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Kids performing Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train’ on xylophones will blow your mind

Ozzy would be proud.

 

Aja Romano

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Posted on Apr 26, 2015   Updated on May 28, 2021, 11:45 pm CDT

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists blew us away with their 2014 Led Zeppelin cover, but that wasn’t their first hit. Back in 2012, they tackled Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Crazy Train.”

It’s hard to believe these kids aren’t actually professionals, much less that they do this kind of performing in their spare time. But the Louisville Leopards is actually a nonprofit organization designed to provide music education to kids ages 7–12 as an extra-curricular activity.

The best part is that the kids are clearly enjoying themselves, from all the head-bopping and bouncing around to the girl in the back jamming on the guitar. Not to mention the one kid with the T-shirt that just says “Rock on.”

You got it, kid.

Update 4:26pm CT, May 8: Ozzy Osbourne apparently loved the video so much, he donated $10,000 to the Louisville Leopard Percussionists. 

H/T Uproxx | Screengrab via LouLeopPerc/YouTube

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*First Published: Apr 26, 2015, 4:11 pm CDT