{"id":973402,"date":"2019-11-08T07:16:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=909525"},"modified":"2019-11-08T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:16:24","slug":"hear-ozzy-osbournes-first-solo-track-in-almost-a-decade-under-the-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/hear-ozzy-osbournes-first-solo-track-in-almost-a-decade-under-the-graveyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s First Solo Track in Almost a Decade, \u2018Under the Graveyard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nearly a decade after his last solo album, Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> has released \u201cUnder the Graveyard,\u201d the first single from his upcoming 2020 LP, Ordinary Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Osbourne had been iffy about making a new LP, but after dealing with a number of health issues, he was able to turn his attention to his first new music since the 2013 Black Sabbath record, 13<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The track opens with acoustic guitar and Osbourne singing, \u201cToday, I woke up and I hate myself,\u201d as he seems to narrate how he\u2019s been feeling in real time. In the song, he eventually comes to the realization that \u201cmy misery owns me now.\u201d By the chorus, which is buttressed by crushing guitars and wraith-like backup vocals, he swears, \u201cI ain\u2019t living this live no more.\u201d  It\u2019s an apt description of his recovery process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is quite possibly the most important album I have done in a very long time, probably since No More Tears<\/em>,\u201d Osbourne said in a statement, referring to his quadruple-platinum 1991 album. That record contained the hits \u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u201d and the Grammy-winning \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Change the World.\u201d<\/p>\n

The musician was inspired to write new music after his daughter, Kelly, asked him if he wanted to work on a Post Malone song, which became \u201cTake What You Want.\u201d<\/a>  Despite being unfamiliar with the rapper, Osbourne agreed. The track became a Top 10 hit, and the experience led him to making more music with Post Malone\u2019s producer, Andrew Watt. Together, they made a nine-track album, which was a long time coming, since he was unsure about the prospect of releasing new music. \u201cI would like to do another record,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>in 2017. \u201cBut it\u2019s wasting money. \u2026 Nobody buys them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Plus, he wasn\u2019t in the best place to make new music in 2018. Toward the end of the year, he found himself burdened by a number of health obstacles, from a serious staph infection<\/a> to a nasty fall that aggravated a previous injury<\/a>. He had to postpone many tour dates as well.<\/p>\n

Still, making music kept his mind off the pain. Speaking with Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>over the summer, when he revealed that he had indeed been working on what is now known as Ordinary Man,<\/em> he joked that he would title it Recuperation<\/em>. \u201cThe most depressing thing I\u2019ve been thinking is, \u2018Am I gonna walk properly again? Am I gonna be able to perform again?’\u201d he said. \u201cI thought, \u2018Well, if I just lay there watching fucking The World at War<\/em> again, I\u2019m not gonna fucking do anything. So do what you can, even if it\u2019s a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Ordinary Man<\/em>, Watt produced and played guitar, Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 Duff McKagan handled the bass, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 Chad Smith drummed. They recorded it in Los Angeles while Osbourne was recuperating from injuries.<\/p>\n

After he recovers, Osbourne plans to relaunch his postponed No More Tours 2 trek<\/a>, slated to begin again on May 27th in Atlanta. The dates for the North American leg end on July 31st with a gig in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly a decade after his last solo album, Ozzy Osbourne has released \u201cUnder the Graveyard,\u201d the first single from his upcoming 2020 LP, Ordinary Man. In recent years, Osbourne had been iffy about making a new LP, but after dealing with a number of health issues, he was able to turn his attention to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 07:09:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}