Ozzy Osbourne is “overwhelmed” to be nominated for 4 Grammys.
Ozzy Osbourne stated it feels ‘nice’ to obtain recognition at this stage in his profession
The 73-year-old rocker is up for Finest Rock Efficiency and Finest Rock Tune for ‘Affected person Quantity 9’ that includes Jeff Beck, plus Finest Rock Album for the LP of the identical title and Finest Steel Efficiency for ‘Degradation Guidelines’, which options his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi.
He instructed Consequence: “I’m truthfully overwhelmed. Making this file was an effective way to me to get again to work as I continued to heal. It’s fairly nice to be acknowledged at this level in my profession.”
The ‘Loopy Practice’ star already has three Grammys, whereas he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2019.
Ozzy – who has Parkinson’s illness – underwent main life-altering surgical procedure this yr to appropriate neck and backbone points stemming from his nasty 2019 fall.
And on prime of that, he could not do a lot as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, so making the file stored him busy doing one thing he loves.
He stated: “Properly, the factor was I had all this time – all of us did by way of the pandemic.
“As an alternative of mendacity there and simply doing my bodily remedy, the file truly acquired me doing one thing that I really like.
“I used to be excited about the instances we’ve been residing in. There wasn’t a lot excellent news. It was a f****** battle in Ukraine and the pandemic. The world appeared to be on the point of a nasty factor.”
Elsewhere, the ‘Warfare Pigs’ singer stated ‘Degradation Guidelines’ may have been a Sabbath music.
He stated: “I imply that music would’ve made an excellent Black Sabbath monitor. It’s a really well-structured music.
“I’ve identified Tony since I used to be 12 years outdated and I’m glad to say we’ve continued a extremely good friendship. Tony’s been very supportive of me whereas I’ve been recovering from surgical procedure. He’s been in fixed contact, which has been nice.”