10 Musicians Who Came Back From Huge Band Breakups

10. Ozzy Osbourne - Black Sabbath

In the waning days of Black Sabbath, it was becoming more of a possibility that Ozzy Osbourne would have become a rock and roll casualty. The rest of Sabbath were usually making their albums without his involvement most of the time and even with his wildman persona, Ozzy was forced to sit on the side of the stage and sing while Tony Iommi took most of the spotlight. Just when Sabbath seemed to move on with Ronnie James Dio though, Ozzy reclaimed that Prince of Darkness moniker with Blizzard of Ozz.

With the help of his wife Sharon, Ozzy's first solo outing put him right back on top with metal fans, having a slightly more optimistic sound than the gloom you were getting on Sabbath's later records like Never Say Die. Then again, there's a good chance that Ozzy owes the second half of his career to Randy Rhoads, injecting him with more musical energy and playing his onstage foil, incorporating the kind of shred that you weren't going to see coming out of Iommi.

Being much more influenced by classical music, there's almost a bit of a hopeful quality to Rhoads' licks on this record, knowing when to bring the thunder on a song like I Don't Know and making something sound much more grandiose like on Mr. Crowley. Ozzy may have been down for the count and burying his problems at the bottom of a liquor bottle, but once you heard a song like Crazy Train, you realized there was life after death.