The best classic rock albums inspire great stories. A mysterious black cat graces the cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz . Osbourne discussed the origin of this cat and joked it was a message from a dark historical figure.
Ozzy Osbourne jokingly connected the ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ cat to the real ‘Mr. Crowley’ With his band Black Sabbath , Osbourne merged horror fiction and rock like no rock star had ever done. The cover of his debut solo album, Blizzard of Ozz , lived up to his earlier image.
The image shows Osbourne wearing a Dracula-style cape and holding a cross like he’s exorcising a demon. In the background, there’s a black cat. One might assume that the black cat was an intentional part of Osbourne’s Gothic look — but it wasn’t.
During a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone , Osbourne discussed the photo shoot behind the album cover. “Because of funds, we had to do it ourselves,” he recalled. “I think the cat was just there.
” Osbourne joked about the origin of the feline interloper. “Maybe the cat was a message from Aleister Crowley,” he said. Osbourne was referring to the mystic and magician who inspired him to write the Blizzard of Ozz tune “Mr.
Crowley.” What Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath During a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone , Osbourne discussed striking out on his own with Blizzard of Ozz . “I was done with Black Sabbath,” he said.
“It needed to me to leave or one of us to go. We were tired of fighting everything an.