Gavin Rossdale says Black Sabbath weren’t punk enough for him growing up but know he thinks ‘they began it all. I love their records’
Ozzy Osbourne is a God to most rocker but it it took Gavin Rossdale a while longer to worship the bat munching legend.
The Bush frontman didn’t take part in Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning farewell mega gig a few weekends ago, because he was really a punk.
Londoner Gavin explained: “[Black Sabbath weren’t] for the punks. My background was all Public Image, Gang of Four. [Black Sabbath] wasn’t a London sound. It felt like the Midlands, it literally was the Midlands. We loved punk, they were so snotty and foul-mouthed and rebellious. That was my language. That was what got my attention.”
However, that’s all changed now as Gav is converted: “But of course, now I think Ozzy is a god. I love him and I love Sabbath, an incredible band. Trailblazers. They began it all. I love their records.”
Bush are back with a new album I Beat Loneliness, perhaps their most vital yet even if you’re not a fan: “We made a magnetic record. It’s undeniable. You may not like it, but it’s undeniable. It’s spirited, it’s really spirited. I love that, I love having that fire.”
And Gav can spot that fire in other acts too, whatever type of music they’re making.
He explained: “I do it all the time, someone comes out with a new record, I sit there and get the lyrics and I can tell you if there is f**king fire in that record or not.
“It doesn’t matter the genre. The genre is irrelevant. Did they get me? It could be King Gizzard. It could be Poppy..Idles… It’s all over the place.”
It’s not even about having that fire for Gav, it’s the fear of failure that really keeps him going: “I don’t want to suck. It’s a high-wire act to not suck.”
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