lurched back and forth across the stage like an obsessed soldier during drills. He tossed his shaggy-haired head to the beat of the relentless drums. He quickly shed his shirt after only the first song, exposing his thickset torso and turquoise tattoos with a feverish sweep. And he screamed to the whistling audience, “Let’s get crazy!”

One epic bender. One missing rock god. One furious Nashville crowd. The night Ozzy Osbourne went full Ozzy in Music City.