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Last Rites

Never-before-told stories of a legendary life from the rock 'n' roll hellraiser

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Last Rites

By: Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres
Narrated by: Ian Danter
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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 regrets over Black Sabbath's reunion, his friendships with Slash and Zakk Wylde, and the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister.

Unflinching 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.©2025 Ozzy Osbourne Best of 2025 Entertainment & Celebrities Music Marriage Funny Witty
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Critic Reviews

Self-aware, level-headed and savagely funny, and not just by rock star standards
Brilliantly gossipy... unearths a new trove of rock and roll stories
Wild, and fun, and funny
A self-effacing and unexpectedly affecting portrait of the Prince of Darkness in twilight... Last Rites mixes ancient stories of Ozzy's rock star rapscallionism (entertaining, always) with meditations on the inevitability of death that grow thicker as the book lurches toward the only conclusion it can
An essential, entertaining read
Desperately moving
Genuinely big-hearted rather than contrivedly quirky, refusing to overwrite past ugliness but still brimming with gratitude...a fitting final encore for a life lived at extremes
Haunting, revelatory
Ozzy holds nothing back
All stars
Most relevant
Loved his autobiography and this fills in the gap between that and his death. His simple take on life feels somehow poignant in this complicated world

Great last chapters of Ozzy’s life

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A solid read and coda to the previous companion volume. Ozzy romanticises his own behaviour at times, but he seems to have been genuinely good-hearted when sober.

Beautiful black ribbon on an amazing life

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The most bittersweet read. Gut wrenching listening to that last chapter, but so heart warming to know he was so at peace. Rest in Peace Ozzy 🦇🖤

Amazing and heart breaking

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Absolutely brilliant. Insightful, amusing and honest. Thank you for being you Ozzy. You and all of Sabbath will never be forgotten.

Ozzy the myth, the man the legend!

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Although I am bias, I am a huge fan. The last chapter was beautiful. The whole thing was great. Thank you for everything Ozzy!

Loved it - Bias fan

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