Share Tweet Pin Email By Jessica Wedemeyer 6:53pm PDT, Jul 31, 2025 _ Say goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne - who died at 76 in July 2025 - by taking a trip down memory lane to see what some of our all-time favorite rock stars looked like during their early years in the music business, starting with the legend himself... The Prince of Darkness didn't look so dark while posing in London in 1975. The Black Sabbath frontman was in his late 20s in this baby-faced snap.

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MORE: Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news and photo galleries _ That hair! Eric Clapton was in his early 20s when he was snapped with a female companion during a photo shoot with his band, Cream, sometime in the late '60s. (He was just 23 when the band's final album, "Goodbye," dropped in early 1969!)He celebrated his 80th birthday on March 30, 2025. _ Behold: An extremely rare photo of Gene Simmons without his iconic KISS makeup! The Demon was in his early 30s when he was snapped looking very fresh-faced in Munich, Germany. _ There's a reason why we call it hair metal! Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan posed for this portrait sometime in the late '80s - not long after his iconic band released their hit debut album, 1987's "Appetite for Destruction."Duff and his wild mane left GNR after more than a decade in 1997. He rejoined the group in 2016, four years after they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

In recent years, he's collaborated with Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop and released several solo albums including 2023's "Lighthouse." _ Aww! Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighters founder and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Grohl was still in his 20s when he posed for this portrait sometime in the early '90s. (Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died in April 1994, a few months after Dave turned 25.) _ Keith Richards was snapped playing guitar in 1964 - the same year the Rolling Stones guitarist turned 21 and his band released their debut album. _ Late "Margaritaville" singer Jimmy Buffett is seen here circa 1970 when he was in his mid-20s. _ After the death of Duane Allman in 1971, Dickey Betts - one of the Allman Brothers Band's co-founders, seen here as a young man - became the group's sole guitarist and began contributing more vocals, including on "Ramblin' Man," which he also wrote. He and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. _ C.J. Snare - who died at 80 in April 2024 - joined FireHouse in 1987 after his former rock group, Maxx Warrior, disbanded and he remained a member for four decades. He's seen here in 1991 - not long after turning 30 - the same year FireHouse released their hit power ballad "Love of a Lifetime," which he wrote while playing solo gigs at a Holiday Inn. C.J. and his bandmates - which also released Billboard Top 40 singles including "When I Look into Your Eyes," "I Live My Life for You," "Don't Treat Me Bad" - won favorite new heavy metal/hard rock artist at the 1992 American Music Awards. _ Cheap Trick singer and rhythm guitarist Robin Zander is seen here in 1980, a year after his band shot to fame with their live album "Cheap Trick at Budokan" and the hit 1979 singles "I Want You to Want Me" and "Ain't That a Shame." Robin and his bandmates later topped the charts with 1988's "The Flame" and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. _ Barry Gibb - seen here at 23 in 1970 flanked by his late fraternal twin brothers, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb (who were 20 at the time) - formed the Bee Gees with his siblings in 1958. The British brothers enjoyed major success in the late-'60s and '70s and became music superstars during the disco era in large part because of the popularity of their vocal harmonies on the soundtrack for 1977's "Saturday Night Fever."The trio, who sold more than 120 million records worldwide and scored nine No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. _ This duo made headlines in November 2023 when Daryl Hall filed a lawsuit against longtime musical partner John Oates and was granted a temporary restraining order against him...

Hall & Oates - the duo founded by John Oates (left) and Daryl Hall (right) in Philadelphia in 1970 - scored six No. 1 songs in the '70s and '80s including "Rich Girl," "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater" and "Out of Touch."They were both inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

The musicians are pictured here in the Netherlands shooting a video for their song "Sara Smile" in 1976 when both were in their late 20s. _ U2 frontman Bono - seen here performing at New York City's Madison Square Garden when he was around 25 in 1985, about a decade after his band formed in their native Ireland - once rocked a wild mullet. At the time, U2 was just two years shy of releasing their Grammy-winning 1987 album "The Joshua Tree." _ Rod Stewart is seen here at 24 in