At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. Possessing a distinctive singing voice and as a native of Birmingham, Osbourne is known for his strong Brummie accent вЂ” he has a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars in his hometown as well as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a member of Black Sabbath, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of the band.

Osbourne's total album sales from his years in Black Sabbath, combined with his solo work, is over 100 million. His longevity and success have earned him the informal title of 'Godfather of Heavy Metal'. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions, recording the album 13 (2013). He was fired from the band in 1979 and went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. In a new interview with the WSOU 89.5 FM radio station, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked if he ever feels like he is 'retreading the same ground' with his songwriting, and if so, how he prevents this from happening.John Michael 'Ozzy' Osbourne (born 3 December 1948), also known as The Prince of Darkness, is an English vocalist, songwriter, actor and reality television star who rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): 'No, I don't. There are some artists who want to almost be trendy in a way. One great artist that I actually happen to love, David Bowie, who was amazing, he would try to go in different directions and so on, and that's fine. But then you have other people like AC/DC and ZZ TOP and Eric Clapton - you name it - that done the same thing forever, which is what they do, and they do it better than anybody else. 'The way I see myself is somebody who's playing music from the soul, basically. It is easy for us to tell ourselves that we should let the past go and live for. I don't try to write something, I don't try to be something that I'm not. The wreckage of our past that keeps haunting us, just wont leave us alone. 'What you hear on this new album is exactly what I'm about it's what I do,' he said, referencing his upcoming LP, 'Parabellum'. 'I don't try to follow something I don't try to angle it one way or another.

You lock yourself into a room and something comes out of you - completely independent of the outside. The only thing that I do when I make music is basically to make sure it's undiluted. I don't wanna dilute or distract the art that comes from within, basically. I'm very artistic and very spiritual, almost, in that sense, because it comes from me, it comes from inside, but maybe from somewhere else first. I just know that I don't try to be something I'm not I'm just doing what I'm doing. And that's nothing to do with, 'Oh, did you listen to what they did on the radio?' No, I don't. I only live once, and I'm gonna make the music that I mean, and not follow something, and I don't try to be something that I'm not.

'For instance, if you asked me to write a country-and-western song, I could do it right now,' Yngwie added. 'How long do you want it to be? Two and a half minutes? Three minutes? Do you want two choruses or one chorus? Which bridge do you want? I could write you a death metal song, I could write you a reggae song - I could write any piece of music that you want. I could play any kind of guitar solo, I could play slide - whatever you want. I have an extremely wide palette of knowledge when it comes to music. But the music that I put out, the music that I make with my name on it is from my soul. And especially this one, because it's so undiluted. There's no distraction on this, there's no compromise - there's nothing. And people can love it, people can hate it that's secondary to me. The most important thing is that this is real. It's the real thing, and it's the only thing that I want. 'Parabellum', will be released on July 23 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. Only four of the songs on the LP feature vocals.

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