Ozzy Osbourne Might Try to Make Music Other Than Metal

Ozzy Osbourne may be the prince of the heavy metal fiefdom, but the legendary singer recently told the folks at VH1 that he would like to flex his creative muscles and perhaps record something that's not metal. While that may seem shocking, since his name is practically synonymous with metal, it might do the former Black Sabbath frontman some good to try something new.

"Being Ozzy Osbourne is great, I mean it's been wonderful being the singer of Black Sabbath, having all those hits through Sabbath and then on my solo career is one thing," Osbourne admitted, "But then if I want to do anything branching away from the heavy stuff, people will go, 'Oh, he's sold out. Oh, he's not doing it. Oh, he's singing a love song. Oh, he's singing about the ...' or whatever."

Osbourne also said he'd like to form a fake band in order to be able to expand his creative horizons. He commented, "I would like to form a fictitious band just to make a different record but it's the time it would take. I mean, it takes me all my time just to do an Ozzy record. But I would dearly like to get a mini-supergroup together. Nothing like heavy rock, like a bluesy vibe."

Ozzy Osbourne does the blues? I can just hear it now. While these may be wistful Ozzy daydreams, metal fans shouldn't get their knickers in a knot over this news, as he'll be touring in support of 'Scream' for the next year, starting with this month's rebooted Ozzfest.