John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne was an English heavy metal singer, songwriter, and media personality. He co-founded the band Black Sabbath in 1968 and became a global star as their lead singer in the 1970s. Known as the “Prince of Darkness” and the “Godfather of Heavy Metal”, Osbourne was a pioneer of the genre and cultivated a rebellious, satanic persona.

No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth solo studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 28 September 1988, and was re-issued / remastered on 22 August 1995, and again on 25 June 2002. The album was certified gold in December 1988 and has since gone double platinum. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. It was the first album to feature guitarist Zakk Wylde, keyboardist John Sinclair and the first to feature bassist Bob Daisley since Bark at the Moon.