USA: Black Sabbath releases "13," the group's first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years

Record ID: 593431

  • Title: USA: Black Sabbath releases "13," the group's first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years
  • Date: 7th June 2013
  • Summary: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 05, 2013) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) OZZY OSBOURNE BEING ON THE ROAD AND ON OTHER OLDER GROUPS TOURING, SAYING: "The thing is as long as they are on the road, my wife says, 'See Paul McCartney is, the Rolling Stones are on the road, why aren't you?' I'm waiting for them to get over, that's my goal to head for that zone. We have fun doing it, they have fun, we have fun. Nobody is forcing them to go and see the Rolling Stones. They go willingly you know." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEEZER BUTLER SAYING: "As long as people still want to see us, why not do it?"
  • Embargoed: 22nd June 2013 13:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • Story Text: British heavy metal band Black Sabbath is coming out with a new album "13," which releases on June 07 in Germany and on June 11 in the U.S. "13" is the group's first studio album with the line-up of frontman Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bass player Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward since 1978's "Never Say Die!"
    For his part, Osbourne says that recording the album with legendary producer Rick Rubin was a circuitous journey.

    "Rick Rubin (Producer of "13") would come out when we were writing, especially writing, he would not come to England, but he would come over and say, 'That's cool, that's maybe, we are gonna put that on', if he liked. We never knew what the game plan was. When we recorded, we actually recorded 16 songs at the end of the day," explained Osbourne.
    The four musicians, now all in their 60s, are regarded as the pioneers of heavy metal with hits like 'Iron Man' and 'War Pigs.' It's a label with which Osbourne hasn't always agreed.

    "I've never been able to get my head around the word 'heavy metal,'" said Osbourne. "Because, the '70s, '80s, '90s and the new millennium is completely fucking different. The '80s were all this disco and fucking hair-dye and fucking spiked hair and all that shit. The '70s, for me was better than the '80s, in the respect that there were not that many bands around. In the '80s, everybody you met on the (Sunset) Strip was in a band and they would come out and do an album and be the biggest thing since sliced bread and then disappear, you know. And in the '90s, I kind of missed the '90s you know, I must have been in a cocaine haze, because I can't remember the '90s at all."
    Osbourne left the band in the late '70s, leading to a revolving line-up for a number of years. The original foursome reunited for the 1998 release "Reunion" and played again together sporadically for shows in the early 2000s.
    Osbourne has recently been back in the news after reports in April that he and his wife Sharon had split up after more than 30 years and were living separately following his fall from the wagon. Osbourne quickly rebutted the speculation on his Facebook page, saying that he had been in a "very dark place," but had been sober for 44 days. Whatever Osbourne's relationship with Sharon is at home, on tour it's chaos for the sometimes indecipherable rocker.

    "Anytime the wife comes, these fucking dogs and cats and fucking everything. Shut the fuck up. The dogs start yacking and the wife starts talking on the phone and I want to kill someone because I want to rest," said Osbourne.
    With that said, the band is scheduled to tour in the U.S. over the summer before heading to South America and then on to Europe.
    Black Sabbath was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and has sold more than 70 million albums world-wide.
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