Osbourne presided over a bill that gave equal representation to almost every strain of metal that Black Sabbath begat, its diversity illustrating how the band didn’t just make a scene: They forged a subculture.

It’s eerie reading this quote now because, as it turns out, that’s pretty close to what happened: Less than three weeks after headlining a banner farewell show in Birmingham dubbed Back to the Beginning, Osbourne died at the age of 76.