The first metal song that made Ozzy Osbourne fall in love with the genre

The song that Ozzy Osbourne considers the starting point of his passion for heavy metal was "You Really Got Me", released by The Kinks in 1964. Although today it is mainly seen as a rock classic, the track impressed Ozzy because of its heavy and aggressive riff, something very different from what dominated the radio at the time. The future singer of Black Sabbath has already stated that hearing that distorted guitar was a transformative experience. According to him, the music presented a sound intensity that would later help define the foundations of heavy metal. The riff created by Dave Davies is often cited by music historians as one of the most influential of all time. For Ozzy, that was the moment he realized that music could be heavier, more intense and more emotionally impactful. Years later, he himself would help take this idea to the extreme with Black Sabbath, a band often considered the creators of heavy metal.