Ozzy Renames Album
He realises that Soul Sucka is a rubbish name for a record
Ozzy Osbourne has had a change of heart over the name of his new album, and has revealed that he will be reviving OzzFest.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Ozzy revealed that he had bowed to fan pressure over the title of the record, which was due to be Soul Sucka.
"When we put that on the Internet none of my fan base liked the title,” says Osbourne. "They were like, ‘I can’t imagine me walking around the fucking house with the words ‘Soul Sucka’ on my T-shirt.’ So I was like, ‘F**k it. I’ve got to come up with something else!’ ”
The now untitled set is due out in July, the same month Osbourne says that Ozzfest will return after a one-year break. "After Ozzfest I’m doing the most extensive tour of my life,” he says. "It’ll be something like, 3,025 dates.”
But Ozzy says that he’s unlikely to be retiring at any point in the near future.
"I’m sure at some time I’ll be face down in a box with a pine door closing over me,” he says. "In the meantime, this is what I do. Sometimes I’m OK, sometimes I have a good time, and sometimes my voice blows out, but I still have fun. It’s not like a f**king job. I mean, I’m talking to you from Hawaii right now!”