During the livestream of Black Sabbath’s final show/festival Back to the Beginning, many special messages from famous artists and fans were shown. One of them stood out: actor and comedian Jack Black, dressed like early-80s Ozzy in the classic “Mr. Crowley” video, performed the track with a band made up entirely of young kids.
But who are the kids who played the Ozzy Osbourne hit “Mr. Crowley” with Jack Black?
It’s actually a kind of kids’ supergroup, since the fathers of two of them are famous musicians. The band’s line-up had:
- Roman Morello (Guitar) – Son of the Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, who was also the music curator of Sabbath’s final show.
- Revel Ian (Bass) – The son of the Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian played the bass guitar. He is also the grandson of the late Meat Loaf.
- Yoyoka Soma (Drums) – Japanese drumming prodigy
- Hugo Weis (Keyboards)
Jack Black has always been a huge fan of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne. He was the one who inducted Ozzy into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.
The final show of the Metal legends happened last July 5, at the Villa Park in Birmingham, their hometown. Besides the two headliners, many famous artists were part of the “tribute festival“, like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Steven Tyler, Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar, Jake E. Lee, Billy Corgan and Nuno Bettencourt.
The bands performed Black Sabbath and Ozzy covers, but also played some of their most famous songs in small sets, of 3 to 6 songs. Many covers from other bands were also performed, like the supergroup with Steven Tyler on vocals, which played for example, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. Ozzy Osbourne sang five songs of his solo career and four more with Black Sabbath.