The book includes his reflections on Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning
Ozzy Osbourne will release his final memoir, Last Rites, on October 7th via Grand Central Publishing.
Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne’s descent into hell related to his health issues from the last seven years. 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 Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, all alongside his reflections on the triumphant Back To The Beginning concert, streamed globally, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time and raised millions for charity.
Unflinching and surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites once again proves 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.
“People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m, like, fuck 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,” Osbourne says in a statement.
Last Rites will be Osbourne’s second book, following his 2009 memoir, I Am Ozzy.
