Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer for Black Sabbath, reacted to his band's nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by saying, basically, "Shove it." Osbourne's apparent ingratitude -- fueled, he claimed, by the fact that nominators are industry fat cats and not fans -- was met by an odd mixture of ruffled feathers and admiration. One voter accused him of being a self-promoter who's full of you-know-what; another applauded him for exercising his right of free speech. Another, a heavy-metal guitarist himself, vowed that his band would never cover a Black Sabbath song again. Whoa. Stop the madness.
Sour Note
Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer for Black Sabbath, reacted to his band's nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by saying, basically, "Shove it." Osbourne's apparent ingratitude -- fueled, he claimed, by the fact that nominators are industry fat cats and not fans -- was met by an odd mixture of ruffled feathers and admiration. One voter accused him of being a self-promoter who's full of you-know-what; another applauded him for exercising his right of free speech. Another, a heavy-metal guitarist himself, vowed that his band would never cover a Black Sabbath song again. Whoa. Stop the madness.
